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Contact Center 2020: Yesterday and Today

Contact Center Pipeline

In 2016, I spoke at a customer conference and the topic was, “Contact Center 2020.” At the time, 2020 seemed like it was forever away, and I had carte blanche to forecast whatever I wanted to about the potential state of the contact center in 2020. I opened the session with a brief clip from […].

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Six Reasons to Take Another Look at IVR

CSM Magazine

Rob Crutchington at Encoded , discusses the rise of self-service payments and why it is time to take another look at Interactive Voice Response (IVR) in contact centres to help increase the number of successful transactions, boost agent performance and improve the customer experience (CX). Cash is no longer King.

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2020 Contact Center Investment Priorities

DMG Consulting

2020 Contact Center Investment Priorities. 2020 is looking to be an outstanding year for contact center investments. Figure 1: Contact Center Technology Investment Priorities for 2020. DMG’s annual survey of contact center investment priorities for the year has confirmed the anecdotal data we’ve been hearing from companies.

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Guest Post: How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Progression of Contact Centres

ShepHyken

They were the playground for breakthrough legacy technologies such as call routing and interactive voice response (IVR), always in the interest of providing a better, more streamlined customer service model. In 2020, that customer-centric approach is more vital than ever.

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IVA is the New IVR Masterclass

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO & Phillip Fisher, CX Consultant at SmartAction

2020 was the year that customer call centers and customer experience were pushed to their limit. With the influx of calls replacing in-person interactions, it is up to our virtual agents to not only evolve to the new demands but also to help alleviate the current stressors on live agents.

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How to Prepare Your Call Center for Shopping Season 2020

Fonolo

Review your IVR system. If you haven’t reviewed your IVR system lately, you should do it before the holiday season picks up. Here are a few things to keep in mind when evaluating and adjusting your IVR: Think from the customer perspective. The State of the Contact Center 2020. – Call Centre Helper.

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Idaho Power Rated #1 in Energy Industry Benchmark of Contact Center IVR Systems

Altivon

Idaho Power took top honors in the 16th Annual Energy Utility Benchmark Report on Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems, released July 1, 2020 by IVR Doctors. The 2020 Report compares 100 energy utility automated telephone systems in the U.S. million calls through their IVR. and Canada.