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CCaaS Trends: The Evolution of Cloud Contact Centres

Lumoa

Migration to the Cloud Buoyed by the COVID-19 outbreak, cloud migration dramatically increased during the steepest economic contraction since the 2008 financial crisis. Additionally, utilizing voice-enabled support enhances the human experience by providing a personal touch.

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Proactively prepare your contact center for Black Friday.

Spearline

increase since the financial crisis in 2008. Take a little time to review and check that your IVR system is working correctly and routing customers as efficiently as possible to the correct agent. Complicated or malfunctioning IVRs will only cause frustration for customers. billion, a 4.3%

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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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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. Some of them are IVR systems, call routing, post-call surveys , and other add-on benefits.

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5 Ways to Improve Customer Service for Your Lending Business

CSM Magazine

Over 90% of all customers want to skip the Interactive Voice Response systems and robots most companies use. IVR is a nuisance. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, peoples’ trust in banks, credit unions, and direct lenders withered. People want to talk to live people. Video-teller devices are also a good idea.

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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. Here are a few steps you can take to communicate clearly and deliver personalized service: Incorporate plain language in your IVR system using a flexible scripting tool.

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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.