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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Omnichannel, Cloud-Based Contact Centers.

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385 and 801 Area Codes: Salt Lake City, Utah Local Phone Numbers

JustCall

The 385 country code is an overlay area code that covers the same area as the 801 area code, and it went into effect on June 1, 2008. And, on the other hand, the 385 area code is an overlay from the numbering plan of 2008. JustCall is loaded with features that provide you with a smoother experience for local calls.

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Contact Centers Can Thrive in the Worker Shortage

SmartAction

The decline continued but stabilized around 2004 until the Great Recession of 2008 hit, which severely affected the labor participation rate. Traditional IVRs aren’t cutting it anymore as the bodies needed to fill in aren’t there to take the calls. It dropped to 63% until it normalized around 2013. It’s a solved problem.

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Using Plain Language & Personalization in the Contact Center for Better CX

NICE inContact

For example, when the Cleveland Clinic simplified its billing statements in 2008, it was able to recover an additional $1 million a month. When Sabre Travel introduced plain language guidelines to help customers install flight information system, annual calls to Sabre’s help desk dropped 70%, resulting in savings of more than $2.4

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The Importance of a Call Center for Financial Services

aircall

Consumers have lots of options for banking and other financial services, and a financial services call center streamlines sales and support operations. With a call center, your financial services institution has greater ability to gather information about your customers and get to know them better.

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International Contact Centre Operations Tips & Best Practices

Callminer

While the majority of consumers choose to reach out to companies via multiple mediums , many have reported wanting to avoid going through structured IVR systems – so it’s no surprise that communication quality within a contact centre has become more important than ever before. Caller Expectations are on the Rise.

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Customer Service: 7 Pain Points For Call Centers

NobelBiz

In this article, we dissect Customer Service 7 pain points in call centers, and how to tackle them. Call queues simplify callers to obtain telephony services, while ACD queues relieve call center and service workers. Additionally, there are specific agents whose phones are always plugged into the call queue.