CX Global Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The rate of change in contact centers is accelerating. Fueled by the worldwide proliferation of mobile devices, more interactions are pointed to your contact center than ever before. To survive, you must learn about chatbot best practices in contact centers NOW. Different Perspectives on Chatbots

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OctopusTech

APRIL 18, 2024

Learning how to improve customer engagement in a call center is significant in this competitive market. Talking to customers is not enough; it is about making those conversations beneficial and considering every customer’s requirements and expectations. Call center worker accompanied by her team.

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Callminer

APRIL 20, 2018

Customer experience (CX) is evolving. Change isn’t necessarily bad, but it certainly is confusing when you have to cut through the noise and determine which best practices and trends will launch your contact center ahead of the competition. Adopt Technologies That Align with Your Customers’ Expectations.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Call center leaders are always looking for ways to take their operations to the next level. That all depends on the goals your contact center sets. It’s up to you to set those standards and provide the right support and motivation for your call center team to achieve them. Improve the Customer Journey.

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Fonolo

MARCH 2, 2023

No stranger to change, the contact center industry has been ahead of the curve throughout the global pandemic. We consulted nine industry experts to tell us all about it – and discuss the state of the contact center in 2023. Word: Contact centers are technology leaders! Customers love it.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 12, 2023

The same holds when considering how artificial intelligence is changing the contact center. . Tools like interactive voice response (IVR) and smart call routing are tried and true ways to save time and money – and offer better service. More personalization and better customer experience . Predictive Call Routing.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In the call center world, efficiency is the name of the game. Customers are looking for faster results without sacrificing quality of service. Call center automation software is essential to accomplishing this goal. What is Call Center Automation? Is your business up to the challenge?

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Fonolo

MARCH 16, 2023

Your contact center may run like clockwork, with engaged agents answering calls quickly, solving problems, and creating satisfied customers in record time. But without the contact center KPIs and metrics that managers use to measure the effectiveness of their operations, you’d never know for sure.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Download our white paper, The Vulnerability Blueprint: How to Identify, Support and Retain Vulnerable Customers , to learn more about how your organization can identify and support vulnerable customers. Meet Our Panel of Call Center Experts & Business Leaders: Kevin Lee. JourneyPure. Jeanine Duval.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Providing better customer experiences (CX) is a hot button issue that has become increasingly critical to forward-thinking call centers over the last few years. Call center leaders realize that the time has come to deliver real measurable value to the enterprise.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Call centers have always relied on different forms of automation to provide swift service to their clientele. As technology gets smarter and more intuitive, so does the contact center that benefits from it. Read on for an introduction to call center automation, plus our top software picks!

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A well-designed chatbot can be a powerful addition to your call center toolkit. This is good news because we know for certain that customers want self-service options. And call centers are quickly getting onboard, with as many as 75% of contact centers currently using chat solutions to boost productivity.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Contact center trends move fast, which makes trend-spotting an invigorating sport for those who dare to participate! There’s no denying that some of the changes impacting contact centers over the last four years continue to make waves – notably the enduring appetite for hybrid and remote work.

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 1, 2024

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has created opportunities to improve the customer experience in the contact center space. With Amazon Lex bots, you can use conversational AI capabilities to enable these capabilities within your call center.

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TechSee

APRIL 21, 2021

Call centers are busier than ever. These growing call volumes – coupled with the continuous need for cost optimizations – have driven the demand and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in call centers. AI Call Center Solutions that Drive Value. According to a 2021 survey, 65% of U.S.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Whatever the size of your contact center, there will likely come a time when you notice your numbers slipping and employees losing steam while their productivity fizzles. Start Creating a Call Center Improvement Strategy. It’s time to dig into the current state of your contact center.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Andrew Yang, founder of “Venture for America” (and a long-shot candidate for president in 2020) said “Google recently demonstrated software that can do the job of an average call center worker … that’s going to result in hundreds of thousands of jobs lost”. Duplex is Not About Agent Replacement. Let’s take this apart.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In the last few years, call centers have experienced an awakening with pandemic-driven remote work models, increased demand for service, and rising awareness of the benefits of delivering a good customer experience. What Is Call Center Technology? 5 Innovative Call Center Technologies in 2022.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

New call center managers have a lot to wrap their minds around. Overhauling your call center operations can seem outright impossible without a little guidance and know-how. The success of your call center agents depends heavily on your ability to lead them to that success. Call volume Call abandonment rate.

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Fonolo

APRIL 11, 2023

Looking for ways to optimize your call center queue management and improve customer satisfaction? Customers hate waiting on hold. PRWeb reports that 32% of customers are not willing to wait on hold at all. And 69% of customers say they’ve abandoned a brand after a single bad customer service experience.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 26, 2024

While there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to address all operational and customer-related challenges for businesses, Customer Experience Automation (CXA) has emerged as a compelling strategy for a lot of businesses these days. Table of Contents What Is Customer Experience Automation (CXA)?

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Contact Center Trends 2021.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 10, 2023

Wondering how to use artificial intelligence (AI) in your call center? It’s a hot topic, and many call center managers want to know what this rapidly evolving technology will mean for their organizations. On the contrary, it’s an excellent tool to enhance the customer experience and give your contact center a boost.

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Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

After five years of providing what amounted to call center plumbing, we had really zeroed in on what call centers did and realized that the heart of a call center was and always will be the people that operate the phones. The contact center was even more complicated.

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BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. The question of the moment is: what role is ChatGPT going to play in delivering a loyalty-building customer experience? So let’s get into it. Those first three are what we’d expect.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 7, 2021

That’s why it’s more important than ever to have a superior customer service strategy — that includes ensuring your retail contact center operations are optimized for a smooth customer experience. The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. Cyber Monday.

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Fonolo

MAY 4, 2021

The highly-coveted Millennial and Gen Z consumers expect and demand a certain quality of customer service across all channels. Many call center overseers are now realizing that they are technologically behind their more channel-savvy competitors. The ROI of Call-Backs for Your Call Center. The result?

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Fonolo

AUGUST 17, 2021

To optimize your call center’s performance, you need to think about improving your customers’ experience. After all, customer-centric companies are 60% more profitable. While incredible customer service should always be a call center’s goal, it shouldn’t be your only goal. But it’s not enough.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This is especially true when it comes to contact center outsourcing. It may be tempting to hire an external team when faced with high call volumes, but in doing so, you risk lowering the quality of your customer experience. The Pros and Cons of Call Center Outsourcing. AI-enabled chatbots.

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Revation Systems

MAY 25, 2022

For background, LinkLive uses a single pane of glass approach to provide an omnichannel contact center customer experience, designed specifically for the most regulated industries such as banking and healthcare. A quality contact center customer experience starts with proper security.

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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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Fonolo

APRIL 4, 2023

Customer service expectations in the contact center continue to increase, and only the best businesses keep up. Customer service statistics show that superior CX generates more return customers, increases loyalty, and helps generate higher profits. businesses each year following bad customer experiences.

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CX Global Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

I met up with Justin Robbins at the opening Demo Hall Bash at the CCDemo in Las Vegas to find out about the top trends in contact centers today. What are the top 3 trends in contact center today?” AI is making the contact center agent a more valued organizational asset.” Click to Tweet. Click to Tweet.

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Noble Systems

MAY 17, 2021

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.”. So how are AI and automation being used in the call center?

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Calltools

JANUARY 10, 2024

Average handle time (AHT) is an important metric call center agents use to measure how much time it takes to interact with a customer. This metric measures the average length of time on the phone with the customer and includes the wait time and time spent on agents after the call has been completed.

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