NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

Generally speaking, in the contact center space, people tend to look at the one-to-one interaction with an agent as the primary means of obtaining information about products and services. A functioning self-service system generally empowers clients with the tools and resources necessary for their inquiries.

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Fonolo

JUNE 22, 2023

The contact center industry boasts some of the most intelligent and innovative CX technologies out there. Visual IVR – now known as Fonolo’s Web Call-Backs – was one of the first self-service technologies to have a hugely positive impact on the customer experience. What is Visual IVR?

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Fonolo

JANUARY 17, 2023

If there’s one thing managers need to understand about digital transformation, it’s how artificial intelligence is changing CX in the contact center. Gartner reports that AI chatbots alone can save the contact center industry up to $80 billion in annual labor costs by 2026. What AI tools Will Improve Contact Center CX?

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Recently CCNG members and area contact center professionals were invited to the Alcon North America Customer Service Operations Center in Fort Worth Texas for a group discussion into Alcon's journey of digital transformation over the years. Lastly, don’t sacrifice training – fit it in!

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Interactive voice response (IVR) has been a staple of customer service for many years. Together with its “big brother”, the voice portal, IVRs have been part of contact center solutions for decades, and there is no reason to believe that they will go away any time soon.

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Callminer

MAY 27, 2020

Call centers and contact centers operate within the same general field of customer support and outreach. Call centers came first, focusing employees on handling large streams of customer calls at once. Call Centers Focus on Phones. Contact Centers Incorporate Advanced Analytics.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

When customers call your customer service line, greeting them with a friendly and easy-to-navigate interactive voice response system is a standard in call center software. With all that said, writing a strong call center IVR script doesn’t need to feel like a mountainous task.

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Calltools

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Interactive voice surveys (IVR surveys) are one easy and effective way for your call center to gather useful insight about the customer experience. This automated phone survey allows customers to respond to a series of questions by using their phone’s dialing pad.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Contact centers are dynamic, evolving workplaces, which makes industry trend spotting an exciting sport — sometimes prone to error — but always full of discovery! Like many industries, contact centers have seen the pace of change accelerate during the COVID pandemic. READ THE FULL GUIDE: Contact Center Trends 2023. (It

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We’re not talking about the time-consuming interactive voice response (IVR) of the past that provided a less-than-optimal customer experience. The AI-powered voice assistants of today offer a seamless experience, reaching a virtual assistant, in seconds, that can answer customer intentions with just a few words.

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Babelforce

JULY 15, 2021

Self-service support seems too good to be true. First, it saves you money (by helping customers to help themselves). Second, customers actually want to access support in this way. And, with the right tools, it’s easy to offer phone-based self-service support too. Quick recap: what is self-service?

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Calltools

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Most customers prefer talking to a person on the phone to receive customer service. Utilizing self-service options can help save your agents’ time and provide a better experience for your customers. If you don’t, your customers may choose to turn to those companies.

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Calltools

APRIL 3, 2024

Technology and customer expectations have changed a lot over the last few years. Take some time to learn about the contact center trends for 2024 that will put your team on the path to success. Focus on Customer Care All of the contact center trends you adopt should ultimately improve customer care.

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Taylor Reach Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

by Colin Taylor The rapid advancement of conversational AI has had a profound impact on various industries, and one arena that has been significantly affected is the contact center industry. The emergence of Interactive Voice Response Systems (IVRs) in the 1980s marked the initial steps toward automation within contact centers.

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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.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2022

IVAs: Self-Service Solutions that Work. Customers prefer the expediency of self-service, but they will not sacrifice a good experience for convenience. It’s Time to Transition from IVR to IVA. Interactive voice response systems were effective for what they were intended to do in the past.

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Callminer

MARCH 30, 2020

However, there are a number of important guidelines and tips you can keep in mind to help ease your center’s workforce into remote working and mitigate contagion risks. Interaction analytics make it possible to highlight complications in both written and oral communication as they arise. Best Practices for Better Remote Working.

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Voiptime

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Have you ever contacted any customer support department? If yes, then we can bet that you have experience in interacting with IVR or ACD technology. Contrastively, it is almost clear that you haven’t asked yourself: “how routing is functioning in the customer service units?”,

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Fonolo

MAY 4, 2021

Consumer expectation and channel preference have always dictated the direction of customer service and experience. The highly-coveted Millennial and Gen Z consumers expect and demand a certain quality of customer service across all channels. The ROI of Call-Backs for Your Call Center.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 5, 2022

This week we feature an article by Shruti Bansal, Digital Marketing Expert at Ameyo , an AI-powered contact center solution. She shares how contact centers can use voice bots to capture, interpret, and analyze verbal input from the speaker and reply in a similar natural language.?. What is Voice bot?

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 5, 2023

FREE WEBINAR: Is Your Chatbot Really Just an IVR? You wouldn’t be the first customer service professional to ask themselves if a chatbot is really any different than an IVR. You wouldn’t be the first customer service professional to ask themselves if a chatbot is really any different than an IVR.

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JustCall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Call centers thrive on customer calls and requests, so they need better resource management and a system that reduces waiting times and boosts customer satisfaction rates. Hence, every business needs a customer service system that is fast, smooth, and efficient. What is an IVR Number?

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JustCall

APRIL 3, 2023

Introduction Have you ever called your favorite brand’s customer care number to be met with drawling, robotic menus over the telephone that only offer more questions and no resolution? A standard IVR is frustrating for about 46% of the callers , who say that the unending, pre-recorded IVRs are a terrible experience.

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Outsource Consultants

JULY 25, 2023

With its ability to mimic human intelligence and process vast amounts of data, AI is transforming the way call centers operate. A variety of AI technologies are being integrated into the call center industry, from Interactive Voice Response systems to chatbots and AI-assisted agents.

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JustCall

AUGUST 8, 2023

Service industries across the world are facing an AI and automation overhaul. Contact centers are a great example of how technology can be used to make jobs more efficient. Previously, contact center agents had to physically dial multiple numbers every day. Encourage a culture that promotes collaboration.

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VocalCom

DECEMBER 11, 2017

While self-service is key to helping customers find information quickly, IVR is an essential tool for making it happen. Here are five key benefits of IVR that make it so vital to creating seamless self-service experiences. Allowing customers to save time. Enhancing mobile customer experiences.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 26, 2024

CXA stands for Customer Experience Automation, a strategic approach that integrates automation tools and software within call centers to enhance the customer journey. It’s the art of utilizing technology to deliver personalized and efficient customer service without losing the human touch that customers value.

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Hodusoft

JANUARY 17, 2024

Revolutionizing Customer Engagement: The Power of UCaaS Contact Center Software The term ‘UCaaS’ has been in the modern telephony lexicon for quite some time now. It’s the acronym for Unified Communications as a Service. That’s where sophisticated UCaaS contact center software can be of immense use.

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3CLogic

APRIL 17, 2023

In fact, 76% of customers say that phone is their preferred channel of communication when they have a customer service need. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) is an essential tool for CX leaders and service departments. Voice support isn’t going anywhere, which means IVR is here to stay.

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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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Noble Systems

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Some of the most persistent complaints of customers that call into contact centers to ask a question or receive other services are that hold times are far too long and that they have no idea the length of time they will have to wait. Three ways intelligent callback technology can benefit customers and contact centers: 1.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Interactive voice response (IVR) has been a staple of customer service for many years. Together with its “big brother”, the voice portal, IVRs have been part of contact center solutions for decades, and there is no reason to believe that they will go away any time soon.

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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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NobelBiz

APRIL 23, 2024

RELATED ARTICLE What is Omnichannel Customer Engagement & How to Immprove It Embracing Automation for Enhanced Efficiency Automation is revolutionizing the collections process, especially for low-balance accounts. This is why automation is especially transformative in contact centers.

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3CLogic

APRIL 20, 2021

The numbers don’t lie: today’s contact centers are expected to resolve issues fast. It’s no surprise then that leading companies are adopting voice self-service solutions in addition to their IVR solutions to not only manage call volume but provide a higher quality of customer service and improve call agent performance.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Contact centers are the heartbeats of customer service, enabling seamless communication between businesses and their clientele across the globe. The foundation of these interactions lies in the robustness of their voice infrastructure. Call centers can easily scale up or down based on call volume.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contact centers play a vital role in today’s modern businesses. They help manage customer interactions by serving as the initial point of contact. million in 2022 to US$34, 570.73 from 2023 to 2028.

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