Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 28, 2023

We hosted the Global Customer Service Experience Director of Alvarez & Marsal Alex Mead ( alexmead@sky.com ) recently to talk about it, and I wanted to share what we discussed here with all of you, too. Mead says that he believes AI will reduce customer effort in experiences. He predicts that customers can ask, “Hey!

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Call Experts

APRIL 8, 2024

This simple statement underscores the importance of genuine human interaction, especially regarding customer service. In this blog, we’ll explore the intricacies of call routing, its significance in modern customer service, and how it can enhance the customer experience. Firstly, it optimizes resource utilization.

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Zappix

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In the dynamic customer service landscape, businesses constantly seek innovative ways to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and elevate customer satisfaction. Enter the era of Digital Self-Service—a transformative solution that addresses these challenges and propels customer support into the future.

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Comm100

APRIL 2, 2024

Customer satisfaction (CSAT) scores are a vital metric for any business trying to track and improve their customer service and support. The scores provide a snapshot of how satisfied your customers are with your products or services, indicating areas of success and those needing improvement.

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JustCall

APRIL 3, 2024

It shows more customers are interested in your product or service. But, it also leads to chaotic calls and handling long call queues for customer support and sales teams. It can further lead to a dip in customer experience and a shrinking ROI. A surge in call volume is always good news for your business.

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ProProfs Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

When almost 60% of customers believe that waiting on hold for a minute is too long, then imagine how a customer-obsessed CEO, Jeff Bezos, must have felt after waiting for more than four minutes to get on line with its own customer service team? We’ll help you learn everything about FCR in this blog post.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

When companies implement specific tools and best practices, they can significantly improve their customer experience (CX), increase agent performance, and ensure high-quality service. It represents a holistic approach that is aimed at transforming call center functions into a streamlined, customer-focused powerhouse.

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Hodusoft

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

But when callers dial your customer service number, only a small fraction of them get to speak with a live agent instantly. Once callers are annoyed with the wait time and the lack of information, they not only abandon the call but they are extremely likely to not call again. What is a call queue? Read on and thank us later.

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Fonolo

MAY 3, 2023

Reducing abandonment rates is a primary benefit of our call-back software and we’ve helped dozens of companies improve their KPIs by solving their abandonment rate problems. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know in order to understand, measure, and reduce call abandonment in your contact center.

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Hodusoft

JULY 19, 2023

In-Depth Guide: Inbound Call Center Software Inbound call center software is an essential tool for delivering optimal customer service. It is designed to help businesses in efficient management and handling of large volumes of incoming customer calls. In this blog, we will explore everything related to inbound call center software.

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Nicereply

APRIL 26, 2023

Looking to improve your support team’s ticket management? Unlock your support team’s potential and deliver exceptional customer service with these 8 expert tips for ticket management. When you’re an early-stage startup or you’ve just launched support for a new product, you tend to focus on each support interaction.

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UJET

APRIL 1, 2020

From on-demand food delivery, e-commerce purchases, telehealth, and more, customers are looking for great digital experiences that not only mirror the experiences of speaking with someone face-to-face or visiting a brick and mortar location, but that goes above and beyond. Queue Customization. Accurate Wait Times.

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ProProfs Blog

JANUARY 31, 2019

Isn’t it overwhelming to see a backlog of customer emails when you log in? Don’t you want to reduce and manage your customer support queues? If yes, it’s time you make a few prudent decisions. More than ever, it is critical to offer exceptional service to your customers. Reduce customer response time.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

One of the most impactful uses is how AI is transforming customer experience (CX). Advances in technology allow contact centers to use data in much more manageable ways, redefine how to engage with customers, gain efficiencies, and leverage actionable insights to improve quality management (QM) and the customer journey.

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SmartAction

JUNE 27, 2023

In today’s fast-paced world, delivering efficient and effective support while maintaining high customer satisfaction levels is crucial. By deploying virtual agents, you can reduce the need for a large workforce to handle routine inquiries. Worried that automation will make your customer interactions feel impersonal?

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This metric is universally understood across the industry, and clearly conveys how quickly customer calls are answered by support agents. The longevity of service level is astonishing if you consider the enormous changes that have occurred in customer service technology over the last few decades.

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aircall

AUGUST 29, 2022

Or the impact of the resolutions provided to customers? In the context of a call center, the input can be your call center agents and your output can be the number of support tickets resolved in a week. Here’s an example: Call Center A has 50 agents who can collectively resolve 500 support tickets in a day. Missed-Call Rate.

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Ever wondered how challenging it must be for your operators to handle multiple chats at the same time? Yes, there’s no doubt that the best possible live chat software helps you manage multiple chats and visitor queries simultaneously; but if not handled properly, operators can irritate your customers, which may also lead to losses.

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Global Response

JANUARY 27, 2023

Far too many companies blindly track dozens of customer service metrics or KPIs without having a clear pathway to actioning them or understanding which metrics can truly move the needle for their customer satisfaction and bottom line. Or is it a sign that they’re giving customers a quick fix without truly resolving the problem?

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Nicereply

MAY 2, 2022

All jobs are stressful to some degree, but it’s particularly tough for customer support agents. Working in customer support involves a high level of job-related stress. Your support team is emotionally responsible for the well-being of your customers, and constantly demonstrating empathy all day can lead to fatigue.

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Hodusoft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

More than 36% of businesses have adopted VoIP technology for improving the quality of customer service. In this blog, we will discuss 7 ways how multi-tenant software adds value to your business. Call routing: Drives efficiency and reduces call queue through rule-based routing. . Features of multi-tenant IP PBX software.

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Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

If left unchecked, cherry picking can lead to poorly trained agents, frustrated customers, and burnt out senior team members. Maybe this is why some customer support agents are so good at avoiding terrible tickets. Our eyes slide down the queue to find a satisfying simple how-to ticket. As humans, we like to avoid pain.

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Hodusoft

JANUARY 3, 2024

An era where small and medium-sized businesses could provide similar customer service as their larger counterparts. In this blog post, we discuss CCaaS in detail starting from what CCaaS is, its top benefits, its key features, and how you can handpick the right CCaaS solution for your business needs. billion by 2030.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When one in five of your customers speak something other than English as their first language, providing bilingual customer support is critical. The impact of bilingual support on the customer experience cannot be understated. The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The call center industry has been changing faster than ever, due to technological breakthroughs and constantly evolving customer demands. In 2024, businesses have the crucial responsibility of understanding and adopting the latest technology trends in customer service.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

Most call centers struggle with efficiency at one time or another. If customers are being sent to the wrong department, then they tied up customer service personnel from helping the right people. With hosted UC, customer representatives can be situated anywhere, from their homes to even other satellite offices of yours.

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Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. The result is the customer service call center was seen largely as a cost center; it was part of the cost of delivering goods or services. Azim Premji, Founder Chairman, Wipro Ltd.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides an unprecedented opportunity to revolutionize the call center experience for the 59% of your customers who prefer telephone communication. We’re not talking about the time-consuming interactive voice response (IVR) of the past that provided a less-than-optimal customer experience.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 26, 2020

In my previous blog , I stressed the importance of using cloud technology to quickly move call center agents to a safe, work-at-home environment, to continue support for their customers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Reach out to your customers proactively Your customers need information now more than ever.

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JustCall

APRIL 3, 2024

It gives 5x results by optimizing connections (intelligent routing) and decreasing agent idle time. RingCentral is a business communications platform offering auto dialing options for sales and support teams. Your team can focus on building strong customer relationships and closing deals. Reporting and analytics tools.

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Hodusoft

MAY 24, 2022

In today’s time, all the well-performing call center solutions have ACD as one of their primary components. The system usually directs calls based on the following factors: Customer’s selection (IVR) Telephone number The selected campaign Time of the day, etc. Still have some confusion between ACD and IVR?

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Comm100

AUGUST 10, 2022

You might already know that you can automate a high portion of common support questions with chatbot software , but it can do so much more. In this blog, we’ll look at the top 5 benefits of chatbots in customer service with case studies and data to back it up. Devote agent time to higher-value inquiries.

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Fonolo

MAY 23, 2023

Customer service is all about meeting and exceeding customer expectations. But did you know that hyper-personalization in the contact center is one of the best ways to delight your customers? Customers want to feel seen. The solutions are all based on a customer’s specific preferences, behaviors, and needs.

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Nicereply

MARCH 28, 2022

There’s no better time to do a little spring cleaning on your metrics. Why do a customer service metrics health check? You want to make sure you’re tracking the right thing, and that you’re able to confidently use those metrics to improve the customer service experience. Improving customer happiness.

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2020

But brands need to understand one thing that while consumer behavior may change going forward, their habit to reach out for support won’t. They would still wish to get access to instant support that helps them arrive at a solid decision. Initiate a chat that helps sales and support teams understand customer intent better.

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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. As per a report , the customer care BPO market is estimated to rise from US$22,598.82

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Nicereply

JULY 27, 2021

Capacity planning benefits all stakeholders and must be a part of a support leader’s regular activities. Staffing a support team is often more of an art than a science. Every support leader must understand the load their team can cover within the SLA expectations you have set. Humans can’t (and shouldn’t!)

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