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Call Center vs. Contact Center: What’s the Difference?

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Call centers and contact centers operate within the same general field of customer support and outreach. Call centers came first, focusing employees on handling large streams of customer calls at once. Call Centers Focus on Phones. Contact Centers Leverage Self-Service.

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[White Paper] Contact Centers of the Future: Creating Tomorrow’s Experience

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The Best Advice for Contact Centers in 2018: The Experts Weigh In

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My friend and call center trainer, Judy McKee, said something years ago that stuck with me, “Never make the customer feel wrong or stupid.” We call it the ‘golden rule’ of customer service. Strategically, contact centers need to start exploring AI, especially for real-time conversational engagement. The Need for Speed.

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« The COVID-19 pandemic has put to the fore the importance of the contact center », Carlo Costanzia

VocalCom

One of the key takeaways of 2020 CallMiner Churn survey is that contact center performance drives both loyalty and churn, with 90% of consumers saying they are likely to stay loyal after a positive call center experience, while nearly three quarters (73.7%) were likely to switch after a negative call center experience.

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How AI will change the face of customer experience

VocalCom

Gartner reveals that 91% of organizations are planning to deploy AI within the next three years and that by 2025, customer service organizations that embed AI in their multichannel customer engagement platforms will elevate operational efficiency by 25%. Want to know more about the evolution of contact centers ?

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The Work-from-Home Revolution & the Engagement Challenge

VocalCom

To operate the switch, offering intuitive and efficient digital tools for the contact centers workforce is crucial. Finding new ways to engage, train and manage agents is key: a staggering 74% of call center agents are at risk of burnout ( Toister Solutions ). call center is that HR methods adapt too.

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The Omni-Channel Imperative

VocalCom

so that contact centers can deliver a real omnichannel customer experience. Want to know more about the evolution of contact centers ? Download our white paper Contact Centers of the Future: Creating the experience of tomorrow.