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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

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. Increasing Empathy.

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7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages

Playvox

If you’re a contact center professional, you’re probably feeling the pain of agent staffing shortages. in July 2021 , higher than pre-pandemic levels, yet the news is full of stories about businesses of all sizes across industries having difficulty finding employees. Higher queue times. Don’t despair.

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Better Together (Blog#3)

Enghouse Interactive

Contact centers, using AI and UCaaS, drive better customer service perceptions, agent performance and improve overall outcomes . Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Unified Communications (UC or UCaaS) are becoming integral to every contact center, with different benefits from each. Chatbots for Customers (31.0%

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AI Customer Service: Today’s Most Transformative Technologies

TechSee

Customer-facing AI technologies are especially relevant to assisting in customer identification, call classification/routing, chatbots and predictive personalization. This is likely one reason why Oracle found that 80% of sales and marketing leaders say they currently use or plan to deploy chatbots in the near future. Biometrics.

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Delivering a great customer experience during open enrollment

Talkdesk

Open enrollment is typically among the busiest times of the year for healthcare plan providers as the volume of consumer calls to the contact center increases significantly. During last year’s open enrollment period, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported more than 5.78

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Artificial Intelligence and the Customer Journey

Horizon CX

For example, when issues arise that cannot be managed online or through a chatbot, contact by phone may be the only viable option. Oh no, I thought—not another round of call-center madness or chatbot mania—I need another channel—enter social media. December 2021. By calling their Customer Careline.

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7 Ways To Improve Your Customer Experience

Global Response

After all, the more knowledgeable and confident agents are about your brand and offerings, the more they can: reduce average handle time. reduce hold and wait times. For example: AI chatbots allow you to be accessible at all times for your customers. increase first-call resolution.