Toister Performance Solutions

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A customer walked into Nordstrom with two tires and asked for a refund. Nordstrom doesn't sell tires, so the customer clearly didn't buy the tires from that store. Yet the associate gave the customer a refund anyway. The story became a legend. You need legendary stories of your own if you want to deliver legendary customer service. This guide will show you three things: What makes a great customer service story.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Are you ready for AI? Some firms are. To be counted among them requires preparation. Author, speaker, consultant, and The Agile Brand podcast host Greg Kihlstrom , ( www.gregkihlstrom.com ) Principal Chief Strategies for GK5A, joined us on a recent podcast to discuss what it takes to be prepared to implement AI and improve your customer experience. Since I thought many of you were facing the same projects, this newsletter issue will explore what he said.

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Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Upstream Works is excited to introduce you to our newest product offering – Upstream Works for Amazon Connect. We enhance Amazon Connect with a unified desktop, digital channel flexibility, seamless integrations and management simplicity The post AI for Cost Savings? Beware the Service Recovery Paradox appeared first on Upstream Works.

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VirtualPBX

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Guest Blog from Sphinx Solution Nowadays, a solid communication system is the key to any business success. Whether you have a startup or an enterprise-grade business, cost-effective & efficient communication systems help you achieve long-term success. That is where VoIP & texting steps in. Integrating VoIP & texting in your business transforms the way you communicate with your partners, customers, and employees.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Executives and managers know that contact center goal-setting helps usher in progress and bring about positive change. Why? 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. Using the S.M.A.R.T strategy in goal-setting is key: it provides direction and helps focus your team’s time and energy.

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Cisco - Contact Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As a Managed Service Provider (MSP), you are responsible for helping to ensure that customer environments function smoothly, with both visible and behind-the-scenes elements operating seamlessly.

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Cyara

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As transactions increasingly shift from physical, ‘bricks and mortar’ stores to online environments, the contact center agent often becomes the first person a customer interacts with. They serve as an essential bridge connecting customers and brands, and play a crucial role in shaping the customer experience (CX).

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Cisco - Contact Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations are constantly seeking innovative solutions to streamline their network management and maximize operational efficiency.

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LiveVox

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How are large language models being used to ramp up productivity and enhance customer engagement in the contact center? We explore how LLMs are being harnessed to create seamless customer experiences, save valuable time and resources, and ultimately pave the way for a more efficient future below. Introducing large language models Large language models are […] The post 2023/2024 CX Trends: How Large Language Models are Shaping the Future of Customer Engagement appeared first on LiveVox.

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Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper

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HelpCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: Far far away, behind the word mountains appeared first on The HelpCrunch blog.

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Jon Arnold

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Am returning to UC Expo - pretty much same place and time as last year - October 4-5. Best I can tell, it’s the top event in the UC space in the EU, and they sure draw a big crowd. Aside from attending, I’ll moderating two panels, along with being on the ask-the-analyst session during Day 2. Banner below showcases one of the sessions I’m moderating, and I’ll add the other one when it’s ready.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Industry Report Ranks Calabrio as an Overall Agent Management Leader and a Product Experience Leader. Calabrio , the workforce performance company, has been named an Exemplary Vendor in Ventana Research Buyers Guide 2023: Agent Management. The report also recognizes Calabrio as a Value Index Leader in 6 of 7 evaluation categories: Adaptability, Capability, Manageability, Reliability, Usability, and Validation.

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kommunicate

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Last Updated on September 15, 2023 Affiliate marketing is all the rage. In fact, the topic has been rising in popularity since the early 2000s. Brands and businesses have been partnering with influencers to gain more traction for their products. In this blog post, we are going to teach you the basics of affiliate marketing. [.] The post Affiliate Marketing 101: Definition and How to Get Started in 2023 appeared first on Kommunicate Blog.

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Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Conduent Incorporated , a global technology-led business solutions and services company, released new research that provides a focused, in-depth view of the state of the customer experience (CX) within the retail/eCommerce vertical. At the center of the research findings, the lynchpin to standout customer experiences is a strong dedication and discipline to CX fundamentals, such as people, training, and robust processes, that layer in advanced technology, and not vice versa.

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Hodusoft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

HoduCC's Predictive Dialer Earns Prestigious Gartner Badges In today’s highly competitive contact center software solutions industry, standing out from others can be very challenging. Since the technology in the contact center industry is continually evolving, companies in this sector must keep pace with the latest trends and innovations to stay competitive.

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AWS Machine Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This post takes you through the most common challenges that customers face when searching internal documents, and gives you concrete guidance on how AWS services can be used to create a generative AI conversational bot that makes internal information more useful. Unstructured data accounts for 80% of all the data found within organizations, consisting of repositories of manuals, PDFs, FAQs, emails, and other documents that grows daily.

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SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Image Source After recruiting your sales team and coming up with a sales strategy, you should then ensure that everybody is ready to work toward your business goals and objectives. A business sales playbook provides your sales team with the information and tools they require to successfully execute your sales strategy. In addition, it helps your sales representatives to sell your goods or services in different situations.

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Over the next 12 months, what do you think will have the biggest impact on your CX automation efforts? When asked the same question, only 10% of CX leaders surveyed by Verint chose telephony. It’s no longer the engagement channel leading CCaaS conversations. The customer engagement challenges facing organizations have changed – so a new approach is needed.

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AWS Machine Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

“Data locked away in text, audio, social media, and other unstructured sources can be a competitive advantage for firms that figure out how to use it“ Only 18% of organizations in a 2019 survey by Deloitte reported being able to take advantage of unstructured data. The majority of data, between 80% and 90%, is unstructured data. That is a big untapped resource that has the potential to give businesses a competitive edge if they can find out how to use it.

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AWS Machine Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Today, generative AI models cover a variety of tasks from text summarization, Q&A, and image and video generation. To improve the quality of output, approaches like n-short learning, Prompt engineering, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and fine tuning are used. Fine-tuning allows you to adjust these generative AI models to achieve improved performance on your domain-specific tasks.

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