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The Human Touch in a Tech-Driven World

ShepHyken

This episode of  Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken  answers the following questions and more: How is artificial intelligence used to improve customer interactions in contact centers? What are the challenges in finding the right balance between technology and human support in customer experiences?

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Helping AI Help Agents: A Better Way to Use AI Applications in the Contact Center

Upstream Works

The contact center was even more complicated. There were too many different customer needs and too many inconsistencies. The contact center agent’s life was not easy, and we saw it just getting more and more complicated. And in many, many cases, those people did not have a good life.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 12-20-2021

ShepHyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Talkdesk Research Reveals the Role of Customer Service in Driving Consumer Loyalty Will Expand Beyond Support. A cause or social issue contributes to the customer experience, especially with Gen Z. We knew that!)

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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? We are all customers for something.

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.

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Kindness, Customer Retention, and the Contact Center Agent

Call Center Weekly

Most often though, it is the contact center that interacts with those customers who wish to leave. While the functional role of retention is housed within a specific team, everyone in customer service impacts the company’s ability to preserve customers. Connect with me on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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How to be “People Fertilizer” as a Contact Center Leader

Vistio

Rather, we’re going to be focusing on how you can help your contact center agents grow into incredible, hard-working leaders. Lisa Guzman is here to help elucidate what exactly it takes to be the “people fertilizer” in your contact center, and why you need to start doing it today! [5:32-

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Study: The Health of the Contact Center

What does it take to engage agents in this customer-centric era? Download our study of 1,000 contact center agents in the US and UK to find out what major challenges are facing contact center agents today – and what your company can do about it.