Wed.Feb 22, 2023

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Call Center Shrinkage : Strategies and Tools for Decision-makers

NobelBiz

Does your contact center have a dedicated team that’s ready and prepared to assist your customers at all times? This aspect makes all the difference in contact lead loss. Assume your contact center employs 500 agents to answer incoming requests from your clients. Exactly how many of your company’s 500 employees are on calls? If the number of agents available to handle calls falls below the number of agents on break, meetings/training, on after-call work (ACW), absent or sick, then a call center

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What Can Contact Center Leaders Learn from Teaching Kindness to Improve Medicare Star Rating Numbers

CCNG

Recent adjustments to the Medicare star rating system have had a negative impact on countless insurers, hospitals, and care providers. Entities that provide Medicare Advantage Plans have been hit particularly hard, as the adjustments may have dropped their star ratings from five to four stars. While many variables contribute to the drop in star ratings, the recent revisions focus on customer experience scores as a driving factor.

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Do We Know Clouds (Contact Centers)?

Contact Center Pipeline

“I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It’s cloud’s illusions I recall I really don’t know clouds at all” —Joni Mitchell (Both Sides Now) The hosted cloud, with solutions and also data on third-party networked servers, has arguably dominated the contact center technology conversation for the past […]

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Future of Work Expo Recap - Review and Pix

Jon Arnold

Last week was my fifth go-round as Chair of the Future of Work Expo in Ft. Lauderdale, and given my travel schedule, this is the first chance I’ve had to get this recap done. As good as the 2022 edition was, this was even better, and am expecting nothing less for 2024. Speakers are already asking about coming back, and am keen to start mapping out the program.

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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

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7 Tips to Reduce After-Call Work (ACW) in Your Contact Center

Calltools

After-call work (ACW) includes all of the actions that your agents must perform after ending a phone call. These tasks may vary depending on the nature of your contact center and your internal processes. Contact centers looking to streamline their processes and enhance productivity must consider ways to reduce ACW time. The less time agents spend on tasks after a phone call, the more time they can allocate to taking new phone calls.

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The future of ambulatory care documentation, part 1: It’s time to challenge the status quo

Nuance

When you stop and consider the work processes you follow every day at your practice—the tools you use, the tasks you do, and the way you do them—do you notice areas where they could be improved? There are always opportunities to optimize a process, whether through something major like switching to new software, or something [.] The post The future of ambulatory care documentation, part 1: It’s time to challenge the status quo appeared first on What’s next.

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Quiq Compose: Learning the Language of your Contact Center

Quiq

Hi! I’m Kyle, Head of AI Engineering at Quiq, and I’m excited to share our latest product with you: Quiq Compose! What is Quiq Compose? Quiq Compose is generative AI technology that provides your agents with adaptive, contextually relevant response suggestions. The result? Agents spend less time typing and more time helping customers! How does it work?

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Ecommerce Outsourcing 101: A Comprehensive Step-By-Step Guide in 2023

JivoChat

According to recent data , the global market for E-commerce outsourcing was valued at $262 billion in 2022 and is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.4% from 2023 to 2030. This growth reflects the increasing demand for outsourcing today and for the years to come. If you want to get in on the action, understanding how to outsource ecommerce operations is essential.

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Boomi uses BYOC on Amazon SageMaker Studio to scale custom Markov chain implementation

AWS Machine Learning

This post is co-written with Swagata Ashwani, Senior Data Scientist at Boomi. Boomi is an enterprise-level software as a service (SaaS) independent software vendor (ISV) that creates developer enablement tooling for software engineers. These tools integrate via API into Boomi’s core service offering. In this post, we discuss how Boomi used the bring-your-own-container (BYOC) approach to develop a new AI/ML enabled solution for their customers to tackle the “blank canvas” problem.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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How to Take Advantage of Instagram Stories for Small Business Growth

JivoChat

Social media presence is a must for small businesses. As reported in one recent study , around 80% of customers do online research before buying from a small business, and over 60% of small businesses invest in social media marketing to provide relevant information and attract customers. With a wide variety of popular social media platforms, it can be challenging for small businesses to have a social media presence on all of them.

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Differentiating Customer Success and Support

ClientSuccess

Have you ever wondered about the difference between customer success and customer support? While both are important for ensuring customer satisfaction and retention, they have different objectives and approaches. This article will explore the differences between customer success and customer support and how they work together to help businesses succeed.

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Buy TikTok Likes: What is It and How It Works

JivoChat

If you have just started investing in creating content for a brand or your personal profile on TikTok, and you are looking for a way to grow faster in the platform, one alternative is to buy TikTok likes. Several websites offer this service. You can choose to buy 100, 2000 likes, and so on. The price varies according to the number of likes you select.

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Communication Channels: What Is The Right Choice For Your Contact Center?

NobelBiz

Website, email, social media, SMS, instant messaging, and mobile applications: the evolution of communication channels over the last two decades has increased the number of available points of interaction between businesses and their consumers. Traditional channels have evolved on one hand and new ones have arisen on the other, as a result of the introduction of new digital technologies and new ways of communication.

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The Open CCaaS Advantage Report

Over the next 12 months, what do you think will have the biggest impact on your CX automation efforts? When asked the same question, only 10% of CX leaders surveyed by Verint chose telephony. It’s no longer the engagement channel leading CCaaS conversations. The customer engagement challenges facing organizations have changed – so a new approach is needed.

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Study 2023: How ChatGPT and OpenAI Can Affect Localization

JivoChat

Since 2022, we have been saying dynamic advancements in the world of artificial intelligence. Apps and digital platforms like DALL•E 2, ChatGPT, and OpenAI have taken the world by storm and led to a never-ending debate over how these new inventions may affect business. Specifically, how do they impact localization and translation in the world of international business?

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Contact Center Leadership: 3 Mistakes you should Avoid

NobelBiz

Clients expect great and personalized customer experience from your agents and supervisors who are well-trained and informed on your products and services. But that can only happen with good management from your supervisors, excellent follow-up from your agents and effective leadership from you as an owner. While It might be challenging, to be a leader in the contact center industry.

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A Study Guide for Marketing Localization in 2023

JivoChat

Marketing localization is the process of adapting marketing content to meet the cultural, linguistic, and other relevant differences of a target market. In 2023, marketing localization is expected to continue its growth trend as companies expand their reach and target diverse markets. Localization is essential for businesses that want to succeed in a global market.

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The Power of Local Caller ID Solutions for Contact Centers

NobelBiz

Many elements contribute to the establishment of trust between your contact center and a client, including phone reception, treatment efficiency, speed, and correctness of replies. However, the fact that the number is familiar and immediately identifiable contributes significantly to that confidence. Because of the link with a physical place, a phone number evokes not only confidence, but also a variety of value judgments in the mind of your customers.

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Reimagining CX: How to Implement Effective AI-Driven Transformations

Speaker: Steve Pappas, Chief Strategist, Startup and Early Stage Growth Advisor, Keynote Speaker, CX Podcaster

As businesses strive for success in an increasingly digitized world, delivering an exceptional customer experience has become paramount. To meet this demand, enterprises are embracing innovative approaches that captivate customers and fuel their loyalty. 💥 Enter conversational AI - an absolute game-changer (if done right) in redefining CX norms.

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Support Talks: Career Pathing for Customer Support Roles

Nicereply

Support agents are too often thought of as entry-level employees. In reality, the combination of dynamic people skills and vast exposure to your product provides a great foundation for a career path anywhere in your organization. Robust career pathing in customer support is critical. In our conversation, Erin Willis , Program Manager of Vendor Management at ClassPass , shares their support story.

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The Hybrid Workforce: A New Challenge For Contact Centers

NobelBiz

Against all odds, the year 2020 and the advent of Covid heralded a new era in the business world. Contact centers and almost no industry has been spared, as working habits, job schedules, communication patterns and technologies have all been altered drastically. The hybrid work environment is growing, and businesses are continuing to implement new technology to equip their employees with the necessary tools to work from home.

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The Importance of Giving Refunds Quickly and Politely

CSM Magazine

In today’s marketplace, where customers expect prompt service in all aspects of their shopping experience, providing refunds quickly and politely has become integral to fostering customer loyalty. The good news is that there are some simple steps businesses can take to give refunds quickly and pleasantly. Let’s take a look. Establish Clear Refund Policies Creating clear refund policies upfront is the first step towards efficiently issuing refunds.

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Communication Channels: What Is The Right Choice For Your Contact Center?

NobelBiz

Website, email, social media, SMS, instant messaging, and mobile applications: the evolution of communication channels over the last two decades has increased the number of available points of interaction between businesses and their consumers. Traditional channels have evolved on one hand and new ones have arisen on the other, as a result of the introduction of new digital technologies and new ways of communication.

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Contact Center Dialers Demystified

Dive into the realm of contact center dialers with our infographic! Explore the various types – Preview, Predictive, Automatic, and Progressive Dialers – and unravel their roles in boosting call center performance.

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Top Ten Call Center Tips for 2023

CSM Magazine

Providing excellent customer service is key to the success of your call center, and having sound strategies in place can help make that happen. Follow these helpful tips to ensure a smooth running call center environment in 2023. 1. Establish Clear Priorities : Establishing clear priorities is essential for effective call center management. Focus on understanding the customer’s needs, and make sure to outline specific strategies before taking action. 2.

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The Hybrid Workforce: A New Challenge For Contact Centers

NobelBiz

Against all odds, the year 2020 and the advent of Covid heralded a new era in the business world. Contact centers and almost no industry has been spared, as working habits, job schedules, communication patterns and technologies have all been altered drastically. The hybrid work environment is growing, and businesses are continuing to implement new technology to equip their employees with the necessary tools to work from home.

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Customer Success Starts AFTER Implementation

Zappix

How adopting a “Continuous Improvement” mindset can add value for your customers and drive more revenue to your business. You just managed the successful implementation of your SaaS company’s product and the client is happy. Good.

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Contact Center Leadership: 3 Mistakes you should Avoid

NobelBiz

Clients expect great and personalized customer experience from your agents and supervisors who are well-trained and informed on your products and services. But that can only happen with good management from your supervisors, excellent follow-up from your agents and effective leadership from you as an owner. While It might be challenging, to be a leader in the contact center industry.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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Feb 22 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: VP of Customer Success Location: San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote) Organization: Aspire As a VP of Customer Success you’ll set broad goals for the Customer Success team, with a focus on encouraging adoption, smooth customer onboarding, and pleasant customer experiences across all customer segments (from SMBs through to Enterprise).

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The Power of Local Caller ID Solutions for Contact Centers

NobelBiz

Many elements contribute to the establishment of trust between your contact center and a client, including phone reception, treatment efficiency, speed, and correctness of replies. However, the fact that the number is familiar and immediately identifiable contributes significantly to that confidence. Because of the link with a physical place, a phone number evokes not only confidence, but also a variety of value judgments in the mind of your customers.

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Customer Experience Planning: 10 Tips for Success

CSM Magazine

Customer experience planning is essential to the success of any organization. By creating a great customer experience, you can increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. Here are 10 tips for success. 1. Define Your Goals : Do you have a clear picture of what you want to achieve with customer experience planning? This will help determine the scope of your strategy and decide which goals to focus on. 2.