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Customer Experience (CX) Metrics in the Contact Center - Squelch
Giorgina Gottlieb
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
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Managing Different Personalities in the Contact Center: The Platinum Rule
Contact Center Pipeline
JUNE 26, 2019
Early in my management career, I followed the Golden Rule: Treat others as I would want to be treated. I believed that if I treated everyone the way I would want to be treated, it meant I was a great manager. Yet, I had significant conflicts with some members of my team. Often, I felt […].
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A Tale of Two (Well, Three) Customer Experiences: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Call Center Weekly
MARCH 19, 2019
By Erica Marois Two years ago, after an 18-month stint as Connecticut residents, my husband and I boxed up our belongings and made the journey back down south, landing in Richmond, VA. Unlike our move to Connecticut, we hit the road with significantly fewer belongings.
The Critical Skills that All Customer-Facing Teams Must Have
Beyond Philosophy
AUGUST 1, 2019
When I created Beyond Philosophy, I chose the name for a reason. I believe it is crucial to do more than discuss your theories about Customer Experience strategy.
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10 Tips for Retaining Your Best Agents
Talkdesk
JUNE 14, 2019
Hire Right for the Role. When it comes to retaining your agents, you need to first make sure that the call center talent you hire is the right fit for the role, equipped with the right skills, experience, personality and temperament. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
After Call Work – Why it Matters and How to Ensure it’s Done Right
TechSee
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
After call work (ACW) refers to the tasks completed by a customer service agent once the call with the customer has been completed.
Robocalls’ Impact on the Digital Contact Center
Taylor Reach Group
JULY 17, 2019
By JD Fairweather. Hello! Please, don’t hang up. This is an important message from …” Click. Click. Actually, that clicking sound referenced in the opening sentence is an exaggeration as phones no longer “click” when you hang them up.
Building a CX Dashboard
CX Accelerator
AUGUST 19, 2019
If you’re running a CX program, you need a way of communicating your progress to your superiors and the broader organisation. We are all guilty of not communicating enough on occasion.so
How to Create an Exceptional Customer Experience
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5 Best Practices for Handling Difficult Customers
ProProfs Blog
JANUARY 31, 2019
Generating new business and growing your company is surely a tough task. Winning new business and then providing world-class customer service is surely not without its ups and downs.
Customer Experience Management: Designing Better CX from the Top-Down
Relay Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Who’s responsible for creating amazing customer experiences? Marketing and sales? Or is it the support. The post Customer Experience Management: Designing Better CX from the Top-Down appeared first on Relay. Support Customer Experience customer journey metrics strategies
How AI Can Help
Speaker: Roy Atkinson, Senior Writer Analyst, HDI and ICMI
Workforce Engagement Management has many “moving parts” including onboarding, forecasting, Quality Management, employee recognition, coaching and more. Contact Center managers spend a great deal of their time performing tasks related to engagement, and often don’t have the requisite time to properly prioritize and monitor progress. In addition, the complexity of the work performed in the Contact Center has increased, as customer contacts span many channels. This complexity is currently at a stage where emerging technologies such as AI and Machine Learning can have substantial impact and real ROI.
Phone Etiquette 101: Essential Rules, Dos, Don’ts, and Tips
CrazyCall
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Think of how you answer each of the calls you receive. When it’s your mom calling, you probably start with something like “Hey mom, how are you doing?”. If it’s your mate, most likely you answer with “Yo, dawg! What’s up?”.
How to Recruit and Retain Contact Center Talent
Pam Plyler
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Ensure your contact center is equipped with the right recruiting, screening, and training processes to boost call center strategies with these three tips
Customer Service: It’s the Little Things That Matter
CSM Magazine
MAY 1, 2019
It is often the small details that customers notice and remember more than the product they purchased. Pay attention to the little things and your customers will love you even more. The dinner meeting is off to a good start. You reserved the executive meeting room in your restaurant on your property.
Straight Talk about Security, Compliance and Reliability in Cloud Communications
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The risk is real - every organization recognizes the consequences of inadequate security, compliance and reliability in communications systems. Data breaches make headlines and privacy violations put companies at legal risk, not to mention the very real revenue costs of downtime. In this report, 8x8 shares how they secure data across every step of their communications system - and how you can easily comply with tightening regulations.
How Call Center Services are Helpful for Small Businesses?
OctopusTech
MAY 19, 2019
Customers are the most focused trait for any small business. But it may be difficult for a tiny business to answering the phone calls while handling day to day office operations. On the same note, answering calls is important as with poor customer services there are more chances to lose business.
15 Customer Service Psychology Tips to Master. Let’s Go!
Nextiva
JUNE 14, 2019
Customer service is much more than a purchase and an exchange of pleasantries. What makes or breaks a relationship is the customer service psychology in play there. When you understand the psychology is when you achieve customer satisfaction.
Customer Service May Not Be Your First Priority, and That’s Okay
ShepHyken
AUGUST 7, 2019
Tony Hsieh is the CEO of the online shoe and clothing company, Zappos. The company’s reputation for amazing customer service is almost a cliché in the customer service world. Zappos stories have become customer service legends.
The Fastest Way to De-escalate Is To Use Your Customer’s Last 3 Words
Myra Golden Media
JANUARY 23, 2019
When you have an enraged customer on the phone or in front of you, nothing threads the needle like mirroring the customer’s words. Copying the customer’s angry expressions makes the customer feel heard and understood.
Transforming Customer Care with AI
Speaker: Laura Bassett, Senior Director Product Marketing, NICE inContact
Gartner predicts that by 2020, 85 percent of customer relationships will be managed without human interaction. We are well on our way and may even hit 90% by next year. With the increase in artificial intelligence tools we see in the marketplace, it’s important to understand how AI is transforming our contact centers. Join our live education session, backed by new independent studies to learn more about: AI: The basics. Why does my contact center need to adopt AI now? Introducing AI in your contact center: where and when. The effect on the Customer Experience. Successful implementation of AI support in your center. Recommendations for your AI superpower pack.
Declaring Victory in the War on Contact Center Agent Performance
Call Center Coach
JANUARY 15, 2019
Some wars seem to rage on forever. Whether you’re fighting the battle to stop eating that dessert you love that’s bad for you, or you continuously battle a war with contact center agent performance, it’s time for you to enjoy the sweet taste of victory.
When It Comes To CX, Sweat The Small Stuff
Beyond Philosophy
MAY 9, 2019
In our customer experience consultancy, clients tell us customers make decisions based on price or features. However, in our research, we never find price or features are the most important things.
Contact Center Executive Outlook on 2020 and Beyond
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Across industries, research reports are predicting that businesses can expect more change in the next five years than in the last 50.
What is Employee Experience? Definition & Best Practices
Callminer
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Most business invest time, effort and scrutiny on the customer experience. However, its internal equivalent – the employee experience – receives far less attention than it deserves in many organizations.
4 Ways AI-powered Virtual Agents Automate the Contact Center
Speaker: Tom Lewis, CEO of SmartAction
Most contact centers have an over-reliance on live agents for even the most rudimentary and repetitive call types. Hear examples from AAA, MGM Resorts, Hyundai, and Office Depot on how they are leveraging the power of conversational AI through cloud-based virtual agents to automate the call and chat types handled by live agents.
All About the Feels? Why Emotion Plays a Critical Role in CX Success
Call Center Weekly
MARCH 28, 2019
By Cohan Daley “Feel the feels”, “all about the feels”. Whether you love it or hate it, this phrase highlights a key point about digital communication.
How to provide an effortless customer experience
TechSee
JULY 18, 2019
Imagine this scenario: It’s Amazon Prime Day and you’re thrilled to have snagged the limited-edition wireless streaming stereo system you’ve had your eye on. When it arrives, you open the box and see… a whole load of parts.
Top Themes from Think 2019
Peter Lavers
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
What were the key themes coming out of my coverage of February’s IBM’s showcase global conference Think 2019 in San Francisco? I was delighted to be invited by IBM Watson to Think 2019 in my role as an IBM Futurist.
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