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Call Centres Coming Home: How Technology Can Smooth the Move

CSM Magazine

The move by call centres to bring their operations back to the UK, however, has happened in conjunction with an upturn the employment market in the country as it emerged from the 2008 financial crash. One innovation that has the ability to immediately reduce costs for operators is Voice Driven Interactive Voice Response (IVR).

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

NICE inContact

It’s plain and simple, using plain language in customer interactions is good business for your contact center. When you use plain language across the customer journey, you’re offering better customer service. This will improve the self-service experience for customers. You’re lowering call volume.

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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

That includes our experience as customers. Modern consumers are no longer willing to accept poor customer service. More than 80% of customers now say the experience a company provides is as important as its products. . More than two-thirds of service providers will move their contact centers to the cloud in 2020.

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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. Encourage agents to cheer up callers with more flexible scripting.

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Customer Service: 7 Pain Points For Call Centers

NobelBiz

Customer service is a critical aspect in ensuring a company’s and brand success. Naturally, the best approach to maintain an exceptional level of service is to serve customers through a contact center. In this article, we dissect Customer Service 7 pain points in call centers, and how to tackle them.

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Customer Service: 7 Pain Points For Call Centers

NobelBiz

Customer service is a critical aspect in ensuring a company’s and brand success. Naturally, the best approach to maintain an exceptional level of service is to serve customers through a contact center. In this article, we dissect Customer Service 7 pain points in call centers , and how to tackle them.

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The Impact of and Opportunity for Virtual Agents on Call Center Outsourcers

Xaqt

The Great Recession in 2008-2009 accelerated the offshoring trend as companies grappled with the economic downturn. One optimized Cognitive IVR can automate the work for a near infinite number of live operators for a given call type. Which meant that someone from Kansas could call a U.S