Contact Center Pipeline

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

In 2012, Rolling Stone […]. The album contained the hit song and perennial wedding favorite, “We’ve Only Just Begun,” and the song that provided the Carpenters with international musical fame, “(They Long to Be) Close to You.”

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CX Accelerator

MAY 25, 2022

Jenny began her call center customer service journey on the front lines back in 2005. In 2012, she co-founded the blog, CustomerServiceLife.com. She is known for her thought leadership, speaking about CS, CX and self-care for contact center agents at business conferences such as Zendesk Relate and ICMI Expo.

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Playvox

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) 12% of 2025 workforce As digital natives, this generation uses social platforms to connect with others and to build their personal brands and businesses. Training, tools, and coaching are elements that each contact center agent needs, regardless of generation. ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 20, 2019

If you purchased a laptop in 2012 and compared it to one today it would be like comparing a raft to a nuclear submarine! This is also true for call center systems. How well does your system support modern call center requirements like omnichannel , digital channels , workforce management and more?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 20, 2019

If you purchased a laptop in 2012 and compared it to one today it would be like comparing a raft to a nuclear submarine! This is also true for call center systems. How well does your system support modern call center requirements like omnichannel , digital channels , workforce management and more?

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NICE inContact

JULY 25, 2019

Retaining call center agents doesn’t occur by chance, it happens by implementing practical, proven retention tactics. Check out these five tactics to retain your top call center agents: 1) Recognize Your Agents. Avoiding job boredom in the contact center is crucial to keeping them around.

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Call Center Gamification Coaching Surveys 56

Balto

OCTOBER 31, 2022

With contact center turnover nearing 50% year-over-year, a lot of attention is given to how and why employees leave their place of work — and not enough is given to how they begin their time in the workforce. Supervisors are the contact center’s superpower if you unleash them. Use Onboarding to Get Personal.

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Balto

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

With year-over-year attrition rates reaching 45% or above , the contact center can seem like a transient job. But in reality, we found that while many people leave within their first year, a majority of tenured agents spend longer in the contact center than they originally planned — and they’re happy to have done so.

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Voxjar

JUNE 8, 2021

Your search for the best quality assurance software for your call center can get overwhelming, fast. While Voxjar offers an end-to-end Speech Analytics QA solution and are confident that we can help you solve your call monitoring needs, we believe that you should explore the entire landscape before making a decision.

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Balto

AUGUST 3, 2022

As the global economy shows signs of recession, the Conversation Excellence Lab wanted to understand how executives are planning to shift their contact center budgets, and how they view the future of the contact center as a whole. Is the contact center a drain on resources, a necessary expense to manage customer needs?

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CX Global Media

JUNE 25, 2018

Jim Rembach : Hey this is Jim the Fast leader Show and Call Center Coach, and I ‘m here at Contact Center Expo with Bruce Eidsvik, a Senior VP of marketing for Genesys. It was launched originally in Europe back in 2012. He used to be on the sales side of the business but is now is on the marketing side.

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Call Center Weekly

JANUARY 24, 2018

For example, Dore Juvenile , winner of the ICMI Global Contact Center Award for Best Social Media Customer Care, uses Facebook live videos to teach their customers how to properly install car seats. Blogging The contact center communicates with customers all day long—via phone, email, chat, etc. Email Yes, I said email.

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Transparent BPO

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The Philippines has worn the offshore outsourcing crown for years, having claimed it from India in 2012. The country’s BPO sector is so strong the LA Times called it the “call center capital of the world.”

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Quality Contact Solutions

DECEMBER 31, 1969

According to PACE Chair, Lori Fentem, Ring’s Head of Call Center Growth and Strategy, “Dean will be missed from both the association board and the Executive Committee. PACE is the only non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of companies that utilize contact centers as an integral resource for customer engagement.

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VocalCom

JUNE 18, 2020

Before the pandemic even started to disrupt business, the contact center industry was already widely migrating to Cloud. Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant report anticipated that, by 2022, contact center as a service (CCaaS) would become the preferred adoption model for about half of contact centers, up from about 10% in 2019.

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Revation Systems

JUNE 15, 2020

1% Fairview Health Services has notably improved the contact center's abandonment rate (now at less than 1%). In 2012, Fairview Health Services began searching for a more efficient patient transfer solution. This resulted in long call center wait times and higher abandonment rates. It was time for a change.

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Taylor Reach Group

MARCH 6, 2020

The questions addressed in this post are how we keep ourselves safe and healthy, and how can we prepare and continue to operate our contact centers in the face of a rising pandemic; for if it isn’t COVID-19 it will be something else. ”[ source ] 2012 to 2019 MERS infected over 2,500 people and killed 862.

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Fonolo

JULY 31, 2018

Established in 2012, Payless Furniture processes over 5,000 furniture deliveries every month for customers across the United States. Its New York-based call center is supported by 10 customer service representatives who manage inquiries related to purchases, sales, claims, deliveries, and general customer service questions.

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pindrop

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It is commonly understood that KBAs are frustrating, not just for the consumers but for the contact centers themselves. A few interesting trends are taking place in contact centers. . Source: Contact Babel The US Contact Center Decision-Makers’ Guide, 2018 and 2021. in 2012 to 6.1%

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Joe Rawlinson

AUGUST 9, 2017

Empower your customer service team to handle service tickets across all channels by adopting a virtual call center platform such as 8×8 Virtual Contact Center that is equipped to deliver a consistent omni-channel experience. Add Value by Utilizing Technological Innovations.

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Noble Systems

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Conventional motivational tactics are no longer effective, whether you manage an enterprise or contact center sales organization. A recent study conducted by CSO Insights, says that sales goal attainment across geographies and industries dropped from 63% in 2012 to 53% in 2016. All of them can be enhanced with gamification.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 23, 2019

Historically, consumers had to go to a gym to work out, but in 2012 a new player came on the market to introduce new digital options. Their contact centers were growing dramatically, and they needed a solution that would scale easily and quickly to support their growth. “We The fitness industry has changed.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 3, 2016

One of his colleagues brought him food and water during the call… At Zappos, call-center employees are trained to use interactions with customers as a way to build relationships, not make a sale. “The connection was so strong that we could have talked for 18 hours if we really wanted,” he said.

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Balto

JUNE 23, 2022

A quick search for “contact center scripts” yields thousands of results aimed at teaching managers the best practices for enforcing script adherence. Though scripts are a cornerstone of contact centers, they have not advanced at the same pace as other industry technologies. What does this mean for contact centers?

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Sykes

MARCH 5, 2019

This ranking acknowledges SYKES’ operational excellence as well as a series of recent strategic acquisitions and partnerships that redefine the company as a digital customer experience powerhouse, including becoming the first call-center provider with significant automation capability.

Marketing 75

Marketing Technical Support Enterprise Transportation 75

Talkdesk

APRIL 8, 2019

Our executive team is comprised of a diverse group of individuals who have varied career paths and knowledge they’ve gleaned from years of experience inside and outside of the contact center industry. We want to share their insights with you, which is why we’re launching a blog series called Executive Perspectives!

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Service Agility

MARCH 17, 2018

Originally published in Contact Center Pipeline, May 2012 Have you ever picked up the phone to call a business, all the while thinking "I sure hope they are unable to handle my issue during this call and I need to call them back at least once to get this resolved"? Of course not.

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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Call center QA and monitoring teams are responsible for ensuring the quality of interactions between call center representatives and consumers. Meet Our Panel of Call Center Leaders and QA Pros: Art Coombs. Lindsey Havens. Nabahat Shanza. Art Coombs. ArthurFCoombs. Lindsey Havens.

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Customer care extends far beyond the traditional call center. iii] “#McDStories: When a Hashtag Becomes a Bashtag”, Kashmir Hill, Forbes, January 24, 2012, [link]. [iv] Every touch point or interaction with the company (or even content about the company) can affect the customer’s satisfaction and loyalty to the brand.

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Airlines Customer Service Customer Care Metrics 45

Taylor Reach Group

JUNE 11, 2018

Over the next few weeks, we will be posting a series related to Contact Center industry statistics. Below, you will find Call Center Statistics related to the various Contact Center channels. 85% of organizations anticipate contacts will become more complex in the next 2 years (Deloitte).

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Beyond Morale

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

I spend a lot of my life working with customer experience and contact center leaders. Two of my most active associations are the Customer Experience Professionals Association ( CXPA ) and the Call Center Network group ( CCNG ). Everybody is looking for it. I participate in various events with different associations.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JUNE 24, 2012

Call Center Management On Fast Forward: Succeeding in the New Era of Customer Relationships (third edition) hits the shelves in May 2012.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JUNE 24, 2012

Call Center Management On Fast Forward: Succeeding in the New Era of Customer Relationships (third edition) hits the shelves in May 2012.

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Vistio

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And in 2012, I decided to make the jump to the indirect or referral partner channels, where a lot of these big Gartner ranked vendors across contact center and unified communications and networking have these really robust programs that enable partners, or referral brokers, or agents to basically add value around the purchasing process.

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Avaya

AUGUST 25, 2017

In 2012, Superstorm Sandy caused $65 billion in damage in the U.S., Avaya can engage in a proactive support dialogue to help you avoid complexity from the outset. Before the Storm. Hurricanes like Harvey can be catastrophic to businesses.

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Avaya

AUGUST 25, 2017

In 2012, Superstorm Sandy caused $65 billion in damage in the U.S., Avaya can engage in a proactive support dialogue to help you avoid complexity from the outset. Before the Storm. Hurricanes like Harvey and Irma can be catastrophic to businesses.

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Callminer

APRIL 10, 2019

We’re delighted that CallMiner has been named by Call Centre Helper as one of the Top 10 providers of Contact Centre Software and Technology for the third year running with Eureka Coach.

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