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COVID is Creating a Surprising Contact Centers Trend

Fonolo

We spent the last couple of months asking influencers and industry leaders how they thought the pandemic had impacted customer service. Read the Full Industry Report Here: Contact Center Trends 2021. Contact Center Teams Had to be More Empathetic. Nobody escaped the endless waiting times.

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Worried? Is Your Contact Center Failing You?

Beyond Philosophy

Contact centers are often the communications lifeblood of a business. It’s where clients get the opportunity to talk to a ‘real person’, whether it’s by phone, live chat or even something as simple as email, and it’s where your employees have the greatest chance to take ownership of the customer experience.

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3 Keys to Q4 Contact Center Success in 2021

Outsource Consultants

It’s because the ongoing labor shortage, paired with increased Q4 purchasing, is leaving many businesses that rely on contact center support exposed to looming CX disasters. This includes excessive hold times, overwhelmed agents, poor customer satisfaction, and ultimately brand harm. Tip the Scales with Technology.

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Hosted Contact Centers: Revolutionizing Customer Service in the Digital Era

NobelBiz

Hosted technology has been available to the contact center industry for several years, although its market penetration has been modest at best. Contact centers around the globe started experimenting with it to address the challenges posed by the pandemic.

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Things I Wish I Knew Before Adding Call-Backs to My Contact Center

Fonolo

Today’s customers expect more from customer service. They want prompt, reliable, integrated service and they will not linger if it’s not readily available. Their patience is never shorter than when dealing with your call center. That’s why call-backs have become a contact center essential.

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Rising Wages and the Contact Center Industry

Outsource Consultants

Many consumers have already noticed barren grocery store shelves and longer wait times in restaurants as service and supply chain industry positions remain unfilled. No industry is safe from rising labor costs, especially the contact center industry where a majority of employees are the heavily affected low-wage earners.

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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

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.