Eptica

JANUARY 12, 2017

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 What were the top customer service trends of 2016? To help we’ve analyzed all 100+ posts published on the Eptica blog in 2016, and picked a top ten, based on a combination of readership and industry feedback. Find out what they are in this blog post. Published on: January 12, 2017.

Multichannel 59

Multichannel Customer Service Contact Center Benchmark 59

Calabrio

JUNE 9, 2016

One of the places I look for trends is in the 2016 Dimension Data Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report , the most extensive global contact center survey in the industry. Digital channels now account for 42% of all contact center interactions. What you can do: Establish an omnichannel strategy.

Benchmark 40

Benchmark Contact Center Banking Accountability 40

Fonolo

JANUARY 23, 2019

This post was supposed to be about the “Top Contact Center Acquisitions of 2018”, but two significant deals occurred in the last two weeks, and I didn’t want to wait another year to include them on the list. We continue to see a very active M&A market in the contact center space. A bit of a bot-bust soon followed.

Contact Center 62

Contact Center Gamification Call Center Marketing 62

Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Below, you will find interesting statistics pertaining to call centers, their employees and their finances that may prove helpful in deciding whether the use of one for your own business’s strategy is appropriate. Call Center Workforce Statistics. Cloud contact centers may be more reliable. ” – E.

Call Center 207

Call Center outsourcing Contact Center Finance 207

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 6, 2016

We are officially less than one week away from our biggest event this year, ICUC 2016 ! Make sure to check out all the integrations, software and services they offer that can help improve your contact center. We are excited for this year’s ICUC 2016 conference and can’t wait to see you in Orlando! Pick Your Sessions.

Entertainment 48

Entertainment Contact Center Customer Experience 48

Avaya

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The evolving demands of digital-savvy customers have a deep impact on the contact center. While these channels provide customers with the information they need, the contact center remains a predominant channel for customers to seek support when they truly need something done.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Customer Experience Self service Best practices 81

NICE inContact

AUGUST 2, 2016

Guest blog post from our friends at Momentum Telecom. A common theme for companies known for exceptional customer service is a robust, well equipped call or contact center. Simply put, these centers provide a human touch and a strong differentiator for the marketplace when deployed correctly. Register today!

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Contact center software Technical Support Benchmark 48

Call Experts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

For reference, this count is almost 10 million higher than what we saw in 2016. With this steady growth and increase in demand, contact centers are a vital partner to support the holiday rush. . . With this steady growth and increase in demand, contact centers are a vital partner to support the holiday rush. . .

Contact Center 60

Contact Center Management Journey mapping Interactive Voice Response 60

Vonage

JULY 22, 2016

And for many of us working in the world of contact centers, we give a lot. In a recent study from Toister Performance Solutions , service expert Jeff Toister evaluated responses from more than 600 contact center agents with 74 percent self-reporting at risk for burnout. On the board. Endowed with service powers.

Contact Center 0

Contact Center Gamification Morale Technology 0

Revation Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Just as modern technology has transformed communication in our personal lives, current digital innovations are completely restructuring the traditional contact center business model — significantly changing the way consumers and businesses communicate. Omni-channel. Self-service. Social Media.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Self service Technology Enterprise 48

NICE inContact

AUGUST 24, 2017

for 2016, and courtesy and helpfulness of tellers or other staff was the top ranking subset, website satisfaction next and call center satisfaction rounding out some of the top categories of rating. The post What are Bank Contact Centers Doing Right? appeared first on inContact Blog.

Banking 55

Banking Contact Center Benchmark Call Center 55

NICE inContact

AUGUST 24, 2017

for 2016, and courtesy and helpfulness of tellers or other staff was the top ranking subset, website satisfaction next and call center satisfaction rounding out some of the top categories of rating. The post What are Bank Contact Centers Doing Right? appeared first on inContact Blog.

Banking 48

Banking Contact Center Benchmark Call Center 48

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 17, 2018

billion in annual sales (2016). But the Houston-based company was losing sleep over its two contact centers. The post Mattress Firm’s Contact Center Rises and Shines – Improving QA Scores and Average Handle Time appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

Average Handle Time 48

Average Handle Time Contact Center Quality management Enterprise 48

Cisco - Contact Center

MAY 18, 2023

Preparing for the future and a 5G world Saudi Arabia announced “Saudi Vision 2030” in 2016, a bold pathway for the country’s future. A transformative and deeply ambitious plan, it seeks to unlock Saud… Read more on Cisco Blogs

Customer Experience 82

Customer Experience 82

Aspect

JUNE 22, 2017

Contact Prequalification and Authentication. Just like an IVR integrated with the contact center would in the world that I’m sure Apple would love to call the “old world”, Business Chat lets you signal the reason for contact (they call it “Intent”), and the skill group or queue needed to handle the inquiry (they call it “Group”).

Contact Center 66

Contact Center Chatbots Interactive Voice Response Marketing 66

Calabrio

APRIL 26, 2016

And now that spring has sprung we see flowers in bloom, hear birds singing once again, and look forward to spending time learning about our new contact center software and solutions. We presented our subjects with an extensive list of potential contact center issues for 2016 and asked them to choose all that they felt applied to them.

Contact Center 56

Contact Center First call resolution Contact center software Metrics 56

NICE inContact

DECEMBER 12, 2016

When I think about “great” service, I envision a customer interaction that required little customer effort, that was resolved on the first contact, by the first agent, and in which the agent served as a positive ambassador for the brand. But, does hiring great contact center agents equate to great service?

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Agent Empowerment Customer Service Finance 74

NICE inContact

MAY 12, 2017

2017 was arguably the biggest and best year ever at Enterprise Connect 2017 for those who care about contact centers. For ten years, I have attended virtually every contact center session held at the show, the past few years as the Contact Center Track Chair. Is Cloud Contact Center the New Normal?

Enterprise 48

Enterprise Contact Center Cloud contact Banking 48

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2015

As a part of these publications, Temkin is calling 2016 “The Year of Emotion.” ” Here are the 10 customer experience trends to watch in 2016: 1. The improvement in speech analytics will entice many companies to start pilots for extracting insights from their contact center conversations with customers.

Customer Experience 45

Customer Experience Journey mapping Analytics Metrics 45

NICE inContact

AUGUST 23, 2016

While there are a few examples of great culture in the contact center world, there are just as many or more examples of notoriously bad company cultures. Most contact centers fall somewhere in the middle ground. As a contact center leader, where do you start that process? Till Your Land. Let the Sun Shine.

Contact Center 44

Contact Center Morale Feedback Customer Service 44

Calabrio

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The contact center as profit driver: it keeps popping up on lists of top business trends for 2016. Surveys show 3 in 4 organizations now view the contact center as a key differentiator—no longer just a cost center. contact centers racked up more than 200 billion minutes of inbound calling.

Contact Center 59

Contact Center Analytics Technology Enterprise 59

NICE inContact

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Some of us have a hard time adjusting to a change in laundry detergent (you want me to switch from Tide to Gain?!) , so it is only natural that we and our agents sometimes have difficulty accepting and adapting to changes in our contact centers. Studies have concluded that 70% of change initiatives fail for a wide variety of reasons.

Contact Center 55

Contact Center Technology Management contact center solutions 55

Avaya

JUNE 7, 2016

The number of innovations developed on Breeze since its launch in March 2016 has been amazing, especially for an industry that has traditionally been focused on not empowering customers and partners to do things on their own. The post 2016 DevConnect Award Winners Choose to Innovate on Avaya appeared first on Avaya Connected Blog.

Self service 40

Self service Analytics Contact Center Marketing 40

Revation Systems

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Contact centers are widely recognized as the centerpiece of unified communications solutions to improve customer service quality and agent productivity. Contact centers around the nation are using these innovative communication tools to improve quality of life, and in some cases save the lives of American veterans.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Healthcare Technology Call Center 48

Aspect

DECEMBER 27, 2017

2016 saw an explosion of interest and investments in chatbots, as I wrote in my last annual recap. Much like in 2016, this year I’ve had countless conversations about chatbot needs with numerous customers, prospects, and partners around the globe, and it’s clear to me that as an industry we have made progress. Let’s have a look.

Chatbots 116

Chatbots Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Enterprise 116

Natalie Petouhof

MARCH 3, 2016

Tweet Enterprise Connect 2016 is a leading conference and exhibition for enterprise communications and collaboration in North America. It is being held March 7-9th, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Genesys, a market leader in omni-channel customer experience (CX) and contact center solutions, will be particpating in the event.

Enterprise 40

Enterprise Customer Experience Contact Center Analytics 40

VHT

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Contact center managers face the constant challenge of serving customers efficiently while maximizing their convenience and making the experience enjoyable. A 2016 Employee Engagement Benchmark study found that companies with the highest rated CX had 1.5 People love using chatbots for simple tasks.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Gamification Employee engagement Chatbots 48

Verint

AUGUST 17, 2017

At the end of 2016, I conducted 20 interviews with customer service professionals who were members of the National Association of Call Centers (NACC). The question was, “What’s keeping you up at night when you think about your contact center in 2017 and beyond.”. Don’t Panic!”

Employee engagement 30

Employee engagement Contact Center contact center workforce Gamification 30

Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

As we enter 2016, it appears that this consumer behavior trend will continue through 2016 and beyond. Still, many companies have been slow to adapt their websites and infrastructure to accommodate this technological growth – however, this will change significantly in 2016. billion PC users.) What does this mean for your company?

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Self service Advertising Airlines 0

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 23, 2023

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. How long have you been delivering AI solutions as part of your contact center services?

Customer Care 71

Customer Care outsourcing Employee engagement Contact Center 71

Uniphore

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The hottest trend in business today is what your call center is all about: extraordinary customer service. The writing is on the wall: By 2020, see fast resolution as their #1 need. Customer experience will make you or break you, but what exactly do you need to do to keep your customers satisfied? Read More.

Contact Center 79

Contact Center Customer Service Call Center Customer Experience 79

Fonolo

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Last month we shared 4 Call Center Reports Worth Your Time. A top mission of the Fonolo blog has always been to help you stay informed with the fast-moving contact center industry. Who wrote it: Call Center Week. Key findings: Web chat showed strong growth in 2015, rising to 3.2%, and 2016’s figure of 4.5%

Call Center 117

Call Center Journey mapping Self service Interactive Voice Response 117

Taylor Reach Group

APRIL 9, 2020

Research suggests the cost of providing bad CX is climbing rapidly, from $20 Billion USD annually in 2013 to $62B in 2016 ( Forbes-Hyken ) to $83B in 2017 ( Customer Think-Jaiswal ). In my contact centers, I’ve also offered a graffiti-style feedback system that I’ve written about before ( Taylor Reach Blog ).

Consulting 173

Consulting Consulting Contact Center Surveys 173

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

One of our goals with the Fonolo blog is to help you stay current on the many aspects of the fast-moving contact center industry. Our favorite chart: The US Contact Center Decision-Makers’ Guide. Who wrote it: Contact Babel. in 2016 to 5.3% Where to get it: www.contactbabel.com/united-states.cfm.

Call Center 89

Call Center Contact Center B2C Benchmark 89

NICE inContact

AUGUST 25, 2016

The traditional contact center organization has the greatest opportunity to transform its silos into the enterprise epicenter for customer interaction. If Gartner’s predictions ring true, contact centers have the opportunity to transform the enterprise to become the customer experience (CX) hub. Register today !

Brand ambassadors 48

Brand ambassadors Agent Empowerment Contact Center Enterprise 48

Aspect

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Many of the latest contact center management tools on the market today are designed to bridge the gap between consumer preference and businesses objectives. According to the 2016 Aspect Consumer Experience Index, 67 percent of consumers say a personalized customer service experience is more important than speed of service.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center contact center solutions Coaching Chatbots 81

NICE inContact

MARCH 23, 2016

Robert Ballecer for This Week in Enterprise Tech at Enterprise Connect 2016. Hear what Rajeev had to say about inContact’s cloud contact center solutions , our strategy for leading the market in cloud technology, and how customers can properly deploy our solutions to meet their business needs. “If

Enterprise 48

Enterprise At home agents contact center solutions Cloud contact 48