ChaseData

JANUARY 15, 2020

Are you looking to launch a call center in the new year? If so, you are in the same position as many business owners. Creating a contact center can be an appealing business move since it has the potential to majorly impact your company’s growth. However, satisfying more customers and closing more sales comes with a price. Whether that means training a whole new staff or procuring an entirely new array of equipment, there are so many reasons to remain prudent when you’re planning to launch a call

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NUSO

JANUARY 15, 2020

It’s hard to believe, but we’re quickly approaching the last weeks of 2019. As you look at your company’s wins and losses for the year, you may be thinking how you can expand. MSPs looking to grow in 2020 and beyond should consider providing communication tools like SIP Trunking, UCaaS, and Cloud Contact Center to increase monthly recurring revenues.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 15, 2020

One of our Shepard Letter subscribers, Tom Korff, wrote in with an important question: how should customer support agents handle callers who are threatening to harm themselves and/or others? This is a serious topic. I will share my thoughts, but it’s important to note that the brevity of my answer does not diminish the importance of the question. If someone threatens to do harm to themselves or others, it cannot be taken lightly.

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Contact Center Pipeline

JANUARY 15, 2020

We just completed our fifth annual survey and had 275 participants chime in on their top three challenges and priorities. While I encourage you to read the full report, here are some observations that stand out this year: Top Contact Center Challenges With attrition garnering so many votes, we see a bigger drop in the […].

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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.

Peter Lavers

JANUARY 15, 2020

Peter Lavers has been named as a top blogger in the realm of Customer Service. The list has been created by Fonolo , who provide call-back solutions for contact centres. Peter is delighted to included in this list as it confirms his passion to help companies become more customer centric and thereby competitive in this world of ever-increasing customer empowerment and digital disruption.

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Eptica

JANUARY 15, 2020

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Author: Steve Nattress 4 ways to differentiate with superior email customer service. Published on: January 15, 2020. Author: Steve Nattress In a multichannel world neglecting email for customer service risks both satisfaction and revenues. Analysis from Contact Babel has found that email is the second most used channel within contact centres, making up nearly 20% of interactions.

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Helpware

JANUARY 15, 2020

2019 was a year full of learning and rapid change, and as we’ve been lucky enough to be named the global leader in Customer Service by Clutch, we thought we’d take the time to share the top trends we’re seeing in Customer Service for 2020:

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SharpenCX

JANUARY 15, 2020

Too often we hear about companies failing to meet customer expectations. News cycles are flooded with messes companies can’t clean up and with negatives we all can’t seem to escape. But what about all those companies that are crushing it? What about the examples of good customer service and the success stories of leaders and employees who ban together to deliver outstanding experiences?

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Customers That Stick

JANUARY 15, 2020

As a customer experience expert and customer service trainer, I often get questions about the state of customer service, about different customer service techniques and strategies, and about the future of experience. That’s why we started our new series: Ask the Customer Service Trainer. In this weekly series I’m going to give you some quick answers to your customer service questions.

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Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper

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VirtualPBX

JANUARY 15, 2020

If you’re in a bootstrapping startup or similar business position, it could be time to consider using a lightweight phone plan if you haven’t already. Perhaps you use your personal smartphone as your business contact. Or maybe you don’t have a phone contact at all. Our new Minute Plans work well for entrepreneurs and smaller businesses that want to get started with an affordable phone system.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 15, 2020

Do you have an interesting story to share regarding customer experience and/or sales success? Are you an outstanding storyteller and possess an innovative spirit? Are you keen on taking the reality of customer support to the next level? Then look no further – you have just arrived at the right place! With more than 3,000 customer experience professionals and decision-maker attendees, Opentalk 2020 is the CX event of the year with the presence of industry innovators, thought leaders and cus

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Integrity Solutions

JANUARY 15, 2020

There’s someone on your team who really should be making quota, but they aren’t. It’s within their reach, you think, if only they’d increase their sales activity. In fact, their low level of activity is only a symptom of the problem. And until you get to the root of the issue- their sales mindset- both of you will continue to be frustrated. You could even end up losing someone who has the potential to be a superstar.

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 15, 2020

Interview with CX Ambassador and expert Myshka Sansoin of BRP. She reveals her successes, challenges, and pains from her many years in the CX industry.

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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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Alorica

JANUARY 15, 2020

As the light dims on 2019, CIOs are turning their talents to the next legs of their digital journeys. Many IT leaders will augment their employee experience (EX) to improve the overall customer experience (CX). To wit, CIOs will focus on talent, culture and organizational challenges in 2020. “CIOs will get a chance to step forward as business leaders, further developing their tech-driven.

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Call Experts

JANUARY 15, 2020

Success is developed through a perfect combination of talent and technology. Employees are the real assets for companies. As per “The future of work 2020” report, HR departments must focus on People and Performance to enhance overall employee management and productivity. . HR departments can be passive in their innovations related to modernization through technology.

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REVE Chat Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Most of the brands firmly believe the fact that good customer service has a profound effect on reducing customer churn, and eventually the bottom line. Measuring customer satisfaction is becoming the core part of every customer-centric companies. When we talk about being customer-centric, it means that everything you plan and design should have the goal of fulfilling your customers’ needs and expectations.

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Revation Systems

JANUARY 15, 2020

As technology continues to impact the banking industry today, a shift is beginning to occur in consumer behavior. Where consumers have historically relied on a primary bank (much like the concept of a primary care provider in the healthcare industry) to accomplish all of their banking needs, recent digital trends have resulted in a more fluid approach in consumer banking patterns – especially for today’s younger generations.

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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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FreshGrade

JANUARY 15, 2020

Every teacher has a passion for helping students learn, and we accept that our teaching role comes with many hats. With all the things we do, how can we better support our students in and out of the classroom? To cultivate the skills that students need for life in the 21st century, we can aim to modify our practices every day. Instead of thinking about these as extra things to do, it might help to think of them as big-picture philosophies you can layer onto every lesson and student interaction t

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 15, 2020

Customer experience (CX) is an ever-evolving industry with unexpected twists and turns. But it’s also this unexpected component that makes it exciting for people who turn CX into a career. This year we’ve recognized 12 of these brave souls as our founding CX Ambassadors. . Each month we’ll be featuring an interview with one of these CX Ambassadors, revealing their successes, challenges, and pains.

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Up Your Service

JANUARY 15, 2020

Transcript of What is Excellence?”, from a keynote speech by Ron Kaufman for the SWIFT Operational Forum Asia event in Singapore. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. Now, some of you are saying, “Excellence has to be Unbelievable.” The rest of you are saying, “No, no, no. Let’s be realistic.” Excellence is when you surprise or when you just serve somebody the way they like it.

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 15, 2020

2020 is here, and this year, many of our banking clients have made measuring and improving customer experience a strategic priority. Some clients are looking to launch their very first customer experience (CX) program, and others are looking to evolve their existing program. No matter where you fall on that spectrum, here are 3 things to consider as you're thinking about your bank’s 2020 CX program: 1.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Helpware

JANUARY 15, 2020

2019 was a year full of learning and rapid change, and as we’ve been lucky enough to be named the global leader in Customer Service by Clutch, we thought we’d take the time to share the top trends we’re seeing in Customer Service for 2020:

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Customercount

JANUARY 15, 2020

The CustomerCount team is proud to attend and support the ARDA World 2020 Convention in May 2020 at the Diplomat Beach Resort, Hollywood, Florida. The post ARDA World 2020 Convention in Florida appeared first on CustomerCount.

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Wowdesk Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Customer complaint management is an integral part of a business. No business in the face of steep competitiveness can survive without paying attention to the positive or negative feedback from customers. Though every businessman wants to see only positive reviews about their products and services, the world is not perfect so that can never be a reality.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2020

Most people are already familiar with sign language interpreters because we see them in events and television shows. But have you ever encountered a CART screen? The term CART or Communication Access Realtime Translation is a service where there is someone that listens to the speech and instantaneously types it into text. Depending on the venue or the event, the text gets displayed using projectors, monitors, computers, and even mobile devices.

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Speaker: Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor at Medallia

Join Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor, in this new webinar that will focus on: Understanding CX Orchestration Fundamentals: Gain a solid understanding of what CX orchestration is, its significance in the customer experience landscape, and how it plays a crucial role in shaping customer journeys. This includes the key concepts, strategies, and best practices involved in CX orchestration. 🔑 Connection to Customer Journey Maps: How to effectively integrate customer journey mapping into the

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A Better Answer

JANUARY 15, 2020

As a business owner, your company probably started small. Maybe it’s just you or a handful of other folks on your team. While it’s nice to run a lightweight business, you may run into a few disadvantages when it comes to pitching prospects.

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LiveVox

JANUARY 15, 2020

What are the Tools a New Call Center Should Have? Providing customer-centric support is now table-stakes for most companies. More agents are being hired to meet demand, more comprehensive training is being provided, and continual feedback shapes and improves strategy – all in an effort to finetune the service experience for customers. So why are. The post What are the Tools a New Call Center Should Have?

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bold360 Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

A new year is a new opportunity to prioritize how you want to evolve your customer experience (CX). To help narrow the field of possibilities, we sat down with someone who has a finger on the pulse of our customers and what they are looking to achieve in 2020, for episode 11 of CXNext Live. Here are the top 3 resolutions that track with current trends and emerging technologies and can help you evolve your CX this year, as recommended by Ryan Cronin, Senior Customer Experience Manager on the Bold

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