ShepHyken

APRIL 10, 2023

They no longer only interact with a call center worker or a delivery driver; they liaise with email campaigns, chatbots, review sites, and social media. Another article on the employee experience, and specifically the agent experience. Our second article this week from TextExpander focused on agent burnout.

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Fonolo

JUNE 14, 2018

Offering technology that eases the lives of customers, and acknowledges their increasingly mobile, digital lives: Providing online self-service; the ability to review your business efficiently via short online surveys; and offering chatbots for Q&As are a handful of ways to adapt your business to emerging digital channels.

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

Brands have already made the move to upgrade from basic call centers to contact centers for the agility and flexibility that they provide. Addressing this gap between expectation and capacity, contact centers offer extended functionality and better efficiencies. How Does a Contact Center Work?

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Fonolo

JANUARY 25, 2022

From organizing call center agents to employing the right technology and developing a customer experience strategy, there are plenty of moving pieces in the successful operation of a contact center. Getting all those nuts and bolts to run in perfect harmony is often referred to as call center workforce optimization (WFO).

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Mindtouch

MARCH 28, 2018

Despite new trends like automated support and chatbots , the human element remains a cornerstone of customer support. And when those customers do inevitably call in to the contact center, it’s important that they’re met by a prompt, knowledgeable, and efficient agent. Many customers still want to talk to a human being.

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Balto

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are many things you can do to make your call center more productive, like motivating your agents, equipping them with technological solutions, and implementing self-service options. What Is Call Center Productivity? How to Calculate and Measure Call Center Agent Productivity.

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CX Global Media

JULY 1, 2017

Watch Tim Kennedy of Shaker share how contact centers can identify best-fit candidates more effectively. Obvious Contact Center Agent Burnout Problem Revealed. If you stop and think about contact center agent burnout and turnover problems, why have you not considered musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)?

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Evolution of Contact Centers in Enterprises Contact centers have been there since the 60s, but what started as a simple office model for handling inbound and outbound customer calls has evolved drastically over the years to include omnichannel support that covers email, social media, live chat, and more recently, AI chatbots.

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SharpenCX

AUGUST 4, 2020

As a call center agent, a day of work can be like whiplash. Something goes awry and they’re swamped with back to back phone calls from angry customers. On top of that, agents often feel responsible for salvaging struggling customer relationships. According to one study, 74% of call center agents are at risk.

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Balto

MARCH 29, 2023

Cost Reduction AI enables cost savings in many areas and operations of a contact center. For example, using AI to provide self-service channels for your customers, such as AI chatbots, can help you significantly cut labor costs.

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Aria Solutions

MARCH 31, 2020

The global call center market is predicted to grow to $481 billion by 2024 , propelled by the need for businesses to deliver customer-focused services. Some common self-service options include: Chatbots. AI-fueled Chatbots can do much more than just answer routine questions. We also know that tech changes fast.

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Hodusoft

AUGUST 9, 2023

Here’s where multi-tenant contact center software can come in handy. Avoid agent burnout Agent burnout is a serious issue in the contact center industry. Agent burnout can lead to increased absenteeism, reduced job satisfaction, and higher turnover rates.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

One the recurring tropes in our industry is that consumer behavior and/or new channels and/or AI will lead to a decrease in the importance of the plain old phone call. Is there #VoiceShrinkage in the Contact Center? AI is Not Reducing Call Center Agent Employment. Call Center Metrics.

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