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Forecasting the Contact Center Workload

Brad Cleveland

Everything to do with getting resources right in a contact center begins with forecasting, predicting what the workload will be. Call Center Contact Center Customer Relationships Customer Service LinkedIn Learning Multi-channel Support Workforce Management

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Best Practices in Multi-Channel Support

Brad Cleveland

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Best Practices in Multi-Channel Support

Brad Cleveland

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Should You Outsource Your Contact Center?

Real Blue Sky

There are many reasons to consider whether to outsource your contact center. The result is the customer service call center was seen largely as a cost center; it was part of the cost of delivering goods or services. The post Should You Outsource Your Contact Center?

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Can agents get work done between customer contacts?

Brad Cleveland

Your team is juggling customer workload across channels—phone, chat, social media, et al.—and and it feels a bit … Continue reading → The post Can agents get work done between customer contacts? I know, I know. It’s busy out there.

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Three Immutable Laws of Contact Centers

Brad Cleveland

There are three immutable laws at work in contact centers that you must keep in mind. Find more videos about contact centers in my LinkedIn Learning course “Managing a Customer Contact Center.”

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When to Call a Contact Center Consultant…

CCNG

Contact Center Leaders are continually being pushed to improve processes, decrease cost, increase customer satisfaction, and improve sales or metrics. Understanding the best path to follow, with the fluidity of the contact center industry, can be a daunting task.

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What is a contact center?

Global Response

What is a contact center? A dedicated contact center for your brand. In this article, we’ll cover: what a contact center is who should use one & their benefits how to decide which type of contact center is right for you So, what is a contact center?

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Building the “Frictionless” Organization—an Interview with Bill Price

Brad Cleveland

Bill Price is a longtime friend and industry colleague in the customer service space. Bill was Amazon’s first global vice president of customer service and is the founder and president of the consulting firm Driva Solutions.

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What is a multichannel contact center?

Global Response

What is a Multi-Channel Contact Center? Then it might be time for you to consider a multi-channel contact center for your business. So what is a multi-channel contact center? Multi-channel contact center services.

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Contact Center Future Shock: Channels May Become Part of Our Past

Brad Cleveland

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Pros and Cons of Contact Center Outsourcing

CSM Magazine

Contact center outsourcing has proven to be highly beneficial, but it isn’t without its faults. It is much cheaper to pay a BPO call center abroad than to hire and train an entire team on your own at home. Call spikes are probably the biggest challenge that contact centers face.

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The Contact Center’s Role in Building Self-Service

Brad Cleveland

Many organizations are learning firsthand that contact centers play a central role in encouraging and supporting low-cost access channels.

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5 Secrets of Accurate Scheduling in Today’s Contact Center

Brad Cleveland

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5 Secrets of Accurate Scheduling in Today’s Contact Center

Brad Cleveland

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Contact Center Future Shock: Channels May Become Part of Our Past

Brad Cleveland

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The Pros and Cons of Virtual Queues

Brad Cleveland

Many contact centers are grappling with labor shortages, surging workloads, or a brutal combination of both. The resource mismatches have resulted in long wait times and frustration for customers, and high occupancy and burnout for agents.

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The Contact Center’s Role in Building Self-Service

Brad Cleveland

Many organizations are learning firsthand that contact centers play a central role in encouraging and supporting low-cost access channels. For example, the contact center can provide a wealth of information about which contacts can be automated or handled in customer communities, and what can be done to improve customer acceptance of this type of handling.

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5 Secrets of Accurate Scheduling in Today’s Contact Center

Brad Cleveland

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The Best Managed Contact Centers: #7 – They View the Contact Center as a Total Process ?

Brad Cleveland

Contact centers that consistently get the best results view the operation as a total process. This viewpoint takes many forms: Ensure that everyone in the contact center, and those with key supporting roles outside the center, have a basic understanding of how contact centers operate.

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The Best Managed Contact Centers: #7 – They View the Contact Center as a Total Process ?

Brad Cleveland

Contact centers that consistently get the best results view the operation as a total process. This viewpoint takes many forms: Ensure that everyone in the contact center, and those with key supporting roles outside the center, have a basic understanding of how contact centers operate.

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Contact Center Future Shock: Channels May Become Part of Our Past

Brad Cleveland

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Contact Center Future Shock: Channels May Become Part of Our Past

Brad Cleveland

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5 Secrets of Accurate Scheduling in Today’s Contact Center

Brad Cleveland

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5 Secrets of Accurate Scheduling in Today’s Contact Center

Brad Cleveland

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5 Secrets of Accurate Scheduling in a Multichannel Contact Center

Brad Cleveland

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5 Secrets of Accurate Scheduling in a Multichannel Contact Center

Brad Cleveland

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The Contact Center’s Role in Building Self-Service Channels

Brad Cleveland

Many organizations are learning firsthand that contact centers can play a central role in encouraging and supporting low-cost access channels. For example, the contact center can provide a wealth of information on which contacts can be automated (or handled in customer communities), and what can be done to improve customer acceptance.

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The Contact Center’s Role in Building Self-Service Channels

Brad Cleveland

Many organizations are learning firsthand that contact centers can play a central role in encouraging and supporting low-cost access channels. For example, the contact center can provide a wealth of information on which contacts can be automated (or handled in customer communities), and what can be done to improve customer acceptance.

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Creating Mobile Services? Get the Contact Center Involved Early

Brad Cleveland

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Creating Mobile Services? Get the Contact Center Involved Early

Brad Cleveland

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Improving the Accuracy of Schedules

Brad Cleveland

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Improving the Accuracy of Schedules

Brad Cleveland

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GM Leverages AI in Social Customer Care

Brad Cleveland

GM set (and met) two aggressive goals to support their customer-centric vision. GM, America’s largest automobile manufacturer, has more than 17 million social brand mentions and engages in more than 400,000 customer care conversations each year.

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The Contact Center’s Role in Building Self-Service Channels

Brad Cleveland

Many organizations are learning firsthand that contact centers can play a central role in encouraging and supporting low-cost access channels. For example, the contact center can provide a wealth of information on which contacts can be automated (or handled in customer communities), and what can be done to improve customer acceptance.

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The Contact Center’s Role in Building Self-Service Channels

Brad Cleveland

Many organizations are learning firsthand that contact centers can play a central role in encouraging and supporting low-cost access channels. For example, the contact center can provide a wealth of information on which contacts can be automated (or handled in customer communities), and what can be done to improve customer acceptance.

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Building Brand Engagement with Multichannel Services

Brad Cleveland

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The Best Managed Contact Centers: #12 – They See the Possibilities

Brad Cleveland

The contact center profession has come a long way in recent years. For the most part, contact centers have learned how to deliver. They have learned the nuances of forecasting, staffing and the … Call Center Contact Center Customer Access Strategy Customer Service Leadership Multi-channel Support Brad Cleveland Call Center Management On Fast Forward customer access customer access strategy

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Multichannel Contact Centers, by the Numbers

Brad Cleveland

How many organizations are using various contact channels? Recent research (Understanding the Customer Journey, a study conducted by ICMI and LiveOps, 2015) explored channel usage in service settings. The questions included both channels supported and the percentage of total contact volume.

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The Best Managed Contact Centers: #12 – They See the Possibilities

Brad Cleveland

The contact center profession has come a long way in recent years. For the most part, contact centers have learned how to deliver. They have learned the nuances of forecasting, staffing and the … Call Center Contact Center Customer Access Strategy Customer Service Leadership Multi-channel Support Brad Cleveland Call Center Management On Fast Forward customer access customer access strategy