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Infographic: For horror, press 1: The IVR that ate CX

Vonage

The writing is on the wall regarding CX – but most businesses are saddled with the Contact Center that Time Forgot. AI is the top trend among CIOs in 2019, and 80 percent of organizations want to use chatbots by 2020, according to Gartner – even as customers clamor for more human contact.

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How COVID Has Shifted the Contact Center RFP Timeline

BlueOcean

Outsourcing your contact center might be one of those decisions. We’ll address how the contact center RFP timeline has evolved since COVID turned things upside down. The Post-COVID Contact Center RFP Timeline. We’ve been involved in a few virtual site visits since March of 2020.

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5 Things to Consider Before You Go to RFP in 2022

BlueOcean

Most contact centers evolved to be able to deliver effective, scalable work-at-home models over the past two years, which begs the question: does location still matter? At the very least, you should consider how cost-effectiveness, business continuity, and the local talent market intersect in your contact center location strategy.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of July 13, 2020

ShepHyken

16 Statistics on Why Omnichannel is the Future of Your Contact Center and the Foundation for a Top-Notch Competitive Customer Experience by Laura Krajewski. Nuxiba) This infographic shares advice to give your customer the best experience in your call or contact center. Importance of Customer Experience by Nuxiba.

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Roundup: Top 10 Content Pieces of 2019

Comm100

Keep an eye out for the 2020 Live Chat Benchmark Report coming out in January or subscribe and be the first to get it. We predict 2020 will see even more interest and adoption of bots! Customer-facing chatbots aren’t the only way to use AI in the contact center. Webinar: AI and Bots: Are you ready?

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2019 in Review: Conversational AI and Customer Experience Trends

Interactions

Voice search is up–50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020, per comScore. More and more companies are recognizing the importance in cultivating customer relationships and trust throughout the customer journey, including providing services through the contact center. Lisa Michaud, Senior Product Manager.

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AI bringing efficiency, convenience and better decision-making to Customer Service

TechSee

Fueled by more than 300% growth in AI investments, these technologies have delivered cost reductions of $68 billion , enhanced CX with 85% of customer interactions expected to be through robots by 2020 , and increased agent productivity with 80% of executives reporting that they believe that AI will improve employee performance going forward.