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Menu monster: the IVR that devoured customer experience

Vonage

It’s called Interactive Voice Response (IVR), and the vast majority of companies are using it – but they’re using it to cut costs, not to enhance the customer experience. in 2018 believed that customer experience needs improvement at most companies. Learn more in the Guide: How to End IVR Horrors.

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The Rise of Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)

Noble Systems

CCaaS offers a cloud-based customer contact solution that allows companies to utilize contact center software from a provider, without installing hardware on-premise. The software is accessed on-demand, as a “service,” and the provider hosts and maintains the equipment in its own location (often called the data center).

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Aspect CEC Benchmark – Early Results In

Aspect

Below we’ve shared three pieces of insight that we were able to gather from our initial responses. Insight #1- Building a Customer Friendly IVR: Companies continue to feel that, with their current IVR, they do not have the ability to help drive the desired customer experience. The survey will remain open until April 15, 2018.

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6 Benefits of a Strong Customer Service Culture

VocalCom

Optimized omnichannel practices similarly cut costs, such as using advanced technologies like IVR menus and CRM solutions to streamline customer service. According to Gartner, 50% of companies will redirect their investments to customer experience innovations by 2018.

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Are You Ready for Seasonality to Strike? How to Keep Customers Happy and Build Flexibility into your Operations During the Holidays

SharpenCX

View last year’s metrics and interaction volume alongside historical reports from years prior. Then, look at your average volume for 2019 so far compared to 2018. If you’ve been handling 10% more interactions in 2019 than you did in 2018, you’ll need to factor that uptick in standard volume when you predict trends for your busy season.

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Contact Center Software Trends for 2020 – Helping Contact Centers Serve Customers Better

Hodusoft

So, in the case of contact center software, you have good things to look forward to in 2020. Still, these trends point to making life easier for contact centers and helping them to serve customers better and faster. Artificial Intelligence climbs higher AI was there in 2018 and it is here in 2019.

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Top 10 Aircall Alternatives & Competitors in 2023

JustCall

Top 10 Alternatives to AirCall – Choose the Best Call Center Software for your Business JustCall CloudTalk Nextiva Twilio 8×8 Freshdesk Talkdesk Five9 RingCentral OpenPhone 1. JustCall Overview JustCall is a VoIP business phone system and contact center software. 5 Capterra– 4.1/5 5 TrustRadius– 8.1/10