Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Two of the things we are proudest of at Creative Virtual are our experienced, dedicated team and the unique expertise we provide to our customers and partners. Whether it’s through our product development or our collaborations with individual clients, it’s important to us that we consistently deliver the best solutions possible.

Virtual Agent 52

Virtual Agent Chatbots Government Banking 52

VirtualPBX

APRIL 6, 2021

The leading feature in this update is our Partner Portal that gives you immediate access to datasheets and whitepapers, training videos and guides, web banners, testimonials formatted for easy display, and much more. Payouts for Every Customer You Refer. You can earn rewards for every customer that signs up with VirtualPBX.

Sales 85

Sales Accountability Personalization Management 85

Momentum Telecom

MARCH 2, 2023

Comprehensive Cloud Collaboration Tools Are a Must 17% of remote teams say they still have trouble collaborating with coworkers , despite the growing availability of solutions that support mobility, such as unified communications as a service (UCaaS) platforms.

Management 52

Management contact center solutions Cloud contact Contact Center 52

Maru Group

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We asked participants what feelings they would say a brand should deliver to be truly supportive of customers during this time of hardship. This aspiration for the relationship provides guardrails for the tone of voice and actions if the brand wants to connect with the individual and deliver against their ideal.

Banking 74

Banking Surveys Accountability Marketing 74

Creative Virtual

APRIL 21, 2022

42% of Americans would rather clean a toilet and 46% would rather go to the dentist than call customer support. These stats, just two of many in the 2022 Achieving Customer Amazement Study , likely have you nodding in agreement thinking about your own painful customer service experiences. By Mandy Reed, Global Head of Marketing.

Customer Support 105

Customer Support Interactive Voice Response Virtual Agent Contact Center 105

Spearline

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Jitter can be a major problem for VoIP, Spearline helps provide the solution. All of this can easily frustrate a customer, impacting the quality of the interaction. This can then adversely affect business growth in terms of the cost of the calls, customer satisfaction, and staff churn. What is VoIP?

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voip Wireless Telecommunications Technology 98

Tethr

JUNE 17, 2021

Do you struggle to find out what your customers actually think about your product or service? If your insights feel empty and you’re starting to feel more and more disconnected from your customers, you’re not alone. Here are three reasons to level-up your customer feedback survey with a VoC analytics solution : Improve sample size.

Surveys 76

Surveys Feedback Analytics Customer Experience 76

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Call flows play a vital role in seamlessly directing customer calls to the right place within your organization. They act as pathways that guide calls from the very beginning to a successful resolution, ensuring a seamless and efficient customer experience. Initiation: A call flow activates when a customer calls your designated number.

Call flow 106

Call flow Interactive Voice Response Customer Experience Contact Center 106

Spearline

MARCH 15, 2022

A cousin to latency, jitter refers to packet delay variation carrying voice or video data over a communications channel. According to Cisco, 30ms is the acceptable amount of jitter time for a customer. The real-time nature of voice means that this is not helpful. This queuing causes large latency and bursts of jitter.

Wireless 97

Wireless Telecommunications Technology 97

Spearline

MARCH 9, 2021

Since the global adoption of VoIP and video as primary communication solutions, Unified Communications (UC) has never had a more valuable asset. VoIP technology transforms voice fragments into data packets that are digitally transferred over the internet. Data packets contain the: Source and destination IP addresses and ports.

voip 87

voip Wireless Telecommunications Technology 87

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

PCI Pal , the global cloud provider of secure payment solutions for business communications, has announced the details of its second annual Payments conference focused on the future of security and customer experience. A whitepaper detailing the key insights from the first annual conference can be found here.

Government 52

Government Consulting Consulting SaaS 52

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

PCI Pal , the global cloud provider of secure payment solutions for business communications, has today announced the details of its second annual Payments conference focused on the future of security and customer experience. A whitepaper detailing the key insights from the first annual conference can be found here.

Government 52

Government SaaS Engineering Best practices 52

Aspect

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In today’s highly commoditized age where there is often little differentiation when it comes to competitive products and offerings, the biggest factor that prompts customers to patronise one brand over the other, is often customer engagement. Therefore, customer experience is an important influencer of an organisation’s profitability.

Multichannel 48

Multichannel Self service Chatbots Contact Center 48

Spearline

AUGUST 5, 2020

To most organizations, Voice Over Internet Protocol or VoIP mobile services are a perfect option. Instead of depending on traditional copper lines and a Publicly Switched Telephone Network to make calls, VoIP transfers the voice over the internet as input. This approach allows for more versatility than ever. Understanding Jitter.

voip 93

voip Wireless Technology Customer Experience 93

aircall

MAY 24, 2021

You could describe a digital transformation framework as using the latest and greatest technologies to enhance your existing processes with the ultimate goal of improving the customer experience. Two things are driving digital transformation—technology and evolving customer expectations. Collection of point solutions.

Best practices 62

Best practices Call Center Technology Analytics 62

Noble Systems

APRIL 14, 2021

Advantages of using a virtual contact center solution versus a traditional call center. With better training and better morale, virtual call center employees can even be more productive than in a bricks-and-mortar site, leading to improved customer service. Here are some more features to look for in the virtual call center solution.

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virtual call center Call Center call center solutions call center software 98

Mindtouch

MARCH 13, 2019

The starting points for these customer self-service journeys are as infinite as the amount of available information. In addition, a search is device-agnostic, meaning users can search Google on a smartphone, laptop, tablet, or even using a voice assistant. Being lead to “dead ends” that don’t answer a question or provide a solution.

Self service 67

Self service Chatbots Engineering Contact Center 67

Fonolo

APRIL 2, 2019

One of our goals with the Fonolo blog is to expose our readers to a broad range of voices on a broad range of topics. Chris McGugan, Senior Vice President of Solutions & Technology, Avaya. Vasili Triant, Vice President and General Manager, Cisco Customer Journey Business Unit, Cisco. Rowan Trollope, CEO, Five9.

Contact Center 78

Contact Center Customer Service Call Center Enterprise 78

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Cloud contact centers have become a necessary step for companies to adopt a systematic approach that enhances performance, channels support and engagement, reporting and analytics to successfully support a customer base where customer preferences keep changing.”. In a recent market report , a key finding states.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center contact center workforce Cloud contact Quality management 48

Eptica

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Author: Olivier Njamfa - CEO & Co-Founder 3 ways to deliver real value from Voice of the Customer insight. Research carried out for Eptica by Engage Business Media found that 78% of companies measure customer satisfaction, and that over a third (36%) have a full VoC system in place.

Best practices 66

Best practices Analytics Feedback Surveys 66

Fonolo

APRIL 24, 2018

For this report they surveyed customer experience, contact center, marketing, customer care, IT, and operations professionals. Key findings: Reducing customer effort ranks as the #1 customer experience priority for the coming year. Voice is still the channel ranked first in terms of investment focus for 2018.

Contact Center 99

Contact Center Call Center Self service Surveys 99

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Agents are responding with genuine empathy and care because they are as worried and concerned as their customers about this pandemic and its impact.”. And contact centers were utterly overwhelmed in the floods of anxious customer calls. The Voice Channel Strikes Back. Historic Call Center & Customer Experience Trends.

Contact Center 176

Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

Monet Software

MARCH 19, 2020

Some technology solutions can enable an entire workforce to share perceptions and feedback via their preferred communications channels. Employee engagement demands a customized approach, measured to fit and cut to suit. Applying the right solutions begins with asking the right questions. Do employees need a stronger voice?

Employee engagement 77

Employee engagement Contact Center Gamification Call Center 77

Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2017

A mobile application is essential for a multitude of reasons, namely to support customer service and enhance the experience. Here are 4 ways your mobile app helps to prevent customer service disasters: 1. Keeps Customers Connected Throughout Space and Time. Therefore, it’s important to provide an easy way to escalate to voice.

Customer Service 91

Customer Service Customer effort Benchmark Contact Center 91

Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 10, 2020

As an organisation that has been in the industry since the infancy of virtual agents and chatbots, we really understand the past, present and future of these solutions and bring a wealth of experience and expertise alongside our technology. It is that experience and expertise of the Creative Virtual team that took centre stage this year.

Virtual Agent 52

Virtual Agent Chatbots Technology Personalization 52

Spearline

MAY 11, 2020

A cousin to latency, Jitter is referred to as packet delay variation carrying voice or video data over a communications channel. According to Cisco, the acceptable amount of Jitter time for a customer should be limited to 30ms. The real-time nature of voice means that this is not helpful. How to reduce Jitter.

Wireless 69

Wireless Telecommunications Technology 69

Fonolo

APRIL 5, 2018

This principle also applies to the relationship between a customer and a customer service or sales representative. Behind every customer call is a real person, looking for guidance or a solution to a problem. Customers Want to Truly be Heard and Understood. Customers shouldn’t be rushed.

Customer Service 90

Customer Service Call Center Benchmark Scripts 90

Monet Software

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

You’re looking to improve the customer service being offered by your contact center and you are wondering where to focus your attention first. We’ve all been the customer on the other end of the phone line. This is when it becomes important for you to make data-driven matches between customers and agents.

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First call resolution Contact Center Average Handle Time Metrics 48

Interactions

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

These technologies have limited functionality and often fall short of customer expectations because their purpose is not to elevate customer experience, but rather to contain and deflect. Call deflection is a cost-saving technique where customers are re-routed to alternate, lower-cost, digital channels.

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Interactive Voice Response Chatbots Self service Contact Center 62

Fonolo

AUGUST 31, 2017

There are many different ways of learning how to grow your business or providing better service to your customers. What’s funny is that with all the resources we have at hand, our customers can actually be the most insightful. By examining conversations with your customers you may be able to uncover new ways of succeeding.

Contact Center 89

Contact Center Benchmark Engineering Self service 89

Fonolo

MARCH 6, 2018

Chirico’s answers: “…the Spoken acquisition … brings full cloud multi-tenant capabilities … offers our high enterprise contact center customers a real path now to the cloud…” and “We are now building out Spoken, which was really purpose built for Avaya and it is native cloud…”. What’s Inside: The Role of the Voice Channel.

Call Center 80

Call Center Average Handle Time Enterprise call center solutions 80

SmartAction

JUNE 9, 2023

Expectations from customers to be available 24/7 on a variety of channels from voice to social media have driven communication with businesses to evolve beyond traditional interactions. Conversational AI has emerged as the bridge, enabling human-like conversations to help drive and solve customer queries.

Virtual Agent 74

Virtual Agent Chatbots Self service Feedback 74

Fonolo

MAY 17, 2017

In this blog, we’ll take a look through some essential infrastructure for the modern contact center, before taking a look at some emerging solutions that could greatly benefit your contact center. And it’s been well proven that if they have a choice, most customers will leave a brand after a poor customer experience.

Contact Center 70

Contact Center Technology Interactive Voice Response Gamification 70

Creative Virtual

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

This was the fifth year we have attended the event as a solution partner of CTINT and Chris Ezekiel, Founder & CEO, has presented on the event theme. His session was titled Smart Self-Help for a Seamless, Omnichannel Customer Experience and focused on delivering the right information on the right channel at the right time for customers.

Virtual Agent 52

Virtual Agent Technology Average Handle Time Chatbots 52

Fonolo

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Ford dreamed of an inspired business built upon customer-first principles and propelled by innovation. As history shows us with the Ford legacy, forward-thinking businesses with inspiration as a core part of their mandates yield inspired workforce, higher employee productivity, and increased customer loyalty. What is Customer Loyalty?

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industry standards Interactive Voice Response Service level Customer retention 101

Fonolo

APRIL 26, 2018

The first is quite obvious: Most call center horror stories feature an angry customer, venting their frustration about a faulty product or terrible service. Dealing with angry customers is difficult! To get started, check Amazon for some of the best sellers, or read our list of the top customer experience books.

Call Center 83

Call Center Average Handle Time Contact Center Surveys 83

CX Journey

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Unless your company was intentionally built from the ground up to not function in silos - and you're lucky, and unique, if it was - then silos are an issue for you and for your customers. We all know how detrimental silos can be not only to the customer experience but also to an organization. Journey maps.

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Customer Experience Government Journey mapping Chief Customer Officer 79