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Stop Reading From The Script!

ShepHyken

It was obvious that this rep was trained to tell the customer that when the problem couldn’t be solved over the phone to make an appointment to take the car to the dealer. It probably wasn’t an actual script, but it was an answer she was trained to use. What could she have done for her customer? Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Techniques for Creating Effective Customer Service Scripts for Your Call Center

Global Response

An effective call center script balances consistent service quality with personalized customer interactions. The script should serve as a guide rather than a rigid framework. While customer service scripts are incredibly useful and beneficial, they can also be challenging to create. Ready to perfect your CX?

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How to Create a Call Center IVR Script

Fonolo

This is often the first stage in a customer service journey, so making your welcome greeting and routing accessible and intuitive is a key aspect to your call center functionality. It’s also a chance to set the bar for overall customer satisfaction. The Contact Center Playbook for Improving Customer Satisfaction.

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How to Write an After-Call Survey Script

Fonolo

The value is in the timing—customers will give the most accurate accounts of their service experiences shortly after they’ve happened. The surveys give contact centers valuable insight into agent performance, customer experience, and other factors that can inform CX strategy. Customer experience.

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The Conversational AI Journey: What to Expect from Start to Finish

Speaker: Gary Davis, SmartAction CEO

Understanding the work involved before and after you deploy a virtual agent makes all the difference between a poor customer experience and one that’s on par with your best live agent. How automating a customer service call isn’t as simple as using a script from a human interaction.

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Guest Post: 6 Ways BPOs Can Boost Customer Experience

ShepHyken

This week, we feature an article by Baphira Wahlang Shylla, a digital marketer at Knowmax , a SaaS company that provides knowledge management solutions for various industries that are seeking to improve their customer service metrics. She shares how BPOs can enhance your customer experience.

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Guest Post: Agents Are the Answer: Empower Your Workforce to Improve Customer Experience and Reduce Attrition

ShepHyken

In their recent survey of over 560 agents, they found that agents who stray from their prescribed call scripts are happier in their jobs overall. A deeper dive into this finding reveals that agents most often deviate from their scripts because they want to improvise based on the customer’s needs.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.