Calabrio

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

You can read the full post on the Waterfield blog, and register for an upcoming webinar featuring Calabrio’s Dave Hoekstra on September 15th. This is the new frontier of the workplace and with it, new challenges. When all your employees go virtual overnight, how do you keep your finger on the pulse of productivity?

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the heart of the city stood a bustling contact center, a hub of endless calls and queries. This was where Alex, a visionary contact center manager, worked tirelessly to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction. The scheduling virtual agent became the tireless, 24/7 worker that made this possible.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides an unprecedented opportunity to revolutionize the call center experience for the 59% of your customers who prefer telephone communication. Conversational AI helps them out of what seems to be an endless cycle of button pressing and voice prompts to connect them immediately with a virtual agent.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 15, 2023

However, they will have a more challenging time infiltrating your emotional connection with your customers. Unfortunately, people often form codependent or dysfunctional relationships with brands. To help yours be more beneficial than not, we have five rules about how to build strong brand relationships with your customers. Adventuresome?

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Asking Alexa to play your favorite podcast and have her quickly play it for you is made possible by the same type of technology that allows contact centers across the world to automate voice conversations. Conversational AI is making the contact center and customer service industries better than ever.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 2, 2024

At the core of this modern transformation lie Enterprise Contact Center Solutions , sophisticated platforms designed to streamline communication, enhance productivity, and drive customer satisfaction. They serve as centralized hubs for managing multichannel interactions, voice calls, emails, chats, social media, and more.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When used in business, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) supports overall call center operations by providing self-service options, 24/7 availability, and real-time data and analytics – while lowering costs and increasing profits. Any innovation can have its technical challenges, solutions, and implementation headaches.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call center optimization is a strategic approach that focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of call center operations. This article delves into the essential aspects of call center optimization, including the tools and best practices that can drive performance improvements.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The healthcare landscape underwent a profound transformation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, reshaping the traditional roles of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems and contact centers. In some cases, call volumes surged by over 600% compared to typical levels.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

As companies embrace the digitization of customer support, the new standard is much more than a phone conversation with a call center representative or a visit from a field agent. With a career spanning over 20 years, Eric has an extensive amount of experience in Contact Center and 3rd party and onshore vendor management.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

7 Key Indicators Your MSP Call Center Needs a Revolutionary Shift For Managed Service Providers (MSPs), a call center is extremely crucial. More often than not, the call center operations of several MSPs lack the necessary resources and sophistication that can take customer service to the next level.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

As we look towards 2024, the world of customer self-service is at a crossroads, with new challenges and opportunities on the horizon. The Evolution of Customer Self-Service Customer self-service has come a long way since the days of waiting on hold for assistance from traditional call centers. Or is it something else?”

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Callminer

JULY 22, 2018

When it comes to business process outsourcing (BPO), the virtual assistant market is predicted to reach $3 billion by the year 2020. challenges can include how to effectively manage and support customer service agents staffed all over the world. It is one of the strongest expansion levels of any outsourcing market sub-segment.

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

The primary goal of contact center businesses revolves around improving customer experience. Empowering your contact center business with automated solutions can take your customer interactions to new heights of success. What is Contact Center Automation? Here are some advanced contact center automation tools used today: 1.

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TeleDirect

OCTOBER 25, 2023

AI call center technology, however, has made significant inroads into the industry. While, in our opinion, it can never replace live agents, call center AI offers remarkable advancements that can transform the experience for customers and business owners. You may wonder what that has to do with a call center.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Conversational chatbots are one of the top market disruptors in call center automation. Beginning in 2017, the use of chat bots in call centers grew in popularity and became widely utilized. In fact, many businesses have seen this firsthand: call numbers drop temporarily before rising to pre-chatbot levels or greater.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Data from ICMI also reveals that 76% of call center professionals believe bilingual support improves the customer experience, brand loyalty, and customer satisfaction. But what mix of live agents versus AI is best for your business?

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CX Global Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Change is hard, especially in the contact center industry. The humor of this eye-opener is that those of us in the contact center profession are supposed to be in the business of helping meet the needs of our ever-changing customer expectations. few rated as exceptional contact center leaders are embracing the change.

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JustCall

APRIL 3, 2024

A surge in call volume is always good news for your business. But, it also leads to chaotic calls and handling long call queues for customer support and sales teams. So, how do you manage call surges during unanticipated high-traffic periods? Let’s explore the top 10 tips high call volume call centers could use.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 26, 2024

While there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to address all operational and customer-related challenges for businesses, Customer Experience Automation (CXA) has emerged as a compelling strategy for a lot of businesses these days. This powerful tool serves as the cornerstone, revolutionizing the way your contact center operates.

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Expivia

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Key Features: Advanced data analysis for real-time insights Predictive modeling to anticipate customer needs Customizable dashboards for a holistic view of service performance Autopilot: The Next-Gen Virtual Agent Autopilot introduces a level of automation and learning capability that redefines the role of virtual agents in customer service.

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Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Call centers , in particular, represent just one facet of a large and varied international outsourcing industry. However, the world’s call centers are arguably the most public examples of companies’ outsourcing efforts, facing customer directly in one-on-one interactions. Call Center Workforce Statistics.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

To address and overcome this challenge, many companies have started embracing Unified Customer Experience Management (Unified CXM). The challenge lies in tracking interactions across these diverse channels. Challenge Keeping track of thousands of interactions across diverse channels.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 9, 2022

68% of shoppers want virtual try on tools for clothes and makeup. These outcomes, both positive and negative, occur by chance because the customer is not at the center of that decision, overhead is. Many organizations bust their backs trying to deliver excellent Customer Service. What’s the human thing behind it?

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SmartAction

APRIL 20, 2022

These two words are enough to make any call center manager cringe these days. With such bleak odds, what are call center leaders to do to retain workers in such a competitive, candidate-driven market? Many call types can also be automated in their entirety , freeing up agents to focus on higher-value work. “The

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 31, 2023

As 2023 unfolds, a key theme for contact center leaders to watch is reinforcing the connection between customer experience (CX) and agent experience (AX). CX must always remain the primary focus for the contact center –this recent blog post identified two 2023 trends that will have a major impact on CX.

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TeleDirect

JULY 25, 2022

So we’re here to explain why you need a virtual assistant to help streamline your customer service and increase sales! Not sure if a virtual receptionist is right for your business and industry? If you like what you see, get in touch with the TeleDirect team by calling (800) 776-1081 today. What Does a Virtual Receptionist Do?

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Spearline

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Caller ID in the contact centre If calls go straight to your center, or if your agents contact customers across international networks, accurate presentation of CLI (calling line identification) is essential. What happens when your customer calls you, but there is no call-back number?

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SmartAction

APRIL 1, 2021

Whether it’s reporting an outage or making a payment, customers want the least amount of interaction friction, and in the past, calling into a customer service line has been anything but. AI-powered virtual agents have come a long way since the days of “Press 1 for billing. you streamline the process and cut down on call handle time.

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JustCall

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Are long customer wait times becoming a challenge for you in your contact center? In this blog, we’re going to show you how to quickly tackle this issue by implementing an Interactive Menu in your IVR system. Looking for a straightforward solution to reduce wait times and improve customer satisfaction?

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Uniphore

AUGUST 12, 2021

Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant—virtual assistants have transformed how we interact with technology and what we expect from it. The same holds true in the contact center. Multimodal Virtual Agents allow customers to tap, text and talk to get more done , with little effort. What Alexa's Smart Display Can Teach Your Call Center.

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Hodusoft

JANUARY 17, 2024

Revolutionizing Customer Engagement: The Power of UCaaS Contact Center Software The term ‘UCaaS’ has been in the modern telephony lexicon for quite some time now. With the launch of the telephone, switchboards became the standard tools for routing calls. Using it, they not only can make normal phone calls but a wide range of things.

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OctopusTech

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

This is where call center outsourcing plays a major role. Do you know that call center outsourcing services are one of the top choices of developing countries like Europe and America? The dedicated call centers handle day-to-day customer queries such as solving credit card issues, checkout process problems, and many more.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 1, 2020

In my previous blog , I stressed the importance of using cloud technology to quickly move call center agents to a safe, work-at-home environment, to continue support for their customers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. With a modern cloud contact center solution like Talkdesk ®, agent capacity is uncapped.

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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. Types of Call Center Software. Be mindful of integrations.

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Spearline

OCTOBER 13, 2021

AI adoption in contact centers – virtual agents The voice-bot is emerging as an attractive conversational-user-interface which offers accessible and comfortable user interaction. Contact center teams are enthusiastically rolling out virtual agents. In the U.S. The idea of voice-assistants, surprisingly, is not new.

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Blueship Call Center

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The call center sector has seen a significant transition in the commercial world. Call centers began as internal divisions devoted to sales and customer service. The use of call center outsourcing techniques increased corporate productivity in the latter half of the 20th century.

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