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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CCNG

APRIL 20, 2022

Honesty forms the bedrock from which all legitimate success derives, and customer contact organizations challenged with attracting and retaining personnel should obsessively seek and share truth to create a culture of trust that can elevate employee and customer experience along with business performance.?

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Calltools

MARCH 22, 2023

While hybrid contact centers gained popularity during the pandemic, it’s clear they are here to stay. Hybrid contact centers offer many benefits both for businesses and their employees. 4 Benefits of Hybrid Contact Centers Hybrid contact centers can provide benefits for your company and team members alike.

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Contact Center Gamification Morale Feedback 98

Noble Systems

AUGUST 25, 2020

To address these challenges, many financial services firms are turning to Gamification. From onboarding and product launches to regulatory compliance and ongoing training and coaching, gamification makes learning new information fun and engaging. Gamification can be used by banks, lenders, and other financial institutions to: 1.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

At Playvox, we believe that gamification is just using data in a useful and smart way to drive people’s behaviors for the better. You’re probably familiar with one of the most famous examples: the gamification of physical movement in Just Dance , a video game that encourages players to imitate an animated dancer on the screen.

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Fonolo

MAY 4, 2021

If this sounds familiar, don’t worry — it is possible to upgrade your call center infrastructure and reduce future contact center costs at the same time. Read on to learn how to offset call center costs, and ensure that your customer service operations meet the needs of the 21st-Century customer.

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Noble Systems

MARCH 20, 2019

To this end, the use of call center gamification represents a bona-fide breakthrough. Never has such a revolutionary approach been so badly needed, as the statistics lay out some stark truths: 71 percent of all employees are not engaged while at work and the average call center has a 26 percent attrition rate.

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Ansafone

JUNE 4, 2019

For many business executives trying to figure out how they can improve their team’s productivity, gamification may offer a viable solution. The term “gamification” may be familiar to many of you, yet you still may be unclear on what it exactly is and how you can incorporate it into your business’s activities.

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Transparent BPO

AUGUST 13, 2019

Customer satisfaction with contact centers is down, according to the Contact Center Satisfaction Index 2019 from CFI Group, a market research firm. How can contact centers turn that around so that customers are left feeling positive about the interaction? Attrition, for one.

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Contact Center Customer Experience Gamification Interactive Voice Response 85

Fonolo

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Contact centers are like people: We’re all at different stages, chugging along healthily but sometimes faltering along the way. As we begin to look back at 2018, one thing is becoming clear: Not every contact center is created equal. All contact centers face barriers, and you certainly know your own intimately.

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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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Playvox

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As contact centers around the world grapple with the realities of hybrid work , the Great Resignation, heightened customer expectations, and supply chain woes, many are turning to industry research and data that can provide guidance, perspective, and clarity to help them maintain and grow their CSAT and NPS scores.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Contact Center Technology Trends to Watch in 2022. The contact center trends too, changed completely driven by the pandemic. 2020-21 saw most contact centers make a shift to cloud contact center software. So, what contact center technology trends can one expect in 2022.

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Calltools

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The holiday season — less than seven weeks away now — is almost always the busiest time of the year for contact centers. Call volume was up 41% in the five days from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday last year as customers flooded phone lines with inquiries, requests, and complaints. Follow these nine holiday contact center tips!

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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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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. This includes excessive hold times, overwhelmed agents, poor customer satisfaction, and ultimately brand harm. Tip the Scales with Technology.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Being a contact center agent is a tough job; it’s stressful, tiring, and often thankless. The post How To Build A Contact Center Gamification Program That Works appeared first on Sharpen Contact Center Software.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 8, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Contact Center Gamification 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. What: Releases 2017 Contact Center Gamification Product and Market Report.

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Real Blue Sky

JULY 12, 2022

In our last blog post , we talked about how employee turnover rate can often be 100%+ annually in a contact center. To reduce this turnover rate, you should be laser focused on employee experience. We have talked about tools and onboarding being critical to the employee experience. -Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel.

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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? CSAT = (number of positive responses / the total number of responses) x 100.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The pandemic disrupted many contact center trends , but not all of them. Some, like the move to cloud-based contact center technology , were hastened in the last year. Here are some of the ways call center trends around technology have changed. Major Call Center Technology Trends in 2021.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2023

Running a smooth and efficient contact center can feel like the ultimate struggle, but don’t worry, you’re not alone. Providing noteworthy customer experiences is a top priority for any business, and a well-run help desk, support center, or customer service center is the key to improving contact center performance.

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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

Providing delightful customer service is as necessary as the quality of your services or products. As per Shep’s ACA 2022 study Top 6 Contact Center Features Every contact center solution provides plenty of features to enhance contact center functionality. 2) What is a call whispering feature?

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Fonolo

JULY 25, 2018

Think about how to impress your customers. Think ‘gamification’. Gamification is the introduction of interactive, game-like principles and elements into different contexts. And remember: As a call center manager, anything that benefits customers, agents, and the overall infrastructure benefits you.

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

How well are your customers being served by your customer support contact center? Are your agents delivering the best possible experience when customers engage with your business? Knowing how well your customer support team is performing is essential for continuous improvement. Implement gamification.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 15, 2019

To make the process less stressful on collectors and ultimately a more pleasant experience for consumers, many institutions are using gamification in their contact centers. How do contact centers ensure that they reward the agent behaviors that will lead to the best results for consumers and the company?

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Spearline

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Many of us are realizing that some of our decisions were a little hasty, while others have come to the realization that their tech stacks are just not sufficient for the still shifting contact center technology sands. They want omnichannel experiences and they are not for turning.

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Balto

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Every contact center has the capability to add value to their company through customer acquisition. Get Clear on the Goal and Mission of Your Contact Center First, define what you’re trying to accomplish in your contact center. That’s the power of a centralized contact center.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 2, 2019

In Part 1 of a recent interview with CUSTOMERZONE360, Lee Allum, VP of Marketing, Noble Systems, provides Editor Erik Linask with a rare “behind-the-scenes” look at the factors affecting change across the contact center industry and how Noble Systems has evolved its portfolio to stay aligned with customer needs.

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Budgets are getting tighter, and executive teams are asking contact center leadership to do more with a lower headcount. Employees and gig workers are harder to retain, and the job of the customer-facing agent is getting more complicated and stressful. Customer phone calls cost the company more money.

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Call Journey

JULY 25, 2019

nGUVU integrates Conversation Analytics with advanced gamification technology to drive employee engagement, intrinsic motivation, and performance. nGUVU is the global leader in contact center employee engagement. Look after your agents and they, in turn, will look after your customers,” said Call Journey CEO Paul Humphrey.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

No, it’s the top contact center trends to watch for in 2019. As the sun sets on 2018, contact center superheroes should watch for the plots, characters, and villains within them. As the sun sets on 2018, contact center superheroes should watch for the plots, characters, and villains within them.

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Contact Center Gamification contact center workforce Education 73

Noble Systems

JANUARY 15, 2019

To make the process less stressful on collectors and ultimately a more pleasant experience for consumers, many institutions are using gamification in their contact centers. How do contact centers ensure that they reward the agent behaviors that will lead to the best results for consumers and the company?

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Agent burnout directly harms the quality of customer service your business provides and significantly hurts your company’s bottom line. It’s hard to ignore the fact that contact centers are plagued with high agent burnout and turnover rates. Some contact centers experience almost no turnover at all.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 14, 2019

Achieving customer satisfaction by providing an enhanced customer experience is one of the main goals of the contact center and is an important metric by which the center’s performance is measured. A critical component of achieving this goal is the highly engaged and motivated contact center agent.

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Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

Most companies aspire to excellence in customer experience (CX). But without getting contact center performance right, all other CX elements – such as marketing, user experience, etc. How do you build a high performance contact center? After all, the employee experience drives the customer experience.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 15, 2019

This goes for contact center managers and agents as well; for them, January is certainly “reach for the stars and crush your goals” month (as is every month!). Yes, we all know this is a tale as old as the call center, and we also know the importance of the customer experience.

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