ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week we feature an article by Mansi Bhatia who looks at ways organizations can transform contact centers into a customer engagement center. I like the idea of a customer engagement center. – Shep Hyken. Earlier, businesses used to see contact centers as cost centers. Conclusion.

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This blog post is co-written with Bruno Mateus, Jonathan Diedrich and Crispim Tribuna at Talkdesk. Contact centers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to build a personalized customer experience and deliver effective self-service support through conversational bots.

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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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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

And the only way to succeed is through an effective contact center management system. This blog will look at the tips and best practices for contact center management. Follow them to optimize your contact center operation and ensure smooth customer service. What is Contact Center Management?

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BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Talk of ChatGPT is everywhere from your LinkedIn feed to the evening news to, yes, this blog. Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. Those first three are what we’d expect. Data and algorithms can only do so much.

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

The primary goal of contact center businesses revolves around improving customer experience. Empowering your contact center business with automated solutions can take your customer interactions to new heights of success. What is Contact Center Automation?

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Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 21, 2020

AI Makes It Possible (Blog Series). Blog #4 of 4 The MORE you know. That self-service will be their first point of contact and they are willing to deal with digital assistants (chatbots, knowledge bases, voice authentication, etc.) Key Learnings from Kate Leggett and Steve Nattress. The more YOU KNOW. .

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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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Avaya

MARCH 28, 2017

I recently attended Jeff Pulver’s 2017 MoNage conference to get the latest views on chatbot usage and expectations for serving customers. Jeff says that “as chatbots get better and better, there may be less of a need to visit a business website.” Chatbots enable a customer to answer questions via text. He probably is right.

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Expivia

OCTOBER 4, 2021

If your business has customers, they need a way to contact you. However, finding and training staff to handle your customer service isn’t the easiest (or cheapest) task. . This is when contact center outsourcing comes into play. Contact center outsourcing can take the weight of customer management off your shoulders.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

By optimizing call center operations, organizations can enhance the overall customer experience, leading to increased satisfaction. Streamlined processes, well-trained agents, and effective tools contribute to smoother operations and faster issue resolution. Performance Metrics and KPIs: Monitoring call center performance is essential.

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Expivia

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Guide to Preparing Your Contact Center for AI Integration The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in call centers represents a monumental shift in how customer experiences are delivered. This is why we recommend AI tools that enhance the agent experience before going crazy on the yet unproven, LLM chatbot route first.

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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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Expivia

JULY 11, 2023

The Future of Contact Centers: The Role of AI and Evolutionary Technologies The advent of AI and associated technologies has opened up a whole new horizon of possibilities for the contact center industry. This development could significantly expand the reach of USA contact centers.

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Balto

MAY 22, 2023

Guest post by Jeremy Watkin If you are a contact center or customer service leader and are reading this article, I have a hypothetical question for you. Full disclosure, $100,000 is a lot for my small contact center. I’m sure you’ve heard things like “We’re sorry to see that person leave your contact center.

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Noble Systems

MAY 17, 2021

In the second Q&A of this blog series, we answered questions about Customer Engagement and the CX. According to a recent Forbes report: “Many, in fact, see call centers as the new sandbox for AI-powered customer experience—with an array of new and emerging tools that can boost retention, loyalty, and, ultimately, revenue and profit.”.

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teleopti

AUGUST 13, 2019

Statistically, the majority of contact centers still use manual processes to adjust their intraday workforce scheduling but why play a constant game of catch-up? It’s a real game-changer for contact centers everywhere. The latest Chatbots using Artificial Intelligence (AI), are reinventing WFM and intraday planning.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 26, 2024

Customer Experience Automation can encompass a range of technologies such as AI and Machine Learning, Chatbots and IVR Systems, Data Analytics and Insights. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) At the core of intelligent contact center automation lies a well-calibrated IVR system.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 14, 2022

5 Ways to leverage eCommerce Contact Center Software to improve CX. The e-commerce contact center has been realized as one of the most powerful tools in this battle. The blog explains the role of contact center software for e-commerce businesses and how its features can drive business success.

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

The hybrid work model in contact centers is a mix of on-premises and remote work. The on-premise workers are located at the same facility as the contact center, while the remote workers are located outside the facility, usually at or other locations scattered throughout the globe. What Is Hybrid Work?

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Lumoa

JANUARY 15, 2024

Conversational commerce is all about interacting with customers through various communication tools, like live chat, chatbots, and contact centers. Utilizing Messaging Platforms and Chatbots Live chat can be a great choice for conversational commerce. Similarly, AI-powered chatbots mean businesses can offer 24/7 support.

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Customer Service Life

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The text of this article originally appeared on the ICMI blog on December 5, 2018. I’ve heard this spoken of chatbots, in particular, this year. Statements like, “Chatbots will automate X% of your customer interactions” and “Your competition is working on a chatbot as we speak” have been uttered in my presence.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 21, 2022

When we do need or prefer to make a phone call to speak with someone, a bad experience is made worse by the knowledge that there are ways to make support calls less painful which many contact centers aren’t utilizing. completely replace human contact center agents. Do you provide agents with the best training and tools?

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Avaya

APRIL 10, 2019

This blog is authored by Robin Gareiss, President and Founder, of Nemertes Research. Virtual agents/chatbots – Computer-aided, virtual robots that address basic questions and functions to free human agents to handle more complex ones. AI is finding a comfortable home in the contact center.

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Aspect

AUGUST 28, 2017

As a contact center leader saddled with huge responsibilities and challenges, you may know this better than most. Read on to see five statistics that prove your contact center must equip your agents with innovative coaching tools today. Providing continuous training will help keep your agents sharp, engaged and satisfied.

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VocalCom

APRIL 8, 2019

As artificial intelligence continues to change the way in which companies interact with customers, chatbots remain a key player in delivering this modern form of customer service. These digital assistants are more than just a passing trend: Mindbrowser states that 96% of businesses believe chatbots are here to stay.

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VocalCom

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Nowadays, social media is a must for customers of all generations, thanks in part to ever-popular chatbots. According to Business Insider, 67% of consumers worldwide used chatbots for customer service in the past year. So why shouldn’t your chatbots be the same? Most importantly, give chatbots a tone that fits your brand.

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Customer Service Life

JUNE 26, 2017

Ruth McCullen and Jeremy Watkin had the pleasure of having Virginia from Kingman Ink draw as we helped contact center leaders tell better stories. This article was originally published on the FCR blog on June 9, 2017. I had a fantastic time at the 2017 Contact Center Expo and Conference in Orlando, Florida.

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Customer Service Life

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

3 Ways to Bridge the Gap From Training to Proficient Customer Service – Early in my career in customer service we had a ticketing system with a “QA” feature and every email new agents composed had to be approved before sending. Here’s the list: ProcedureFlow Top 30 Contact Center Influencers – June 2019.

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Transparent BPO

AUGUST 20, 2019

If you were to ask many business executives, they would say their customer service contact center is a necessary expense that does not contribute to the bottom line. As such, they don’t emphasize technology upgrades or process improvements for in-house centers and, when outsourcing, settle for the least expensive options.

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Calltools

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

According to Cisco, implementing AI chat resources has improved the customer experience for 53% of call centers. Some common self-service options include: A searchable knowledge-base An IVR system An AI chatbot A frequently asked questions (FAQ) page A community forum Let’s explore these options in detail.

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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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SmartAction

JUNE 9, 2023

Let’s explore this growing technology by understanding what it truly is, reviewing some examples of its applications, diving into its inner workings, and highlighting the associated benefits and challenges businesses and contact centers should consider. Chatbots often answer FAQs, and guide users through various processes.

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 17, 2018

However, there are some contact centers that don’t provide omni-channel services to a high-quality level and may actually be hurting the customer experience. He goes on to discuss the following four mistakes contact centers make when providing an omni-channel experience: Having siloed channels (e.g., We can help!

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 23, 2022

“The marketplace shift toward CLM will continue in 2023, and partner programs that fully embrace it will see the most engagement,” said Lana King, Mitel Vice President of Partner Programs, Training, and Enablement. The technology can produce marketing copy like newsletters, emails, and even blogs.

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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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Outsource Consultants

JULY 17, 2018

Contact Centers Should Give Agents Freedom Within Scripts to Boost Morale. I’m not saying we need to remove training and scripts from contact centers and tell agents, “Say whatever you want!”. I’m not saying we need to remove training and scripts from contact centers and tell agents, “Say whatever you want!”.

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