Fonolo

JULY 6, 2021

Contact centers help customers get the information they need from a business while gathering valuable consumer insights through outbound and inbound communication. However, a contact center can’t function properly without effective, customizable call routing. What is call routing? Call routing ensures customers can access the information they need. The routing process directs incoming calls to specific people or departments within a contact center.

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ShepHyken

JULY 6, 2021

Empowering Employees through Caring Leadership. The Impact of Caring Leadership on Employees and Customers. Shep Hyken interviews Heather R. Younger, Founder of EmployeeFanatix. They discuss the importance of alignment and the servant mindset in empowering self-leaders. Top Takeaways: Hire people who assume a leadership position when it comes to taking care of the customer.

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Call Design

JULY 6, 2021

The contact centre industry is the backbone of brands all over the globe. It provides the necessary contact point for customers to connect with brands, whether that be troubleshooting, simple questions or administrative needs. Understanding how to make a profit on the double bottom line (DBL) involves employing a broad range of KPIs and key metrics to ensure a contact centre meets every need that a business may have in supporting their customers.

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Totango

JULY 6, 2021

Measuring customer loyalty gauges the strength of your client relationships, helping you predict and manage performance. Loyal customers are likely to buy from you again and refer you to others, increasing your revenue. Customers who don’t feel committed to your brand are more likely to churn and spread negative word-of-mouth. Being able to quantify how loyal your customers are can help you evaluate where you stand with your clients, predict where your customer relations are going and take steps

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Working Solutions

JULY 6, 2021

One of the biggest trends this year is reducing what is spent on technology while improving Customer Experience. This is achieved by taking a closer look on spending, what is necessary vs. what can be eliminated, and how it all impacts your teams, your customers, and your bottom line. As a result of the 2020’s […].

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Comm100

JULY 6, 2021

For many small businesses, the idea of launching a chatbot to handle customer support and sales questions seems out of reach. The cost to run it, the expertise to set it up, and the time to manage it – all this needs a level of resource that they can only dream of. But what if a chatbot was free, didn’t need any technical skill to create, and required almost no maintenance?

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ChurnZero

JULY 6, 2021

ChurnZero’s employee spotlight series highlights the person behind the professional, digging deep and discovering what drives our team members. This spotlight features, Scott Polidoro , Customer Support Representative at ChurnZero. . Scott plays a central role in providing best-in-class services to ChurnZero’s rapidly expanding customer base by giving product guidance and investigating and helping to resolve product issues. .

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Advantage Communications

JULY 6, 2021

Your customer service program is a fundamental component of your customer experience (CX). Great customer service is important to your business because it empowers your company to drive up customer satisfaction, improve customer loyalty and increase sales.

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LiveVox

JULY 6, 2021

Remote work has become a core aspect of contact center operations but the latest research indicates that there are disparities between how contact center managers perceive work from home and how it has actually impacted operational performance. Watch this on-demand webinar to hear industry experts discuss: How CX is being negatively impacted by a handful […].

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ConvergeOne

JULY 6, 2021

Over the years, we have seen a shift from the concept of traditional IT, where a relational database was used for everything, to the public cloud. As the rate of generation and the demand for data continues to grow at an exponential rate, many businesses now face the challenge of not knowing how to cope with the rapid changes while having so much data at their disposal.

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pindrop

JULY 6, 2021

Contact center authentication defends your business, but many leaders are struggling with choosing the best type of authentication solution for them. In addition, recent shifts to massive swarths of the workforce staying home have created new challenges in security, workforce optimization, and consumer behavior. We’ve organized a collection of tools, assets, and other resources to aid contact center leaders in their race to optimize operational costs, improve customer experience, and impro

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Concentrix

JULY 6, 2021

Golden Bridge Awards Recognizes Concentrix Solv for Best Crowdsource Solution. The post Innovating Customer Support With Gig Crowdsourcing appeared first on Concentrix.

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Help Scout

JULY 6, 2021

If you’re using a shared Gmail or Outlook mailbox for support, a shared inbox tool can improve your agent and customer experience significantly. But because there are so many shared inbox tools on the market — many with very similar functionality — it can be hard to decide which tool is right for your team. That said, there are a few popular shared inbox choices.

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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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TCN

JULY 6, 2021

We have learned that there are still challenges ahead for STIR/SHAKEN, call blocking, and labeling. The post FCC Robocall Report and an Update on STIR/SHAKEN appeared first on TCN.

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Genroe

JULY 6, 2021

In the on-going war to increase customer loyalty, should you focus more on responsiveness or that cool new feature? Halve your telephone queue wait time or revamp your website? These are difficult questions to answer but Kano analysis is one tool that you can use to help you make a decision. In this post I’ll […]. The post Kano Model Analysis Plus Net Promoter® Equals Customer Loyalty appeared first on B2B Marketing | Customer Feedback | Net Promoter Score | Genroe.

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Inbenta

JULY 6, 2021

Everyone’s building the best chatbots possible for every messaging app in order to remain competitive in their respective markets. But, while brands are rushing to release bots for Facebook Messenger, Kik, Slack, and other channels, they’re missing one important element to diversifying their chatbot array–multilingualism. Businesses already segment their customers by demographics, affinity, and a host of other criteria (including preferred language) in most other aspects of their operation

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JivoChat

JULY 6, 2021

Chatbots can be a powerful addition to any tech stack. They streamline interactions between consumers and brands and enable companies to improve the customer experience, reduce operational costs, and increase online conversions. In this guide, we’ll answer the question, “What is a chatbot?” before digging into critical use cases, benefits, and barriers to adoption.

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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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Call Journey

JULY 6, 2021

Melbourne, VIC – Call Journey, a leader in Conversation AI, welcomes a Cisco and IBM veteran of over 15 years, Kent Henderson , as its new VP of the Americas. Henderson will be championing the growth of the company’s Americas customer base, further cementing Call Journey as a leading provider of global leading Conversation Analytics technology. Call Journey captures and analyzes each and every interaction and turns them into deep and actionable insights.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Almost all businesses have at least some online presence today. With just a couple of exceptions like Primark, almost every major physical retailer has an eCommerce store where its customers can also go and buy their wares. The benefits are plentiful. It is cheaper to sell to customers online, you can reach a much larger market without having to open multiple branches, and it’s possible to tailor your offering to each individual customer.

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JustCall

JULY 6, 2021

Did you know, market research proves that a click-to-call icon fastens 88% of website visitors to your website? Website visitors spend more time than usual on your website. But how is that possible? With the website call-back button, it is possible. You can easily clear queries over a call with an agent, rather than hovering over the website looking for genuine support numbers.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

When your business is just getting started, you can rely entirely on yourself. And when it gets sufficiently large that you can’t do it all, you can hire some people just getting started with their careers or simply in need of opportunities: people who don’t have that many options and are primarily looking to be gainfully employed for a while. But that stage doesn’t last.

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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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NobelBiz

JULY 6, 2021

A Customer Journey Map is a shared representation of all the aspects of increasingly sophisticated hybrid, physical, and omnichannel of a clients' interraction. This mapping reveals new usage, changes in behavior, preferred and avoided communication platforms, as well as your competitive strengths and limitations. What is the most effective approach to create this mapping and make it a success?

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CSM Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Customer experience plays a key role in business success. As such, businesses are set to spend $641 billion on customer experience technologies by 2022. By adopting tools like AI, big data, and data analytics, businesses can gain valuable insights about their customers in order to personalize and significantly improve their in-store experiences.

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Helpware

JULY 6, 2021

Distributed teams generate strong value for their organizations by creating the capability for accessing top talent across the globe. Read more of the wins inside!

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ConvergeOne

JULY 6, 2021

Over the years, we have seen a shift from the concept of traditional IT, where a relational database was used for everything, to the public cloud. As the rate of generation and the demand for data continues to grow at an exponential rate, many businesses now face the challenge of not knowing how to cope with the rapid changes while having so much data at their disposal.

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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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Strikedeck

JULY 6, 2021

Will Stevenson, Founder & COO at Onboard.io, discusses the importance of customer onboarding as a critical first step in the post-sales journey in an interview with Vincent Manlapaz. The post Why Does the Customer Onboarding Experience Need to Demonstrate Simplicity? In an Interview with Will Stevenson, Founder & COO at Onboard.io first appeared on Strikedeck | Customer Success Platform.

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SmartKarrot

JULY 6, 2021

From the few missed lessons of customer service that result in effective and efficient deliverability, customer follow-ups are one of the top 3. How do your customers feel about your business? Does your brand contribute to a sense of customer delight ? It is the basic asking of the question that shows your customers that you care and that their feedback is valued.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Dan Slavin, CEO and co-founder of CodeBroker explains why handling customer complaints and appeasing customers plays an important role in avoiding negative reviews and reputational damage. We witness conflicts every day. We see them on the news, in public, on the highways and on social media. We’ve seen example after example how conflict resolution should have been used to deescalate a situation.

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