Contact Center Pipeline

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Some people believe that changing technology is behind the disruption that’s roiling markets. But attributing disruption to technology is dead wrong—disruption is really driven by changing customer needs. From fast fashion to smartphones, only companies that truly understand their customers can succeed. Technology is only a tool—or a distraction. In this era of instant gratification […].

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TechSee

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The contact center agent’s job is getting harder. The ongoing shift to self-service has brought about many positive changes to the customer service field. Call volumes in many contact centers are down along with the cost to serve. Fewer customers now require assistance from live agents to pay bills or carry out other simple tasks. However, that means successful call center agents must now deal with a far greater proportion of complex issues.

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Working Solutions

DECEMBER 24, 2019

You may have heard it said that customer experience (CX) is of the utmost importance to businesses across all industries. But it might still be a hard pill to swallow. After all, you work hard to provide the best possible product or service at a great price, delivered with the utmost professionalism. Isn’t that enough? […].

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Ansafone

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Due to many factors, businesses have become extremely competitive. To compete, you must be efficient and have the correct technology in place. This is where having a company that specializes in BPO can be an asset to your business. BPO or business process outsourcing is the moving of certain processes or operations outside of your … BPO is an asset and not a liability Read More » The post BPO is an asset and not a liability appeared first on Ansafone Contact Centers.

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Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

SharpenCX

DECEMBER 23, 2019

If you don’t deliver good service, customers won’t trust you. Turns out, excellent service is the number one factor that impacts a consumer’s level of trust with your company. And, trust is as important to your company’s financial health as growth and profitability, according to Accenture. Providing a good experience for your customers isn’t about being perfect.

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Toister Performance Solutions

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Advertising disclosure: This blog participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. There are a lot of product returns on December 26. In the past, this was a laborious process. Go to a store and you'd wait in a long line, get grilled by the associate, and then be asked to file out a stack of paperwork.

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

“Instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer,” Scott Cook. With the ever-changing scenario of business globalization, companies are thriving hard to retain their brand’s loyalty by creating cutting-edge product sales strategies. There was a time when offering a good product at a reasonable price was enough for a company to stand out from competitors.

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HelpCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2019

One of the greatest things about a good knowledge base is that it places you in a very proactive position.You do not wait for the customer to call you, write an email or raise a [ … ]. The post How to Build a Helpful Knowledge Base appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 27, 2019

This week we feature an article by Katie Mares who explains how any business or organization can provide its customers with a five-star experience. The best way I can describe ‘customer service’ is by using the word transaction. ‘Service’ is what we do, it is a product or the transaction to receive the product. According to dictionary.com an experience is; “a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: or the observing, encountering, or undergoing of things generally

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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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LiveVox

DECEMBER 23, 2019

11 Tips for Converting Customer Complaints to Sales Opportunities Any salesperson worth their salt knows that all customer feedback is valuable—even and especially the negative type. Publicly responding to negative comments or taking the extra time to follow up after a poor survey rating can go miles for improving products and building your business’s public.

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ChaseData

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get paid to play games? While most of us will never know the life of a professional athlete, professional gamer, or other career game-player, there are many ways to bring the thrill of frivolity and fun into the workplace. The gamification of the work setting is a popular trend in many businesses, these days; it has been shown to make employees happier, more loyal to their jobs, and even more productive.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 25, 2019

If you’re reading this article the day it comes out, it’s Christmas Day. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or any other holiday around this time, you know that the holidays often bring a frantic level of busyness and even stress. Depending on where you work or the industry you’re in, some of you get crazy busy during the holidays while others actually slow down.

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Hodusoft

DECEMBER 25, 2019

There is no reason to not have call center software in your enterprise particularly when it is available as a hosted, pay as you go option. Forget about outsourcing customer service. Deliver it using your in-house staff. Every one of your employees becomes a potential agent, able to deliver rich customer experience in a variety of ways. Customer experience is just one part of the story of communications.

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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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Calltools

DECEMBER 25, 2019

It’s no secret that personalization now rules the modern marketing and sales world. Any hint of pushy tactics has the average consumer running in the opposite direction. Or worse, a generic sales pitch gets critical details (like the consumer’s name) wrong. It’s not that consumers won’t give brands the time of day, it’s that the presentation doesn’t always reach them where it counts.

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SoliCall

DECEMBER 22, 2019

We are frequency approached by new prospects with a simple request: could you help us cancel the noise in our audio? In order to address this question professionally, we first we need to understand what exactly stands behind the general word “noise” in the prospect’s request. Apparently there are many types of noise in audio and handling each one of them requires a different approach.

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Win the Customer

DECEMBER 25, 2019

The significant benefits of effectively engaging with customers on social channels make the investment worthwhile. “Social care” isn’t anything new, but providing effective multi-channel customer service that includes social care can be pose significant challenges for organizations big and small. Social media sites have evolved from simply personal sharing portals to communication platforms that can enable organizations to deliver enhanced customer care and customer relationshi

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Customer Experience Matters

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The XM Institute has published new research that examines the impact that customer experience has on the loyalty of U.S. consumers across 20 industries. You can download these reports for free: The ROI of Customer Experience. This research examines the correlation between customer experience and the likelihood of consumers to exhibit the following behaviors: purchase more products or services, recommend a company, forgive a company, trust a company, or try a company’s new product or service.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 23, 2019

If you’ve ever read any published content from the ClientSuccess team before, you know that we take the concept of customer success as an entire company goal very seriously. After all, your customers aren’t the responsibility of one department – they’re the reason your entire company is in business. This being said, customer sentiment and satisfaction are notoriously hard to measure across different departments and touch points in an organization. .

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Etech

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Everyone knows the story behind the demise of at least one brand or company that eventually failed to thrive due to an inability or refusal to innovate and change with the times. Many of these major businesses that experienced failures were, at one time, hugely successful and popular. Perhaps you remember the joy and anticipation of searching the shelves for that newly released video on a Friday night at Blockbuster or browsing aisles of new toys at Toys R Us.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The Biggest Thing We Learned in 2019. If there is one thing we have learned in 2019, it is that customers give us a lot to think about regarding their behavior. How they behave and why are fascinating topics and one that has much influence on our Customer Experience outcomes. As we embark on a new year and a new decade, it is an excellent time to reflect on what we have learned and what made the most significant impact on us regarding customer retention and loyalty.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Strengthen Your Company’s Core. Hold Yourself Accountable for Creating a Consistently Amazing Customer Experience. Shep Hyken interviews Katie Mares. They discuss her C.O.R.E. Methodology and how it can improve the customer experience in addition to gender inequality in the customer service world. Top Takeaways: In order for your organization to succeed, it must have a strong, solid core.

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Dive into the realm of contact center dialers with our infographic! Explore the various types – Preview, Predictive, Automatic, and Progressive Dialers – and unravel their roles in boosting call center performance.

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Contact Center Pipeline

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Businesses are entering a new age of leadership. Ivory towers are crumbling across the country. The days of executives being disconnected from their customers, employees and the everyday activities of the workplace are drawing to an end. Organizations are undergoing disruptive change brought about by rising customer demands, rapid advancements in technology, and evolving workforce […].

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

If you were to answer a question, “What is that one thing that customers hate the most? . What would you say? Without a doubt, it would be struggling to find a solution to their problems. . Customers don’t want to go out of their comfort zone to solve their own problems. They like instant and effortless solutions. . So what can you do to provide a smooth and delightful experience to customers throughout their journey?

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GetFeedback

DECEMBER 26, 2019

A good customer thank you email can go a long way in creating a great customer experience and brand perception. Use these 5 tips to craft the perfect note.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Customer Service Pet Peeves That’ll Make Your Customers Cringe in 2020 by SmarterCX Team. (SmarterCX) We asked CX professionals for their biggest gripes and pet peeves when it comes to service, and here are 10 they listed as most likely to make customers cringe

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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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Contact Center Pipeline

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Wishing all of our readers a safe and happy holiday season, and a prosperous new year!

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2019

We’ve all heard way too many times that happy customers are the cornerstones of a successful business. But what exactly does a happy customer mean to your brand? And what do you even mean by a happy customer ? Apparently, even though all serious businesses want to have their customer satisfaction at the highest level, not all of them measure customer experience in the same way. .

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Spearline

DECEMBER 22, 2019

*This article was originally published in Connect, the Spearline magazine. Download your copy here.*. What we do here at Spearline is not commonplace. Because we introduced new software to the market, we educate the telecommunications industry while we continue to innovate. Our innovation. The Spearline Platform currently has the capability to run thousands of tests per day.

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