CSM Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Every interaction counts, and one frequently neglected yet vital touchpoint is the contact center. These centers, where customers engage with a company, hold significant influence over brand identity. For example, a customer calls a call center because they are experiencing difficulties with a product they purchased.

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Win the Customer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the realm of contact centers, the pursuit of enhancing customer service while streamlining operations remains a top priority. AI chatbots and self-service customer service portals both offer unique advantages and challenges, prompting contact center leaders to navigate a landscape of choices.

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Self Service Contact Center Chatbots Wait Times 69

Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. Training programs should be designed to meet the specific needs of the contact center and its agents.

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Contact Center Gamification Training Chatbots 84

Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. During the best of economic times, it’s a smart business practice. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center.

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Contact Center Measurement Call Center How To 74

NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Scheduling is a critical contact center function, but like forecasting, can be tricky.

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Contact Center Management Employee Engagement Call Center 149

NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Scheduling is a critical contact center function, but like forecasting, can be tricky.

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Contact Center Management Employee Engagement Call Center 136

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Visiting a website, talking to customer service, chatting on social networks… When a consumer performs these actions, the company usually collects multiple data points. The data collected, measured, and analyzed for contact centers is an absolute gold mine. Table of Contents show What is Customer data analytics?

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This is where the need for better management of callbacks in contact centers emanates. It is challenging to offer a good customer experience when customers hate long wait times. One solution to this problem is to increase the capacity of call center agents. What is a call center callback option ?

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Contact Center Abandon Rate Self Service Management 52

NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

Generally speaking, in the contact center space, people tend to look at the one-to-one interaction with an agent as the primary means of obtaining information about products and services. A functioning self-service system generally empowers clients with the tools and resources necessary for their inquiries. You guessed it; it’s money.

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Self Service Contact Center Knowledge Base Omni-Channel 52

TechSee

JULY 17, 2018

Instead of entering his account details, confirming his bill amount, and then entering the 12 digits of his credit card, expiry date, 3-digit security code, and confirming multiple times – he can simply upload an image of the bill and credit card. This helps the agent with rapid diagnosis and prompt resolution. Self Service.

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Wait Times Self Service Meeting Call Center 114

NobelBiz

MAY 16, 2023

Hosted technology has been available to the contact center industry for several years, although its market penetration has been modest at best. Contact centers around the globe started experimenting with it to address the challenges posed by the pandemic.

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Contact Center Customer Service Contact Center Software Call Center 52

NobelBiz

APRIL 11, 2023

As customer service demands continue to grow, contact centers are constantly on the lookout for innovative solutions to enhance their operations. ChatGPT, the advanced AI language model developed by OpenAI, has emerged as a promising tool for contact centers to improve customer interactions and streamline processes.

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Contact Center Chatbots Omni-Channel Contact Center Software 52

Call Experts

JUNE 15, 2023

Streamline Operations and Never Miss Another Call with a Contact Center for Utilities. As a result, for those looking to ensure seamless operations and superior customer service, many companies are deciding to use a call center for utilities as it has proven itself to be quite a powerful tool.

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Contact Center Self Service Multi-Channel Customer Service 52

NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

With good cloud-based contact center solutions, implementing agent screen pops have never been easier. However, benefits extend to other contact center metrics as well. Average Handle Time. An effective agent screen pop can have a dramatic positive impact on average handle time (AHT).

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Engagement Wait Times 122

Playvox

JULY 18, 2022

Contact center agent attrition can be as high as 38% — and it’s not hard to understand why. It can be a thankless, unappealing job, pushing employees to leave or causing potential employees to avoid applying for contact center jobs altogether. What Causes Contact Center Agent Attrition?

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Contact Center Technology Social Media Employee Engagement 73

Playvox

APRIL 19, 2023

Excellent time management is crucial in a contact center. Being able to strategically plan and prioritize tasks not only ensures your customers get the service and support they need in a timely manner, but it also increases agent productivity, decreases overall stress, and improves job satisfaction.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In our sphere, a successful contact center is defined by its ability to manage customer interactions and meet their needs, while also operating in an efficient and cost-effective manner. To become a successful contact center, managers should pay exhaustive attention to four aspects, the first of which is a well trained workforce.

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Contact Center Self Service Wait Times Metrics 52

NobelBiz

MARCH 21, 2023

In the contact center world, efficiency is paramount, hence the importance of progressive dialer software. Every call center manager avidly searches for tools and methods to improve their contact center performance further and provide everything their agents need to achieve their highest productivity.

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Contact Center Software Call Center Call Recording 52

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As a result, self-service is becoming a cornerstone of customer experience in contact centers. In this article, we will explore the importance of self-service customer experience, and why it greatly matters for contact centers. And thus, reducing wait times for others customers.

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Self Service Contact Center Customer Experience Customer Satisfaction 52

CSM Magazine

MAY 17, 2022

Contact centers, and contact center agents, are currently experiencing an unfortunate crunch on two fronts. Complications stemming from ongoing supply chain challenges have led more customers to reach out to contact centers with questions, concerns, and complaints.

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Contact Center Strategy Wait Times Technology 52

NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Optimizing team productivity is the key to achieving this goal, and this comprehensive guide will walk you through the steps necessary to unlock your call center’s full potential. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center? This technology is a component that takes calls and assigns them to the appropriate agent.

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Contact Center Call Center Management Gamification 52

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Dead air time refers to the period of inactivity during customer interaction in a contact center; the time between when an agent finishes speaking and when the customer begins speaking or vice versa. To adequately monitor and evaluate, you need to: First, regularly monitor and progress toward reducing dead air time.

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Contact Center Call Flow Call Recording How To 52

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

These phases include the initial dialing, potential wait times due to telecom network traffic, eventual connection, or non-connection due to various reasons. In both inbound and outbound contact center operations, the connection rate is the vital pulse that fuels performance.

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Contact Center Connections Call Center Telecommunications 59

ShepHyken

AUGUST 5, 2022

This week we feature an article by Shruti Bansal, Digital Marketing Expert at Ameyo , an AI-powered contact center solution. She shares how contact centers can use voice bots to capture, interpret, and analyze verbal input from the speaker and reply in a similar natural language.?. Bring down the waiting time .

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Contact Center Self Service Call Center Chatbots 73

Call Experts

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Companies would have all the resources they needed to operate a BPO contact center in-house in a perfect world. Many companies migrate to BPO contact centers for their customer service needs. BPO contact centers help businesses increase productivity, grow their customer base, and improve customer experience.

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Contact Center Call Center How To Multi-Channel 105

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

While there are various organizational functions like sales, marketing and others that connect with the customer, contact centers emerge as a group that has the largest number of touch points with the customers. What does it take contact centers to build robust CX? Where do you start?

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Contact Center Self Service Wait Times Loyalty 122

Comm100

JULY 11, 2019

Closer to home and much more practically, let’s take a look at how AI is changing the contact center and customer experience, and where the impact is most significant. Specifically, we’ll focus on three applications of AI that will forever change how we build and run contact centers: Chatbots, analytics, and the agent experience.

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Contact Center Chatbots Analytics Effort Score 124

NobelBiz

APRIL 21, 2022

With the growth of online shopping, brands have had to redefine their engagement strategies and by extension contact centers. Contact centers are becoming more advanced and they are also being impacted by several new technologies. Today we talk about Omnichannel and consumer 2.0.

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Contact Center Call Center Social Media CRM 52

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

TechSee

JULY 24, 2023

In the contact center world, hold time is often seen as a negative thing. However, what if hold time could be turned into a positive thing? What if hold time could be used to improve the customer experience and even help to resolve issues more quickly? This is where TechSee visual journeys can help.

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Net Promoter Score Contact Center Average Handle Time CRM 109

VDS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Transitioning your contact center to Genesys Cloud can be a daunting task, but with the right strategies, it can be a seamless process. In this article, we will provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to smoothly transition your contact center to Genesys Cloud without any disruptions. Why Migrate to Genesys Cloud?

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Contact Center Strategy Roadmap System 52

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Are you looking into implementing chat as a new channel in you contact center? Here are some best practices that may help make chat a success in your contact center. So here are our top five best practices for web chat as a contact center channel: New to the Chat channel?

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Interaction Knowledge Base 121

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Are you looking into implementing chat as a new channel in you contact center? Here are some best practices that may help make chat a success in your contact center. So here are our top five best practices for web chat as a contact center channel: New to the Chat channel?

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Interaction Knowledge Base 121

VDS

MARCH 17, 2023

Customer engagement and contact centers are critical components of any business’s success. As businesses continue to expand and evolve, it’s essential to ensure that the contact center solution you’re using is scalable, efficient, and effective.

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Contact Center Self Service Policies Multi-Channel 52

NobelBiz

MAY 16, 2023

Hosted technology has been available to the contact center industry for several years, although its market penetration has been modest at best. Contact centers around the globe started experimenting with it to address the challenges posed by the pandemic.

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Contact Center Customer Service Contact Center Software Call Center 40

ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This trend of call centers for chat support shifted to contact centers for chat support when internet usage became quite popular. And that’s not the only change businesses had to accommodate while running a contact center for chat support. Challenges Faced by Contact Centers. That’s not all.

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Contact Center How To Call Center Knowledge Base 86

TechSee

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Contact Centers appreciate: “We got our customer support sorted the day we started using Casengo to manage emails and social media posts.” Contact Centers appreciate: Enchant enables better collaboration of support teams making sure nothing falls through the cracks. and cloud-based call center offerings.

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Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Technology Self Service 116