Callminer

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Read this blog for seven tips and best practices for improving CX in the contact center.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

An important goal of a good customer experience is to make the customer feel special. That special feeling can come in many different forms. I was reading an article about customer retention, and it prompted me to start a list of ways to make customers feel special, want to come back, and even want to share their experience with friends, family, and colleagues.

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If your contact center is like most, you probably have a robust set of guidelines that document your procedures, detail your standards, and outline how employees should handle various situations. But one thing many contact centers are missing is a remote work company policy. In our 2022 remote work study , we found that nearly all the respondents were offering hybrid or remote work arrangements, but only 34% had a policy in place to govern it.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Working to manage a call center has many moving parts and can often create a feeling of drinking from a firehose for those who are newer to a managerial role. Perhaps you’re already in call center management or an agent aspiring to work your way up and are seeking to learn more about what all is involved. Regardless of your role and level of current understanding, we’ve built this page to help equip you with all of the information you need to know in a simple and straightforward form

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Speaker: Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor at Medallia

Join Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor, in this new webinar that will focus on: Understanding CX Orchestration Fundamentals: Gain a solid understanding of what CX orchestration is, its significance in the customer experience landscape, and how it plays a crucial role in shaping customer journeys. This includes the key concepts, strategies, and best practices involved in CX orchestration. 🔑 Connection to Customer Journey Maps: How to effectively integrate customer journey mapping into the

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Chatbots have steadily grown in popularity to become a key component of customer service today. With an AI chatbot in place, organizations can resolve as much as 91% of chats without involving a human agent. With a bot handling most chats, this means organizations can increase support capacity without growing team size, while also delivering 4/7 availability to their customers.

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Cyara

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We've all been there. You're stressed out from work, whether it’s working from home or at the office, school, caring for a family member -and everything else life is throwing at you these days - you can't think straight! But still, you push on without taking time to really understand how this is affecting you. Maybe you hope that once you complete the next project and cross that daunting thing off on your to-do list the stress will go down.

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Blueship Call Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The streamlined product sales will be ensured by outsourcing order taking process to a contact center provider, allowing your firm to concentrate on marketing the product and expanding the brand/business. Order-taking contact centers are tailored for order-taking answering services to enhance the up selling of the items. However, a word of caution should be heeded while searching for a contact center to whom you may subcontract your phone order-taking services: only skilled and qualified live op

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Over the years, customer success manager roles have expanded to include many different responsibilities. Bridging the gap between customers and a product team is critical, from managing customer implementations to ongoing account maintenance. But customer satisfaction is another side to the CSM role that has become increasingly important over the last few years.

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Helpware

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Customers are the greatest, most indispensable aspect of any company. It doesn’t matter how big you are or how promising your product is—without them, you cease to exist. So, you must understand your customers, their needs and desires, as well as their decision-making processes to optimally cater to them. All of this begins with crafting a customer journey map.

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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.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Serve and Sell Your Customers with An Amazing Digital CX. Creating the Digital Experience That Builds Trust with Your Customers. Shep Hyken interviews Tim Hughes, co-Founder and CEO of DLA Ignite , and co-author of Social Selling: Techniques to Influence Buyers and Changemakers. He shares how organizations can establish a strong digital brand identity, share knowledge, and create lasting relationships with their customers through social media platforms.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced and accessible, it is essential to employ both human service and automation in the contact center. Read on for steps to balance your CX approach.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Neither of us is much of a runner. In fact, to get us to run with any kind of speed would require some motivation—like a tiger chasing us. That’s because fear is a powerful motivator. Fear is also a powerful tool for marketers to get customers or potential customers to care about something. So, why does fear motivate us so much? Safety is an important value for all of us.

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CCNG

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Many Contact Centers use metrics of averages to base decisions, i.e.: Average handle time (AHT) Average cost-per-contact (ACC) Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Averages have their place in management decision-making, but they cannot be overly relied upon. From the Harvard Business Review article, The Flaw of Averages : Consider the case of the statistician who drowns while fording a river that he calculates is, on average, three feet deep.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Baphira Wahlang Shylla, a digital marketer at Knowmax , a SaaS company that provides knowledge management solutions for various industries that are seeking to improve their customer service metrics. She shares how BPOs can enhance your customer experience. With rapidly evolving technology in today’s digital age, the BPO industry is bombarded with opportunities to improve customer experience (CX) in ways unthinkable a few decades earlier.

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HelpCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Learning is crucial to our very existence. Just like our bodies require food to nourish, our minds need information and continued learning to stay nutrient. That is why, even when we become more experienced, we [ … ]. The post 14 Best Customer Service Blogs to Follow in 2022 appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fear is a powerful motivator for what we do. It is also a powerful tool for marketing. So, with Halloween coming up, we decided we would dive deeper into why this is and why it works to get people to do things. Some of the reasons might, well, scare you. Okay, they probably won’t scare you but will surprise you. See, we were tricking you. Wasn’t that a treat?

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Whatever the size of your contact center, there will likely come a time when you notice your numbers slipping and employees losing steam while their productivity fizzles. In a world still managing pandemic burnout and fears around health and safety, it’s easy for processes to become disjointed and for management to stop pushing for growth. Sounds like a good time to shake things up!

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Transparent BPO

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Manage expectations after moving a domestic contact center The time has come – you’ve grown to the point that it’s time to outsource your contact center. The fate of your brand is now in the hands of contact center agents thousands of miles away. And your customers’ satisfaction rides on the ability of agents in […]. The post Switching Gears: Moving Your Contact Center Nearshore/Offshore appeared first on Transparent BPO.

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HelpCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Quite a story occurred to me the other day. I wanted to order a power bank from an online store and went over the whole Internet with a fine-tooth comb. The one that I needed [ … ]. The post Omnichannel Support: The What and How Behind It appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Recently, Lumoa held a webinar where customer experience (CX) experts talked about the role of customer experience in the telecoms industry entering 2023. In this live panel discussion, experts in the field discussed the challenges telcos are facing, the importance of integrating a CX Strategy into a business, and more. This blog will share some of the highlights of the webinar.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With sweeping layoffs, forecast misses, and budget cuts in the news, there’s one question running through the mind of every Customer Success leader right now: What can I do to prepare my department for the impacts of the economic downturn? To get a CEO’s perspective on the matter, ChurnZero’s You Mon Tsang joined ESG for a special CEO panel on “ The economy and Customer Success: The impact and what to do about it ,” with ‘nuffsaid’s Chris Hicken and Kapta’s Alex Raymond.

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Speaker: Dave Seaton, CEO of Seaton CX

Is Customer Journey Mapping a tired fad from 2013? Or a critical tool for sparking customer-centric change? 💥 The answer lies not in the map itself, but in the mapping process. When crafted with precision and insight, journey maps emerge as powerful catalysts, transforming customer experiences and steering businesses towards profitable growth.

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Call Experts

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

An HVAC call answering for your business is an excellent way to improve efficiency and reduce churn. Answering phone calls can save your employees’ time and stop them from providing services in the field, which can cost you real money. 70% of the customer’s journey is based on how the customer feels they are being treated. An answering service can handle customer calls right away, ensuring they are answered promptly and professionally, so your team can focus on responding to service

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HelpCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Despite the variety of communication channels that are available today, customers still prefer email to all other technologies. In fact, two in every three people consider email the easiest way to reach out to businesses. [ … ]. The post How to Provide Top Customer Service with a Shared Inbox? appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Lumoa Product News for November 2022 Conversational Analytics now ignores “junk” Did you know you can put entire conversations into Lumoa, such as those that happen in support emails, chat threads, or phone calls? Then, Lumoa can analyze that conversation to give you key highlights: Deep issue analysis – Lumoa can tell you what the most common issue is among all conversations Advanced AI – Lumoa will ignore non relevant parts of the conversation, such as “hell

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delighted

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This is a guest contribution post by Christopher Beck, Senior Product Manager at GoodRX. If you want to create a great product that your customers will love (and continue to buy), you first need a great product roadmap. It’s the playbook that answers how decisions should be made, which stakeholders need to be involved, and what happens next as you build your product.

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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.

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Ambs Call Center

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

JACKSON, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES, November 1, 2022 / EINPresswire.com / -- Ambs Call Center is an award-winning call center company that has been in business since 1932. It is a unique example of a mission-driven company that has stuck to its values through decades of fluctuating market conditions, only to emerge as a frontrunner in high-tech communication for businesses of all sizes.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Consumers are increasingly seeking a human connection in their interactions with brands, according to Qualtrics 2023 Global Consumer Trends Report. In fact, talking to a helpful, empathetic service agent matters more to customers than having a short wait time. Qualtrics XM Institute surveyed more than 33,000 consumers across 29 countries to understand what is driving the current consumer mindset as the economy pushes people to make tough decisions on where and how they spend their money.

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TCN

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 1, 2022 – TCN, Inc., a global provider of a. The post TCN Named a 2022 Top Workplace by The Salt Lake Tribune for the Second Year in a Row appeared first on TCN.

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