CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

One question asked repeatedly in this season is, “When will we return to normal?” Without a doubt, Covid-19 will leave an indelible impression on our planet, and it may even cause a paradigm shift for businesses and the way they meet their employees’ and customers’ expectations, especially regarding communication channels.

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contact center solutions Morale Contact Center call center solutions 266

CCNG

MARCH 8, 2023

As a contact center leader, you’re always looking for ways to improve performance and keep your agents happy. As soon as an agent starts “just going through the motions” rather than engaging with customers, interaction quality plummets—and so do customer satisfaction scores.

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Morale Contact Center CCNG Agent burnout 195

Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 21, 2020

AI Makes It Possible (Blog Series). Blog #4 of 4 The MORE you know. As we saw in yesterday’s webinar, both enhancing the Customer Experience (CX) and understanding the Voice of the Customer (VoC) are inextricably linked… for the better. Customers now expect: Their time be valued. The more YOU KNOW. .

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Self service Contact Center Benchmark Chatbots 76

ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How do you keep your loyal customers? How do you keep your loyal customers? My Comment: This excellent article focuses on strategies and tactics to consider for your call center.

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Customer Service Contact Center Self service Consulting 120

Enghouse Interactive

AUGUST 26, 2020

It’s Not an Option – It’s Expected (Blog Series). Register for our upcoming w ebinar “How and Why Customers Use Self-Service” with Steve Morrell, Managing Director and Principal Analyst of ContactBabel . Blog #1 Into the Vortex “Cross Channel is the New Omni-Channel”. Customers now also expect to have choices….

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CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

One question asked repeatedly in this season is, “When will we return to normal?” Without a doubt, Covid-19 will leave an indelible impression on our planet, and it may even cause a paradigm shift for businesses and the way they meet their employees’ and customers’ expectations, especially regarding communication channels.

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contact center solutions Morale Contact Center call center solutions 182

Customer Service Life

APRIL 12, 2023

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay One of my favorite things about writing and speaking about customer experience, customer service, and contact centers is the opportunity to connect with others in the industry and talk about topics that are near and dear to my heart. In retrospect, this was a wonderful CX lesson.

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Customer Service Contact Center Customer Experience Metrics 78

Enghouse Interactive

JULY 7, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). Blog #2 Microsoft Teams Drives Agent Productivity. In our first blog, we explored how Microsoft Teams, when integrated into a Contact Center, helps provide a better experience for the end-customer. The Pressure is On.

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Self service Contact Center CRM Quality management 52

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Customers expect better and faster pre and post purchase services. Whether they need help setting up a new device or to repair a damaged product, the way in which these interactions are handled are at the heart of customer satisfaction. Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd.

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Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 19, 2020

AI Makes It Possible (Blog Series). Blog #3 of 4 With context, AI seeks to improve more quickly than ever. Customer Feedback takes many forms and most are relatively static and easily processed – surveys, feedback forms, polling questions, correlated to the customer’s continuity of purchases. Aggregating.

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First call resolution Feedback Enterprise Contact Center 52

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 14, 2022

When I was ten, the teacher wrote on my school report, “Colin is the clown of the class.” Humor matters and can provide business benefits. When we make people laugh, it’s disarming. ” To this day, I am still proud of that report card. There are also a bunch of documented health benefits of laughter.

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CX Global Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Change is hard, especially in the contact center industry. The humor of this eye-opener is that those of us in the contact center profession are supposed to be in the business of helping meet the needs of our ever-changing customer expectations. The Most Important Factor. The Irony of It All.

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Contact Center Coaching Benchmark Call Center 233

CX Accelerator

APRIL 1, 2022

I was in charge of a contact center a few jobs ago and we were having our second outage in as many days. After service had been restored, I got a call from a customer. It just so happened to be from a customer to whom I had issued a service credit just a day earlier in hopes of restoring his confidence in our company.

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Government Contact Center Personalization Customer Service 266

Fonolo

MAY 30, 2023

Managers know that call center workforce management matters. Put it another way: if customer interactions are at the heart of a contact center’s success, then effective workforce management is the backbone. That’s why contact centers are investing in it in droves. How Can WFM Help my Contact Center?

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contact center workforce Best practices Contact Center Management 106

Aspect

OCTOBER 4, 2017

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to advance, contact center leaders are able to deploy chatbots with increasingly human-like behavior to give customers more personalized support. But just because a chatbot is more human-like, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to benefit your customers.

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Chatbots contact center solutions Contact Center Personalization 160

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call center optimization is a strategic approach that focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of call center operations. When companies implement specific tools and best practices, they can significantly improve their customer experience (CX), increase agent performance, and ensure high-quality service.

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Best practices Call Center Interactive Voice Response First call resolution 105

Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2023

Call centers are at the heart of modern customer service and that makes active listening an indispensable CX tool. As call center managers, you have the power to train and encourage your agents to become active listening experts; enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 13, 2024

Optimizing Customer Support in the Financial Sector: How BPO Contact Centers Can Add Value In the present age, financial institutions are grappling with a wide range of challenges. Poor customer support not only affects satisfaction but can also harm the reputation of financial organizations. percent from USD 90.57

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Contact Center Customer Support Contact center software outsourcing 52

Expivia

AUGUST 18, 2021

Great interactions define the success of your customer engagement center. And one of the best technical ways to ensure that is to become an omnichannel contact center. And if you are, but you’re not getting the results you want, learn how to optimize your omnichannel contact center to reap all its benefits.

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Contact Center Multichannel Best practices Interactive Voice Response 98

BlueOcean

MARCH 31, 2022

If you’ve been a reader of Blue Ocean’s blog for any length of time, you probably know we love sports and particularly baseball. When Billy Beane used a highly specialized system of metrics to help his scrappy low-budget Oakland A’s teams compete with juggernauts in the league, the lessons weren’t lost on us.

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Contact Center contact center workforce Service level Coaching 118

Fonolo

JULY 5, 2023

Customer perception has never mattered more. In the age of social media backlash and call-out culture, how your customers feel about your brand is key to your success. Although it’s almost impossible to completely control what people think about your organization, improving customer opinions of your brand is very possible.

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Surveys Brand ambassadors Sales Upselling 104

Hodusoft

JANUARY 3, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) The introduction of Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) heralded the beginning of a new era. An era where small and medium-sized businesses could provide similar customer service as their larger counterparts. billion by 2030.

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Contact Center Contact center software Interactive Voice Response Wait times 59

TeleDirect

OCTOBER 23, 2023

What phone number do you offer customers and leads to contact your business? If it is not a toll-free number, you might be letting valuable customers slip away, as well as seriously inconveniencing the ones who do call. Some phone numbers charge callers a toll when they are dialed — even if nobody answers. This is huge!

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Call Center Contact Center Sales Customer Support 62

Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The pandemic has impacted every aspect of our lives, and the contact center is no exception. There have been several implications in this space that compound each other, with the net result being a more challenging environment for all forms of customer service. Intelligent Contact Routing to Self-Service.

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Customer Experience Chatbots Contact Center Morale 78

NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

Are you grappling with the complexities of call center metrics, seeking to elevate customer experience, and driving operational excellence through insightful data analysis? How do you navigate the sea of data to extract actionable insights and make informed decisions that propel your contact center forward?

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Call Center Contact Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 59

JustCall

APRIL 3, 2024

It shows more customers are interested in your product or service. But, it also leads to chaotic calls and handling long call queues for customer support and sales teams. It can further lead to a dip in customer experience and a shrinking ROI. Let’s explore the top 10 tips high call volume call centers could use.

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Sales Interactive Voice Response Abandon rate Wait times 52

TechSee

JUNE 10, 2021

Absolutely, your customers aren’t happy to wait for service. Of course, in-person contact puts employees and customers at risk. This blog challenges that status quo. Now, survey data is showing that more customers than ever are prepared to engage in self-service activities to avoid technician visits. .

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Self service Analytics Transportation Healthcare 207

Hodusoft

APRIL 17, 2024

Auto attendant, also known as Interactive Voice Responder (IVR) system is an advanced business phone system feature that automates and simplifies the incoming call process and routes the callers to the most appropriate agent or department. No matter however they disliked keeping callers waiting, organizations were helpless.

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Real estate Scripts Interactive Voice Response First call resolution 52

TeleDirect

AUGUST 10, 2022

If your business finds staying connected with customers a challenge, you’re not alone. Connecting with customers can feel tricky, especially on top of running a company. Connected customers are happy ones. Customers who feel heard and seen don’t need to worry about being ripped off or “ghosted” when something goes amiss.

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Call Center Construction Scripts Wait times 62

Nicereply

JANUARY 17, 2024

In today’s hyper-connected world, where customers wield more power than ever before, businesses face an unrelenting challenge: customer complaints. Did you know that, on average, dissatisfied customers will share their negative experiences with 9-15 people ? Why solve customer complaints?

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Complaint resolution Scripts Feedback Wait times 105

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Nowhere is this more true than with customer relationships. Without listening to the voice of your customer, you’ll be like a ship without a rudder or a compass…lost and drifting without direction. Customers don’t always take the time to express their feelings. In This Article: What is the Voice of the Customer (VoC)?

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Customer centricity Feedback Surveys Metrics 169

Toister Performance Solutions

MARCH 11, 2021

This past year has been tough on contact center agents. Some contact centers endured unimaginable spikes in volume. About the Benchmark Portal Agent Voices Report The report is based on a detailed survey that was given to more than 10,000 contact center agents and leads in North America. Posting a 7.4

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Contact Center Benchmark Surveys Feedback 123

Monet Software

JUNE 10, 2021

8 Tips for Optimizing Schedules and Enhancing Contact Center Workforce Engagement.at Many contact center managers, however, don’t realize how much more value their scheduling activity can deliver to employees, beyond letting agents know when to show up for shifts. the Same Time. We all love a win-win.

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contact center workforce Average Handle Time Schedule adherence Inbound sales 122

TeleDirect

AUGUST 10, 2022

If your business finds staying connected with customers a challenge, you’re not alone. Connecting with customers can feel tricky, especially on top of running a company. Connected customers are happy ones. Customers who feel heard and seen don’t need to worry about being ripped off or “ghosted” when something goes amiss.

Call Center 62

Call Center Construction Scripts Wait times 62

Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

What is customer experience and what are its foundations? We will look at the key factors that will help you to achieve an excellent customer experience. A new episode is out and as usual, you’ll find here recommended articles and ebook tips that lead to achieving long-term customer satisfaction. Customer experience definition.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

7 Key Indicators Your MSP Call Center Needs a Revolutionary Shift For Managed Service Providers (MSPs), a call center is extremely crucial. That’s one of their most potent tools to deliver exceptional customer service. MSPs must ensure that their call center is equipped with the right type of technology tools.

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Call Center Abandon rate call center software Omni-channel support 52

Blueship Call Center

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A professional call center outsourcing vendor primarily responsible for helping businesses achieve increased productivity, cost savings, and operational simplification. So where do you begin your search for a call center outsourcing vendor? What are your order processing call center goals and performance expectations?

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