CCNG
APRIL 12, 2023
Demand and customer expectations are on the rise across all industries and those in the contact center industry can feel it. For an industry already facing labor challenges and the need to evolve the pandemic accelerated the need to overcome those challenges. Customers, with no other choice than to contact companies in any fashion other than face-to-face, found new ways to engage with businesses.
Working Solutions
APRIL 13, 2023
What is Onshore Contact Center Outsourcing? Onshore contact center outsourcing is the practice of hiring a third-party provider in the same country as the client to handle customer service. Such a strategy benefits businesses that want to contract out their customer-experience (CX) operations while maintaining close proximity to their customers.
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ShepHyken
APRIL 11, 2023
The other day I was having breakfast with 11 of my friends. The server came over, introduced herself, and said, “I’ll be taking care of you.” She took our orders, and a few minutes later, a different server dropped off three of our meals. Then, two more servers brought a few more meals a moment later, and another server showed up just after that with the rest of our meals.
ClearAction
APRIL 13, 2023
Brand Integrity and Your Ideal Customer Lynn Hunsaker Ideal Customer Profiles can be your key to sales velocity, retention, recurring revenue, and CAGR (compound average growth rate). Have you also considered ICPs as your key to cost containment as well as EPS (earnings per share) growth? Selling to the right type of customers makes everything better.
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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.
CSM Magazine
APRIL 13, 2023
Advanced analytics and automation bridge gaps for improved business outcomes. SuccessKPI, Inc., a leading, cloud-native, contact center customer experience insight and action platform provider, announced key findings such as, more than 40% of contact center decision makers report having limited success with their CCaaS migration efforts. The commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of SuccessKPI indicates the move to the cloud has been a frustrating journey for many due to
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Blueship Call Center
APRIL 12, 2023
Call Center Outsourcing is the practice of hiring a third-party company to handle customer calls and inquiries on behalf of a business. Here is a straightforward guide to call center outsourcing: Determine your outsourcing needs: Before outsourcing your call center, it’s important to determine your needs. What type of customer service do you require?
Balto
APRIL 10, 2023
Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email In our 2021 Agent Report , we found that human error — not a lack of training or coaching — was the cause of nearly 66% of mistakes on a call. In general, agents know the right thing to say or do when a call goes awry, they just forget, get nervous, or get bored and slip up. Is this surprising?
Knowmax
APRIL 12, 2023
The post Improving Customer Service Information Accessibility With Knowledge Management appeared first on Knowmax.
Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 13, 2023
FOMO, or fear of missing out, is a powerful marketing tool. The acronym denotes how we do things because we are worried about regretting not doing them later. In addition to being the subject of several research projects in psychology, it’s also a powerful marketing tool—if you know how to leverage it. I witnessed the ubiquity of FOMO while watching the latest Avatar movie.
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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
ShepHyken
APRIL 14, 2023
This week, we feature an article by Nicole Kyle, Managing Director and Co-Founder of CMP Research. She shares how leaders can keep contact center agents happy and engaged in the changing work environment that now includes hybrid and remote work setups. Customer contact agents hold one of the most important keys to the success of any business in the palms of their hands – customer satisfaction.
Myra Golden Media
APRIL 11, 2023
A whopping one-third of contact centers have laid off employees in the last 12 months, reducing their headcount by about 33%. Despite fewer resources and fewer employees, contact centers are expected to achieve the same or better results. With customer expectations rising and budgets tightening, contact centers are under pressure to deliver excellent service while reducing costs.
Cisco - Contact Center
APRIL 14, 2023
Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) 2.5 arrives with annotations, a new feature for all CML license levels. When learning and designing, annotations let you get the most out of your labs.
Lumoa
APRIL 14, 2023
Lumoa Product News for March 2023 ???? Hey everyone! Lovely seeing you again, back with more exciting Lumoa updates! We have had a doozy of a month, with lots of features that we think will make Lumoa better for you. Let’s get started! A new way to invite others to Lumoa Lumoa just made it easier to bring in your colleagues, and have them start taking actions on the voice of your customers.
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.
ShepHyken
APRIL 10, 2023
Top Takeaways: Over the last 20 years, organizations have been busy improving the functional experience (doing more things, faster, and cheaper than ever before) at the expense of the emotional, human experience. In his book, The Human Experience , John Sills shares the three myths that create poor customer service. Myth #1. The Myth of Customer Feedback.
VirtualPBX
APRIL 12, 2023
As the world becomes increasingly mobile, businesses must adapt to new communication methods in order to stay relevant and effectively reach their customers. One such method that has emerged as an invaluable resource for businesses is texting. Texting provides a convenient, quick, and efficient way for businesses to communicate with their customers, making it an essential tool for businesses of all sizes.
ThriveableBiz
APRIL 11, 2023
This year is continuing to be unpredictable for small business, throwing both obstacles and opportunities in our path. Here we offer a countdown of 23 actions you can take to navigate through 2023. Not in order of importance but a simple map of steps you can take to set yourself up to thrive. So, let's get into our top 23 tips for small business. 23.
TeamSupport
APRIL 12, 2023
Any customer support team receives a range of customer requests throughout the day. These can include requests for adding new users, “how-to” questions, password retrieval, and more. The requests are often recurring, and a technology-based customer support tool is needed to implement an agent workflow that allows easy and efficient management of each customer request.
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!
FluentStream
APRIL 10, 2023
We started the year off with a bang! (and then 3 more bangs!) We are beyond ecstatic to announce that FluentStream has already won not one, not two, not even three, but four awards for our cloud communication offering and. Read More The post FluentStream Starts 2023 Stronger and Even More Customer-centric than Ever appeared first on FluentStream.
Cisco - Contact Center
APRIL 12, 2023
When it’s your job to ensure your organization invests in the IT solutions best suited for its desired outcomes, the responsibility isn’t one to be taken lightly.
Method:CRM
APRIL 11, 2023
Are you looking for a way to keep your customers satisfied and less stressed with their payment experience? A Xero customer portal is a great way to reap benefits like fast payment processing, which are sure to keep customers coming back. In this article, you’ll learn all the benefits of a Xero customer portal. You’ll also get a step-by-step walk-through on how to create a Xero customer portal.
AWS Machine Learning
APRIL 12, 2023
Globally, many organizations have critical business data dispersed among various content repositories, making it difficult to access this information in a streamlined and cohesive manner. Creating a unified and secure search experience is a significant challenge for organizations because each repository contains a wide range of document formats and access control mechanisms.
Dive into the realm of contact center dialers with our infographic! Explore the various types – Preview, Predictive, Automatic, and Progressive Dialers – and unravel their roles in boosting call center performance.
kommunicate
APRIL 14, 2023
Last Updated on April 14, 2023 In the digital era, customers expect your business to be available 24x 7. Competition keeps heating up, as the barriers to entry to building apps and websites are diminishing. Add to this generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, and we have a situation where there are 20 apps trying [.] The post Lead Generation Chatbots: Everything You Need To Know In 2023 appeared first on Kommunicate Blog.
Cisco - Contact Center
APRIL 13, 2023
As rail and mass transit operators are bouncing back from the global pandemic, they are also continuing along their digital transformation journey, looking to create a modern travel experience while… Read more on Cisco Blogs
Customer Service Life
APRIL 12, 2023
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay One of my favorite things about writing and speaking about customer experience, customer service, and contact centers is the opportunity to connect with others in the industry and talk about topics that are near and dear to my heart. In this post, I’ll share a quick rundown of some of these recent conversations along with a handful of articles I’ve had the privilege of contributing to.
AWS Machine Learning
APRIL 13, 2023
Amazon CodeWhisperer is an AI coding companion that helps improve developer productivity by generating code recommendations based on their comments in natural language and code in the integrated development environment (IDE). CodeWhisperer accelerates completion of coding tasks by reducing context-switches between the IDE and documentation or developer forums.
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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.
LiveVox
APRIL 10, 2023
CIOs are feeling the heat to deploy digital technologies faster to stay ahead of the competition. As companies strive to create meaningful connections with their customers through more interactive and engaging experiences, the lack of qualified IT workers is limiting how quickly they can execute their plans. By Patrick Summe, Chief Technology and Engineering Officer, […] The post Contact Centers and IT Must Partner for Transformation: Starting with the Agent Desktop appeared first on LiveV
Cisco - Contact Center
APRIL 13, 2023
What do you do when you need to scale your data center infrastructure, but you don’t have time to manage additional hardware or budget for additional staff?
Toister Performance Solutions
APRIL 13, 2023
Why are customers loyal to certain companies? People buy from Amazon because is it consistently solves one problem quickly and conveniently: "I need to buy __." You can fill in the blank with nearly every product imaginable. Whatever it is, Amazon has made it as easy as possible to get it fast. Starbucks has legions of loyal customers because it offers the most convenient way to get a caffeinated coffee drink.
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