Myra Golden Media

APRIL 11, 2023

A whopping one-third of contact centers have laid off employees in the last 12 months, reducing their headcount by about 33%. Despite fewer resources and fewer employees, contact centers are expected to achieve the same or better results. But how can they achieve this? Learn more about Balto AI’s solutions here.

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Vistio

JANUARY 16, 2024

As companies strive to maintain their competitive edge and foster customer loyalty, modern contact center technology solutions, like next-best-action guidance and automation, can be invaluable in optimizing processes and empowering agents to deliver outstanding experiences consistently.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Importance of Reporting and Analytics in a Contact Center Reporting and analytics are one of the crucial components that help gain an accurate and sincere state of a contact center’s development. Presented using reports to monitor a contact center’s performance over time.

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TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

Today’s contact centers face a daunting challenge. From speech recognition and voice analytics to neuro-linguistic programming, they seek to solve customer’s problems by telling them what to do. Computer Vision AI – Reinventing the Contact Center. However, most of these innovations revolve around language.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contact centers play a vital role in today’s modern businesses. They help manage customer interactions by serving as the initial point of contact. million in 2022 to US$34, 570.73 from 2023 to 2028. from 2023 to 2028.

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teleopti

JULY 1, 2019

If you have been in a situation where you hear these questions, perhaps from your manager or a client, then you know the value of solid reporting and analytics. Let’s discuss how contact centers can address the questions above from the perspective of the WFM analyst and contact center management.

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Hodusoft

JANUARY 17, 2024

Revolutionizing Customer Engagement: The Power of UCaaS Contact Center Software The term ‘UCaaS’ has been in the modern telephony lexicon for quite some time now. It’s the acronym for Unified Communications as a Service. That’s where sophisticated UCaaS contact center software can be of immense use.

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Fonolo

APRIL 6, 2020

The Best Apps for Virtual Contact Center Teams. We’re going to walk you through some of the best remote contact center technology and apps to use for your business and remote teams. It has call recording, analytics settings and a host of other integrations. Using Virtual Contact Center Apps .

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 10, 2023

5 Applications to Boost Contact Center Performance in a Tough Economy View this article on the publisher’s website. As enterprises tighten budgets due to the troubled economy, contact center leaders are under greater pressure to improve productivity while enhancing the customer experience (CX).

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Optimizing team productivity is the key to achieving this goal, and this comprehensive guide will walk you through the steps necessary to unlock your call center’s full potential. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center? CSAT = (number of positive responses / the total number of responses) x 100.

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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. What is a Contact Center?

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Hodusoft

JULY 19, 2023

Best practices for using inbound call center software Future of inbound call center software What is Inbound Call Center Software? Inbound call center software refers to a suite of tools and technologies used to manage and handle incoming customer calls within a contact center environment.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

By identifying areas for improvement, call centers can increase the quality of service and customer satisfaction. Real-Time Dashboards and Post-Call Analytics: NobelBiz Call Log Analytics – Supervisor Dashboard Real-time dashboards provide a snapshot of ongoing operations, allowing managers to make informed decisions quickly.

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2017

KPIs for Managing your Contact Center . Contact centers are highly complex operating environments with a lot of moving parts and activities. In other contact centers the data is stale by the time it is received, making it essentially ineffective for helping the manager control their own destiny and performance.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 28, 2023

This means true customer service success is far deeper than just tracking calls received. Improving your customer service metrics requires a deeper look at which KPIs make sense for your contact center and the strategies you use to achieve them. What Call Center Metrics Should You Measure? What needs to change?

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

According to Forbes, poor customer service is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction.

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When it comes to contact center systems and applications, no topic is generating more buzz and excitement than artificial intelligence. Never mind the technology’s tremendous future potential, AI is enabling advancements now, and a great example is interaction analytics (IA), also known as speech and text analytics.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. Luckily, a successful call center is within reach. With some careful thought and these helpful tips, you can optimize your call center’s performance: 1. They help reduce high contact volume and let agents focus on more complex issues with customers.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 2, 2021

The pandemic has had a dramatic impact on contact centers, most of which has been positive. As can be seen in DMG’s new Report, Contact Centers in a Post-Pandemic World: A Strategic and Tactical Guide to the Future , COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation by 2 – 6 years.

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Although there are some differences among the PBR solutions offered in the market, in general, the application captures and analyzes all available information about the customer and the agent, sourced from customer relationship management (CRM) applications or other servicing solutions, internal analytics, performance management applications, etc.,

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Many of the 2019 trends indicate a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate goal for contact centers — to foster meaningful connections with consumers. To this end, we have grouped the top contact center trends for 2019 into these three categories: human, effortless and transformative.

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HGS

APRIL 24, 2018

The NICE inContact study focused on 10 customer experience channels that include solutions ranging from traditional phone support to self-service, email, chat, social media, and more. With the goal of optimized CX insight, start by asking yourself five questions about your service delivery. Is your website search ‘google-ized?’

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The response from 400 contact centre managers around the world is clear and reflects Calabrio’s own conversations with customers. While organizations are embracing automation and analytics to maximize their operations, AI won’t entirely replace agents.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Actual customer contact agents, however, prioritize something else: the effort required to perform their work. Agents obviously value bright contact centers and great salaries, but their daily happiness hinges far more greatly on systems and processes. As an example, evaluate abandonment within your web self-service channels.

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Make no mistake; contact center performance is ultimately defined by core “outcomes” like customer satisfaction, loyalty and revenue. Traditional metrics like average handle time and first contact resolution are undoubtedly important in this quest.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 27, 2022

Self-service has become the preferred form of customer support for many consumers, so long as it works. IVRs have done a magnificent job of automating from 20 percent to 85 percent of customer phone calls for many contact centers during the past four decades, but the time has come for these menu-driven solutions to be retired.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Many of the 2019 trends indicate a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate goal for contact centers — to foster meaningful connections with consumers. To this end, we have grouped the top contact center trends for 2019 into these three categories: human, effortless and transformative.

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Ansafone

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Are You Measuring these Top Contact Center KPI’s? For call center managers, metrics monitoring is all in a day’s work, from first call resolution to average handle time, agent absenteeism and much more. When it comes to increasing efficiency, reducing both talk and handle times can have a significant impact.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. It’s time to introduce a ‘less haste, more speed’ culture supported by the latest technology. It all comes down to the basics so let’s start with how contact centers measure.

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Enghouse Interactive

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

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. Agent Analytics (28.4%

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COPC

JUNE 9, 2023

examine the differences between generative and analytical AI, focusing on the importance of good data and its role in delivering exceptional CX. Understanding Generative and Analytical AI in CX To fully understand the spectrum of AI in the CX industry, it is helpful to categorize AI into two primary types: generative AI and analytical AI.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Contact centers are the main touchpoints with members, greatly impacting overall member satisfaction. In fact, more than four out of ten members (43%) report that they prefer the call center as the primary channel for communicating about their health plan. Consumers faced long wait times to reach an agent.

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JustCall

OCTOBER 16, 2023

High Call Volumes : On average, businesses receive nearly 4,400 calls per month. With such high call volumes, the call costs are bound to increase, especially during peak times. Longer Call Handle Times : A good Average Handle Time (AHT) hovers around six minutes. Such delays can increase call costs.

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teleopti

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Advances in analytics and AI are pushing the barriers for Workforce Management (WFM) and Magnus Geverts at Teleopti, a Calabrio Company says it’s time to act now to take advantage of new initiatives, starting with a data-infused WFM strategy for better human interactions and superior customer experiences. Gain control of your data.

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