Playvox

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Let’s face it, the call center of yesteryear is not wholly relevant when looking at customer service operations today. Even the terms “call center” and “contact center” are called into question, given the images they evoke of rows of agents in cubicles lined up to fill a room. What Is A Digital Contact Center?

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VocalCom

MARCH 12, 2018

The contact center is, without question, an intense environment. To keep agents organized and focused, managers may present them with a rigid protocol. However, good management is only part of ensuring agent success. Here are five tips for empowering contact center agents to offer the best customer service possible.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 12, 2016

When I think about “great” service, I envision a customer interaction that required little customer effort, that was resolved on the first contact, by the first agent, and in which the agent served as a positive ambassador for the brand. But, does hiring great contact center agents equate to great service?

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TechSee

APRIL 16, 2019

Many of us have worked in contact centers. Contact center agents want to work for employers who help them to develop and grow their careers – and they’re not afraid to leave if they’re not getting what they need. What Matters Most to Contact Center Managers. Proactivity is Key.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

As a call center stakeholder—be it an owner, manager, or supervisor—the task of harnessing call center reporting to pinpoint areas for improvement, optimize agent performance, and ultimately enhance customer satisfaction can seem daunting. This includes calls, emails, live chat, and social media.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 9, 2019

While it’s easy to disregard, it reveals a common business practice: Call Quality Monitoring – a practice contact centers use to review and evaluate the quality of their agents’ interactions with customers. For this reason, most contact centers record their agents’ calls. Agent coaching and development.

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TechSee

JANUARY 8, 2019

However, some inquiries are much tougher to handle: an unexpected charge, or first bill, for example. With e-commerce and digital banking/, insurance becoming increasingly popular, resolving billing issues and contract payments is becoming a massive challenge for customer service centers. Customer service problem solving examples.

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TechSee

MARCH 7, 2019

The contact center industry continues to face extremely high agent turnover, with some outbound and telemarketing centers experiencing attrition rates as high as 27% annually. Contact centers are ready for change. Current approaches to agent empowerment. Building a better VEA.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 24, 2020

You crack down on metrics to drive up agent performance, but KPIs don’t budge. You monitor interactions to see where agents need help, but your performance plans don’t get them back on track. I keep tabs on a few forums where contact center agents share their frustrations (and successes) at work. What gives?

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SharpenCX

JUNE 30, 2021

Let me give an example from my life: I was on a retail site a couple days ago buying a stud finder for a house project. As a contact center manager, much of what you do daily shapes the quality of your service. You likely want to see your agents succeed in their work. I just needed one item. Bottom line? Read More ].

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SharpenCX

APRIL 29, 2020

Workforce management in your contact center is all about finding balance. You balance the needs of your customers with the workload of your agents (and their development). Plus, you toss in overseeing your contact center budget, too. Empathy doesn’t scale when your agents are overworked and overwhelmed.

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Altivon

JANUARY 16, 2018

Many are reorganizing and redefining their operations, including the contact center. Tersigni has more than 30 years of experience in telecommunications and contact center technologies and is Chief Customer Officer at Altivon. Three key messages here are: Contact center success comes from easy interactions every time.

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bold360 Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

CSS tools, unlike human agents, are available 24/7 across multiple channels. Customers increasingly prefer using self-service tools: CEB (now Gartner) reports that 81% of consumers try to self-serve before calling a contact center. CSS Tools Go Beyond the Chatbot. In today’s business climate, the only certainty is uncertainty.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For many organizations, a huge part of this new year task is setting contact center priorities — priorities that can have a colossal impact on the customer experience. But deciding on annual goals and specific yearly focuses for a call center isn’t always easy. Tip: Begin to examine your existing contact center processes.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 21, 2015

With the increase of remote employees and QM often being outsourced in the contact center, traditional calibration may not be ideal, so develop an approach that is best for your organization. Include your agents. Agent empowerment is the new norm within many contact centers.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Your KPIs have become the pernicious beast of your contact center. A recent Google search escapade led us to a common question managers, like you, are asking: What KPIs would you use to rate your customer service agents? Today, we’re looking at KPIs through the lens of agent experience. Or vice versa.

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teleopti

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The first is to recognize the strategic link between employee engagement and productivity, the second is to turn the customer service department or contact center from a reactive cost-cutting organization to a proactive profit-making powerhouse and finally harness the power of data. WFM: turn challenges into opportunities.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 15, 2019

We’re all about our customers, and we judge ourselves by our ability to add tangible business value to their contact centers around the world, from easily managing soaring inbound volumes across multiple communication channels to leveraging new levels of customer experience intelligence to drive deeper engagement with customers.

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teleopti

DECEMBER 2, 2019

For example, the team at Fexco , Ireland’s most successful financial services and business solutions provider. Over the years, I have been lucky enough to work with many dedicated and talented individuals who have achieved some remarkable things with Workforce Management (WFM).

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