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The Best Advice for Contact Centers in 2018: The Experts Weigh In

Fonolo

This is especially true for those of us involved in the cacophony of contact centers; we are essentially the appointed, trusted ‘brand listeners’ who hear many, many voices on a given day, including those of both customers and colleagues. Contact center professionals? It’s simply become too loud.

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The Future of Workforce Engagement: How to Integrate AI

Playvox

The term “buyer’s market” is best known for describing the state of the real estate market, but it’s also applicable to contact centers. AI-driven tools and platforms are shaping the way contact centers engage with and manage their workforce. Why Workforce Engagement Matters to Business?

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Training Customer Service Reps: Best Practices to Form a Loving and Successful Environment

Fonolo

Call centers agents (or customer service agents) are not simply programmatic voices on the end of a line: They are brand ambassadors, and these ambassadors should be trained to know how important they truly are in the life cycle of a business, based solely on their interactions with customers.

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8 Qualities of Effective Contact Center Agents

NICE inContact

What if the only human interaction your customers have with your brand is through an agent working at your contact center? Wouldn’t you make sure that agent was great “brand ambassador” material? Contact center agents have a significant impact on customer experience and thus the bottom line.

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Best Practices for Customer-Centric Decision Making

PeopleMetrics

The elements of each banking customer experience, of course, will likely blend together: many banks will offer similar savings and loan products, as well as deliver services via branch, contact center, online, and digital channels. But "how" each bank designs and delivers those elements is what sets its experience apart from the rest.

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Delivering Consistent CX is Key in the Gig Economy

24-7 InTouch

With this in mind, it’s important that brands understand how to take the customer service best practices that are honed in the contact center environment and build customer-centric advocates outside those four walls. Fully engaged advocates can be your biggest brand ambassadors.

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4 ways to drive recognition in your customer service team

Eptica

Also, given the high turnover rates in the contact center industry, recognition can be a powerful weapon in keeping your best staff and ensuring they remain happy and motivated. That’s why pretty much every contact center I visit has a recognition program of some sort in place.