The Fine Art of Contact Center Management
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 19, 2022
The earliest definition of contact center management that I know of came from Gordon MacPherson, founder of the Incoming Calls Management Institute (ICMI) in 1985.
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Guest Post: Find Ways for Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Customers
Shep Hyken
APRIL 29, 2022
This week, we feature an article by David Meerman Scott adapted from the new 8th edition of The New Rules of Marketing and PR to be released on May 3, 2022. He shares how organizations can use data and AI-powered tools to benefit customers.
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5 Rules of How to Effectively Target Your Critical Customers
Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 21, 2022
Marketers want to target specific customers to get them to buy their product or service. However, different customers want different things delivered in different ways—and for different reasons.
5 Tips for Being More Transparent with Your Customers
CX Accelerator
APRIL 1, 2022
I can remember it well. I was in charge of a contact center a few jobs ago and we were having our second outage in as many days. After service had been restored, I got a call from a customer.
How Mature Are Your Digital Experiences? A Step-by-Step Guide to Improved CX
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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.
Detecting customer emotions with CallMiner
Callminer
APRIL 27, 2022
Detecting emotions is hard. It is hard for machines because it is hard for humans. Read this blog to learn why it is so hard and why the CallMiner platform is one of the leaders in the space
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Executive Interview with LumenVox Founder & CEO Edward Miller
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 21, 2022
What exciting times for our industry. Voice technology has come such a long way and according to my interview with Edward Miller, the Founder and CEO of LumenVox, we still have so much opportunity ahead with speech software. I love his vision for speech and voice biometrics in our contact centers.
Are You Letting Your Business Become Stereotyped? – Tip #39
Steve DiGioia
APRIL 28, 2022
Stereotype: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. Business stereotypes are preconceived notions that every customer has of your business. What do they expect when doing business with you? Are the expectations good or bad?
EX and CX: The twin powers of a successful business
Myra Golden Media
APRIL 29, 2022
How closely are the employee and customer experience related? Today, it’s becoming clear that you can’t have one without another. Happy, engaged employees help create great customer experiences that lead to greater customer engagement, satisfaction, and ongoing loyalty.
Our Customers Are Always Complaining About Our Prices. What Do We Do?
Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 28, 2022
On a recent podcast, one of our listeners contacted us with a Business Pickle with which he wanted our help. Peter Harvey is in a Business-to-Business (B2B) organization. Their offering does not have the lowest price, and they have no plans to lower it. However, their customers keep complaining.
5 Elements for Building a World-Class Agent Coaching Program
Speaker: Francoise Tourniaire - Founder of FT Works and Omid Razavi - Chief Advocacy Officer at SupportLogic
In this presentation, we will discuss the five elements of building a real-time coaching program using AI-infused workflows that will allow managers and agents to continuously engage and drive more constructive dialogue, resulting in reduced agent burnout and increased employee satisfaction and retention.
QUI QUOTE: Nobody raves about a company that meets customer expectations.
Bill Quiseng
APRIL 1, 2022
QUI QUOTE: Nobody raves about a company that meets customer expectations. When you are working in customer service, you have been happy that your customers leave satisfied. You have sold them a product or service that meets their wants or needs. Or you solved their problem for them.
I’m Not Going to Be Able to Make Payroll – Can You Hold Your First Paycheck?
CCNG
APRIL 27, 2022
was my first day of work as the Director of Operations for a contact center outsourcing company. I had been working about three hours when the CEO walked into my office and made a request that sent my head swirling. Vicki, I am not going to be able to make payroll this week.
The New Normal: Navigating Change, Disruption
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 27, 2022
The events of 2020 have shown us how everything can change practically overnight. Most people are now accepting that change will continue to happen. The ability to navigate and execute in an era of sustained change and disruption will then be the overarching contact center objective in 2022.
What is Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)?
Callminer
APRIL 25, 2022
Contact centers are critical for customer experience, retention and acquisition strategies. But building and maintaining your own is a huge investment. Read this blog to learn the benefits of CCaaS
Top Industry Secrets for Successful Contact Center Scripting
Speaker: Colin Taylor, CEO & Chief Chaos Officer at The Taylor Reach Group, Inc
Scripts have been around as long as contact centers. Scripts attempt to set out an ‘ideal’ path to success on the call, whether that's a sale, a resolved inquiry, or a closed case. While some scripting attempts have failed, AI and Agent Assist technologies can help.
A Breakthrough in Point Correspondence: Mitigating “Outliers”
TechSee
APRIL 25, 2022
Ever wonder how the human brain can compute distance? How far away is the highway exit, when exactly to step off the escalator, the exact position of the lips you want to kiss? This essential capability is known as depth perception.
Customer Satisfaction is at 17 year low. These stats tell you why…
Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 14, 2022
I read a fascinating report the other day from Zendesk called The Customer Experience (CX) Trends Report 2022. I saw a dichotomy between what people are saying and what they are doing regarding Customer Experiences (CX).
Cyara + Botium: What this Exciting New Partnership Means for You
Cyara
APRIL 7, 2022
An Acquisition that Made Perfect Sense. Artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, and it’s changing the way customers and businesses interact on every level. As more of these interactions move online, automated chatbots are becoming a mainstay in industries of all kinds.
Seek and Share Truth to Boost Employee and Customer Experience
CCNG
APRIL 20, 2022
This King of Rock' n Roll quote may be the purest basis for considering any personal or business challenge.
Winning Solutions to Keep Contact Center Agents Engaged
Speaker: Adam Saad - Founder & CEO, Tech Stack Advising
In order to keep agents both satisfied and engaged, we must develop a plan that both mitigates these concerns with current agents and halts any potential issues that may arise with new hires. These plans must also take into account the different environments and locations your agents may be working in.
Treat Technology Partnerships Like a Marriage!
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 5, 2022
In 1988 I wrote an industry article, titled “Life with Multiple Vendors”, which appeared in the Service Level Newsletter, published by ICMI. The message in that article underscored the value and importance of working together, as one team, to achieve operational success.
How to improve service level in your call center
Callminer
APRIL 10, 2022
Improving service level in your call center means aligning your technology and actions with your objectives. Read this blog to understand where you currently stand, what's needed to improve and more
3 Observations From Field Service Medical 2022
TechSee
APRIL 8, 2022
If you or a family member relies on an at-home medical device, whether an insulin pump, hearing device, or a CPAP machine, or any of the dozens of others, we know how incredibly convenient and in many cases, life saving these devices can be.
Don’t Do This! Why Do People Fail to Understand Customers’ Real Expectations?
Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 7, 2022
Many organizations do not know what customers expect from their experience and to their detriment. Understanding customer expectations is fundamental. Fail to meet them, and you have, well, failed.
How to Inspire and Empower Contact Center Agents Through Collaborative Coaching
Speaker: Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™
Collaborative coaching truly guides agents to connect authentically to customers better each time. Join Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™ & Author of Leading Morale to understand how call center agents get the most out of collaborative coaching.
7 Ways to Improve Customer Engagement on a Call
AnomalySquared
APRIL 28, 2022
Customers are like family. You can't live with them, and you can't live without them. No matter how annoying or demanding they can be at times, you still need to do your best to keep them around. They are the reason why your business exists and continues to do so, which means you depend on them. '.
The Rut…
CCNG
APRIL 13, 2022
??Efficiency, Productivity, Resourcefulness. ?At At the end of the day, we’re always looking to make things in business run smoother and faster while maximizing throughput and potential revenue.
Top 5 Posts in April
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 29, 2022
Our top blog posts in April share a common theme with those from March. Our readers continue to focus on how to move forward in the new normal.
Technical basics series: Bayesian inference 101
Callminer
APRIL 6, 2022
All statisticians use Bayes’s theorem, even frequentists. What makes you a Bayesian is in how you interpret it. The CallMiner Research Lab breaks it down in this new blog
Sustaining Employee Engagement in the Contact Center
Speaker: Paul Ellis, Contact Center SME & Business Consultant for One You Love Homecare LLC
Join Paul Ellis, Contact Center SME & Business Consultant for One You Love Homecare LLC, for best practices and leadership strategies to fortify an economy of compassion and genuine empathy in the contact center.
A Deeper Look into Inbound Call Centers
Ansafone
APRIL 11, 2022
In business, it’s important to provide exceptional customer service that beats out competitors in the same industry. Being responsive to every inbound request can truly set an organization apart from others that may be lagging behind in this department.
How to Use Visual Collaboration to Create Winning Customer Experiences
Totango
APRIL 1, 2022
When it comes to creating winning customer experiences, consistency is key. Your customers should experience the same level of quality from your company at each stage of their journey and from each department in your organization.
Solvvy Offers Personalized Workflows to Struggling Parents
Solvvy
APRIL 1, 2022
Building on the continued commercial success of our powerful Conversational AI for top online brands and marketplaces, Solvvy is pleased to announce that our no-code Workflow Builder and Omnichannel routing is now available to parents with children who might need an extra ‘nudge’ to stay on task. .
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