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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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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Talkdesk

MARCH 17, 2020

Historically, contact center customization — whether that’s changing the agent interface, building custom dashboards or integrating systems for improved context or process automations — has been a hassle. Call centers are overloaded with heavy volumes resulting in long hold times and time-to-callback.

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NobelBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Effective call flow management has the potential to revolutionize customer service, sales, and overall business operations. Call flows are essential for contact centers as they provide a structured framework for managing customer interactions. Initiation: A call flow activates when a customer calls your designated number.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

NobelBiz OMNI+ takes the capabilities of Predictive and Power Dialing to the next level, transforming the contact center landscape with its versatile suite of dialing options. This tool is ingeniously designed to present client information alongside contact details before the call is made.

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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

This is how important customer experience is, especially in the context of contact centers. While your call agents strive for favorable first-call resolution metrics, your business should focus on providing them with the right customer contact center software that lets them do their job well.

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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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Aspect

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It’s clear, voice alone is no longer enough. But that doesn’t mean that the prospects for contact centers are glum. Thanks to continual innovations, self-service has moved beyond press 1 call routing to seamless interactions like Visual IVR, Facebook Messenger, automated chatbots and disposable web apps.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Call centers have always relied on different forms of automation to provide swift service to their clientele. As technology gets smarter and more intuitive, so does the contact center that benefits from it. Read on for an introduction to call center automation, plus our top software picks!

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ConvergeOne

MARCH 16, 2021

Voice biometrics reduce fraud. Voice biometrics also streamlines conversations. When it comes to contact center authentication, callers overwhelmingly prefer voice biometrics to knowledge-based security questions. IVR Containment Increase. At $8 each, that’s an annual savings of $2,920,000 - $7,300,000.

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

The strain to balance taking care of employees to protect them from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. As contact volume, customer anxiety and agent stress all still soar, what you once managed can now feel overwhelmingly un-manageable. Every time.

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Babelforce

JUNE 4, 2020

But Delta Air Ways won big when they adopted conversational IVR service back in 2013. The US airline invested in conversational IVR with an aim to improve the 36 million calls their IVR handled each year. It’s too late to be an ‘early adopter’ – conversational IVR is close to becoming the default. Refresher!).

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

For most contact centers, surviving the first months of COVID-19 required swift operational reboots that began with major work-from-home (WFH) transitions. The strain of balancing the need to protect employees from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. Every time.

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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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Babelforce

MAY 21, 2020

A modern conversational IVR uses two important components to ‘listen’ to callers. These IVR technologies are vital to the next generation of automated call tools. Is conversational IVR worth the effort? IVR technologies defined: What is NLP? That can be a huge boon for the inbound call center. . What is NLU?

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Babelforce

MAY 21, 2020

A modern conversational IVR uses two important components to ‘listen’ to callers. These IVR technologies are vital to the next generation of automated call tools. Is conversational IVR worth the effort? IVR technologies defined: What is NLP? That can be a huge boon for the inbound call center. . What is NLU?

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s a daunting task to find new cloud technology for a contact center. You need to ask the right questions and gather supporting info to commit to a new cloud contact center system. . >> Download Now: 101 questions to ask on your contact center RFP. How reliable and secure is the service?

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

In the past, contact centers could stay ahead of the curve as long as they ensured to utilize the right solutions and tools to service customers. According to a survey, CCaaS will grow to be the favored adoption model by 50% of contact centers by 2022.

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JustCall

AUGUST 26, 2022

Cloud kitchens, offices, storage, meetings, and now cloud contact centers have come a long way. This article explains what CCaaS is and how this booming technology has put organizations in control of their customer service. Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS): What is it? Contact Center Options.

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Babelforce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In this post: Why are IVR solutions idiots? How do IVRs create problems? What’s the *solution* for IVR solutions? Your free guide to IVR automation (eBook). Erm… why are IVR solutions idiots? When a caller reaches an inbound call center , the IVR is the first system that they’re going to interact with.

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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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Hodusoft

JULY 12, 2021

How Work from Home Contact Center Software Can Solve Remote Work Challenges? What has not changed, however, is reaching for our phones to call customer service contact center agents, for a myriad of issues. In fact, throughout the pandemic period, contact centers witnessed long waits.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Employment Situation: Present & Past. How does conversational AI automation for the contact center fit into solving the issue of not having enough workers for all the demand? Traditional IVRs aren’t cutting it anymore as the bodies needed to fill in aren’t there to take the calls. It’s a solved problem.

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

If you want to make a change, consider hiring experts who can look at your entire process and implement award-winning contact center solutions. This article will dive into how you can improve your customer service. How to Use Contact Center Services Effectively to Improve Customer 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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Hodusoft

MAY 24, 2022

ACD is perhaps the most important and necessary call center tool that can help agents in the smooth handling of high volumes of calls. Difference between ACD and IVR. The system usually directs calls based on the following factors: Customer’s selection (IVR) Telephone number The selected campaign Time of the day, etc.

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Balto

AUGUST 3, 2022

As the global economy shows signs of recession, the Conversation Excellence Lab wanted to understand how executives are planning to shift their contact center budgets, and how they view the future of the contact center as a whole. Is the contact center a drain on resources, a necessary expense to manage customer needs?

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Enghouse Interactive

JUNE 17, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). This new reality presents the contact center industry with an excellent opportunity to integrate with Teams and provide seamless company-wide collaboration capabilities across their customer’s organizations. Blog #1 Enhancing the Customer Experience.

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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. This is a trend that is not going away.

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Upstream Works

MARCH 17, 2022

For contact centers, this also includes staffing and operations. Digital transformation poses distinct operational challenges for the contact center that go beyond the customer and agent experience; we’ll address two of those challenges here. For now, AI will best serve contact centers as a complementary technology.

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USAN

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Visual IVR for Amazon Connect extends omnichannel IVR to Amazon Connect service. October 23, 2017 – USAN, a provider of cloud-based omnichannel customer engagement solutions, today announced the availability of Visual IVR for Amazon Connect on AWS Marketplace. USAN customers today demand service that is fast and easy.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 4, 2019

If you have ever called a business and been presented with choices without the intervention of a receptionist, then you have “met” an Auto Attendant. Auto Attendants in the call center . Auto Attendants coordinate with a contact center’s Automatic Contact Distributor ( ACD ). F or that, press 2 ….

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USAN

AUGUST 23, 2017

Does Your IVR Really Save You Money? As the original self-service tool, IVR technology has long been a cost savings mechanism. So, what can a new IVR do for you? So, what can a new IVR do for you? Here are just a handful of the many cost saving opportunities that can be realized when you replace your IVR.

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Zappix

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We are thrilled to present a comprehensive platform that merges cutting-edge technology with exceptional flexibility.” Prakash Guggilam, CTO at Zappix, commented, “Zappix Digital Outreach has been enhanced to enable businesses to adopt a Proactive Customer Care approach.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

According to Forbes, poor customer service is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction.

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