Outsource Consultants
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
As more Generation Z employees join the workforce, call centers and their clients are noticing a shift in worker attitudes. This new generation, often referred to as Gen Z, demands a distinctive approach to employee recruitment and retention. The oldest members of this generation are in their early 20s and are entering the workforce, particularly within the BPO industry.
SQM Group
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Prevent your customers from leaving and doing business with your competitors by learning to manage customer expectations in your call center.
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Win the Customer
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
In today’s fast-paced digital world, customer expectations are higher than ever, and they demand quick and efficient responses. This is where artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots come into play, revolutionizing the way businesses interact with their customers. Customer service is the lifeblood of any business. It’s the bridge that connects consumers to products and services, and how companies handle customer inquiries and issues can make or break their reputation.
Taylor Reach Group
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
by Colin Taylor The rapid advancement of conversational AI has had a profound impact on various industries, and one arena that has been significantly affected is the contact center industry. The dialogue surrounding the potential replacement of human agents with AI-driven conversational systems has been ongoing for decades, with technology continuously evolving to redefine customer interactions.
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.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
I was asked the same question three times in the last week: “What is the biggest opportunity in customer service?” If you had asked me this question a month ago – or asked it a month from now – there could be a different answer. But today’s answer is not just timely, but also timeless. And the answer is: The Speed to Happiness The meaning of this short answer is simple.
Customer Contact Central brings together the best content for Contact Center and Customer Service professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
CSM Magazine
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Have you ever worked in a call center? Better yet, have you ever had to manage one? If you have, you would know that dealing with frustrated and angry customers is part of the job. It’s a stressful time for both the client and the agent. Statistics show that 74% of workers at call centers are likely to experience burnout. If one were to give this situation some thought, a number of questions would arise.
Cisco - Contact Center
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
The Data Center can be a Cornerstone of Sustainability Many organizations, including US Federal Government Agencies and the Department of Defense (DoD), are continuously shaping their data center… Read more on Cisco Blogs
LiveVox
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
The landscape of customer service is rapidly evolving, and at the forefront of this transformation is the innovative technology of AI voice generators. These cutting-edge tools have the power to revolutionize customer interactions, enhance efficiency, and enable data-driven insights. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll delve into the practical applications of AI voice generators in customer […] The post Overview of AI Voice Generators in Customer Service appeared first on LiveVox.
NobelBiz
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Telemarketing and call center operations form the backbone of many businesses, enabling them to connect directly with their audience. Within this framework, the twin metrics of connection rate and contact rate play pivotal roles. To drive operational excellence and enhance customer relationships, it becomes imperative to grasp the nuanced interplay between these metrics.
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Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Bruce McMahon, VP of Product Management, shares updates from the 2023.09 release including enhancements to bulk export API capabilities, giving customers even more control over their data.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
This week, we feature an article by Devin Pickell, Growth Marketing practitioner and head publisher of Do I Need SEO. He writes about designing a compelling customer experience process and training your team to implement it. The bar for providing a top-notch customer experience (CX) seems to be rising year after year, regardless of whether you operate in B2B or B2C.
CCNG
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
You may have heard about a “hidden job market”. What exactly does that mean? From my perspective as an Executive Recruiter, I see it in a couple of common pathways. First, the path most people try in finding a new position is by going reviewing job postings on LinkedIn or various job boards, applying for the position in hopes of landing an interview.
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2023
We are very judgmental, particularly when it comes to prices. We can always tell whether something is a good or bad deal. The fact that some of the ways we do this are not as accurate as others doesn’t even occur to us. Knowing that customers have different ways they evaluate your pricing that are sometimes inaccurate shouldn’t upset you, though.
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In the contact center industry, first-generation digital channels like email and web chat have seen significant adoption, along with video chat and co-browsing capabilities. However, customers are rapidly moving beyond these channels, seeking next-generation options. Social platforms are now becoming mainstream contact center channels. Download this guide today to learn how to help your business adapt to this evolving landscape and leverage the power of next-generation digital customer service.
Upstream Works
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Upstream Works is excited to introduce you to our newest product offering – Upstream Works for Amazon Connect. We enhance Amazon Connect with a unified desktop, digital channel flexibility, seamless integrations and management simplicity The post What Does It Mean to Be Enterprise Ready for Today’s CX? appeared first on Upstream Works.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Top Takeaways: There is a gap between how leaders perceive employee engagement and how employees actually feel. According to Gallup research , 70% of employees are disengaged at work. However, only 30% of leaders feel that way. In the same way, a significant gap often exists between what executives believe about their customer service and what customers actually experience.
AWS Machine Learning
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
For modern companies that deal with enormous volumes of documents such as contracts, invoices, resumes, and reports, efficiently processing and retrieving pertinent data is critical to maintaining a competitive edge. However, traditional methods of storing and searching for documents can be time-consuming and often result in a large effort to find a specific document, especially when they include handwriting.
Nicereply
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Find out what is a good Net Promoter Score & get out the most of your surveys! It can be really hard to discern how your customers truly feel about your company, product, or service. This gray area i s a pain point for all businesses and leaves them without a clear path to improving offerings and meeting customers’ needs. Fortunately, your Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a solid metric to combat the gray area, and understanding it will give you strong insights into your customers’ pe
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Experience the transformative power of AI in customer service! Discover how AI-driven contact centers revolutionize interactions, streamline operations, and deliver hyper-personalized experiences. We will explore three different ways that AI can optimize the operations of a contact center: The Role of Conversational AI in Self-Service Supporting Contact Center Agents with Agent Assist AI Empowering Contact Center Supervisors with Performance AI We will also look to the future of AI in the contac
Cisco - Contact Center
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
The railway industry is increasingly embracing new systems and technologies to enhance operational efficiency, safety, and connectivity.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Elevating Customer Experience: Embracing Hospitality as the Foundation by Charles Ryan Minton (Newsweek) When it comes to providing exceptional customer experiences, few industries excel quite like the hotel business.
AWS Machine Learning
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Multi-model endpoints (MMEs) are a powerful feature of Amazon SageMaker designed to simplify the deployment and operation of machine learning (ML) models. With MMEs, you can host multiple models on a single serving container and host all the models behind a single endpoint. The SageMaker platform automatically manages the loading and unloading of models and scales resources based on traffic patterns, reducing the operational burden of managing a large quantity of models.
C3Centricity
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Introduction: [Capture the reader’s attention by highlighting the importance of personalization in delivering exceptional customer experiences. Explain how organizations that leverage customer […] The post The Power of Personalization: Unleashing Customer Data Analytics for Tailored Experiences first appeared on c3centricity.
Uncover the complexity behind call labeling and blocking with this infographic. Discover the intricate factors and entities that shape the fate of a call, from illegal activity to user feedback, and understand why numbers get labeled and blocked.
Cisco - Contact Center
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
What Time Is It? It’s been a minute since my last update on our network security strategy , but we have been busy building some awesome capabilities to enable true new-normal firewalling.
Hodusoft
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
What’s the Role of Lead Generation in an Outbound Call Center? Outbound call centers come in many shapes and sizes. It’s not uncommon to find different types of outbound call centers performing different activities. Some provide telemarketing services, some generate leads, some conduct market research, and some conduct telesales campaigns. But generating quality leads is probably the most challenging and rewarding job of all.
AWS Machine Learning
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning (ML). With Amazon Kendra, you can easily aggregate content from a variety of content repositories into an index that lets you quickly search all your enterprise data and find the most accurate answer. Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) is a content management system that’s used for creating website or mobile app content.
SoliCall
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Noise can be very difficult to cancel especially in crowded environments like call centers and shared workspace. The noise in such locations has two main components: 1- Office sound and static ambient noise 2- Clear voices of other people talking around you While the first component does not sound like human voice, it can be canceled via an AI based noise cancellation algorithm that is trained to differentiate between human voice and non-human sounds.
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Even in today’s data-driven sales world, cold calling remains a fact of life for many go-to-market professionals. Fortunately, today’s sales leaders have a crucial advantage over their predecessors: market intelligence and outreach platforms that can warm up virtually any introduction.
Nuance
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
… KLAS Research: Nuance customers improve omnichannel patient engagement Read More » The post KLAS Research: Nuance customers improve omnichannel patient engagement appeared first on What’s Next blog.
kommunicate
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Last Updated on September 8, 2023 Sam Altman opened the floodgates of AI technology when he disrupted the IT landscape with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. With a record number of subscribers crossing all existing subscriber counts, ChatGPT reigns supreme when it comes to ubiquity. This has made way for other alternatives to ChatGPT that offer more and [.] The post 19 Generative AI Tools Like ChatGPT That You Cannot Ignore In 2023 appeared first on Kommunicate Blog.
AWS Machine Learning
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Today, we are excited to announce the capability to fine-tune Llama 2 models by Meta using Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. The Llama 2 family of large language models (LLMs) is a collection of pre-trained and fine-tuned generative text models ranging in scale from 7 billion to 70 billion parameters. Fine-tuned LLMs, called Llama-2-chat, are optimized for dialogue use cases.
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