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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

“Expect to see more focus on digital and self-service, less brick and mortar, more efficiency-builders for company and customer, and an increased call for the return of voice to handle the challenging stuff. In 2017, more contact centers will recognize the impact of tracking analytics and use those benchmarks for future growth.

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What CTOs Should Know Before Implementing Conversational AI in the Contact Center

SmartAction

When used in business, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) supports overall call center operations by providing self-service options, 24/7 availability, and real-time data and analytics – while lowering costs and increasing profits. We’ve been PCI DSS Level 1, the highest level of compliance, since 2012.

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Improving Your E-Commerce Customer Service to Meet Today’s Consumer Expectations

Joe Rawlinson

To deliver more personalized service, stay on top of current shopping trends by using analytics tools and services from providers such as NPD Group , which uses point-of-sale data from 300,000 stores to follow and predict consumer trends in 20 industries.

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17 Surprising Stats About Call Centers

Fonolo

With the “era of the customer” in full swing; the increase in customer expectation for omnichannel communication; and the never-ending developments in communication methods through AI-powered self-service; it is easy to overlook the importance that the call center plays in the customer experience. Again: Call-backs, anyone?

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Cloud, the ‘New Normal’ for business continuity and performance

VocalCom

Cloud-based contact center technology also supports seamless integration of self-service, analytics and AI tools such as chatbots and virtual assistants to flatten the curve of incoming calls and focus agents on the more complex conversations.

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Here’s Why 2017 Might NOT Be The Best For Service

Steve DiGioia

Self Service. As I mentioned in a previous article entitled “ The Shocking Truth About Self Service ”, if we are to believe that installing self serve check-out counters are in the customer’s best interest, why not install more and really do away with the live cashier altogether?

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“Free”: The True Costs of Knowledge Based Authentication Questions?

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KBAs are on the way out and need to be replaced with more comprehensive and sophisticated biometric and analytical tools. Contact Babel research 3 shows that caller abandonment rate i.e. the rate at which calls are not contained in the self-service channel, has been increasing. in 2012 to 6.1% The Real Cost of KBAs.