ShepHyken

AUGUST 5, 2022

This week we feature an article by Shruti Bansal, Digital Marketing Expert at Ameyo , an AI-powered contact center solution. She shares how contact centers can use voice bots to capture, interpret, and analyze verbal input from the speaker and reply in a similar natural language.?. What is Voice bot?

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Chatbots Call Center 179

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Contact centers are the heartbeats of customer service, enabling seamless communication between businesses and their clientele across the globe. These kinds of challenges often stem from vendors having minimal control over their resale of voice services, leaving many contact centers vulnerable.

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voip Interactive Voice Response Contact Center Call Center 105

AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 29, 2024

Amazon Lex provides advanced conversational artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to enable self-service support for your organization’s contact center. With Amazon Lex, you can implement an omnichannel strategy where customers engage via phone, websites, and messaging platforms.

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Cloud contact Chatbots Contact Center APIs 92

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. To find the answer, you need to evaluate your current call center workflow and identify opportunities for automation.

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TechSee

MARCH 7, 2023

Taksina Eammano, EVP & GM Field Service, Salesforce – Taksina is leading the conversation in applying AI and workflow to manage cost and improve field service outcomes while improving customer experience in the SFDC Field Service Customers. We were excited to see her leading the conversation at MCW23 last week.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call center optimization is a strategic approach that focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of call center operations. When companies implement specific tools and best practices, they can significantly improve their customer experience (CX), increase agent performance, and ensure high-quality service.

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TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

TechSee’s Annual Influencer List For a second year, everyone at TechSee is proud and excited to share our annual list of influential leaders in the space of digital customer service. As the Head of Customer Support and Engagement at HotDoc, she is responsible for leading the customer support and engagement strategy.

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Customer Service Customer centricity Contact Center Consulting 207

Cyara

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Per the question in the title of this blog post, let’s examine the phrase, break down the meaning, and then explore how “Last Mile Assurance” is relevant to and important in the context of contact centers and customer experience. The last mile, undeniably, is critical to ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Contact Center Customer Experience Technology Sales 76

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

SMS (Short Message Service ) has become a pivotal channel in the contact center industry. In this article you’ll learn about core strategies, compliance must-knows, and groundbreaking innovations and insights to transform your SMS campaigns into powerful tools of engagement and growth.

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Contact Center Automotive contact center solutions Cloud contact 98

Fonolo

AUGUST 5, 2021

The proof is in the statistics — a proper training strategy leads to more engaged employees. How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center. Now that a large percentage of customer service agents are working remotely, it’s never been more important to ensure you have a solid training system in place.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This penchant for technology has shaped their consumer behavior and preferences, and brands must tailor their customer service strategies to suit Millennials’ attributes. According to a survey by Desk.com , 25% of millennials expect to get a response within 10 minutes after reaching out for customer service via social media.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Some 32% of organizations were running their contact centers with cloud technology at the end of 2020. Whether your contact center intends to go back to the office or stay remote, the acceleration of digital transformation projects and jumps to cloud technology will continue. It’s time to look to the future.

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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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Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

Zappix

MARCH 13, 2024

EIN PRESSWIRE ) March 13, 2024 Zappix , a leading AI-Powered Digital Engagement Platform provider, has been named one of the “Most Promising Utilities Tech Solutions Providers 2024” by CIO Review. Zappix combines innovative technology and best CX practices to reshape customer engagement in the utility sector.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JANUARY 10, 2023

It’s an excellent way to solidify the optimal operating model mix for hybrid work, digital first engagement, operational excellence and process automation, sustainability, and cybersecurity. To stay competitive, financial institutions are increasingly adopting cloud, mobility and the latest technologies.

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Banking Enterprise APIs Contact Center 145

TeleDirect

DECEMBER 14, 2023

According to a recent Salesforce report , 80% of customers believe the experience you provide is as important as your services or products. For this reason, some businesses shy away from the support call centers provide, thinking they couldn’t offer that level of engagement — and they would be wrong.

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Spearline

JANUARY 6, 2022

Analysts predict that cloud-hosted Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) will become the dominant adoption model, exceeding 50% in 2022. In fact, estimates indicate that 57% have already migrated their CRM systems to the cloud, or are in process of doing so today. Why move to the cloud? in 2020 to 17.3%.

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Call flow Contact Center Benchmark contact center solutions 122

NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

Are you grappling with the complexities of call center metrics, seeking to elevate customer experience, and driving operational excellence through insightful data analysis? How do you navigate the sea of data to extract actionable insights and make informed decisions that propel your contact center forward?

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Call Center Contact Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 59

NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As businesses prioritize customer satisfaction, understanding the nuances of measuring Customer Experience Return on Investment (CX ROI) has emerged as a strategic imperative. The Direct Link Between CX and Revenue Growth To begin, it is essential to understand that positive customer experiences directly correlate to revenue growth.

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Customer Experience Contact Center Call Center Revenue potential 111

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It offers enhanced flexibility and customization compared to traditional methods, allowing businesses to tailor their call management strategies. With advanced VoIP features like simultaneous ringing and call queues, call forwarding enhances productivity and customer service. The average cost of call forwarding per month is $3.50

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Upstream Works

MAY 27, 2021

Momentum remains strong for cloud contact center solutions, with most deployments still in their early stages. This is because cloud provides business value across the entire customer service value chain. There is another stakeholder group that benefits from the cloud – agents.

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Fonolo

MAY 25, 2022

Operating a successful contact center is an expensive endeavour. From agent hiring and training to in-house IT support, marketing, and HR, call center costs quickly add up. Though some folks believe cutting corners on equipment is a great way to save your call center some cash, we beg to differ. Consider outsourcing.

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Call Center Technology First call resolution outsourcing 87

JustCall

APRIL 3, 2024

Auto dialers are a secret weapon for call centers and sales teams. Talkdesk is a contact center platform with customizable auto dialing modes (preview, power, predictive). Nice CXone is an enterprise contact center suite with robust auto dialer and campaign management tools.

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Fonolo

JUNE 22, 2021

Despite advancements in customer service technology and automation, one thing hasn’t changed: people remain fundamental to the success of a contact center. With this in mind, it’s important that your best agents are happy and engaged enough with their work to stay put and make your contact center successful.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In April 2024, the Las Vegas Convention Center will see the return of the Call and Contact Center Expo. The event is focused on the processes used by call and contact centers, with showcases from over 200 different business representatives along with seminars by over 100 industry experts.

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This edition of the Report explores how generative artificial intelligence (AI), AI, and machine learning are delivering innovations in contact center technology that are both practical and robust. The future of contact center technology is in the cloud and CCaaS vendors are leading the way.

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Consulting Consulting Contact Center Marketing 59

Fonolo

MAY 10, 2023

Attending contact center conferences and live events is an excellent way to keep up with technology and best practices in this rapidly changing industry. Consider attending an industry event if you’d like to sharpen your management and customer service skills. You’ll be glad you did!

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Contact Center Healthcare Call Center Technology 87

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Businesses are continuously on the lookout for innovative approaches to enhance their customer outreach and engagement strategies. However, one essential element of customer communication often goes unnoticed – outbound voice communication. In addition, outbound voice communication is not only about sales.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 16, 2021

Conquer the Complexities of Outbound Engagement with Everything you Need, All in One Place Talkdesk brings the industry’s best cloud contact center together with Salesforce Sales Cloud to give your organization everything you need to convert a prospect into a happy customer.

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Cloud contact Contact Center Sales 112

Fonolo

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Traditional call center environments are often busy, fast-paced environments, but it doesn’t need to be that way. Conversations around call center optimization often focus on technology, training, and metrics, but call center workforce optimization also includes the physical elements of your operation.

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Call Center Agent burnout Abandon rate call center workforce 147

Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

Did you know that American businesses risk losing a whopping $494 billion in revenue from poor customer care? In the age of smartphones, where support is only a click away, consumers have massive expectations when it comes to customer service.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 26, 2021

Last year, COVID-19 shifted many call center environments to new models. Nation-wide lockdowns forced many call center companies to either shut down or adapt to a work-from-home model. Call centers provide a vital service to customers worldwide. The call center environment evolved to a few different forms after COVID-19.

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Talkdesk

DECEMBER 10, 2020

We talked to almost 900 consumers and hundreds of customer experience (CX) professionals to understand the changing landscape of CX in financial services and insurance. With this revolution comes the opportunity for companies in the industry to transform their contact centers into strategic assets. The CX stakes are rising.

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Contact Center Upselling Cloud contact Analytics 135

JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

Did you know that 70% of customers that had their issues solved favourably in the first call would be willing to return to your business for repeat purchases? This is how important customer experience is, especially in the context of contact centers. What are Contact Center Software Solutions?

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Fonolo

JUNE 13, 2023

Today’s customers expect more from customer service. Their patience is never shorter than when dealing with your call center. That’s why call-backs have become a contact center essential. What can a call center manager do? Sure, hiring more agents will reduce wait time, but agents are expensive!

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Contact Center Abandon rate Call Center Wait times 104

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

With the advent of cloud-based solutions, companies and contact centers have been able to swiftly restart their operational flow in the context of remote work. As a result, contact center managers and owners are faced with new problems, such as keeping staff engaged and providing the best possible customer experience.

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