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Hark the Herald Agents Sing: It’s Holiday Season in the Contact Center!

BlueOcean

While so many of us are off celebrating the festive season for days at a time, there are scores of people on the frontlines working to keep everything running smoothly in industries ranging from health care, to transportation, to broadcasting to, yes, customer care. at Blue Ocean. Constant and Effective Communication.

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Deck the Halls 2018: Coping with Peak Season Holiday Spikes in the Contact Center

BlueOcean

Four years ago, we reported that Americans would spend a forecasted $600 billion during the 2014 holiday season. Of course, greater retail sales inevitably lead to higher call volume in the contact center. Here are some key tactics for coping with holiday spikes in the contact center. Bring it.” Read this next!

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Nine Myths to Debunk for a Data-Powered Contact Center

Calabrio

Analytics in the data-powered contact center are proven to drive KPIs across key metrics, including first contact resolution, cross promotions and overall customer satisfaction. Contact center agents are at the forefront of addressing client needs and have a direct and profound impact on customer experiences.

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Meet the Faces of Customer Experience 2014

Customers That Stick

We introduced our Faces of Customer Experience series in April 2014, and we’ve had the privilege of meeting and sharing the stories of a number of wonderful customer-facing professionals. So let us reintroduce you to our Faces from 2014. We look forward to meeting more interesting professionals like them in 2015!

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See through the eyes of your customer to deliver outstanding service

Vonage

Altimeter Group’s Brian Solis cited a survey in which 88 percent of all businesses believe they deliver great customer service, yet only 8 percent of their customers agree. Solis believes brands try really hard to offer exemplary customer service, but it’s a difficult thing to do with antiquated contact center technology and processes.

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Monthly Mash and The Sympathetic Holiday Shopper

Customers That Stick

Welcome to the Monthly Mash, a mashup of tools, tales and tips on customer service and the customer experience from around the blogosphere. VOLUME 37: November 2014. Thoughts on the Customer: The Sympathetic Holiday Shopper. See what other customer emotions linger. But should be used all year ’round.

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10 Unique Reasons To Outsource Healtcare To BPO Philippines

Magellan Solutions

Thus, the contact center industry in the Philippines helps clients to adapt to the changed situation. . Majority of i nhouse call center in the Philippines are supported by digital and analytics. As of 2014, the Philippines has one of the youngest populations in Southeast Asia. 24/7 customer care.