ShepHyken

JANUARY 20, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Jason Grills, writes about the importance of good customer support and the impact it can have on your business. Customer support agents must understand just how important their roles and responsibilities are to the customer experience. Shep Hyken. What’s more?

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Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2020

Which customer service blog posts helped to shape the last decade for you? . There are more customer experience management blogs and articles than ever before — not to mention the growing libraries of video and interactive content. Here, we cover the 20 best customer service blogs and influencers to follow in 2020. Shep Hyken.

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Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Call Center 136

Calabrio

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This guest post is authored by Steven Kaish , SVP, Product Marketing & Technical Partners at Glia. In fact, the pace of change is only accelerating affecting nearly every facet of our lives, from how we bank, shop and socialize to how we respond to a pandemic. Technology Fuels Contact Center Transformation.

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Contact Center Self service Analytics Banking 122

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.

Best practices 105

Best practices Call Center Interactive Voice Response First call resolution 105

CCNG

MAY 31, 2023

One day, when my children were small, I picked them up from the daycare center and headed home to make dinner. He said, “I know you are home with the kids, and I don’t want to keep you from them, but I just had to call and tell you what a great job you’re doing. The call took me by surprise. It was my boss. Thanks again.

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Technical Support CCNG First call resolution Customer Service 195

Enghouse Interactive

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It’s Not an Option – It’s Expected (Blog Series). Register for our upcoming webinar “When, How and Why Customers Self-Help” with Steve Morrell, Managing Director and Principal Analyst of Contact Babel and John Cray, Vice President – Product Management, Enghouse Interactive. Digital literacy is the new normal.

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Self service Contact Center Chatbots First call resolution 79

Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 21, 2020

AI Makes It Possible (Blog Series). Blog #4 of 4 The MORE you know. How AI-Enabled Super-Agents Improve CX. especially if it will increase service levels, reduce time wasted, and guarantees a positive outcome. 77% predict digital assistant volumes will increase over the same timeframe.

Self service 76

Self service Contact Center Benchmark Chatbots 76

ShepHyken

APRIL 13, 2018

These reasons are reflected by the CCW Executive Report on Contact Center Priorities for 2018, where increasing the “voice of the customer” strategy is the #3 contact center priority this year. Is there a specific product or service that needs an update? Before Soliciting Feedback.

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Fonolo

MARCH 21, 2024

Contact center managers know that virtual queuing technology is essential to keeping operations running smoothly. It underpins some of the most useful tools agents have to handle large and changing call volumes. When your number is up, you’ll get a sandwich – or a call-back! How Does it Work?

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Contact Center Abandon rate Multichannel Wait times 75

ShepHyken

JUNE 2, 2017

Ignore a customer’s context – what they say with actions, rather than out loud during a call. To compound all this, traditional service – which waits until customers called the contact center before addressing a problem – has become much less effective. Shep Hyken. They’re hard to believe.

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Wireless Banking Analytics Call Center 189

3CLogic

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Strategies not centering around AI and automation are quickly neglected by executive leaders. While there’s an extensive list of benefits as it pertains to GenAI, this blog will cover only one of the simpler and yet impactful use cases for GenAI — auto-call summarizations.

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Call Experts

DECEMBER 29, 2021

At Call Experts, we are dedicated to providing supportive content every week through our contact center blogs. Because contact center blogs can be an essential tool for understanding services from a company and what it might be like as their customer. . What is a call-out line?

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Contact Center Morale Government Healthcare 52

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. It enhances agent productivity, helps you deliver exceptional customer experiences and improves the agent experience , too.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When it comes to contact center development, what Darnell means is that you must engage. You can’t passively improve a call center. . As leaders and managers, you need to get down and dirty with metrics, KPIs, and agent performance to run a successful contact center. But let’s linger on leadership style.

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Contact Center Call Center call center software Abandon rate 142

3CLogic

APRIL 10, 2024

With 48% of consumers stating they believe the lack of human interaction will negatively affect the service quality, and 54% of customers preferring to solve issues over the phone , offering seamless voice interactions is crucial for any leading contact center organization. Now, let’s see how this integration enhances the ServiceNow platform!

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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. Self-Service Helps Agents Too.

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Self service Contact Center CRM Quality management 52

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. It’s all in the approach and how the data is analyzed. Be it as part of a query, on a call, buried in the CRM system, or posted to social media or online groups/forums. Aggregating. Analyzing all feedback via AI.

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First call resolution Feedback Enterprise Contact Center 52

Enghouse Interactive

JULY 27, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog Series). Register for our webinar with Dane Smith, Enghouse Education and Training Manager, and Jacki Tessmer, VP Product Marketing. Blog #3 Seeing is Believing! As a result, Microsoft Teams is fast becoming the de facto UC solution for organizations of all sizes.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Education First call resolution Cloud contact 52

VirtualPBX

APRIL 19, 2023

Managing call volume is a critical aspect of running any business that relies on phone communication. Whether you are a customer service representative, sales professional, or running a call center, you need to be equipped with the right strategies to handle incoming calls efficiently. What is Call Volume?

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Management Wait times Self service Call Center 97

Hodusoft

JULY 19, 2023

In-Depth Guide: Inbound Call Center Software Inbound call center software is an essential tool for delivering optimal customer service. It is designed to help businesses in efficient management and handling of large volumes of incoming customer calls.

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call center software Call Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 98

JustCall

APRIL 3, 2024

A surge in call volume is always good news for your business. 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. So, how do you manage call surges during unanticipated high-traffic periods?

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Sales Interactive Voice Response Abandon rate Wait times 52

3CLogic

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In today’s digital world, your competitors are no more than a click away, drastically increasing the importance of delivering personalized customer experiences (CX) on the first go. The agent, in turn, is taking notes in one system, managing the conversation in a second, and resolving the issue in a third. You’re far from alone!

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Contact Center Cloud contact CRM Self service 59

SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides an unprecedented opportunity to revolutionize the call center experience for the 59% of your customers who prefer telephone communication. All of which increase profitability. What is Conversational AI? Customers receive fast, accurate responses, reduced misrouting, and reduced wait times.

Contact Center 88

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Virtual Agent Management 88

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”. Choices Expected. Choices Offered.

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Self service Contact Center CRM Customer Support 58

SmartAction

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the heart of the city stood a bustling contact center, a hub of endless calls and queries. This was where Alex, a visionary contact center manager, worked tirelessly to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction. The once overburdened agents found themselves focusing on more complex, engaging tasks.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Upselling Interactive Voice Response 77

OctopusTech

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Outsourcing is one tactic that has been more popular recently, especially in the call center services industry. Numerous advantages come with outsourcing call centers, including increased productivity and significant cost reductions.

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outsourcing Call Center Multichannel call center professionals 62

NobelBiz

MAY 9, 2023

Contact centers play a vital role in today’s business landscape, serving as a primary point of contact for customers to resolve issues, make inquiries, or provide feedback. However, running an efficient and effective contact center requires more than just hiring skilled agents and investing in advanced technologies.

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Best practices Call Center Gamification Contact center software 98

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Executives and managers know that contact center goal-setting helps usher in progress and bring about positive change. In a busy customer service department, having an agreed-upon set of milestones helps you cross the finish line because it clarifies decision-making, keeps morale up, and can even reduce agent turnover.

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Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time Construction 91

Call Experts

APRIL 8, 2024

Have you ever wondered what is it like for the call center agent answering my phone when I partner with Call Experts? Performance Metrics in the Call Center Call center operations rely heavily on performance metrics to evaluate and improve efficiency. Continue below to learn more.

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Call Center Average Handle Time Coaching Metrics 52

NobelBiz

MARCH 26, 2024

CXA stands for Customer Experience Automation, a strategic approach that integrates automation tools and software within call centers to enhance the customer journey. Automated customer support: Utilizing automation to handle routine customer inquiries and issue resolutions, freeing up human agents for more complex tasks.

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Best practices Interactive Voice Response Customer Experience Contact Center 52

Playvox

MARCH 21, 2024

Let’s face it — no one contacts your contact center to tell the person who answers the phone, text, or chat to tell your organization that they love your brand, service, or product. Most interactions that contact center agents have daily are to solve a problem or issue, adjust a payment, or ask a clarifying question.

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Morale Contact Center Quality management Coaching 90

Call Experts

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Call routing is pivotal in connecting individuals with the right human experts, as Fit Small Business explains. In this blog, we’ll explore the intricacies of call routing, its significance in modern customer service, and how it can enhance the customer experience.

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Interactive Voice Response Technical Support call center solutions Technology 105

TeleDirect

DECEMBER 14, 2023

There was a time when outbound call centers consisted of a person calling phone number after phone number in search of that one lead. Today’s outbound calling provides businesses with a direct extension of their sales team, committed to their success by generating leads, setting appointments and performing market research.

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Business Process Outsourcing Telemarketing Call Center Best practices 62

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. How many customers experienced the level of service that transformed them into a client for life?

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Call Center Customer retention Technical Support Sales 62

Fonolo

MAY 23, 2023

Contact center managers know this implicitly. But did you know that hyper-personalization in the contact center is one of the best ways to delight your customers? This blog will explore the concept of hyper-personalization to understand its benefits, discuss strategies and consider examples. Customers want to feel seen.

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Contact Center Personalization Analytics Chatbots 106

Call Experts

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Today, customer support plays a pivotal role in maintaining and growing a loyal customer base, enticing many companies to hire a contact center for their answering services. Ultimately, a well-managed contact center can be the lifeline of your customer service operations. However, not all contact centers are created equal.

Contact Center 105

Contact Center Call Center outsourcing contact center solutions 105

3CLogic

JANUARY 24, 2024

Are they met by long wait times and low-performing agents? As organizations are ramping up their digital transformation strategies to meet the immediate and personalized experiences required by today’s customers, it’ s no surprise Conversational AI is emerging as the fastest-growing segment within the contact center space.

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