NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

If you’ve manage an aging contact center, then you’ve probably identified several inefficiencies which limit your success. Maybe its call volumes that exceed contact center capacity. When you transform contact center inefficiencies into proficiencies you are transforming money “wasted” into money saved.

Contact Center 121

Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 121

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contact centers are always looking for ways to reduce costs. This is particularly true during periods of uncertainty and economic downturn, when call center cost savings contribute to business continuity. The Best Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies. Time – help agents resolve customers’ issue faster.

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Call Center Self Service Strategy Contact Center 196

TechSee

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The traditional contact center – with agents in cubicles following scripts and rushing to meet individual KPIs – will soon be a thing of the past. Agent collaboration also enables a higher First Contact Resolution (FCR) rate by eliminating time-consuming escalations. What’s the climate of your contact center?

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Contact Center Culture Self Service Average Handle Time 117

TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

Today’s contact centers face a daunting challenge. And with 51% of Americans now preferring to shop online, the pressure on customer support operations is about to increase exponentially. Computer Vision AI – Reinventing the Contact Center. However, most of these innovations revolve around language. Image to text.

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Contact Center Self Service Video Average Handle Time 174

Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you’re a contact center professional, you’re probably feeling the pain of agent staffing shortages. This difficulty includes finding contact center agents. There are creative measures every call center can take to address agent staffing shortages. Higher queue times. Don’t despair.

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Contact Center Self Service Management Abandon Rate 73

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

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Contact Center Virtual Agent Net Promoter Score Self Service 120

Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

While it’s hard to argue against the importance of delivering great CX, it’s also all too easy to assume that the experiences your contact center delivers are up to par simply because you are handling interactions efficiently. Until you start measuring customer experience , you could easily be falling behind the competition.

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Contact Center Measurement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 88

TechSee

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Contact centers are perfectly placed to predict imminent customer queries. They’re already armed with a wealth of data about the actions customers have or haven’t taken along their journeys and the issues that are likely to arise in the near future. Improve self-service options. Next Issue Avoidance.

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Contact Center Self Service Effort Score Average Handle Time 84

TechSee

JUNE 11, 2019

For years, companies have battled to strike the right balance between customer service KPIs. For example, heavy emphasis on low AHT would often negatively impact customer satisfaction. It enhances all customer service KPIs, including those measuring contact center productivity and CX quality.

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Self Service Technology Customer Service Contact Center 117

Uniphore

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Contact centers are the main touchpoints with members, greatly impacting overall member satisfaction. In fact, more than four out of ten members (43%) report that they prefer the call center as the primary channel for communicating about their health plan. What’s the key to driving improved customer satisfaction?

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Self Service Healthcare Contact Center Effort Score 130

NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

The Need for Hyper Efficiency in Call Centers As a call center operations manager, you need to stay on top of the latest trends in hyper efficiency to ensure that your organization is successful. Today, hyper efficiency is no longer a luxury but a necessity for call centers looking to thrive and outperform their competition.

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Contact Center Call Center Management Gamification 52

TechSee

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The contact center agent’s job is getting harder. The ongoing shift to self-service has brought about many positive changes to the customer service field. Call volumes in many contact centers are down along with the cost to serve. Seven types of successful contact center agents.

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Call Center Self Service Contact Center Effort Score 124

Think Customers

JANUARY 18, 2022

Customer service interactions can quickly evolve, requiring different channels and tools. Leading contact centers understand that each person and tool has its strengths and weaknesses, and create a better customer experience when combined appropriately. What is a contact center associate?

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Contact Center Chatbots Self Service Average Handle Time 52

eGain Blogs

APRIL 10, 2023

They are all focused on the customer service function but if also leveraged by other business functions, KM can help reduce costs across the entire enterprise! Call deflection Self-service helps deflect incoming calls and requests for human-assisted digital customer service (e.g.,

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Self Service Management Contact Center Average Handle Time 52

Natalie Petouhof

APRIL 7, 2016

Customer self-service is one of the key capabilities of any company that actually cares about their customers. Companies contemplating a self-service customer care solution to support digital customer experiences should consider the following five steps: 1. Tweet It’s just not true.

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Self Service Customer Journeys Average Handle Time Government 40

TechSee

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Contact center attrition rates are notoriously high. According to research conducted by The Quality Assurance & Training Connection (QATC), the average annual turnover rate for agents in US contact centers ranges between 30 and 45 percent, which is more than double the average for all occupations.

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Knowledge Base Contact Center Customer Service Self Service 109

Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Tweet AI and customer service; it’s a hot topic! But when I talk to customers, they say, “ I get there’s something to AI and customer service, but how do I deliver business results and value with AI? ” Increase First Contact Resolution (FCR). Reduce Average Handle Time (AHT). The result?

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Self Service Customer Service Average Handle Time CRM 89

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call4You Marketing implemented NobelBiz Omni+, an advanced, full-featured cloud contact center solution equipped with an impressive stack of options and features that can be easily integrated, customized, and optimized to any contact center use case. RELATED ARTICLE What is IVR?

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Call Center Tools Contact Center Net Promoter Score 105

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Data keeps beaming in in confirmation of a fact: the digital contact center is here. Email, chat, social media, self-service: everything is going up. Voice is changing – average handle time is going up and calls are becoming more complex. Interesting, isn’t it? A new report from J.D.

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Call Center Self Service Average Handle Time Social Media 52

UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Contact centers have more in common with sports teams than you might think. And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Or you can set them up as specialized agents to handle very specific, nuanced tasks and inquiries.

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Virtual Agent Customer Service Self Service Average Handle Time 72

UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Contact centers have more in common with sports teams than you might think. And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Or you can set them up as specialized agents to handle very specific, nuanced tasks and inquiries.

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Virtual Agent Customer Service Self Service Average Handle Time 72

Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

According to Forbes, poor customer service is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. By Stephanie Ventura.

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Contact Center Customer Journeys Self Service How To 40

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Great companies are regularly assessing the ongoing value of their partnerships – but how do you measure the true value your contact center outsourcer is delivering? Whether it’s your own culture that shifts over time or that of your outsourcer, keeping a pulse on cultural alignment in your outsourced contact center is essential.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Contact Center Effort Score Net Promoter Score 156

Talkdesk

JULY 30, 2019

Traditionally, contact centers are considered cost centers—a necessary evil that companies fund because they have to, not because they want to. Many Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) reflect this and simply measure costs, including average handle time, first call resolution, occupancy rate and so on.

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Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 43

Interactions

APRIL 17, 2019

For example, modern customers prefer self-service channels that allow them to find solutions themselves, and more quickly, rather than waiting in a queue to get to a live agent. They have expanded their channel offerings in order to improve customer experience. Traditional Contact Center KPIs.

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Contact Center Measurement Self Service How To 54

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

A Tata Consultancy Services survey found that 31.7% of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. A Tata Consultancy Services survey found that 31.7% Customer-facing AI technologies.

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Technology Customer Service Contact Center Gamification 122

UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI (artificial intelligence) customer service tools weren’t designed to replace your agents. They were designed to help your agents deliver a better customer experience. AI customer service tools streamline repetitive and/or time-consuming tasks and workflows so your agents can focus on what they’re best at: helping people.

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Virtual Agent Customer Service Gamification Contact Center 82

Magellan Solutions

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Outsourcing their inbound call center services. But the question is, how much are you willing to spend for better customer service? Knowing the inbound call center cost allows your business to budget planning before you delegate some of your business operations to a call center.

Call Center 52

Call Center Self Service Telecommunications Abandon Rate 52

UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI (artificial intelligence) customer service tools weren’t designed to replace your agents. They were designed to help your agents deliver a better customer experience. AI customer service tools streamline repetitive and/or time-consuming tasks and workflows so your agents can focus on what they’re best at: helping people.

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Virtual Agent Customer Service Gamification Contact Center 72

Myra Golden

APRIL 11, 2023

A whopping one-third of contact centers have laid off employees in the last 12 months, reducing their headcount by about 33%. Despite fewer resources and fewer employees, contact centers are expected to achieve the same or better results. My Customer Service Master Class might be a good fit for training on soft skills.

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Strategy Contact Center Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 52

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Faced with this dramatic rise in AI-driven tech for customer service, you might expect the number of agents to decrease but therein lies an interesting paradox. Listen to Your Agents Contact centre managers around the world have different ways to improve agent engagement. Calabrio is a trusted ally to leading brands.

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Self Service Average Handle Time Contact Center Training 52

VDS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Emerging technologies help companies reduce average handle time (AHT), increase customer satisfaction (CSAT), and increase profitability. The idea is to let technology handle mundane tasks, nuisance calls, and authentication, so your agents can focus on everything else. Voice Biometrics reduces time and friction.

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Virtual Agent Customer Service Self Service Contact Center 52

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. It’s time to introduce a ‘less haste, more speed’ culture supported by the latest technology. It all comes down to the basics so let’s start with how contact centers measure.

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Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time Travel 56

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

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Contact Center Self Service Net Promoter Score Call Center 48

Think Customers

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Chatbot and messaging capabilities are the essential tools needed to provide this 24/7, personalized customer service. Chatbots and messaging each serve a vital role in the overall customer journey, and contact centers need to know when is the right moment to deploy an automated or human response.

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Chatbots Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 52

West Monroe

JUNE 22, 2022

Digital customer service experiences are now defining the competitive landscape: 66% of consumers and 73% of businesses believe the new ways of interacting with their financial institutions will be permanent. Alignment among executive leadership is one of the most critical components for successful service transformation.

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Omni-Channel Customer Service Strategies Strategy Customer Service 52