Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In addition to oversimplifying both the concept and the solution, the third reason Customer Experience as we know it is dying is because organizations jumped on the Customer Experience bandwagon without knowing what it means. Customer Experience, as I often refer to it, has different goals and different measurements of success.

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Expivia

OCTOBER 4, 2021

If your business has customers, they need a way to contact you. This is when contact center outsourcing comes into play. Contact center outsourcing can take the weight of customer management off your shoulders. What Is Contact Center Outsourcing? How Does Contact Center Outsourcing Work.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

When selecting a contact center to assist your company, you want more than outsourced services. You want a partnership: a team of agents and managers that you would have been happy to hire. If this sounds far from what you’ve experienced, you may wonder if it’s even possible to have this type of outsourcing solution.

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Expivia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Call center reporting is the only way to know how your contact center is performing. From daily performance reports to identifying seasonal trends, reporting is an art form in the call center that defines the past, present, and future of your organization. What Is Call Center Reporting? Daily Summary Report.

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TeleDirect

OCTOBER 1, 2022

What Is a Positive Call Center Environment? Whether your business’ call center is in-house or outsourced, one thing is clear: a positive, fair working environment is paramount to your success. But what is a call center environment? Why Does a Positive Call Center Environment Matter? Creates a Happier Team.

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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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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

The hybrid work model in contact centers is a mix of on-premises and remote work. The on-premise workers are located at the same facility as the contact center, while the remote workers are located outside the facility, usually at or other locations scattered throughout the globe. What Is Hybrid Work?

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Nicereply

MARCH 14, 2023

Titles that have stood the test of time. This article contains a must-have list of book s that will teach, inspire, and guide you to become a better support manager. Notable quote: “Being awesome at the job means playing the long game and building a reputation for excellence. You need proven work. We tell stories.

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

The primary goal of contact center businesses revolves around improving customer experience. Empowering your contact center business with automated solutions can take your customer interactions to new heights of success. What is Contact Center Automation?

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Fonolo

JULY 5, 2023

In the age of social media backlash and call-out culture, how your customers feel about your brand is key to your success. How customers perceive your brand is essential to your success. That said, small businesses do have an advantage in their ability to respond to the negative perceptions. We couldn’t agree more.

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CX Accelerator

MAY 8, 2018

Or would your agents be more like sword-wielding fighters, battling to defeat angry customer ogres before they burn your contact center to the ground? Fantastical tales aside, stories about our businesses carry a lot of meaning. What’s also true is it’s the department most rich in narrative!

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NobelBiz

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to this insightful blog post, where we discuss building a successful outbound lead generation strategy for contact centers. Main Struggles in Outbound Lead Generation The main struggles in outbound lead generation include low contact and conversion rates. And no wonder.

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Blindly, they assume they have a great customer experience just because they have customers. In this case, an organized, efficient message delivery process would elevate your customer’s experience, and create success for your business in the competitive market. More Blogs Menu. Key 2020 Trends: Cloud Contact Centers.

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Call Experts

MARCH 5, 2020

The number one rule for any business is to keep your customers happy! But, only part of the job is providing excellent services; the other key to keeping your customers happy is outstanding customer support. with customized protocols to support your customers until they have a resolution. 24x7x365 answering service.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Contact centers can have the best customer service agents and the latest and greatest technology. Contact center leaders have a lot on their plate–from ensuring customer satisfaction and encouraging technology adoption to keeping agents happy and well-trained. Experience on the Frontline.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

We all used flip phones and phones that had little keyboards that popped out and stuff, and we were happy with that. If someone had explained an iPhone to us, we might have listened, and some might have understood the benefit right away without even seeing it. They don’t always have the vision a company does.

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Expivia

MARCH 18, 2021

Incredible customer service is the backbone of any call center. So, they need to have the most crucial skills to handle their issues well. What exactly makes a call center agent good at customer service? Top 10 Customer Service Skills of the Best Call Center Agents. This call center agent skill is very underrated.

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Nicereply

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Part of being a great manager means staying informed of the latest technology, so that you can continually improve your customer experience as your company grows and customer expectations evolve You can get along fine without most tools —for a while. Employee scheduling software. Critical tools for every customer support manager.

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Expivia

MARCH 11, 2021

How do you make sure you have the right number of agents on call? Your call center’s success depends on it. Follow these call center workforce management best practices to find out how to staff your contact center the right way. What Is Call Center Workforce Management? Forecasting. Scheduling.

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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Call center QA and monitoring teams are responsible for ensuring the quality of interactions between call center representatives and consumers. Companies that use speech analytics software have an easier time monitoring these interactions. Meet Our Panel of Call Center Leaders and QA Pros: Art Coombs. Lindsey Havens.

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aircall

JANUARY 24, 2022

But warning: This doesn’t mean you can take customers for granted just because you have something they crave. It’s a mistake to view your customer support team as a cost center. When you make your customers feel important, your customer service team becomes a growth center that drives your revenue up continually.

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TeleDirect

DECEMBER 14, 2023

If you have been considering investing in a dedicated call center , the question of its ROI has undoubtedly been raised. To answer this requires, in part, knowing the services your dedicated call center provides. Depending on what you pay your call center, that can amount to a significant ROI. What is our job?

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Call Experts

JANUARY 29, 2020

Often, companies use analytics and dashboards to optimize programs, create custom reports, understand team workflows, analyze different trends, and keep the team focussed and happy. Partner with an experienced contact center to track and optimize your customer journey. More Blogs Menu. 5 Tips on AI-Powered Phone Lines.

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Spearline

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Many of us are realizing that some of our decisions were a little hasty, while others have come to the realization that their tech stacks are just not sufficient for the still shifting contact center technology sands. The end result; happy customers, stronger brand.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Between meetings with other managers and department heads, you barely have time to answer all the mentions on Slack. And, you have a meeting with a customer in an hour to talk about some data they lost due to a bug in your system. Are your customers happy? But, as a contact center manager, the stakes of your own role are high.

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Fonolo

MAY 7, 2015

UPDATED FEBRUARY 2020: The call center is an extremely stressful work environment. Simply knowing how to run a call center isn’t enough for success. Not for the weak at heart, only some call center managers have the grace, tenacity, and skills to handle the extreme pressures of the contact center manager’s job.

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Call Experts

DECEMBER 12, 2019

For too many customers, this also means longer wait times. A well-seasoned contact center will help! . Here are some of the tips and tricks we use to stay ahead of the holiday madness and keep your callers happy: Understand your holiday call volumes. More Blogs Menu. How Contact Centers Manage the Holiday Rush.

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Etech GS

APRIL 30, 2019

Contacting a company in the hopes of resolving an issue only to receive less-than-impressive service is likely a scenario you’ve personally encountered at least once in your lifetime. Customers have more options than ever, and competition is fierce. Don’t Overlook the Importance of Employee Engagement.

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Expivia

APRIL 1, 2021

You learn some things after running contact centers for 20+ years on building call center culture. The following are 5 tips or to take that a step further, absolutes on changing or creating a great contact center culture in your customer service center. Many centers are “write-up” happy.

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Expivia

APRIL 29, 2021

The success of your call center depends on the list of key performance indicators (KPIs) you follow. Without call center KPI tracking, you’ll never know if you’re running your call center effectively. While there are a lot of different kinds of call center metrics, these 15 KPIs are the most crucial to monitor.

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Nicereply

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are detailed guidelines to assist an employee in performing specific tasks smoothly. By using a step-by-step guide , SOPs provide employees with information they need to effectively perform a task without confusion or ambiguity. What are SOPs?

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 31, 2019

For contact center agents, it sometimes feels like either the workday drags on or it flies by with a flash. But maybe there is a happy medium for your agents – like when you are playing your favorite game or sport and completely lose track of time. Set your agents up for success by having them document their goals.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As businesses recognize its value, the shift from a product-centered approach to a customer-centric one continues. Acting on customer feedback doesn’t mean doing one thing. It means doing many things on many levels of an organization. Build CX into the culture: build long-lasting principles oriented on customer success.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

AI customer service technologies have given rise to a wide range of customer-facing platforms, all of which help companies provide a level of service beyond human capacity. Intent prediction enables call centers to up their game by giving customers the assistance they need in the way they want it. Customer-facing AI technologies.

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Nicereply

JANUARY 17, 2024

Brand identities are essential to successful branding. These are all associated with increased digital protection, which helps highlight and shape the brand identity RealVNC communicates as one that centers on security. This means that customers who are happy with your services once will be likely to return.

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SmartAction

APRIL 1, 2021

AI-powered virtual agents have come a long way since the days of “Press 1 for billing. Natural Language Understanding engines (NLUs) have advanced to match intents to expected answers for the best imaginable experience. That live agent will then have all the information collected to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

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TeamSupport

JULY 1, 2020

Part 1 of this blog series explored the meanings of and differences between customer sentiment analysis and Customer Distress Index (CDI™)— customer sentiment analysis uses text to indicate a positive or negative tone to the communication and the TeamSupport CDI uses data to indicate whether a customer may be satisfied or frustrated.

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