Contact Center Pipeline
MARCH 24, 2022
Going remote was just the beginning. If 2020 was about transitioning and uncertainty, consider 2021 the year of acceptance and innovation as contact centers embrace the new reality. Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic we’re faced with permanent changes. As contact centers became the “face” of many organizations, leaders have had to rethink all aspects […].
CCNG
MARCH 23, 2022
?Those working in the call center industry find themselves in an interesting situation. There is a lot of pressure to contain costs and standardize the support being provided, but we are not in a “One Size Fits All” business. Most organizations support customers in multiple generations, each with their own preferred way of obtaining assistance - from traditional voice calls, to chat, and even self service options.
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LiveVox
MARCH 22, 2022
Sure, the formula for a loyal customer base is complicated, but have you ever had an experience that just made life easier? If you have, you know that these simple, straightforward, and most importantly painless experiences are the most memorable. Services and products are great, and all, but experience is what pays loyalty dividends. In the retail customer service world, experience is the strategy.
ShepHyken
MARCH 23, 2022
I recently received a note from my friend and Shepard Letter subscriber, Michael Staenberg. He commented on the recent Never, Never, Never Be Late article and sent a list of what he referred to as Things that Require Zero Talent. At the top of the list was being on time. . I’ve seen lists like this before. They include being on time, having a good work ethic and a positive attitude, doing more than expected, and more. .
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Transparent BPO
MARCH 23, 2022
Redundancy plan necessary to limit exposure By Scott Newman, CEO, Transparent BPO An innocent-sounding decision to help local businesses in the Philippines risks upending the BPO industry here. As with all government decisions, some background is helpful. During the height of the pandemic, the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) announced that business process outsourcing (BPO) […].
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HelpCrunch
MARCH 22, 2022
Could our predecessors even think of how customer communication would be today? You just click buttons, ask questions in a small chat window, and a robot answers all your requests. If it isn’t magic. All [ … ]. The post Ways a Chatbot and Customer Service Get Along [and Ways They Do Not] appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.
ShepHyken
MARCH 21, 2022
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. 15 Stats About Post-Covid Customer Service by Blake Morgan. (Forbes) As the pandemic starts to subside and the dust starts to settle, companies can move from survival mode to preparing for the future and adjusting to changes and trends in the post-Covid world.
PeopleMetrics
MARCH 25, 2022
Customer advisory boards (CABs) can be a powerful tool in your organization's arsenal. They can help you better guide your customer experience strategy , prepare for product launches, learn more about your audience—essentially any goal or initiative that would benefit from direct customer insight. But what are customer advisory boards? How do they work?
CustomerServ
MARCH 21, 2022
There is a great deal of debate about what metrics call centers should measure now, especially with COVID-19 and the accompanying shift to work-at-home agents , staffing shortages , and persistent supply chain issues straining customers’ patience.
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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
Bill Quiseng
MARCH 23, 2022
“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.” Samuel Johnson. In the 1980s TV police drama series, Sgt. Phil Esterhaus, portrayed by Michael Conrad, cautioned his officers at the end of roll call with “Let’s be careful out there” When I was GM at The Henry Dearborn-Autograph Collection, Dearborn, MI, one of our senior sales managers ended their daily morning stand-up meeting with “Let’s be safe out there” But I told them
CSM Magazine
MARCH 24, 2022
In retail, the customer is king. It is common knowledge that the retail industry thrives on positive customer interactions and feedback, so when reviewing the ways in which organizations can grow and remain competitive in their field, it is vital to craft plans that revolve around optimizing the customer experience. For retail business, the customer journey extends far beyond the initial sales engagement.
Spearline
MARCH 23, 2022
By utilizing WebRTC in your application you kept your customers happy by eliminating the need for them to download anything. Everything works in their web browser enabling them to use features such as video and chat quickly and easily. The peer-to-peer technology enables your customers to speak directly from one web browser to another; providing them with higher performance and lower latency.
The Northridge Group
MARCH 21, 2022
Authored by Daniel Fenton , Director, Enterprise Accounts and Molly Clark , Senior Director, Operational Analytics. It’s every Contact Center manager’s worst nightmare, the customer who repeatedly calls back because their issue has not been resolved to their satisfaction. When this problematic scenario begins playing out with an increasing number of customers, quick action is needed to prevent a crisis.
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.
Bill Quiseng
MARCH 24, 2022
“Customers perceive service in their own unique, idiosyncratic, emotional, irrational, end-of-the-day, and totally human terms. Perception is all there is!” Tom Peters. Customers are paying for their experience, not your product or service. They buy with emotion and justify that decision with reason. And customers seek the best emotional value for their experience, not your logical best price.
Totango
MARCH 25, 2022
Does this sound familiar to you? Your team sets out to map a new customer success workflow or process, but each person has a different way of doing it. You may prefer using sticky notes, while another team member likes slide decks and yet another prefers digital mapping tools. After you finally decide on which medium to use and manually map out your journey, then you each use a different tool to run campaigns and tasks. .
Fonolo
MARCH 24, 2022
While average call center attrition rates range between 30-45%, many businesses experience metrics as high as 90%. As call center leaders, you must be aware of attrition in your business strategy, and find ways to retain top call center agents. Before you can craft a strong retention strategy, you must first understand what causes call center attrition in your call center.
NobelBiz
MARCH 24, 2022
Keeping the customer's attention for 30' on a call might be crucial in an industry where the contact rate is one of the most important KPIs. And one of the most influential actions to do this is proper training and Richard's 30' technique. The post VIDEO & ARTICLE: The 30s Rule Technique appeared first on NobelBiz®.
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!
CSM Magazine
MARCH 22, 2022
The rise of automation in customer service has become more prominent within many industries. But along with the positives and time saving tasks it can provide, it can also prove to be a deterrent for its users. How many times have you needed to contact a company and struggled to find the correct department or even just a central phone number? Did you try to go though a chatbot to quickly find an answer to your question only to be directed to the FAQs, articles, or a customer forum?
VirtualPBX
MARCH 22, 2022
Voicemail Options Extravaganza. It is that time of year when warmer weather is around the corner, and human minds begin to think of simplifying or getting R&R. For businesses worldwide, the OOO protocol is an integral part of communications. Depending on your role within the company, from owner to customer service agent, having your voicemail options in place to keep things rolling is paramount.
ChurnZero
MARCH 22, 2022
Nowadays, marketers are hyper-aware of the importance of the customer journey and creating an intuitive user experience. In most cases, however, there are still plenty of opportunities to streamline the process and reduce customer friction. . Customer friction points are any obstacles that stand between the customer and what they want — think clunky checkout processes, complicated phone menus, or any steps that feel extra and unnecessary.
NobelBiz
MARCH 24, 2022
We asked Richard how he integrates rhetoric and phonetic delivery in his trainings and the methodology behind it that makes it unique. His answer made us take notes and came back for advice, listen here! The post VIDEO & ARTICLE: Rhetoric and Phonetic Delivery: The Secret Sauce of a Phone Call appeared first on NobelBiz®.
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.
Spearline
MARCH 21, 2022
Insights into global inbound voice trends and country-by-country performance At Spearline we believe that it is essential to understand connectivity and communication practices at a global level. Our unrivaled fixed-line and mobile coverage in 76 countries, combined with our cloud-based automated platform, allows us to conduct real test calls 24/7. These precisely reproduce and test the call experience for users all over the world.
Kapta Customer Success
MARCH 21, 2022
Key account managers can run into a wall for multiple different reasons when it comes to strengthening client relationships. But a lot of the problems boil down to a lack of consistent structure, no access to the right tools, and not having an organization-wide focus on excellent client experiences above all else.
ChurnZero
MARCH 25, 2022
Have you ever dealt with onboarding a new CSM to your team or having a tenured CSM leave your team — or both at once? It’s in these situations, you wish you could just hit pause until you sort it all out. But alas, time — and customer accounts — waits for no one. The show must go on. Figuring out how to shift around a CSM’s book of business is a delicate balancing act, and one of the most challenging Customer Success processes to get right.
NobelBiz
MARCH 23, 2022
Richard Blank, outsourcing industry leader and the CEO of Costa Rica's Call Center, joins our podcast for a brilliant episode on leadership, culture and much more! Tune in for a new story, one of many twists and turns, while Richard is taking us along his fascinating journey of building and leading one of the largest BPOs of Central America. The post Call Center Culture and The Secret Sauce of a Successful Phone Call, with Richard Blank appeared first on NobelBiz®.
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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.
Spearline
MARCH 22, 2022
You’ve probably heard of latency, jitter and telephone echo, but have you ever experienced the problem of packet loss? In this article we explain what is packet loss, what causes packet loss and how to recognize when it occurs. What is packet loss? Packet loss is when “packets” or pieces of data traveling across a network do not reach their end destination.
Nuance
MARCH 22, 2022
As I write this, I’m in Orlando, Florida, at the conclusion of the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Expo. It’s an important annual event for us, giving us the opportunity to unveil our latest AI-driven ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) innovations, and connect with the healthcare community. At the start of the conference, I took part [.] The post Unlocking the future of patient care with ambient clinical intelligence appeared first on What’s next.
Nicereply
MARCH 24, 2022
If you’ve just been fired from your job in Customer Support, don’t take time off. You have to get hired right away. The golden rule in Labor Economics is that people who are unemployed for a short period of time get re-hired significantly faster than those who are unemployed longer. In this article, we’ll help you increase your chances to get a job as a Customer Support Specialist , even if you’ve been recently fired.
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