Contact Center Pipeline
AUGUST 7, 2019
Pew Research Center defines millennials as anyone born between the years 1981 and 1996 (ages 22 to 37 in 2018). Today more than one in three members of the American workforce are millennials, making them the largest generation in the U.S. workforce and the prime pool for current and prospective contact center agents. Because of […].
Ansafone
AUGUST 6, 2019
Call center scripts are a central component of employee training and evaluation programs in the contact center industry. When crafted correctly, these guided outlines support efficient call flows and standardize customer service experiences. They reduce employee onboarding and average handle times. They also boost first call resolutions, sales conversions and overall customer satisfaction scores.
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Kayako
AUGUST 7, 2019
Customers enjoy doing business with companies that are easy to work with. The Ubers and Amazons of the world are constantly setting the gold standard in terms of what customers should expect from businesses, making consumers very aware of what great customer experiences should look like. Ease of business is everything. Your strategy should aim to make it simple and easy for your customers to get to you, find what they’re looking for, make a purchase, and get the best onboarding and support possi
Etech GS
AUGUST 9, 2019
Proactive customer service is about foreseeing client needs and meeting them before they have to ask. This type of service is also aimed at increasing retention rates while boosting performance. Unfortunately, many companies do not employ proactive strategies. Instead, they flounder with reactive services, which means that they are always behind the curve when it comes to customer satisfaction.
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Transparent BPO
AUGUST 5, 2019
Interview with Robert Gofourth, Vice President, Operations Strategy & Performance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Providing better customer experiences should be every contact center’s number one concern. With customer satisfaction with contact centers in steady decline, according to the Contact Center Satisfaction Index 2019 , the need to improve CX is more critical now than ever.
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Beyond Philosophy
AUGUST 7, 2019
Why Some Friction is Good. We owe you an apology. Even though the lawyers say we shouldn’t say this, we feel we might have misled you on the subject of friction in your Customer Experience strategy. We have been telling you to make your experience as easy as possible, and you should. However, there is some merit to making things a little bit difficult in some cases.
Callminer
AUGUST 5, 2019
Choosing the right call center software is challenging. These expert tips and best practices will help choose the best software for your company’s needs.
Steve DiGioia
AUGUST 5, 2019
it's one of the reasons why consumers maintain loyalty Buffer, one of the industry-leading apps used to schedule and share content on social media, recently had a “bug” that affected 0.00599% of Buffer users (467 out of 7,800,000). A pretty small number if you asked me. So, what did they do? Well, first off, they fixed the bug and made changes to the login process that made signing-in more secure for all users, not just the 467 who were affected.
ShepHyken
AUGUST 9, 2019
This week we feature an article by Yogesh Chabria who shares an article about how customers want to be wowed and how you can turn your customers into fans. I often get asked how I focus on customer satisfaction with everything else that is going on? The truth is that your business is built to serve customers hence customer satisfaction is one of your primary goals.
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.
Beyond Philosophy
AUGUST 9, 2019
Are You Using the Right Measures? Measuring your progress for your Customer Experience strategy is an essential aspect to your program’s success. Not only will it show if your program is working to provide an excellent experience for your customers, but it also shows what customers really value, which can be an elusive thing to discover. In this episode of The Intuitive Customer, we discuss the importance of measuring Customer Experience correctly.
Callminer
AUGUST 6, 2019
There are a number of call center software solutions on the market, comprising more than half a dozen types of these tools. That’s not to mention the number of software tools that integrate with the various call center software solutions. With many potential combinations, picking the right call center tool software is no easy feat. In this guide, we’ll help you make more informed buying decisions by describing the various types of call center software, offering expert tips and guidance for choos
Myra Golden Media
AUGUST 5, 2019
Twelve years ago, I created a vision board. On it, I had a specific vehicle, a goal of annual family vacations, antique office furniture, a whole new backyard, including patio furniture, and a playground for my kids, and a few other coveted things. I manifested every image I tacked on my board. EVERYTHING. The success of my vision board is a lot like a project I’m working on with some of my clients.
ShepHyken
AUGUST 6, 2019
“Sense and Respond” Culture. Building a Culture of Creative Response to Customer Need. Shep Hyken interviews Jeff Gothelf. They discuss how companies must build a culture around listening and responding to customer need. The Interview with Jeff Gothelf: Do work that has an impact on your customers. Don’t measure your work based on completion; measure it based on growth and the positive impact you can have on those around you—especially your customers.
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!
Contact Center Pipeline
AUGUST 6, 2019
Are your contact center agents increasingly late for work or calling in sick? Are quality and productivity declining while error rates and customer complaints escalate? Do bad moods and negativity dominate the contact center? If this is happening, your culprit may be BURNOUT. Burnout is defined as “a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion […].
Joe Rawlinson
AUGUST 7, 2019
While smartphones and screens of various sizes permeate our lives, it can actually be detrimental to think that all of your business marketing needs to be digital. By relying entirely on social media and online search results, you’re limiting a huge potential to reach your consumers. Your company will need to invest in online marketing, however, every small business can benefit from strong offline promotions in order to grab the attention of potential customers.
GetFeedback
AUGUST 7, 2019
Get visibility into the onsite service experience and take immediate action to improve your field service operations. We’ve all experienced the dreaded four-hour window waiting for cable service installation. The appointment is set, the onsite technician is dispatched, but there’s no telling if or when he’ll arrive. Eventually he does, but it’s still a few more hours until the onsite service is complete.
Aspect
AUGUST 7, 2019
If you missed ACE 2019 last week you may have been suffering from some serious #FOMO (fear of missing out). In addition to amazing insight in our general sessions, the networking opportunities, the lobster tails—seriously, there were lobster tails—we had a new addition for breakout sessions. Debuting this year at ACE, the Aspect Master Program offered attendees the opportunity to become experts on solutions they use every day: forecasting Aspect® Workforce Management and design fundamentals for
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.
Contact Center Pipeline
AUGUST 8, 2019
Since the publication of my first article in Pipeline (“Don’t Ignore the Economics of Your Contact Center,” October 2018), I have tried to bring a new voice focused on those that we govern, and have been working explicitly to frame the reality of their existence to readers (generally managers and leaders) so that all could […].
Customer Experience Matters
AUGUST 5, 2019
Benchmarking #CX against competitors is a good activity, but it is overused. See 5 pieces of advice. The post Five Recommendations For De-Emphasizing Benchmarking appeared first on Experience Matters.
GetFeedback
AUGUST 5, 2019
Six years ago, GetFeedback started on a journey to give companies a better way to listen to their customers – through surveys. Since then we’ve continuously worked on making it easier and simpler for organizations to build better customer relationships. Our goal is to provide companies with a seamless way to marry feedback data and customer data, enabling them to take intelligent action at the right time and provide an exceptional customer experience.
Toister Performance Solutions
AUGUST 8, 2019
Advertising disclosure: We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Imagine you could develop a customer-focused culture. A culture so powerful that your employees always seem to do the right thing. They encourage each other, proactively solve problems, and constantly look for ways to go the extra mile.
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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
Calabrio
AUGUST 7, 2019
Anyone working in the contact center industry knows Customer Contact Week (CCW) to be the end-all, be-all event for customer experience, contact center and customer care professionals. That’s why we were thrilled to see Calabrio customer Idaho Central Credit Union (ICCU) named runner-up in the “Best in Class Contact Center, 100-199 seats” category in the 2019 CCW Excellence Awards, recently announced at the event in Las Vegas.
PeopleMetrics
AUGUST 7, 2019
For almost any initiative in business, the way to convince leadership to invest is to show them a return on investment (ROI). In turn, the best way to secure executive sponsorship in VoC is to demonstrate that improving the customer experience pays big returns. Start with the facts. If you are leading a customer experience (CX) team, begin by gathering statistics and public information about companies that have invested in the customer experience and seen a return on that investment.
Nicereply
AUGUST 6, 2019
Understanding how you are perceived – and how you can change that – is key to building trust as a leader. If you’ve ever felt like you aren’t being taken seriously, hoped for a more important title to seem “more like a leader” , or wondered why other people were always being considered for bigger projects, you might need to work on your leadership presence.
VirtualPBX
AUGUST 6, 2019
A staple of our Dash Business Phone System has received a major upgrade. Web Phone 2.0 is here and ready for use in your favorite WebRTC-capable browser. Our Dash customers can use Web Phone immediately by visiting the login page. Our vConsole customers can also upgrade their service to Dash to gain immediate access to our free, browser-based phone.
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
OctopusTech
AUGUST 3, 2019
Generating leads is one of the most vital functions of any business team. New leads are the life-blood of a company’s financial growth as it ensures a solid flow of new clients. New clients mean more growth for the company and all the stakeholders involved in it. These days businesses have so many different channels for lead generation. Some are tried and tested, others are more experimental but give good results.
SharpenCX
AUGUST 6, 2019
Raise your hand if you’ve ever mixed up a few popular terms because you didn’t know what they really mean. We’ve all been there. In our digital transformation research, we picked up on a few common terms companies often use. Read More. The post How to Decipher Between 3 Common Industry Terms: Distilling the Digital Trifecta to Inspire Your Contact Center’s Lasting Digital Strategy appeared first on Sharpen Contact Center Software.
Eptica
AUGUST 7, 2019
Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 Author: Taoufik Massoussi - Product Manager & Head of AI Why closing the loop is vital to Voice of the Customer success. Published on: August 07, 2019. Author: Taoufik Massoussi - Product Manager & Head of AI Gaining real value from your Voice of the Customer (VoC) program requires not just collecting insight, but ensuring that all relevant teams across the business have access to this intelligence, and can then act on it.
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