Enghouse Interactive

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Trends and Realities of Successful Organizations (Blog Series). Contact centers, using AI and UCaaS, drive better customer service perceptions, agent performance and improve overall outcomes . Blog #3 of 4: Customer-facing agents. Per Metrigy’s * most recent study, 71.6% Chatbots for Customers (31.0%

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Conversational chatbots are one of the top market disruptors in call center automation. Beginning in 2017, the use of chat bots in call centers grew in popularity and became widely utilized. Why is it So Hard to Implement and Maintain a Chatbot? The first day of deployment is the best day of the chatbot’s “life.”

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Hodusoft

JANUARY 3, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) The introduction of Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) heralded the beginning of a new era. CCaaS is the acronym for Contact Center as a Service. That resulted in the innovation of cloud-based contact center software.

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Altivon

MARCH 20, 2018

Chatbots, Omnichannel and Cloud are three top trends for contact centers. Studies show that the majority of customers would rather have an effortless experience than a delightful one (CCIQ). Chatbots: Prosperous Future or Disaster? Because each one in its own way increases efficiency and decreases customer effort.

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Cisco - Contact Center

MAY 14, 2019

AI is shaping the future of customer experiences and the contact center. This week I will be speaking at UC Expo about the role that artificial intelligence is playing in advancing contact center productivity and efficiency, and in particular how this is benefiting the agent and customer experience. AI = chatbots.

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VocalCom

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Many brands believe that chatbots are key to modernizing customer service. It’s still an early stage for chatbots within the domain of customer experience, and companies need to use them prudently. According to Forrester, most chatbot failures occur because they attempt to handle too many tasks. Assign chatbots concrete tasks.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JANUARY 27, 2020

In a study by Bain & Company, a 10x disparity was found between how brands perceive their customer service and how customers perceive that same service. In our own Cisco survey of 700 contact center executives across 7 countries, 79% agreed that customer experience has a significant impact on business results.

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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? This technology is a component that takes calls and assigns them to the appropriate agent.

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Enghouse Interactive

JULY 7, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). Blog #2 Microsoft Teams Drives Agent Productivity. In our first blog, we explored how Microsoft Teams, when integrated into a Contact Center, helps provide a better experience for the end-customer. Self-Service Helps Agents Too.

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NICE inContact

JULY 26, 2019

Think adding artificial intelligence (AI) to your contact center means dramatic technology shifts? So, what might you consider as you integrate artificial intelligence into your contact center? Find out how adding chatbots in your call center can provide better service and overall satisfaction. Think again.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2019

It often eliminates the “on hold” frustration of voice calls and lets contact centers increase productivity by having agents work with 3 or 4 customers at the same time. Chatbots are the most common application of AI for customer self-service and are not as successful (yet), as the hype would indicate.

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BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

And you’re ready for your outsourced customer service RFP to hit the road and bring you some stellar options for a new contact center partner. Here’s the short list of the best questions to ask about AI in the contact center. Looking for more contact center RFP questions? We want to make it easy for you.

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Avaya

APRIL 10, 2019

This blog is authored by Robin Gareiss, President and Founder, of Nemertes Research. In Nemertes’ 2018-19 Digital Customer Experience research study of 697 organizations, we found companies already are relying on AI to transform their customer experience. AI is finding a comfortable home in the contact center.

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Aspect

OCTOBER 16, 2017

I won’t go into details on why this phrase drives me crazy but I think it does make for a good contact center illustration. There are countless studies that examine what makes employees happy and productive – and for good reason. Customer support chatbots to the rescue. Happy agents, happy customers. More sales?

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI revolutionizes call centers by enabling smarter interactions and predictive insights. Chatbots : AI-powered chatbots handle routine queries, providing quick and accurate responses. Performance Metrics and KPIs: Monitoring call center performance is essential. RELATED ARTICLE What is IVR?

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VocalCom

AUGUST 5, 2019

Whether using chatbots or speech-based assistants, these brands integrate AI into their omnichannel experience—often in their messaging applications—to drive stronger sales and customer service. And if customers enjoy the perks of this technology, it is because the contact centers that are using it are driven to be more efficient.

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Aspect

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Every year, we release the Aspect Consumer Experience Index to study the ways in which customer experience is evolving, and what contact centers are doing to keep up. This is also especially true for Millennials, of which only 29 percent prefer voice contact.

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Revation Systems

AUGUST 5, 2019

Consumers crave digital communication solutions that are fast and convenient, a job that chatbots seem to be accomplishing. Gartner reports that 25% of customer service operations will use virtual customer assistants (VCAs) — or chatbots — by next year to quickly identify and solve customers’ problems. Banking Chatbots.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 21, 2022

These stats, just two of many in the 2022 Achieving Customer Amazement Study , likely have you nodding in agreement thinking about your own painful customer service experiences. Self-service options like chatbots and virtual agents are increasingly preferred by customers, but they can’t – and shouldn’t!

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Can your contact center keep up with changing consumer demands? The 2018 survey reveals that use of digital channels is higher than phone – however use of “automated assistants” or chatbots by consumers for recent service interactions is still limited at only 8% globally. appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

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Avaya

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

At the recent Monage Conference , where Jeff Pulver invited me to speak, I talked about chatbots and shared how they can transform customer experiences for large enterprises. It was a perfect topic for the mix of customers and entrepreneurial chatbot developers in attendance. Chatbot technology is growing at such a rapid pace.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 27, 2018

While the jury is still out on that concern, contact centers and their agents will experience a significant boost in productivity and their ability to deliver exceptional customer experiences through AI. chatbots) helps provide fast service for transactional or traditionally self-service issues. voice or chat).

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Revation Systems

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The modern contact center must be constructed with these expectations in the design, given that 76 percent of customers claim they will terminate a business relationship based on a negative experience. So the ability for them to contact a company and manage a request across multiple platforms is particularly important.

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Balto

AUGUST 3, 2022

As the global economy shows signs of recession, the Conversation Excellence Lab wanted to understand how executives are planning to shift their contact center budgets, and how they view the future of the contact center as a whole. Is the contact center a drain on resources, a necessary expense to manage customer needs?

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

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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. After researching several articles, white papers and ebooks on the topic, this blog’s intention is to bring clarity to what the experts are saying.

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VHT

MARCH 12, 2019

AI tools like chatbots and digital or IVR self-service were destined to help your customers handle basic issues at their own convenience, drastically cutting down on the transactional calls made to contact centers. According to CCW’s 2018 Market Study on Performance & Metrics, these grievances are: Long wait times.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. Contact centers are now considered more than just service centers. Omnichannel Interaction Data is Siloed or Nonexistent.

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Enghouse Interactive

JUNE 17, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). Blog #1 Enhancing the Customer Experience. This new reality presents the contact center industry with an excellent opportunity to integrate with Teams and provide seamless company-wide collaboration capabilities across their customer’s organizations.

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VHT

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Contact center managers face the constant challenge of serving customers efficiently while maximizing their convenience and making the experience enjoyable. People love using chatbots for simple tasks. A 2016 Employee Engagement Benchmark study found that companies with the highest rated CX had 1.5

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 23, 2022

It has the potential to revolutionize certain aspects of business, specifically when it comes to content marketing and contact center communications. The technology can produce marketing copy like newsletters, emails, and even blogs. In the contact center, Generative AI can produce content for agent coaching.

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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. After researching several articles, white papers and ebooks on the topic, this blog’s intention is to bring clarity to what the experts are saying.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

Read Case Study Watch video Case Study: Leading Edge Connections: Empowering Growth with Enhanced Interactions and Analytics Industry : Business Process Outsourcing (BPOs) / Outsourcing Company : Leading Edge Connections Number of Employees : 500+ Product Used : NobelBiz Omni+ Background : Leading Edge Connections, LLC.,

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VocalCom

JULY 2, 2020

The necessary acceleration of contact centers’ digitalization will bring to the fore the crucial value of the human touch. Digitalization is quickly sweeping through contact centers. However, this does not mean that agents will totally disappear from contact centers. Dealing with Greater Complexity.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 30, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform contact centers. Contact center leaders agree and are confident in AI’s role in delivering exceptional customer experiences. Then, we compared business responses with what more than 2,400 consumers told us about their actual service experiences in our 2018 study.

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Aspect

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The contact center industry is currently undergoing a period of rapid transformation brought about by the convergence of changing consumer expectations and disruptive technology. And fortunately, there are plenty of ways to determine the efficacy of new initiatives in your contact center.

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NICE inContact

MAY 8, 2019

Have they embraced your new, leading-edge, AI-enabled chatbots? These are questions that keep contact center leaders up at night. Then we compared these findings to what consumers said in our 2018 consumer study. Conversely, organizations overestimate customer satisfaction with automated assistants/chatbots.

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