The Call Center School
APRIL 16, 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic, contact centers are facing new challenges each day. Your customer volumes are fluctuating. Your agent availability may have decreased. If you’re new to at-home work, your team’s productivity may be waning. How do you adapt to these volatile times while still focusing on customer experience? One short answer: skill up.
Inbenta
APRIL 14, 2020
Why transform your customer journey? The customer journey refers to the entire path a prospect follows when interacting with you. Another definition of the customer journey could be the succession of stages from the moment a prospect identifies a need, up to the moment he becomes a customer of yours. Nowadays, digital technology plays an increasingly important role in the lives of consumers.
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Talkdesk
APRIL 14, 2020
Laying the foundation with the right infrastructure Contact centers are finding themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place. The healthcare sector, government sector and e-commerce business owners are seeing a spike in their inbound calls, but contact centers are traditionally staffed with dozens to thousands of agents working in the office.
ShepHyken
APRIL 15, 2020
The other day I was talking to my friend and fellow customer experience (CX) expert, Dan Gingiss. He shared how he’s seen businesses take something that is either really boring or very serious—or both—and make them entertaining. He gave a great example. In a legal agreement—like the agreements we accept online when we sign up for Spotify or Netflix—there is usually a lot of “fine print.
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Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 11, 2020
I don’t know if it’s age talking here, but it probably is. Life becomes a lot clearer as you go on. I am at the point where I feel comfortable telling you what I think. In this episode of The Intuitive Customer, I am going to tell you about seven mistakes organizations make while trying to gain growth in revenue or market share. The post 7 Mistakes Organizations Make When Trying To Gain Growth appeared first on CX Consulting.
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Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 16, 2020
Contact Center Pipeline’s AUTHOR WALL OF FAME Kathleen Peterson is Chief Vision Officer of PowerHouse Consulting, a renowned management consulting firm specializing in operationalizing the Customer Experience; our consultants are recognized experts in the design and implementation of Contact Center strategy and associated technologies. Area of Expertise: Contact center strategic visioning; working with executive leadership […].
ShepHyken
APRIL 14, 2020
Working Remotely in Times of Crisis. How to Stay Productive and Deliver Amazing Customer Experiences from Far Away. Shep Hyken interviews Daniel Ramsey, CEO of MyOutDesk. They discuss strategies for adapting to a remote workforce without sacrificing productivity, connection or the customer experience. Top Takeaways: These are strange and unprecedented times.
Steve DiGioia
APRIL 13, 2020
I never understood how some people keep a pot-bellied pig in their house as a pet. What’s wrong with a cat or dog? Or maybe some pretty fish, a hamster, or even a darn ferret. But a pig? Don’t get it. I never understood how the geniuses who thought it was ok to stop teaching cursive writing (it was called “script” when I was in school) figured today’s school kids would sign a contract later in life.
Callminer
APRIL 12, 2020
Here's everything you need to know about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and what it means to both collectors and debtors.
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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
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 14, 2020
When customers have questions for companies they do business with, they might get a set of FAQs to plow through. They might get an “I’ll get back to you” from a contact center agent. Or they might get a specific answer the first time around from the agent or self-service system. Such precision is the […].
ShepHyken
APRIL 17, 2020
This week we feature an article by Rakshit Hirapara , a content marketer at LoyaltyXpert. He shares different strategies businesses should implement during a world crisis in order to gain and retain customer loyalty. COVID 19 is proving to be like an earthquake. Its tremors are changing the World’s economy and the way you work and do business. As it is, India’s economy was in a downward spiral with growth touching 4.7% in 2019 and the Coronavirus impact could see growth crash to less than 2%.
Lumoa
APRIL 13, 2020
What is voice feedback? With modern technologies available today, such as speech-to-text and artificial intelligence it’s possible to automatically generate insights from calls. In this article, we'll explain what voice feedback is and how to generate customer insights from it.
Callminer
APRIL 13, 2020
Here's everything you need to know about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and what it means to both collectors and debtors.
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.
Contact Center Pipeline
APRIL 15, 2020
Numerous businesses rely on contact centers to field customer inquiries and manage customer service issues. Any disruption in network connectivity to these contact centers can lead to a loss of business and lost customer loyalty. Given that contact centers often support customers in stressful or frustrating situations, the need for high-quality service is even more […].
Serenova
APRIL 13, 2020
Now that your contact center agents are safely working from home, it’s time to focus on the business of managing and coaching to ensure productivity. Motivating agents and helping them stay productive is possible—and critical—during this crisis and for long-term success once it’s behind us. Keeping agents motivated to do well despite the stress and distractions of new routines, processes, challenges—and life—takes effort.
ProProfs Blog
APRIL 17, 2020
Businesses big and small are leveraging the power of holding live events to maximize brand value, drive revenue, and improve customer experience. Here’s what the numbers say: 80% of the businesses believe that live events are necessary to get a competitive edge, according to the latest report by Endless events. . According to the 2019 trends report by event tech company Bizzabo, events, at times, even score over content marketing, digital advertising and email marketing.
Tethr
APRIL 17, 2020
What a month! Or has it been two? While days have been blending together, the importance of providing a great customer experience has not diminished—in fact, it might be more important than ever. . The value of continuous learning in unprecedented times cannot be overstated. Leaders are jumping at the chance to discover the best ways to adapt to the hand we have been dealt.
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!
Alorica
APRIL 14, 2020
CARSON CITY, NV – The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) will open a new Unemployment Insurance (UI) call center tomorrow, April 15, 2020 to help assist claimants with general questions related to the unemployment insurance filing process. The agency is partnering with global customer service provider Alorica to manage the inquiries and anticipates that Alorica’s.
Calabrio
APRIL 16, 2020
With the spread of COVID-19, customer service teams are leaving traditional contact centers to work remotely and promote social distancing. Staying connected and responsive to customers under these circumstances can be challenging; access to a cloud-based contact center can be critical to resolving the new influx of cases and maintaining business continuity.
ProProfs Blog
APRIL 15, 2020
We were in a discussion at ProProfs about utilizing working hours productively, and that’s when one of the team members mentioned that he spends about 40% of his time checking and managing emails. This was actually alarming, as 40% is a significant amount of time. That’s when we realized that as an organization, we need to work on the overall email management skills if we want to boost productivity levels. .
Spearline
APRIL 14, 2020
Voice user interfaces, voice search, voice-based user experience, and more are transforming the world around us. Voice interaction is a major focal area for technology and process development and it’s all about making life easier. With voice interaction, the user or customer bypasses any need to read, type, or think, which are all requirements of typical screen and keyboard style interfaces.
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.
Fonolo
APRIL 14, 2020
At the moment, many call centers are faced with a torrent of unexpected demand. At Fonolo, we are watching our customers cope in real-time with this demand, with vary degrees of success. For our banking customers, demand is related to payment deferrals, emergency loans, etc. For our partners in the travel and hospitality sectors, it’s floods of cancellations and rescheduling.
Eptica
APRIL 15, 2020
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Author: Taoufik Massoussi - Product Manager & Head of AI The importance of listening to customers during COVID-19. Published on: April 15, 2020. Author: Taoufik Massoussi - Product Manager & Head of AI We are clearly going through an unprecedented time of change due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is disrupting all of our lives.
Playvox
APRIL 15, 2020
Remote work is anything but a novel concept. Businesses have been steadily moving toward a work from home model for years now. With the ever-shifting nature of our world right now, where remote work has accelerated during March and April of 2020, it will only become a more prevalent transition to keep remote teams socially close.
Spearline
APRIL 16, 2020
Businesses and enterprises, both big and small have had to adapt quickly to the current environment during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully through the success of digital transformation, companies now have a multitude of ways to adapt, survive and thrive further, with remote working currently the most beneficial. A useful strategy supported through the use of major technological breakthroughs such as cloud computing, cooperation, and enhanced communication tools, remote working has never
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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.
Fonolo
APRIL 15, 2020
There’s always a script — a basic list of questions or responses to customers who have issues. Managers and business owners spend countless hours analyzing data and/or speaking with customers to be able to produce at least that: a script. But how effective is it? Whether it’s for existing products or new features, there are times when you have to teach your employees new skills that will help them fulfill their responsibilities.
Lumoa
APRIL 13, 2020
”Calls may be recorded for training and monitoring purposes”. This is a common pre-recorded message that I think we have all heard once or twice when calling a customer service department. Some firms receive over 10 000 hours of calls per day and it would take several years for one person to listen to and transcribe those calls. Having a person listening to every call and transcribing them isn’t really an effective strategy.
Up Your Service
APRIL 13, 2020
We are pleased to announce that Uplifting Service: The Proven Path to Unleashing Unbelievable! has been named the World’s Top Customer Service Development Program in 2020 by the GlobalGurus.org. We sincerely thank all Uplifting Service Leaders and Champions, our own Uplifting Service team, and all supporters who made this happen. You bring this program to life around the world.
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