Playvox

JANUARY 5, 2022

After all, you can’t expect your hybrid team to deliver top-notch customer service if they can’t access the information or solutions they need when working off-site. A cloud-based workforce management solution is a must-have for hybrid teams. Ask for Feedback. It shows more care than an email. Train Regularly.

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Playvox

OCTOBER 18, 2022

There’s a storm brewing in customer service centers, and the aftermath could create some big challenges for contact center management. In our 2022 study of customer support agents and managers, 68% of agent respondents said they didn’t want to return to an office. Leanne Y.,

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Monet Software

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

By taking an agent-centric approach to contact center quality management , regular QA feedback can become an opportunity for growth that agents welcome—one that improves employee satisfaction, morale, retention and yes, employee engagement. QA delivers clear, quantitative feedback agents can build on. Here’s how. #1

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. Here, he explains how to build highly effective teams using workforce. Running a contact center takes me back to my school days and Aesop’s Fable of the ‘Tortoise and the Hare’.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Teach agents the art of giving and receiving feedback, including how to have a candid conversation with their boss. It makes sense that superhero contact centers need to be staffed by exceptional people with distinct skill sets. These stellar agents: Possess a natural affinity for customer service.

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Fonolo

MAY 7, 2015

Here are 7 great things a successful call center manager does on a daily basis, along with some of our top tips on successful contact center management: 1. Agents are quite literally the mouth and ears of your contact center. So, why not use them as a means of providing feedback? Talk to Your Support Agents.

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DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Companies are re-evaluating their salary structures as they struggle to hire people for traditionally low-level jobs, including: contact center/customer service representatives, bank tellers, retail clerks, servers, hospitality workers, flight attendants, healthcare aides, and more.

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Other essential software technologies to consider for your cloud-based contact center include WFM for schedule optimization; analytics to uncover trends and assist agents during a transaction; and advanced IVR to create new flows or self-service programs to enrich the customer’s experience. We are all learning as we go.

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Verint

JUNE 2, 2015

Verint’s Donna Denehy, enterprise workforce optimization, will present “Have You Listened to Your Customer Today?” She will explore how recording, analytics and customer feedback are all involved in the ongoing transformation of quality. ET on June 1.

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UJET

JULY 7, 2020

Cloud-based customer service platforms have significantly helped companies rapidly transition their workforce without compromising the reliability to serve their customers. Other support tools, like workforce management and quality management, are following as well. End-to-End Customer Experience Transparency.

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UJET

JULY 7, 2020

Cloud-based customer service platforms have significantly helped companies rapidly transition their workforce without compromising the reliability to serve their customers. Other support tools, like workforce management and quality management, are following as well. End-to-End Customer Experience Transparency.

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Verint

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

This week as we celebrate Valentine’s Day, it’s a good time to remember the role that emotion plays in customer service. If you haven’t, consider how your positive feelings about a brand partly arise from the good feelings you had about a customer service experience—or several of them. Have you thought about that before?

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Serenova

APRIL 9, 2019

However, as many contact center managers know, those same processes may not work for their Millennial (born between 1981 and 1996) and Gen Z (born in 1997 and later) counterparts. These two generations now make up a growing proportion of contact center agents. Give Actionable Feedback.

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Increase customer satisfaction and loyalty – Utilize valuable voice of the customer ( VoC ) data to find actionable insights that help improve service and keep customers coming back, from uncovering coaching and training gaps to optimizing staffing efficiencies by using the right agent at the right time.

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Verint

JANUARY 31, 2018

In my last post on automation and AI , I discussed how conversational AI-powered intelligent virtual assistants (IVAs) are generating a large amount of interest in the customer engagement industry.

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Top 10 Contact Center Software for 2022-2023. Before the advent of contact center software, customer service representatives would handle all customer requests and complaints through telephone calls. Choosing the right contact center software is essential for success.

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Verint

MARCH 29, 2018

and author of Before Happiness and The Happiness Advantage, will be a keynote speaker at the Verint Engage global customer conference at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel May 14 – 17. Shawn Achor, founder, GoodThink, Inc.

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Verint

JUNE 29, 2017

The latest enhancements to the Verint Employee Engagement and Engagement Channels suites are based on feedback from our customers and the changing needs of the marketplace. Following are three customer examples of where these advancements are well underway. You talk, we listen. Global Warranty Company.

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Verint

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

While a good bit of the discussion focuses on the customer experience—and it should—providing tools for success to the people who speak daily with your customers should be front and center as well. After all, those are the people who serve your customers and help determine if they stay loyal or not.

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Verint

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

It’s the Verint Engage global customer conference, and registration is underway for this year’s event at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel May 14 – 17. Inspiration. Professional growth. Networking. There’s a single event that can help you with all of these—and help you better leverage your Verint solutions, to boot.

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Balto

APRIL 20, 2023

Figure 21: Age Breakdown of Respondents The most represented use case was Operations (45.66%) followed by Customer Service (29.28%), and the least represented use case among respondents was Collections (1.49%). How AI Is Revamping the Contact Center. The Contact Center Workforce of the Future.

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