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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

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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. Contact Center Trends 2021.

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

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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. Voice starts with the customer reaching your contact center platform.

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25 Call Center Leaders Share the Most Effective Ways to Boost Contact Center Efficiency

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To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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How to Recession-Proof Your Contact Center, According to 360+ Executives

Balto

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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Is Your Organization Ready for the Top Contact Center Trends of 2022?

Playvox

If your contact center is planning for the future, be sure to make employee experience and getting the right technology in place top priorities. We recently participated in a discussion with two industry experts that focused on megatrends that will impact contact centers in 2022. Technology always needs focus.

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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. That’s a whopping 25.2%

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

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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%