January, 2023

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How to Combat Quiet Quitting in the Call Center

CCNG

Are you taking steps to tackle Quiet Quitting in your call centre? Do you even know where to start? What Is Quiet Quitting? Quiet Quitting has become a staple in the conversation when we talk about attrition, as well as remote and hybrid working – and it’s raising its head more and more.

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Moving Forward: What Will 2023 Bring for Contact Centers?

Contact Center Pipeline

The New Year’s message has as its core, promises of better things ahead. And yes, that did happen to some extent in 2022. The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic appears hopefully behind us.

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25 use cases & examples of real-time analytics

Callminer

Read this blog to better understand what real-time analytics is and how it works, as well as 25 real world examples of how organizations across a range of industries benefit from real-time analytics

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How to Identify & Coach on the Most Effective Soft Skills

Myra Golden Media

Those with strong emotional intelligence deliver bad news confidently, control calls easily, and prevent escalation. This is why I teach empathy, connection, and listening. Meet with me for a 45-minute discussion on how to coach your team to be more effective with soft skills.

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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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The Ultimate Guide to Call Center Training

Fonolo

Call center training has always been one of the key pillars of running a successful call center. As the industry advances, so do the methods we use to ensure our workforce is performing at its best. A strong call center training program should not just be part of your onboarding process.

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Documenting Your Contact Centre Project to Maximise Success

Genroe

Get the most out of your call centre project with these essential steps to documentation success. Start today! The post Documenting Your Contact Centre Project to Maximise Success appeared first on B2B Marketing | Customer Feedback | Net Promoter Score | Genroe.

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11 Customer Service Phrases You Need to Know in 2023

Nicereply

Regardless of the industry you work in , there’s common situations that every customer service agent will run into. Some of these situations can be difficult to find the right words for to get your point across, while still being polite.

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Is Your Center Really Resilient?

Contact Center Pipeline

Formal Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) planning has always been a very important aspect of contact centers’ success.

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What is Social Customer Service? The Next Era of Support in the Call Center

LiveVox

What is social customer service? It’s exactly what it sounds like! Providing support, informational resources, and engagement to your customers over social media channels.

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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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Upgrade Your Customer Service to a First-Class Experience

ShepHyken

Many years ago, a friend shared some advice with me: It doesn’t cost much more to enjoy a first-class experience. He was referring to spending just a little more in certain situations to get much more out of the experience.

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How to Improve Customer Experience: A Step by Step Guide

Lumoa

Customer experience plays an important, if not the most important role in the success of any business. Nearly all companies (89%) believe that customer experience will be their primary basis for competition. How do you stand in that competition?

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How do I discover if my customer has decided to buy?

Beyond Philosophy

In sales, it can be tough to know when a customer is no longer deciding but already decided—unless, of course, they tell you that out loud. So, it is incumbent upon you to read the signs that a customer has decided to buy.

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I Want You to Invest 3 Hours In Yourself This Week

Myra Golden Media

Every week, I invest 3 hours in myself. And I want you to do the same. Every week, I invest three uninterrupted hours in myself or my business. I do not respond to emails or perform any routine business tasks during this time. The focus is strictly on professional/personal development.

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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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No Excuses for Poor Disaster CX

Contact Center Pipeline

Disasters, like the recent holiday storms, are inevitable. How you plan, respond, but most critically inform and communicate with your employees and customers is what counts. This isn’t rocket science. And it is the foundation of the customer experience (CX).

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Americas FSI Digital Commentary: 3 Ways to Accelerate Digital Strategy in 2023

Cisco - Contact Center

As a change agent serving the financial services industry for over 20 years, it is a great privilege to collaborate with Bank, Insurance, and Wealth Management institutions to devise and execute digital transformation strategy, solve complex business problems, and leverage technology to strengthen business results.

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Top Ten Customer Service and Customer Experience Predictions for 2023

ShepHyken

Happy New Year! We have an exciting year ahead of us. So much has changed in just the past three years. And in the world of customer service and CX, there is much to be excited about. Last month I released my annual Top Ten Customer Experience Predictions in my weekly Forbes column.

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Survey Design – Best Practices

Lumoa

Surveys are one of the most useful tools out there for gathering quick feedback from customers, and understanding what motivates them.

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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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These are the critical questions to see if your segmentation is effective!

Beyond Philosophy

If you have customer segments that read like the drink sizes on a fast-food menu, then this podcast is one you really need. The fact is many organizations get customer segmentation wrong. So, we came up with some critical questions that can get it back on track.

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When you want to end a circular conversation with an upset customer, I want you to say:

Myra Golden Media

When you want to end a circular conversation with an upset customer, I want you to say: “We realize this is frustrating for you.” ” {Then explain why you can’t honor the request and offer the next steps.}

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Work from Home…a Privilege?

Contact Center Pipeline

Dear Contact Center Pipeline bloggers, I read this article this morning about Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks saying he is annoyed that workers aren’t in the office and is “ordering” employees to return to the office 3 days/week. He says that remote work is a privilege.

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Agents Will Be Empowered Only If They Feel Valued — And You Must Continuously Prove It to Them

CCNG

One of the major initiatives abuzz in the Contact Center industry is agent empowerment and how it will improve performance and CX. The concept is simple.

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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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Three Ways to Create an Employee Experience that Creates a Better Customer Experience

ShepHyken

Most everyone in the business world is familiar with the idea of customer experience (CX). And as popular as CX is, there’s a somewhat new concept that has been coming on strong for the past five years, and that’s the employee experience (EX).

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Five best practices for effective employee coaching

Callminer

As we know, a happy employee is a productive employee, and part of that includes making sure they feel like they can successfully do their jobs. Read this blog for employee coaching strategies

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An Authoritative view: Three Pioneers of CX predict big changes in 2023

Beyond Philosophy

Every so often, I get a chance to chit-chat with colleagues of mine about the future of customer experience.

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Control calls with signposting!

Myra Golden Media

Happy New Year, friends! I’m coming to you live from my recording studio (where I’m recording courses for multiple clients) with one of my best tips for controlling calls with venting, friendly, or upset customers. The tip is signposting.

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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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Edging to the Brink of Change

Contact Center Pipeline

The year is 2023, and the contact center industry is on the brink of change. With new technologies and approaches being developed daily, it’s hard to predict what the next year will bring. However, there are a few things that we can be sure of.

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Customer Service Isn’t the Cost You Want to Cut

CCNG

“Your call / email / chat is important to us, but we are experiencing unusual volume at this time.” If you’ve had a reason to reach out to your mortgage company, cell phone provider, or favorite retailer, this might be the response you’ve received.

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Create a Selfie Experience

ShepHyken

Here’s an interesting concept. I’ll describe it in the form of a question: Do you create an experience that is so good your customers want to remember it with a photograph?