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Why Every Contact Center Manager Should Consider Voice-Driven AI

SmartAction

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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When Adding Call-Backs to Your Call Center, Beware The “Free” Option

Fonolo

The call center experience is under great scrutiny from today’s consumers. Tolerance for long wait times has been getting lower and lower. If the wait is longer than a few minutes, callers will complain to your agents (leading to longer handle times) and they will vent on social media (see onholdwith.com).

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A Beginner’s Guide On An Effective Inbound Call Strategy

OctopusTech

Inbound call centers play a crucial role in delivering these revenue-generating experiences, so everything from the standard greeting to agent training to the establishment of KPIs needs to be designed with the customer in mind.

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The Complete Guide to Visual IVR

Fonolo

Although they can be simple and effective, customers don’t love IVR experiences. Consumers often list dealing with an IVR as a top grievance with the call center experience. Power and Associates, a good IVR experience is quite rare. Why Use Visual IVR Instead of IVR? According to a report by J.D.

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How to Run an Efficient Inbound Call Center to Keep Your Customers Happy Long-Term (Without All the Crazy Costs)

SharpenCX

Today, many call center agents manage up to 10 different channels , so it’s no wonder agents feel overworked and customer experience suffers. Download Now] 7 projects every VP of Ops can address to reduce inefficiencies in your contact center. The call center experience we’re used to can be counterproductive.

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What is call center technology?

ViiBE Blog

The software may use a call recording that informs callers of hold times or an interactive voice response (IVR) system, reducing the workload for call center agents. Predictive dialers use algorithms to reduce wait times for agents and customers on the line. There are different types of call centers.

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How to Eliminate Hold Time in Your Call Center

Fonolo

How to Eliminate Hold Time in Your Contact Center: What’s the difference between average speed of answer and average wait time? Why is average wait time an important metric? How to Calculate Hold Time in a Call Center. What causes long call center hold times?