Callminer

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Read this blog for seven tips and best practices for improving CX in the contact center.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

An important goal of a good customer experience is to make the customer feel special. That special feeling can come in many different forms. I was reading an article about customer retention, and it prompted me to start a list of ways to make customers feel special, want to come back, and even want to share their experience with friends, family, and colleagues.

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If your contact center is like most, you probably have a robust set of guidelines that document your procedures, detail your standards, and outline how employees should handle various situations. But one thing many contact centers are missing is a remote work company policy. In our 2022 remote work study , we found that nearly all the respondents were offering hybrid or remote work arrangements, but only 34% had a policy in place to govern it.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Working to manage a call center has many moving parts and can often create a feeling of drinking from a firehose for those who are newer to a managerial role. Perhaps you’re already in call center management or an agent aspiring to work your way up and are seeking to learn more about what all is involved. Regardless of your role and level of current understanding, we’ve built this page to help equip you with all of the information you need to know in a simple and straightforward form

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Chatbots have steadily grown in popularity to become a key component of customer service today. With an AI chatbot in place, organizations can resolve as much as 91% of chats without involving a human agent. With a bot handling most chats, this means organizations can increase support capacity without growing team size, while also delivering 4/7 availability to their customers.

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Cyara

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We've all been there. You're stressed out from work, whether it’s working from home or at the office, school, caring for a family member -and everything else life is throwing at you these days - you can't think straight! But still, you push on without taking time to really understand how this is affecting you. Maybe you hope that once you complete the next project and cross that daunting thing off on your to-do list the stress will go down.

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Blueship Call Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The streamlined product sales will be ensured by outsourcing order taking process to a contact center provider, allowing your firm to concentrate on marketing the product and expanding the brand/business. Order-taking contact centers are tailored for order-taking answering services to enhance the up selling of the items. However, a word of caution should be heeded while searching for a contact center to whom you may subcontract your phone order-taking services: only skilled and qualified live op

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Over the years, customer success manager roles have expanded to include many different responsibilities. Bridging the gap between customers and a product team is critical, from managing customer implementations to ongoing account maintenance. But customer satisfaction is another side to the CSM role that has become increasingly important over the last few years.

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Helpware

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Customers are the greatest, most indispensable aspect of any company. It doesn’t matter how big you are or how promising your product is—without them, you cease to exist. So, you must understand your customers, their needs and desires, as well as their decision-making processes to optimally cater to them. All of this begins with crafting a customer journey map.

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In a world where buyers are more informed and objections are more nuanced, confidence isn't optional—it’s a competitive advantage. In high-stakes conversations, knowing how to handle pushback can make or break the deal. Join industry experts Brendan Sweeney and David Phelan for a behind-the-scenes look at how teams are transforming sales coaching with real-time feedback, objection-handling role plays, and pre-call preparation that actually sticks.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Serve and Sell Your Customers with An Amazing Digital CX. Creating the Digital Experience That Builds Trust with Your Customers. Shep Hyken interviews Tim Hughes, co-Founder and CEO of DLA Ignite , and co-author of Social Selling: Techniques to Influence Buyers and Changemakers. He shares how organizations can establish a strong digital brand identity, share knowledge, and create lasting relationships with their customers through social media platforms.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced and accessible, it is essential to employ both human service and automation in the contact center. Read on for steps to balance your CX approach.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Neither of us is much of a runner. In fact, to get us to run with any kind of speed would require some motivation—like a tiger chasing us. That’s because fear is a powerful motivator. Fear is also a powerful tool for marketers to get customers or potential customers to care about something. So, why does fear motivate us so much? Safety is an important value for all of us.

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CCNG

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Many Contact Centers use metrics of averages to base decisions, i.e.: Average handle time (AHT) Average cost-per-contact (ACC) Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Averages have their place in management decision-making, but they cannot be overly relied upon. From the Harvard Business Review article, The Flaw of Averages : Consider the case of the statistician who drowns while fording a river that he calculates is, on average, three feet deep.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Baphira Wahlang Shylla, a digital marketer at Knowmax , a SaaS company that provides knowledge management solutions for various industries that are seeking to improve their customer service metrics. She shares how BPOs can enhance your customer experience. With rapidly evolving technology in today’s digital age, the BPO industry is bombarded with opportunities to improve customer experience (CX) in ways unthinkable a few decades earlier.

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HelpCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Learning is crucial to our very existence. Just like our bodies require food to nourish, our minds need information and continued learning to stay nutrient. That is why, even when we become more experienced, we [ … ]. The post 14 Best Customer Service Blogs to Follow in 2022 appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fear is a powerful motivator for what we do. It is also a powerful tool for marketing. So, with Halloween coming up, we decided we would dive deeper into why this is and why it works to get people to do things. Some of the reasons might, well, scare you. Okay, they probably won’t scare you but will surprise you. See, we were tricking you. Wasn’t that a treat?

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Whatever the size of your contact center, there will likely come a time when you notice your numbers slipping and employees losing steam while their productivity fizzles. In a world still managing pandemic burnout and fears around health and safety, it’s easy for processes to become disjointed and for management to stop pushing for growth. Sounds like a good time to shake things up!

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Transparent BPO

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Manage expectations after moving a domestic contact center The time has come – you’ve grown to the point that it’s time to outsource your contact center. The fate of your brand is now in the hands of contact center agents thousands of miles away. And your customers’ satisfaction rides on the ability of agents in […]. The post Switching Gears: Moving Your Contact Center Nearshore/Offshore appeared first on Transparent BPO.

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HelpCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Despite the variety of communication channels that are available today, customers still prefer email to all other technologies. In fact, two in every three people consider email the easiest way to reach out to businesses. [ … ]. The post How to Provide Top Customer Service with a Shared Inbox? appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Amazon SageMaker provides a suite of built-in algorithms , pre-trained models , and pre-built solution templates to help data scientists and machine learning (ML) practitioners get started training and deploying ML models quickly. You can use these algorithms and models for both supervised and unsupervised learning. They can process various types of input data, including tabular, image, and text.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With sweeping layoffs, forecast misses, and budget cuts in the news, there’s one question running through the mind of every Customer Success leader right now: What can I do to prepare my department for the impacts of the economic downturn? To get a CEO’s perspective on the matter, ChurnZero’s You Mon Tsang joined ESG for a special CEO panel on “ The economy and Customer Success: The impact and what to do about it ,” with ‘nuffsaid’s Chris Hicken and Kapta’s Alex Raymond.

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Call Experts

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

An HVAC call answering for your business is an excellent way to improve efficiency and reduce churn. Answering phone calls can save your employees’ time and stop them from providing services in the field, which can cost you real money. 70% of the customer’s journey is based on how the customer feels they are being treated. An answering service can handle customer calls right away, ensuring they are answered promptly and professionally, so your team can focus on responding to service

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HelpCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Quite a story occurred to me the other day. I wanted to order a power bank from an online store and went over the whole Internet with a fine-tooth comb. The one that I needed [ … ]. The post Omnichannel Support: The What and How Behind It appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The last few years have seen rapid development in the field of deep learning. Although hardware has improved, such as with the latest generation of accelerators from NVIDIA and Amazon, advanced machine learning (ML) practitioners still regularly encounter issues deploying their large deep learning models for applications such as natural language processing (NLP).

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Ambs Call Center

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

JACKSON, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES, November 1, 2022 / EINPresswire.com / -- Ambs Call Center is an award-winning call center company that has been in business since 1932. It is a unique example of a mission-driven company that has stuck to its values through decades of fluctuating market conditions, only to emerge as a frontrunner in high-tech communication for businesses of all sizes.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Consumers are increasingly seeking a human connection in their interactions with brands, according to Qualtrics 2023 Global Consumer Trends Report. In fact, talking to a helpful, empathetic service agent matters more to customers than having a short wait time. Qualtrics XM Institute surveyed more than 33,000 consumers across 29 countries to understand what is driving the current consumer mindset as the economy pushes people to make tough decisions on where and how they spend their money.

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TCN

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 1, 2022 – TCN, Inc., a global provider of a. The post TCN Named a 2022 Top Workplace by The Salt Lake Tribune for the Second Year in a Row appeared first on TCN.

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The goal of intelligent document processing (IDP) is to help your organization make faster and more accurate decisions by applying AI to process your paperwork. This two-part series highlights the AWS AI technologies that insurance companies can use to speed up their business processes. These AI technologies can be used across insurance use cases such as claims, underwriting, customer correspondence, contracts, or handling disputes resolutions.

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