SharpenCX

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Contact centers specifically are rife with opportunities to incorporate AI and automation. And while the ultimate goal is to use AI and automation to improve the customer experience , there are other factors to consider as well to ensure it is usable and brings value. How can AI make your customers’ lives easier or better?

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TechSee

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The traditional contact center – with agents in cubicles following scripts and rushing to meet individual KPIs – will soon be a thing of the past. Agent collaboration also enables a higher First Contact Resolution (FCR) rate by eliminating time-consuming escalations. What’s the climate of your contact center?

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

However, the Harvard Business Review states that AHT is the worst way to measure customer service as it creates an environment where contact center agents de-prioritize complex issues and are motivated to keep calls short, even if they could have resolved the inquiry had they invested the time to do so.

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Upstream Works

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The contact center is currently being transformed in fundamental ways, driven mainly by the evolution of cloud-based technologies and the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) -driven applications. One of the biggest drivers of change coming from the top-down is making the entire organization more customer-centric.

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Playvox

APRIL 25, 2023

How can you spice up remote agent training at your contact center to make it the most engaging and effective it can be? Make A Plan Despite the ongoing debate on the benefits and drawbacks of in-person, hybrid, and remote work, recent data and predictions support remote and hybrid work in a contact center. Engagement.

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The customer-centric strategy is now on everyone’s mind, even among contact center experts and customer relationship specialists. So, how can you put a Customer-Centric approach into action? Are you a customer-centric or customer-oriented contact center?

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Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

While it’s hard to argue against the importance of delivering great CX, it’s also all too easy to assume that the experiences your contact center delivers are up to par simply because you are handling interactions efficiently. Until you start measuring customer experience , you could easily be falling behind the competition.

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Aria Solutions

MARCH 22, 2017

Contact Centers, as an industry, have been around since the advent of telephony technology. That technological era has also enabled us to measure and track contact center activity quite accurately. Shifting from traditional to customer-centric metrics approach. Leveraging both approaches effectively.

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RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Read the transcript below: Nicholas Rodriguez: …the highest priorities for Contact Centers that focus on the customer. So, Talkdesk Enterprise Contact Center empowers companies to make their Customer Experience a competitive advantage. So, without further introductions, let’s go ahead and get started.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For the contact center industry, customer relationships management has also dramatically shifted. This revolution of channels must enable contact centers to make client relationships even more distinctive by personalizing them and creating a genuine consumer experience. Which communication should you focus on?

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For the contact center industry, customer relationships management has also dramatically shifted. This revolution of channels must enable contact centers to make client relationships even more distinctive by personalizing them and creating a genuine consumer experience. Which communication should you focus on?

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 28, 2022

The term “call centers” is quickly become a relic of the past, and for good reason. Customer service today is based on far from just taking inbound calls; it’s now omnichannel. The State of Contact Center Conversation Intelligence 2022 report by Observe.AI But that’s the problem.

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The customer should always be the primary focus of a call center. Be it an inbound, outbound, or even hybrid model, all businesses in the Contact Center industry should put CX first and everything else second to third. So how come there are still plenty of call centers out there struggling to provide decent CX?

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VocalCom

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When customer centricity first became a hot topic, many companies interpreted the concept to mean putting customers’ needs first. Creating a customer-centric experience is not the sole responsibility of your service agents. Here are five ways to create a customer-centric brand culture.

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Global Response

JULY 28, 2023

For example, recent data shows that 92% of customers will switch companies after just three—or fewer—bad experiences. And with high customer expectations, satisfying and retaining customers requires a focused strategy. Customer retention also has a wide-reaching impact on basically every area of your business.

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Serenova

AUGUST 5, 2019

Consistently creating those experiences, though, requires a holistic approach that incorporates organizational and operational change into contact center architectural design. Automation in the contact center started in the 80s with interactive voice response (IVR), then websites in the 90s, and mobile apps in the early 2000s.

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Customer Centric Support

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Highlights from one of the top contact center / customer service events in America. Las Vegas hosted another fantastic ICMI (International Customer Management Institute) production this week. AI Is (Really) Coming – There are a few milestone events in the history of the contact center.

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Serenova

JULY 5, 2019

The customer experience movement is rapidly taking hold in many enterprises. Is your contact center there yet? Customer experience that truly differentiates is a strong competitive advantage. But to get it right, brands must incorporate organizational and operational change into contact center architectural design.

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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? A well-calibrated IVR system is the cornerstone for intelligent contact center automation.

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NobelBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Beyond this acceptable level, a contact center must reconsider its strategy and resources in order to lower it as much as possible. Call abandonment is a key performance indicator that may be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a contact center. How to calculate the call abandonment rate for contact centers?

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PeopleMetrics

MARCH 1, 2017

The elements of each banking customer experience, of course, will likely blend together: many banks will offer similar savings and loan products, as well as deliver services via branch, contact center, online, and digital channels. Guiding principles are clear and active statements about your customer experience.

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NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Most customer relationship managers and contact center owners strive for the objective of addressing each client personally, rather than to a customer base as a whole. What are the key levers available today for a more customized customer connection? Why should businesses prioritize this goal?

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VocalCom

AUGUST 12, 2019

Customer journey maps enable you to figure out any loopholes in your service and take steps to correct them proactively. These maps allow you to really view your brand from the customer’s perspective and build a strong omnichannel experience. Your brand can only be customer-centric if your entire organization is on board.

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Skybridge

APRIL 14, 2021

Indeed, many “customer-centric” brands of the pre-2020 era are coming to the sobering realization that, in order to fully rebound, they’ll need to do a lot more than “re-open” or scale up. Well, to quote Blake Morgan in her recent Forbes article: “Just because a company was once customer-centric doesn’t mean it still is in 2021.”.

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VocalCom

APRIL 23, 2018

A customer-centric approach is more than just delivering good products and services. To offer the best experiences that win loyalty, your brand must consider each step of the sales journey from the customer’s point of view. Here are six steps for building a customer-centric brand. Define your company values.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The data collected, measured, and analyzed for contact centers is an absolute gold mine. When used wisely, it can greatly improve the customer experience. In other words, the link between data and customer experience can become a virtuous circle. Here are some more advantages of employing call center analytics: 1.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And we will also discuss 10 tactics to improve Customer Experience through IVR messaging. Why does IVR messaging enhance customer experience? Contact Center Customer Experience always starts with how a customer feels before knowing how a particular technology works. The first impression always lasts!

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

To provide top-notch customer support, contact centers need to have an exhaustive and comprehensive customer perspective. Thus, the need of a 360-degree customer viewpoint. The data usually includes information such as customer demographics and purchase history.

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TechSee

MAY 29, 2018

With clear ROI demonstrated almost immediately upon implementation, C-level decision-makers and call center management have turned to visual engagement as an important stepping stone on their journey towards providing a digital customer-centric experience. One example is the explosion of product unboxing videos.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This is where a Voice of the Customer approach can help by organizing and prioritizing customer insights into a usable format. In This Article: What is the Voice of the Customer (VoC)? Why you should care about the Voice of the Customer? Here are just a few examples of data that could be included in VoC.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

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Dialer 360

JANUARY 24, 2022

In contact centers, different strategies are used to increase the productivity of agents. Digital transformation is a process that highly boosts the contact center’s effectiveness. With advanced technologies, you can improve agent productivity and interact with customers efficiently.

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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. customer experience.”.

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Aria Solutions

JUNE 1, 2018

As contact centers become more complex and expand to support more channels like web chat and social, it’s important to organize support for contact center applications in a way that allows teams to design consistent customer experiences. view of the customer on one screen, should that be the goal.

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Etech GS

APRIL 30, 2019

Contacting a company in the hopes of resolving an issue only to receive less-than-impressive service is likely a scenario you’ve personally encountered at least once in your lifetime. Customers have more options than ever, and competition is fierce. Zappos is a perfect example of this. This blog was first published on LinkedIn.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2019

Every year we ask: What can contact centers do to bolster their productivity, efficiency, and customer service offerings in the future? This year’s soundbites are rich with well-researched insights that a) act as a warning; and b) can help your contact center win. Learn more about Shaun here and here.

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