Tue.Mar 14, 2023

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VENDOR ROUNDTABLE: Contact Center Forecast: Increased Cloudiness?

Contact Center Pipeline

There has been a debate over the past decade whether the core contact center solutions e.g., routing, dialing, workforce optimization (WFO) should be subscribed to and accessed from the cloud. Or whether they are best licensed and installed on-premise.

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The Loyalty Gap: The Difference Between Repeat Customers and Loyal Customers

ShepHyken

Or, In a recent Shepard Letter , I discussed the Trust Gap , which is the difference between an organization’s belief that their customers trust them and the percentage of customers who actually do.

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Customer Service Experience: Does Customer Service Matter?

AnomalySquared

The most impressive characteristic I have observed since Covid hit us in 2020, was our country's ability to adapt and overcome. Sure, the political landscape had intensified but in the face of adversity, America’s business leaders found a way to navigate unchartered waters, pivot, and flourish.

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17 Must-Read Books for Support Managers

Nicereply

Being a support manager is a demanding job that requires constant learning. These 17 books contain critical lessons that every support manager will benefit from. Every customer support manager has a busy life. Priorities are constantly competing.

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How to Build an AI-Powered Contact Center as a Service Platform

Trusted by over 750 customers across industries, the LinkLive AI -Powered Contact Center platform empowers businesses to deliver trusted experiences through voice, video, chat, secure email, and more channels.

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Can you hire your way to security resilience?

Cisco - Contact Center

Can you hire your way to security resilience ?

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City of Fort Worth fast-tracks free Wi-Fi access in under-connected areas

Cisco - Contact Center

We are delighted to have Cyndi Barrera, Sales Vice President for State, Local, and Education (SLED) West at Presidio as guest blogger on our channel. Think about your daily patterns at home.

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Measuring Call Center Performance: 7 Top Metrics

Helpware

Call center agents played a vital role during the pandemic , when many customers were otherwise cut off from outside services. This included bank accounts, utility subscriptions, and other transactions made outside the home, where call centers provided a primary point of contact.

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Leverage Healthcare Technology to Enhance Patient Retention

The Northridge Group

If healthcare managers and small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) healthcare practitioners can agree on anything, it’s that acquiring new patients is both costly and challenging.

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Award-Winning Business Phone Plans

VirtualPBX

We've Done it Again! We’re not even one third of the way through 2023 and it’s already been a big year over at VirtualPBX – and what better way to celebrate than with a TMC 2023 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award!

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enhance your professional development and lifelong learning.

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What Should Be in Your Company's Cyber Security Program?

ConvergeOne

Sun Tzu's saying is probably more realized today than it was centuries ago when it was written.

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10 Shopify Chatbots You Can’t Live Without In 2023

kommunicate

Last Updated on March 14, 2023 Chatbots have taken over the customer service domain. They can address customer queries faster, easier, and with more accuracy than human agents.

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5 Great Call Center Agent Retention Strategies

Fonolo

We’ve all heard about the human touch and how important it is in the CX and call center spaces. Your customers want thoughtful and empathetic service, and that’s not something you can get from technology alone.

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Chatbot Pricing: How Much Does a Chatbot Cost in 2023?

HelpCrunch

Budgeting is tough (coming from a person who’s bought four different cardigans just this month). Business budgeting is even more daunting. You can’t just suddenly cut your spendings and order fewer take-outs to make ends [ … ] The post Chatbot Pricing: How Much Does a Chatbot Cost in 2023?

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The 2023 Customer Experience Management Value Index

Ventana Research named Verint an Exemplary Leader in the 2023 Customer Experience Management Value Index, leading in multiple categories including Adaptability, Manageability, Usability and Product Experience. Download the Index.

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Helping a global entertainment studio make the right decision

Maru Group

Todd Trautz Maru/Matchbox | March 2023 A global entertainment studio enlisted Maru to help advise them on content planning. They needed to identify which series or movie to reboot out of a set of more than 20 titles and discover the format that would be the most successful for various audiences.

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How to Add Text to Reels

JivoChat

Learning how to add text to reels is very important to create high-quality content using Instagram. The short videos that are called reels on the platform have become a success, and drive the attention of many people.

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Maximize performance and reduce your deep learning training cost with AWS Trainium and Amazon SageMaker

AWS Machine Learning

Today, tens of thousands of customers are building, training, and deploying machine learning (ML) models using Amazon SageMaker to power applications that have the potential to reinvent their businesses and customer experiences.

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Online Retail Supply Chain Management: From A to Z

JivoChat

Did you know that 57% of firms consider their supply chain as a competitive advantage? Yet only 6% report full visibility on it.

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How Mature Are Your Digital Experiences? A Step-by-Step Guide to Improved CX

Read about Verint’s Digital Maturity Model, where we share real tactics and strategies to improve CX, based on what has worked for our clients around the world.

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How to Promote Employee Productivity?

JustCall

Employees are among the most valuable assets of any business, but they are even more significant when it comes to call centers and contact centers.

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Ways Book Marketing Affects the Students’ Book Choice

JivoChat

Book marketing is a key part of any successful publishing strategy. It involves both traditional and digital strategies to promote books through different channels, including bookstores, social media platforms, and publisher networks.

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Enhancing Customer Experience with Artificial Intelligence: Tips and Strategies

JustCall

It’s no secret that companies today are focusing on giving their clients the greatest customer service experience possible. The various touchpoints along the consumer journey can make or break the experience. But fear not! The task of improving the customer experience need not be difficult.

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The Ultimate Guide to Effective Data Management Solutions for Business

CSM Magazine

Most modern businesses acknowledge the importance of data. For small firms, this often means depending on reports created within the individual software platforms they use for day-to-day operations.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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Compliance: Contact Center and Debt Collection Agency Guide

NobelBiz

Debt collection agencies and contact centers are subject to strict regulations and laws governing their operations. Failure to comply with these rules can result in hefty fines, legal action, and reputational damage. Therefore, compliance is critical to maintain a healthy and sustainable business.

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How Cisco employees are involved with community impact

Cisco - Contact Center

The following is an excerpt from the  2022 Cisco Purpose Report , published on December 8, 2022.

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What’s the difference between a call center and a virtual call center?

AnswerConnect

What's the difference between a virtual call center and a traditional, office-based call center? More importantly, which is best for your business? The post What’s the difference between a call center and a virtual call center? appeared first on AnswerConnect Blog.

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3 Ways to Improve Customer Support in 2023

CSM Magazine

Even the best product or service may fail to satisfy if your customer service is poor. Because of that, you not only lose out on repeat clients but also lose your potential influencers — a satisfied customer directly influences the purchase decision of the family, friends, peers, and community.

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

More than two years in, COVID-19 is far from over. Businesses are tasked with beating pre-COVID numbers, making marketing crucial. This is your time to create brand awareness, bring in the best leads, and play a vital role in new and existing profit.

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Call Screening: How It Works, Benefits & Best Practices

JustCall

Businesses are afflicted with unwanted and spam calls as much as personal phone numbers. While it is troubling in a personal capacity to receive irrelevant calls when you’re busy, it is much worse for a business. You may lose valuable time and miss important calls while trying to avoid spam.

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Leverage AI for CX Strategy

Concentrix

The future of customer service is here. Watch this webcast and learn how to envision an integrated CX strategy powered by AI technologies. Webinars Video

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8x8 Analyst Day - My Thoughts and Photos

Jon Arnold

Last Friday, I attended 8x8’s Analyst Day in New York, held at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.