BlueOcean

JANUARY 30, 2024

What math should go into the business case around call center outsourcing costs? (Or Or if you’re keen on delegating that chore, skip this read and contact us today for a cost analysis of your center !) Pay Per Use Instead of Pay Per Person We are big fans of the transactional model in a strategic relationship.

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Contact Center Call Center Comparison Customer Care 296

MiaRec

APRIL 21, 2023

Because Topic Analysis is such a versatile tool, it is hard to give a simple answer on how to best use it. As you see Voice Analytic solutions promote their Topic Analysis capabilities, you start to wonder what is so special about organizing calls by topics.

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Analysis Contact Center Analytics Tools 87

InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As you look to improve your business, consider contact center optimization. What is Contact Center Optimization? Contact center optimization refers to the process of improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and overall performance of a contact center.

Contact Center 260

Contact Center Multi-Channel First Call Resolution Social Media 260

MiaRec

JUNE 19, 2023

As you consider Voice Analytics solutions for your contact center, you want to ensure you use it to its fullest potential. Voice Analytic solutions can analyze your calls for valuable customer insights that can improve agent performances, drive sales and marketing initiatives, and improve customer experiences.

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Contact Center Customer Insights Analytics Sales 87

BlueOcean

APRIL 24, 2024

Below are 9 top questions for asking about ESG in your outsourced contact center RFP process. Environmental Sustainability In today’s landscape, many consumers are increasingly focused on aligning their buying choices with businesses that are committed to sustainability.

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Contact Center Policies Effort Score Government 177

InMoment XI

JANUARY 16, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used by more and more businesses every day. Specifically, the world’s leading brands have begun using contact center AI to create a more efficient and effective customer service experience. What is Contact Center AI? How Does Contact Center AI Work?

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Contact Center Virtual Agent e-support Chatbots 260

MiaRec

APRIL 12, 2023

Are you considering adopting a Voice Analytics solution for your contact center but aren't sure how to get the biggest bang for your buck? If properly utilized, you can use Voice Analytics software to streamline Quality Assurance processes, improve customer journeys, and get the best ROI for your contact center.

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Contact Center ROI Analytics Video 80

InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This got me thinking: Why is that the case when none of us would claim to enjoy cleaning a toilet!? That is not often the case in the support experience. Finally, we arrive at the last factor: first-call resolution (as call center leaders call it). 3 Factors Impacting the Customer Support Experience. Factor #1: Control.

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Customer Experience Call Center First Call Resolution Chatbots 493

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Here’s how customer service teams are actually using AI If you’re getting sick of the AI conversation—it’s all anyone talks about these days—we don’t blame you. Zendesk recently published an excellent collection of examples of how real-world customer care teams are using various AI tools. Meanwhile, the conversations are piling up.”

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Customer Care Trends Multi-Channel Contact Center 177

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2024

CX leaders need to present strong business cases for every step of their journey. It’s time to make your case. Often, CRM systems are the tools used to track important customer data and feedback metrics.) That’s a measurement that can help make your case, but it’s not necessarily the end-goal. And tracking that happiness?

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ROI CEM Net Promoter Score Customer Experience 143

Uniphore

JULY 10, 2021

How to Cut Call Center Agent Onboarding Time in Half. Brian Cantor Leading CX Industry Analyst Contact Center Week. It’s challenging to train, onboard, and retain talent in the contact center today. Brian Cantor Leading CX Industry Analyst Contact Center Week. Contact Us. +1

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Call Center Contact Center How To Case Study 223

Amplifai Coaching Category

JANUARY 12, 2021

There's a theme within the flurry of articles about AI, a common thread revealing where AI is being leveraged, and where AI appears largely under leveraged.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Data from ICMI also reveals that 76% of call center professionals believe bilingual support improves the customer experience, brand loyalty, and customer satisfaction. Your outsourced contact center partner will be responsible for QA on the agent side, and the OPI partner is responsible for performance managing interpreters.

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Contact Center Customer Care Average Handle Time Consumers 310

Forrester's Customer Insights

JUNE 7, 2018

Here’s my take on five valuable use cases for AI in the contact center. Increasing channel diversity and automation will make interactions more complex, requiring highly-skilled agents and intelligent processes to assist them.

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Contact Center Interaction Customer Service Customers 34

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Gartner recently published the 2020 Critical Capabilities for Contact Centers as a Service research report and NICE inContact received among the four highest scores in all use cases. We believe that both use cases have even more relevance today and practical applications in 2020 and 2021.

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Resources Report Contact Center Customer Engagement 156

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Contact centers are the heartbeats of customer service, enabling seamless communication between businesses and their clientele across the globe. These kinds of challenges often stem from vendors having minimal control over their resale of voice services, leaving many contact centers vulnerable.

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Contact Center Call Center Self Service System 105

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

That’s what has happened in the outsourced contact center space when it comes to SaaS clients — there’s been a metamorphosis from customer service cost center to customer success revenue protection and generation center. Assuming a cost-center mindset. You’re not just writing a check to pay for agents in seats.

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Customer Success Contact Center Average Handle Time Touchpoint 177

BlueOcean

AUGUST 9, 2021

Contact center technologies are certainly in the mix of acceleration. The most recent publication from Ryan Strategic Advisory surveyed contact center leaders about the state of the industry. We dug into their sentiments and expectations about the future of five key contact center technologies.

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Contact Center Technology Self Service Analytics 156

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. We’ve long been proponents of making transactional customer service low effort, for both customer and contact center. So let’s get into it. Those first three are what we’d expect.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Chatbots 156

COPC

APRIL 1, 2024

Global Benchmarking Series | Contact Center Technologies Today, executives deploy digital solutions with increased confidence and swiftness. Contact Center Training: A Digital Leap Forward The way we train new hires at contact centers has changed drastically.

Customer Experience 89

Customer Experience Contact Center Gamification Chatbots 89

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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Call Center Tools Contact Center Net Promoter Score 105

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

SMS (Short Message Service ) has become a pivotal channel in the contact center industry. Ebook | Call Labeling and Blocking for Contact Centers Compliance and Regulation The regulations in the SMS world are ever-changing. Contact centers should ensure that customers explicitly opt-in to receive SMS messages.

Innovation 98

Innovation Strategy Contact Center Multi-Channel 98

Uniphore

JUNE 21, 2021

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology is dramatically improving contact center efficiency and agent productivity. The Ultimate Playbook for Contact Center Automation Download Now 3. A Center of Excellence (COE) should be in place to review any backlog and make recommendations on what fits into RPA and what doesn’t.

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Contact Center Call Center ROI Tools 147

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Have you ever wondered how call centers manage the overwhelming number of customer calls, especially those tricky situations that require immediate attention? When customers reach out to a call center, they often expect their issues to be resolved immediately. The industry benchmark for supervisor escalation is 10% or less .

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Call Center Management Contact Center Wait Times 106

NobelBiz

APRIL 23, 2024

Initial Contact : The agency contacts the debtor to inform them about the debt and their intention to collect. This is why automation is especially transformative in contact centers. This targeted approach increases the chances of successful collections and enhances customer satisfaction by reducing unnecessary contact.

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Omni-Channel Contact Center Customer Centricity Technology 52

Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

We also learned just how important contact centers are to our everyday lives. Today, as companies look past the pandemic, one thing remains certain: we now expect more from remote support centers than ever before. At Jacada, we recognized the challenges of overwhelmed—and often understaffed—contact centers early on.

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Call Center Self Service Contact Center Case Study 246

Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

After five years of providing what amounted to call center plumbing, we had really zeroed in on what call centers did and realized that the heart of a call center was and always will be the people that operate the phones. And in many, many cases, those people did not have a good life.

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Contact Center Call Center Virtual Agent Omni-Channel 157

Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In recent years, the US healthcare industry has significantly increased its reliance on healthcare call center outsourcing companies to enhance patient care and operational efficiency. Healthcare organizations can hand off their growing call center needs and redirect resources toward core clinical care. This raises satisfaction.

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Call Center Healthcare Company Hospitality 98

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 2, 2024

A touchpoint is any contact or interaction a customer has with your organization. In the best case, every touchpoint will evoke positive emotions and deeply fulfill your customer’s need at that specific point in their journey. I use online chat to engage. <- I have a question so I find the help center. <-

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Touchpoint Customer Journeys Customer Experience Social Media 143

Uniphore

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Contact centers can adapt to a post-pandemic world and be future-ready with conversational AI and automation. Over a year after the onset of the pandemic, contact centers are looking to transform and enrich their operations with conversational AI and Automation technologies.

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Contact Center Self Service Interaction Technology 130