SQM Group
MAY 2, 2023
In this blog, we discuss the benefits of personalized customer experience and explore 10 personalization tips to help resolve issues on the first contact.
CCNG
MAY 3, 2023
In a recent CCNG Town Hall event, members Amas Tenumah and Amayea Maat reviewed the evolution of training in the customer contact and experience delivery arena. Many things have evolved from in person to remote training, from static and fixed training to just in time, from cumbersome technology to sleek technology, and from a brick and mortar structure to remote workers all around the world.
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ShepHyken
MAY 4, 2023
This week, we feature an article by Clive Hanks from TextExpander , a communication and efficiency tool that helps individuals and companies become more productive. In today’s digital world, customer service productivity is more important than ever. With the rise of online shopping and e-commerce, consumers increasingly turn to chat and email-based tools to contact companies with questions, concerns, and complaints.
Playvox
MAY 4, 2023
When I lived in Colombia, it seemed as if there were fruit stands on every corner. Some fruit sellers would even balance bags of fruit on sticks, running between cars to hawk their harvest. Piña (pineapple)! Tomate de árbol (tree tomato)! And my favorite, maracuya (passionfruit)! There were so many choices, but I always went back to the same stand. Why?
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JUST RELEASED! The Northridge Group’s State of CX 2023 Part II research report reveals that nearly half of consumers surveyed had knowingly spoken to a customer service associate working from home—and almost 75% of those respondents felt the associate's location did not impact the service or experience. So why do more than ⅓ of business leaders want contact center associates back in the office?
Calltools
MAY 3, 2023
Gone are the generations raised to believe the customer is always right. Employees today can have a tendency to take that frustration out on co-workers and even on customers — especially if they don’t feel appreciated, engaged, or otherwise happy in their roles. It can’t be said enough: the level of happiness your customers’ experience is directly linked to the experience and engagement of your call center agents.
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Concentrix
MAY 4, 2023
Join us as we discuss how our AnyPaaS solution can transform your CX and help you overcome business challenges.
Fonolo
MAY 3, 2023
Lowering call abandonment rates in contact centers is one of the most powerful performance levers available to call center managers. It’s also what Fonolo Call-Backs do best. Reducing abandonment rates is a primary benefit of our call-back software and we’ve helped dozens of companies improve their KPIs by solving their abandonment rate problems.
TeleDirect
MAY 2, 2023
Learn why call center quality assurance (QA) is essential for customer satisfaction. Our guide explores identifying improvements and overall benefits. Call Center Quality Assurance: Why Is It Important? Many companies focus intensely on quality assurance regarding their actual product or service. However, that focus often falls by the wayside when it comes to another important facet of their business — customer service and communication.
TeleDirect
MAY 2, 2023
Are you struggling to know the difference between a contact center and a call center? Let this article guide you through the key differences so that you can make an informed decision for your business needs. Contact Center vs. Call Center: Understanding the Key Differences If you want to up your customer service game, the key is keeping in contact with your customers.
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Attention government agencies and BPO partners! CXperts is your go-to solution for improving citizen experience. Our omnichannel and digital contact center solutions are designed to supply superior CX, reducing costs and maximizing efficiency. Plus, we are a Minority Owned Business (MBE). With our certifications, we are the perfect partner to help government agencies meet their CX goals and fulfill federal deal requirements.
Callminer
MAY 5, 2023
Bruce McMahon, VP of Product Management, shares key updates from CallMiner's 2023.05 release, including the rebrand of CallMiner Alert to CallMiner RealTime. Read this blog for more.
Beyond Philosophy
MAY 4, 2023
Several readers and listeners of the podcast have reached out to me recently, asking for advice on how to start a consultancy. After over two decades with my global Customer Experience consultancy, it occurred to me that I have a lot of advice on the topic, which I boiled down into the 10 rules for building a successful consultancy. So, let’s look at the rules first and then dive deeper into what I mean by them. 10 Rules for Building a Successful Consultancy Be brave and be committed.
ShepHyken
MAY 1, 2023
Top Takeaways: Brands sometimes invest more in products and in how their retail stores look without focusing on the experience. No matter how nice the brick-and-mortar store is, if your employees are not trained to properly welcome and pay attention to your customers, they will leave and buy from your competitors, go or online, where it is faster and more accessible.
Bill Quiseng
MAY 3, 2023
Business leaders are happy because customers were satisfied with their product or service. But that’s not good enough. Satisfied customers feel that their experience was good, not better, just average. Nobody raves about average. And satisfied customers will not return as soon as they find an experience that is better or a price that is less expensive.
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Contact center leaders are skilled at balancing competing day-to-day priorities. They help others make informed business decisions, all while working to keep agents and customers engaged in positive experiences. Rapid access to the most relevant and actionable information is critical to managing agents, supervisors, and communicating with executive leadership to improve efficiencies and business outcomes.
TechSee
MAY 4, 2023
As we enter the next season of 2023, the field service industry is witnessing a significant shift towards the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to address various customer-facing needs. The potential of AI is enormous, ranging from predicting equipment issues to optimizing technician scheduling, among other applications. One of the subsets of AI, machine learning, has lately emerged as a branch that goes beyond the core capabilities of AI.
Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 29, 2023
If you have been listening to us for a while now, you probably know about our “I’m in a Pickle” podcasts and the “5 Rules” series. If so, and you’re a fan, today is your lucky day because this podcast is a mash-up of both series. Not only that, but we also added in 5 more bonus rules for 100% more rules. It seems that quite a few people in our audience have a pickle.
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 4, 2023
Time series forecasting refers to the process of predicting future values of time series data (data that is collected at regular intervals over time). Simple methods for time series forecasting use historical values of the same variable whose future values need to be predicted, whereas more complex, machine learning (ML)-based methods use additional information, such as the time series data of related variables.
Cisco - Contact Center
MAY 5, 2023
As an IT professional, I get requests for advice from individuals who want to break into the tech industry but who feel intimidated by the prospect. My response is always the same.
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In this eBook, you’ll learn how companies are using advanced conversational AI solutions, like Verint Intelligent Virtual Assistant, to deliver actionable service and assist their contact center agents in both voice and digital channels. You’ll also see how our easy-to-use, low-code bot-building environment makes for quicker and more flexible conversational AI deployments that deliver an immediate ROI.
ChurnZero
MAY 4, 2023
There’s a closely held growth secret among large B2B professional services firms, like consultants, accountants and law firms, that Customer Success Managers (CSMs) might appreciate: The more relationships a client has across a firm, the lower that client’s flight risk. Multiple relationships benefit clients and service providers since they get to know each other on a deeper business level.
Russel Lolacher
MAY 1, 2023
In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with culture consultant and wellness counsellor Rita Chand on what bullying in the workplace feels like, looks like and what we can do about it. A few reasons why she is awesome — she is a certified life coach, a wellness counsellor, and a facilitator. And she specializes in recognizing bullying.
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 1, 2023
The rapid adoption of smart phones and other mobile platforms has generated an enormous amount of image data. According to Gartner , unstructured data now represents 80–90% of all new enterprise data, but just 18% of organizations are taking advantage of this data. This is mainly due to a lack of expertise and the large amount of time and effort that’s required to sift through all that information to identify quality data and useful insights.
Cisco - Contact Center
MAY 4, 2023
Estimated read time: 4 minutes Learn how to optimize your approach to DevOps DevOps has revolutionized the way enterprise software is developed and deployed, enabling development and operations teams… Read more on Cisco Blogs
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For years now, contact center admins and supervisors have leveraged bots to improve customer and employee experiences but we are at the beginning of a completely new paradigm regarding increased speed and efficiency. Implementing a modern contact center solution, powered by AI, can give contact centers a competitive advantage. While integrating AI is necessary to provide high-quality digital customer service, it is only a piece of the communication platform puzzle.
Abby Connect
MAY 1, 2023
When you’re in court for your cases, meeting with a client, or providing legal counsel, who manages your law firm’s incoming calls? The importance of having a compassionate and capable legal receptionist or legal answering service is not to be underestimated.
Tethr
MAY 2, 2023
Understand the different types of AI-powered software that help with customer service and which one works for you
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 5, 2023
In this post, we discuss a machine learning (ML) solution for complex image searches using Amazon Kendra and Amazon Rekognition. Specifically, we use the example of architecture diagrams for complex images due to their incorporation of numerous different visual icons and text. With the internet, searching and obtaining an image has never been easier.
Cisco - Contact Center
MAY 2, 2023
For nearly 20 years, I’ve been fortunate to interact daily with Cisco’s account teams and financial services customers across different industry segments, institution sizes, and geographies.
Speaker: Michael McMillan - Customer Experience Expert, TEDx Speaker, and Author
Are you looking to elevate your CX support strategy? Customers who have a seamless buying experience, from speaking with sales and purchasing the product to easily finding support, are more likely to return to your organization and recommend it to others. With the numerous changes in the market, it is critical that your CX strategy can evolve and better support your customers regardless of where they are in their journey.
C3Centricity
MAY 2, 2023
The business world has significantly shifted in recent years, and I, for one, am excited to see so many companies adopting a customer-first strategy. However, like any strategy, a customer-first approach has pros and cons. Therefore I thought it would be helpful to consider both the advantages and disadvantages of a customer-first plan. Advantages of a Customer-First Strategy If you regularly read my posts, you will know that I’m passionate about companies adopting and improving their cust
Method:CRM
MAY 1, 2023
You’ve gathered all the customer information you can dream of through your CRM system, but now what? How do you make sense of the CRM and customer experience data you’ve worked so hard to collect? Learning from your CRM and customer experience data is most valuable when it comes to understanding your customers and improving their satisfaction levels.
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 3, 2023
New generations of CPUs offer a significant performance improvement in machine learning (ML) inference due to specialized built-in instructions. Combined with their flexibility, high speed of development, and low operating cost, these general-purpose processors offer an alternative to other existing hardware solutions. AWS, Arm, Meta and others helped optimize the performance of PyTorch 2.0 inference for Arm-based processors.
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