Outsource Consultants

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“AI will replace human contact center interactions,” according to some CX experts in 2020. Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs): These dynamic conversationalists guide customers through self-service options, making the process smoother and more intuitive.

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SmartAction

APRIL 24, 2019

Delivery over the cloud has made integration with existing contact center systems easier and more seamless, as well. This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handed by live agents. Best Practice #2: Virtual agents need “guardrails”.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

If agents are frustrated, we can only imagine that the customers they’re speaking with are too. Finding Bilingual Support That Suits Your Customers Best We’re an onshore Canadian contact center outsourcer and pride ourselves on delivering sophisticated (bilingual) customer care through strategic partnership.

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NobelBiz

MAY 24, 2021

The difference between on-premise vs. cloud contact center is a topic that has become increasingly prominent in the industry. The main difference between on-premise vs. cloud contact center is that the cloud contact center will not go out of commission if the facility where it’s hosted goes offline.

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Taylor Reach Group

JUNE 15, 2017

Drive to $15 - How Minimum Wage Increases Will Impact Businesses & Contact Centers. What will be in impact on Call and Contact Centers? The most affected industries are expected to be retail and hospitality and Contact Centers. Impact on the Contact Center.

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 16, 2019

Workforce Optimization Ushers in the Real-Time Contact Center. It’s hard to overstate how much the contact center technology sector has progressed in the past 15 years. Thirteen years ago, DMG Consulting published the book The Real-Time Contact Center. By Donna Fluss. who interact with them.

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Babelforce

AUGUST 26, 2020

babelforce has joined forces with Awaken Intelligence to combine the best in contact center automation with call-scripting and workflow process management. The deep two-way integration between babelforce and Awaken Intelligence gives internal contact centers and BPOs a platform to create any process flow for live or virtual agents.

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SmartAction

MARCH 1, 2022

It’s not to be confused with Managed Service Providers (outsourcing IT services). Intelligent virtual agents are software that includes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) with natural language processing (NLP). MSaaS provides the software and support. SmartAction is an example of a horizontal MSaaS.

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Global Response

MAY 1, 2023

Inbound, outbound, blended, hybrid—navigating the different types of call center models can require its own dictionary. If you’re looking to outsource your call center needs, but aren’t sure which model is right for you—or even what models are available—we’re here to help. This is sometimes referred to as “domestic outsourcing.”

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Our virtual agents consistently outperform live agents on CSAT scores simply because they just need to be trained once to deliver a perfectly trained agent experience. And by the time you’ve added headcount to your internal team, it’s already costing you more than outsourcing to experts who have done this before.

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OctopusTech

AUGUST 10, 2022

Various call center technology trends such as Artificial intelligence, virtual agents, and cloud communications are all part of the future of call centers. Call center outsourcing companies are opting for upgraded technologies that come under the latest call center technology trends.

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Advantage Communications

AUGUST 14, 2019

In this blog we often talk about the innovative omnichannel technology that a modern outsourced call center will bring to your organization, and how those technologies will help your company realize significant benefits to your customer service strategy.

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Xaqt

JANUARY 15, 2021

Paul Stockford of Saddletree Research, a leading analyst firm in the Contact Center industry, published today a Research Brief covering Xaqt's AI powered Vaccination Communication and Scheduling automation platform. Please contact Chris Crosby at chris@xaqt.com for questions or further commentary.

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JustCall

JANUARY 18, 2023

In an inbound call, a customer initiates a call to a business’s contact center. Call centers usually take inbound, and outbound calls for a business. Today, most inbound call centers communicate with customers through chats, emails, and phone calls. Pros of Inbound Calling Outsourcing. Widens reach of business.

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TeleDirect

OCTOBER 25, 2023

At TeleDirect, we consider our agents the backbone of our company. That’s how we’ve gone from an eight-chair answering service to a national business process outsourcer. AI call center technology, however, has made significant inroads into the industry. Some agencies are replacing call agents with AI-powered virtual agents.

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SmartAction

MAY 23, 2019

Use this guide to automate your contact center and Customer Experience (CX) with AI self-service in voice, chat, and text. While conversational AI technology is amazing and transformative for the contact center, it is only a toolset. This is why data and documentation in your contact center are so important.

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SmartAction

MAY 9, 2019

Delivery over the cloud has made integration with existing contact center systems easier and more seamless, as well. This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handed by live agents.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

For example, health plans should capture that an explanation of benefits was recently sent to customers and make this data point accessible to the virtual agent. AI in Omnichannel Call Centers. Virtual agents provide automated customer care for the routine inquiries. How do you use and integrate them properly?

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2022

Departments that had previously taken a negative view of remote work, including contact centers, found out by necessity that this was a viable option for them. One reason for this is that contact centers have many applications and tools at their disposal to oversee and manage the performance of their agents.

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Call Experts

MAY 8, 2019

Chatbots or virtual agents can address a wide range of features and questions to provide relevant analysis and efficient protocol. Develop sophisticated performance analytics that evaluates contact center metrics. Understand top tier contact center operations and benefits. More Blogs Menu.

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Dialer 360

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Call center outsourcing company’s expansion is driven by innovation and global competition. Moreover, poorly argued for the call center outsourcing industry. They are spending heavily on hiring good customer support executive in call centers. You have an all-around view of your contact center.

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

portion of a call, only now it is handled by virtual agents. After providing the initial greeting and capturing the reason for the call, the AI system transfers your customer to the correct department, agent, or virtual agent along with all of the data from that portion of the call.

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Stafford Communications

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

It’s likely that within a few years we will see AI enhance many of the current tasks being performed by live agents, helping to streamline processes and reduce costs. Here are some examples of how AI is helping in call centers: Virtual Agents. Using AI to Help Live Agents. Outsource Your Call Center Needs.

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Stafford Communications

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

It’s likely that within a few years we will see AI enhance many of the current tasks being performed by live agents, helping to streamline processes and reduce costs. Here are some examples of how AI is helping in call centers: Virtual Agents.

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Outsource Consultants

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

one very good idea is for your company to partner with a business process outsourcing contact center. These outsourcing companies can serve as a complement to your in-house customer care and back-office administration departments, or they can handle all of it. We can help!

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Our virtual agents consistently outperform live agents on CSAT scores simply because they just need to be trained once to deliver a perfectly trained agent experience. And by the time you’ve added headcount to your internal team, it’s already costing you more than outsourcing to experts who have done this before.

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Global Response

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Of course, an in-house call center model keeps your call center literally within your own team. But most businesses and brands are better served by an outsourced call center, where a dedicated team of customer service experts manages the hiring, training, services and data analytics of the call center.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The good news for you is that there is a better way: outsourcing all your voice and chat automation needs to cloud-based virtual agents powered by conversational AI and designed by CX experts. These cloud-based virtual agents help build customer loyalty by delivering more effortless experiences.

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Taylor Reach Group

OCTOBER 29, 2021

If this looks a lot like virtual agents in the contact center space, that is because it is. The pandemic forced virtually every organization to a remote employee model and many found benefits here: increased productivity, improved attendance, improved work/life balance for employees, reduced time spent commuting, etc.

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Taylor Reach Group

JUNE 5, 2017

Impact on the Contact Centre. When you look in Ontario, the majority of Contact Centres are in-house and support inbound customer service. That being said, the minimum wage increases will inevitably impact Contact Centres in Ontario. Many outsource or third party Contact Centres pay at, or near minimum wage.

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Liveops

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

When it comes to customer service, receiving a Stevie Award is one of the world’s top honors a contact center organization or professional can accept. Liveops agents also learn to leverage our industry-leading security platform. Liveops won SILVER for Contact Center or Customer Service Outsourcing Provider of the Year.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

That is why reducing customer effort was voted the number one priority for contact centers in 2018. This statistic comes from CCW Digital’s latest Winter Executive Report – a report that analyzes the customer service priorities of several organizations to discover the most popular goals and strategies for call centers in 2018.

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