Outsource Consultants

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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. Try These 3 Contact Center Strategies for Q4 Success. But why would anyone worry about potentially high sales volume? Tip the Scales with Technology.

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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

This is a guest post by Donna Fluss, the president of DMG Consulting LLC. Actually, they aren’t just asking, they are hoping that artificial intelligence (AI) will allow them to replace live agents, just as they have been since interactive voice response systems (IVRs) were first introduced into the market more than five decades ago.

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, intelligent automation has become a powerful force, propelling change within call centers across the globe. Contact centers serve as the lifeblood of customer service for countless businesses, and the integration of intelligent automation holds the key to unlocking their full potential.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 23, 2024

Technologies like Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems automate routine collection tasks, reducing the need for human intervention and thereby lowering operational costs. This is why automation is especially transformative in contact centers.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

2020 Contact Center Investment Priorities. DMG’s annual survey of contact center investment priorities for the year has confirmed the anecdotal data we’ve been hearing from companies. 2020 is looking to be an outstanding year for contact center investments. IVA, bots, RPA, AQM, self-service, WFM, etc.)

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ConvergeOne

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In my last blog post , I advocated for beginning your customer experience modernization journey by consulting with IT. My next piece of advice centers around what the end goal of your modernization efforts should be: allowing your customers more access to self-service—and I mean good self-service.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2020

Voice Self-Service Has Become More Popular—and It’s About to Get Much Better. F or decades, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, including those that were speech-enabled, were greatly disliked by users, even as adoption continued to grow. By Donna Fluss. Like what you’re reading? Email Address *.

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Altivon

JULY 27, 2020

Idaho Power took top honors in the 16th Annual Energy Utility Benchmark Report on Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems, released July 1, 2020 by IVR Doctors. IVR Doctors considers these the major drivers of customer satisfaction and system utilization. million calls through their IVR. and Canada.

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Cisco - Contact Center

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Artificial Intelligence Transforming Call Centers. The Contact Center business is going through a series of very important changes driven by the technology innovation, the raise of socials and the new consumption models being evaluated by most of the companies. 73% want the ability to solve product/service issues on their own.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Making Contact Centers More Secure Many years ago, when I was managing a credit card customer service contact center, one of our clients threatened to bomb our office. The world has changed a great deal since I ran that contact center, and so have the guidelines.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 31, 2022

Give Customers What They Want: Great Self-Service. Delivering an outstanding customer experience (CX) is a top goal for companies, as it is an essential and measurable differentiator between otherwise commoditized products and services. Donna Fluss. View this article on the publisher’s website. & Solving the Problem.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Self-Service Is the Channel of Choice—When It Works. For companies that have been trying to offload customer inquiries and interactions to self-service solutions for decades, there’s great news: Self-service is becoming the customer channel of choice. AI and Self-Service.

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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

This is a guest post by Donna Fluss, the president of DMG Consulting LLC. Actually, they aren’t just asking, they are hoping that artificial intelligence (AI) will allow them to replace live agents, just as they have been since interactive voice response systems (IVRs) were first introduced into the market more than five decades ago.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Self service Virtual Agent 56

DMG Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2019

IVA Is the Future of Voice Self-Service. For customers and, increasingly, employees, IVAs can automate routine tasks and can process and personalize the handling of interactions in most self-service channels. Revolutionizing IVRs. By Donna Fluss. View this document on the publisher’s website.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2023

Hey there, fellow contact center champions! Ready to dive deep into the heart of transforming your contact center’s performance? In this article, we’ll explore actionable strategies that will help you revolutionize your contact center’s performance and create experiences that leave customers raving.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

IVAs Can Remake the Self-Service Landscape. A remarkable thing is happening in the realm of customer service: After years of rejecting self-service, customers are changing their tune. They haven’t changed their minds about the hundreds of poorly designed interactive voice response (IVR) systems—far from it.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 29, 2021

2021: The Year of the Contact Center. The world has changed in the past year, in many cases for the better, and so must businesses and their service organizations. Contact centers all over the world were forced to accelerate their digital transformation the moment the lockdown hit, as the alternative was not an option.

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The Northridge Group

MARCH 28, 2022

The benefits of data insights for healthcare contact centers are plentiful and therefore worthy of further exploration. Human assisted” analytics – Our healthcare-trained contact center experts listened to customer calls and reviewed chat sessions. To learn more, contact us.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 18, 2022

Contact centers have experienced a wild ride throughout the pandemic – and it looks like it is continuing in a more positive direction. The global contact center industry was valued at approximately $339 billion in 2020, and is expected to reach $496 billion by 2027!

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 10, 2023

5 Applications to Boost Contact Center Performance in a Tough Economy View this article on the publisher’s website. As enterprises tighten budgets due to the troubled economy, contact center leaders are under greater pressure to improve productivity while enhancing the customer experience (CX).

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We thought we were bold when we said more than 65% of contact centers would move to the cloud in 2020. Read the Full Industry Report Here: The State of the Contact Center in 2020. We’ve spoken to the experts for our State of the Contact Center 2020 report. It happened even faster than we thought.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 3, 2017

Thank you for your interest in DMG Consulting’s publications. IVR Optimization Improves Service and Reduces Costs. In many customer service contact centers, the interactive voice response (IVR) system handles approximately 55 to 95 percent of the calls, depending on the vertical and the effectiveness of the system.

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Interactive Voice Response Self service Contact Center Best practices 48

DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Digital Customer Service Product and Market Report. Digital-first servicing drives improved CX and brand engagement. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 2, 2017

Thank you for your interest in DMG Consulting’s publications. IVR Optimization Improves Service and Reduces Costs. . In many customer service contact centers, the interactive voice response (IVR) system handles approximately 55 to 95 percent of the calls, depending on the vertical and the effectiveness of the system.

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Interactive Voice Response Self service Contact Center Best practices 48

DMG Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Interaction Analytics Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. Where: Available at the DMG Consulting online store.

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pindrop

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The contact center of the future is already here. Contact centers have been constantly transforming and reinventing themselves with a focus on improving customer experience. These trends have driven contact centers to invest in capacity increase, workflow automation, and process improvements.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2022

IVAs: Using AI to Serve Customers and Contact Centers. Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) represent the future of omnichannel self-service, a new standard of voice and digital self-service in a channel-optimized format. It also allows computers to respond to people in their own language.

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Contact Center Self service Virtual Agent Analytics 48

DMG Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2018

DMG Consulting Releases 2018 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. State of the art self-service and compelling benefits that transcend verticals. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services.

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NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Brad Butler, Contact Center Software Consultant @NobelBiz If you’re planning to step up your customer service and loyalty as a call center, we highly recommend this podcast episode: Master Call Center Customer Service in the Digital Age, with Jim Iyoob.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2020

The Hybrid Contact Center Workforce of 2030. But because it is a robot that’s malfunctioning, you don’t need to give it a warning; you do need to get it fixed rapidly, as it’s hurting your customer service performance. The contact center workforce has already started to change. 11/26/2019. By Donna Fluss.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 11, 2022

On an annual basis, in the November/December time frame, DMG Consulting (DMG) conducts a worldwide survey of contact center and enterprise executives and managers to identify their top operational and technology investment priorities for the coming year. 2022 Top Contact Center Priorities/Goals.

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TechSee

JUNE 9, 2022

Allowing customers the flexibility to digitally self-serve can dramatically increase customer satisfaction, and lower your operating costs. Gartner reports that self-service costs around $0.10 per contact compared to live channels which cost an average of $8.01 per contact. No Vision, No AI, No Service.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 30, 2021

Contact Centers’ Digital Transformation Has Only Begun. It was a brute force exit from the office, but contact centers were highly effective in getting their folks home and back online so they could be available to assist their companies’ customers and prospects. NEXT ACT FOR CONTACT CENTERS.

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Contact Center Real estate Self service Enterprise 79

Outsource Consultants

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Like many leaders, you’ve probably realized you’re getting more inquiries than you can handle, and you’re looking for contact center strategies to deploy as demand spikes. But failing to give your contact center vendor time to succeed is an all-too-common mistake. Don’t Ignore Automation & Self Service.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2018

It’s going to be a big year in the world of contact center and in customer service technology. Will this be the year that messaging platforms from Facebook, Apple and others reach critical mass as a channel for customer service? Their “Inner Circle Guide to Self-Service” was included in our last report round-up post.)

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