Taylor Reach Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There are a lot of smart — very smart — individuals managing and directing Call and Contact Centers today. Yet these bright, bright people still manage from time to time to do things that defy understanding. This is my top ten list of really dumb things that smart call and contact center executives do.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Impact of Bilingual Support on the Customer Experience When a bilingual solution is offered to the customer, companies quickly find that quality scores increase accordingly. The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. It’s our thing. So, of course, we’re biased.

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Skybridge

AUGUST 24, 2023

“Outsourcing helps companies maintain service levels and provide a consistent customer experience across all channels and hours of operation.” Deloitte Digital 2023 Report on New Realities for Contact Center Transformation Have your customers been looking for a better experience at your contact center?

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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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Skybridge

AUGUST 24, 2022

We spend a lot of time in the customer care industry talking about consumer expectations: the trends, the unpredictable shifts, and of course, the latest and greatest innovations we can employ to better meet them. Not if you’re reaching for extraordinary heights in customer experience. Your customers remember them.

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Expivia

APRIL 29, 2021

It will be easy to see how your call center metrics fluctuate. Average Handle Time. The average handle time is the best call center KPI to gauge how efficient your process is. This is the whole time your rep spends on the interaction. This is part of the average handle time as well.

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Natalie Petouhof

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Tweet This report looks at how companies, using the right software, can gain ROI from Customer Service and Customer Experience. Customer Care as a cost center is an unfounded p aradigm. In fact, executives have long thought of customer service or customer care as a cost center.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. This type of sentiment analysis has become a key tool for making sense of the multitudes of opinions expressed every day in texts on review sites, forums, blogs, and social media. Agent decision support.

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COPC

JUNE 9, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the customer experience (CX) industry, offering businesses new opportunities to enhance their operations. This blog article discusses the importance of employing multiple types of AI, implementing effective controls and guardrails, and adapting specific roles within the CX organization.

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TLC Associates

JUNE 20, 2019

Doing so requires you to evaluate and make decisions based on two key factors: when your customers will need you and how ready they are to buy. Let’s start with the timing of your workforce escalation. When will you see the greatest contact center surge from holiday shoppers? Start with previous customer service metrics.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 27, 2019

That means connecting with customers emotionally is the task of the customer service agent. So, contact center managers need to put the right practices in place and also give agents the right tools. Bearing that in mind, here are 10 tips for connecting with customers emotionally. 1) Be personal.

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Increase First Contact Resolution (FCR). Reduce Average Handle Time (AHT). Improve CSAT, NPS, customer lifetime value (CLV)…. And AI development is not the core business focus of a contact center. Wasted time and money and longer time-to-value. The result?

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teleopti

JANUARY 22, 2019

They allow an organization to flex their customer care muscle when most needed. Cascade the customer message and remodel KPIs. Keep people informed and cascade the customer message throughout the organization. Customer service goals in each department should support the overall corporate goal.

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Natalie Petouhof

AUGUST 13, 2015

That customer might be loyal for a while, at least until there’s a better deal from another company. It’s part of why there is so much customer churn. One of the biggest issues is NOT that Customer Service Professionals are not aware of the issues in their contact centers. They know what they would like to do.

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Horizon CX

MARCH 19, 2022

For some strange reason that 10% statistic is popping up more lately—like the recent Bain & Company survey that indicated only 10% of business leaders believe that the primary purpose of their firms is to maximize value for customers. But I digress, that’s another topic for another blog. I tried that to no avail.

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Blueship Call Center

JULY 24, 2023

Additionally, top call center outsourcing vendor makes it much more convenient and enduring. 5: Knowledge Simple scalability One of the most scalable forms of customer assistance is through outsourced mail services. While on the phone, your customer care employees won’t be able to concentrate on anything else.

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Natalie Petouhof

APRIL 7, 2016

Customer self-service is one of the key capabilities of any company that actually cares about their customers. Companies contemplating a self-service customer care solution to support digital customer experiences should consider the following five steps: 1. Tweet It’s just not true.

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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Organizational success and long-term growth primarily depends on customer satisfaction and loyalty, and customer service has always supported corporate growth by keeping customers happy and ensuring their ongoing loyalty. These businesses also excel in customer-care and after-sales service.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s 2019, which means contact center metrics from 1999 are almost old enough for their first legal beer (and already knocking them back in Canada.) Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. How do we use that data to improve the customer experience?

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Customer care extends far beyond the traditional call center. Every touch point or interaction with the company (or even content about the company) can affect the customer’s satisfaction and loyalty to the brand. The components of a business case include: Goals and objectives for the social customer care initiative.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 25, 2022

For contact centers, digital transformation has surpassed buzzword status. CX innovation is accelerating faster than ever before, and it’s integral that contact centers keep pace. But how can contact centers respond? But how can contact centers respond? Understanding the Customer Journey.

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JustCall

JANUARY 18, 2023

In an inbound call, a customer initiates a call to a business’s contact center. The help desk generally handles these calls. Call centers usually take inbound, and outbound calls for a business. Today, most inbound call centers communicate with customers through chats, emails, and phone calls.

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OctopusTech

JUNE 8, 2022

Call center automatio n is a process that involves the performance of repetitive tasks with the help of software or technologies by eliminating human interference in various business processes. It saves a lot of precious time for big companies and also improves first call resolution (FCR). 7 Types of call center automation.

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delighted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Even if they have a problem with a product, 50% expect to find troubleshooting help online instead of contacting customer care. Because of this, over half of the customer journey is now automated online in most industries. We live in a self-service time. Hold times reduce. Fewer repeat calls.

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Pointillist

JANUARY 25, 2019

Both are used in contact centers, so you must choose the right approach that works for your team and make sure everyone understands your FCR parameters. Net Promoter Score (NPS) Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a popular metric used to measure customer loyalty and satisfaction.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 11, 2019

More recently, the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and its role in customer care has been one that contact center managers have wanted to learn more about. And yet, Lauren presented data that only 57% of contact centers monitor interactions other than voice, e.g., email or chat, for quality.

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Pointillist

MARCH 1, 2019

For instance, a telecom company could hypothesize that an existing customer moving to a new house is a service journey that usually starts on the website but frequently escalates into a phone call to the customer care center. For instance, a common customer service flow could be from website to IVR systems.

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Pointillist

MARCH 1, 2019

For instance, a telecom company could hypothesize that an existing customer moving to a new house is a service journey that usually starts on the website but frequently escalates into a phone call to the customer care center. For instance, a common customer service flow could be from website to IVR systems.

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Verint

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The examples are plentiful: Our president of customer engagement solutions writes an internal blog on a regular basis. It highlights efforts of employees to develop customers for life in our organization. Sometimes he highlights the customer projects that have been enabled by our software and services.

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