JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

This is how important customer experience is, especially in the context of contact centers. While your call agents strive for favorable first-call resolution metrics, your business should focus on providing them with the right customer contact center software that lets them do their job well.

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AWS Machine Learning

AUGUST 30, 2023

Powered by Amazon Lex , the QnABot on AWS solution is an open-source, multi-channel, multi-language conversational chatbot. This includes automatically generating accurate answers from existing company documents and knowledge bases, and making their self-service chatbots more conversational.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 23, 2024

Automated reminders, payment notices, and self-service payment options empower debtors to fulfill their obligations at their convenience, fostering a sense of control and cooperation. This is why automation is especially transformative in contact centers.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Contact Center Technology Trends to Watch in 2022. The contact center trends too, changed completely driven by the pandemic. 2020-21 saw most contact centers make a shift to cloud contact center software. So, what contact center technology trends can one expect in 2022.

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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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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI revolutionizes call centers by enabling smarter interactions and predictive insights. Chatbots : AI-powered chatbots handle routine queries, providing quick and accurate responses. Performance Metrics and KPIs: Monitoring call center performance is essential. RELATED ARTICLE What is IVR?

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Serenova

JUNE 24, 2020

Omnichannel Contact Centers: the Why and How in 2020. Even during this time marked by rapid change and uncertainty, the foundation of a successful contact center remains constant: exceptional customer experience. Effectively seizing the opportunity takes an omnichannel cloud contact center.

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Serenova

JUNE 24, 2020

Even during this time marked by rapid change and uncertainty, the foundation of a successful contact center remains constant: exceptional customer experience. Effectively seizing the opportunity takes an omnichannel cloud contact center. What Is an Omnichannel Contact Center?

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Mindtouch

MAY 19, 2020

This year, contact centers revealed themselves to be the perfect COVID-19 incubators. After all, social distancing in the contact center is difficult to achieve. In many cases the shelter-in-place contact center is not nearly as effective as the bygone (?) Predictably they have found one: the chatbot.

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Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you’re a contact center professional, you’re probably feeling the pain of agent staffing shortages. This difficulty includes finding contact center agents. There are creative measures every call center can take to address agent staffing shortages. unemployment rate was 5.4% Don’t despair.

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

For most contact centers, surviving the first months of COVID-19 required swift operational reboots that began with major work-from-home (WFH) transitions. The strain of balancing the need to protect employees from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. The Cloud.

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

The strain to balance taking care of employees to protect them from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. As contact volume, customer anxiety and agent stress all still soar, what you once managed can now feel overwhelmingly un-manageable. Every time.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JANUARY 27, 2020

Their survey of 362 firms found that although 80% of the firms believed that they delivered a “superior service” only 8% of the firm’s customers believed that. In our own Cisco survey of 700 contact center executives across 7 countries, 79% agreed that customer experience has a significant impact on business results.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

Brands have already made the move to upgrade from basic call centers to contact centers for the agility and flexibility that they provide. Addressing this gap between expectation and capacity, contact centers offer extended functionality and better efficiencies. What is a Contact Center?

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SharpenCX

MAY 27, 2021

So today, let’s dive in on what customer service research reveals as the top three priorities for contact centers this year. Trend #1: Omnichannel Customer Service is Bigger than Ever Before. Today’s strongest contact centers meet the omnichannel expectation. Trend #2: Automation is Becoming Mainstream.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s been a journey: The contact center evolved from the humble call center, as more channels of communication became commonplace. In order to keep up with the demands of modern consumers, the contact center is destined to evolve further, into the ‘Customer Experience Hub’ of the future.

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Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In Part 1 of this two-part blog, we noted that in 2019 the overarching trend indicates a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate contact center goal of fostering meaningful connections with consumers. Invest in Self-Service with a Purpose. When done right, customers prefer self-service.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Optimizing team productivity is the key to achieving this goal, and this comprehensive guide will walk you through the steps necessary to unlock your call center’s full potential. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center? This technology is a component that takes calls and assigns them to the appropriate agent.

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Fonolo

APRIL 6, 2020

Whether it’s on social media, chatbot or other AI technology features, it’s important to know what your customers want and use tools that will help you increase your ROI. You may think that call centers are for big companies but the truth is, they have a lot of value for small and medium-sized businesses as well.

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Serenova

MARCH 10, 2020

Today’s merger of Serenova and Lifesize introduces an exciting new company combining the most innovative technologies in cloud contact center and video collaboration solutions. At this pivotal moment, when contact centers are the frontline, we believe video is the next customer experience game-changer.

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Fonolo

MAY 22, 2019

In addition to today’s batch of four reports, please check out our new re-issued report on managing call spikes in the contact center. Ventana’s Value Index for Cloud Contact Centers (2018). They state, “AI is currently a hot topic … [but] for contact centers is not new. Where to get it: Here.

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Aspect

JUNE 20, 2018

The evolution of customer self-service. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology are now being adopted by businesses and service-based organisations to create an automated consumer experience that is driving the evolution of customer self-service.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 26, 2024

It’s the art of utilizing technology to deliver personalized and efficient customer service without losing the human touch that customers value. Customer Experience Automation can encompass a range of technologies such as AI and Machine Learning, Chatbots and IVR Systems, Data Analytics and Insights.

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JustCall

AUGUST 26, 2022

Cloud kitchens, offices, storage, meetings, and now cloud contact centers have come a long way. This article explains what CCaaS is and how this booming technology has put organizations in control of their customer service. Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS): What is it? How Does CCaaS Work?

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Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In Part 1 of this two-part blog, we noted that in 2019 the overarching trend indicates a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate contact center goal of fostering meaningful connections with consumers. Invest in Self-Service with a Purpose. When done right, customers prefer self-service.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2019

It often eliminates the “on hold” frustration of voice calls and lets contact centers increase productivity by having agents work with 3 or 4 customers at the same time. Chatbots are the most common application of AI for customer self-service and are not as successful (yet), as the hype would indicate.

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VocalCom

JUNE 18, 2020

Before the pandemic even started to disrupt business, the contact center industry was already widely migrating to Cloud. Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant report anticipated that, by 2022, contact center as a service (CCaaS) would become the preferred adoption model for about half of contact centers, up from about 10% in 2019.

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VocalCom

JUNE 25, 2018

When the idea of artificial intelligence for customer service was first introduced, many people were skeptical. The idea of chatbots assisting or possibly replacing human agents was exciting, but was it feasible? Would customers actually receive better service? Chatbots can be integrated with popular messaging apps.

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The Northridge Group

MAY 2, 2023

This article was originally published on Contact Center Pipeline and can be viewed here. Will, and How, This New Technology Model Help Contact Centers? But could it revolutionize the contact center industry? and most recently (at presstime) GPT-4.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2018

So many companies are enjoying the benefits of having moved their contact centers to the cloud over the past few years. Often companies started with a small deployment in one department and gradually grew that implementation to encompass all the contact center applications in the business. So, what comes next?

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Babelforce

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Whatever your solution, the first step is integrating WhatsApp with your contact center. With babelforce, that means installing the babelconnect app and linking your contact center infrastructure with WhatsApp. (If 1 Send and receive WhatsApp messages within your contact center software. . #2

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3CLogic

MAY 26, 2022

Dynamic Solutions: Customers crave multiple options to reach your contact center. Consistency: Customers expect every avenue of contact to provide the same experience. Some contact centers may consider cutting back on expenses to maximize the use of existing technology. Do you have customer service survey results?

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Nowadays, with the advent of technology, customers have multiple channels to interact with businesses that include self-service options like voice-enabled assistants, online portals, and mobile apps. As a result, self-service is becoming a cornerstone of customer experience in contact centers.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Open enrollment is typically among the busiest times of the year for healthcare plan providers as the volume of consumer calls to the contact center increases significantly. During last year’s open enrollment period, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported more than 5.78

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Serenova

AUGUST 4, 2020

What is the Difference Between a Call Center and a Contact Center? The channels used by modern contact centers are all components of one integrated system, allows organizations to provide more diversity in communication channels and a more cohesive experience for the customer. Types of Call Centers.

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SharpenCX

AUGUST 7, 2023

But each call center agent can only handle one call at a time. Sure, there are self-service options and automated chatbots to speed up service. Or, if you don’t have global staff, automatically turn on chatbot functionality when agents are off the clock.

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