Verint

AUGUST 17, 2017

At the end of 2016, I conducted 20 interviews with customer service professionals who were members of the National Association of Call Centers (NACC). The question was, “What’s keeping you up at night when you think about your contact center in 2017 and beyond.”. Don’t Panic!”

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Contact Center Satisfaction Negatively Impacting the Customer Experience by Andrew Berger. Telecompetitor) Contact center satisfaction has worsened over the last two years despite investments in new customer engagement channels, according to new market research released by BoldChat.

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Natalie Petouhof

MARCH 3, 2016

Tweet Enterprise Connect 2016 is a leading conference and exhibition for enterprise communications and collaboration in North America. It is being held March 7-9th, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Genesys, a market leader in omni-channel customer experience (CX) and contact center solutions, will be particpating in the event.

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Tricia Morris

JANUARY 11, 2016

We’ve all heard the saying “customer service is the new marketing,” but with 89% of companies expected to compete mostly on the basis of customer experience in 2016 (compared to just 36% in 2010)*, it’s not just marketing where customer service makes an impact. Beyond Knowledge: Insights.

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Calabrio

MAY 25, 2016

The theory is that companies can better serve their customers using bots because they will be readily available when needed. There’s even the notion that chat bots could replace contact centers at some point down the line. In a world where customer loyalty is low, companies simply cannot afford to disappoint customers.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Last month, Adobe Marketing VP, John Travis, shared insights from Adobe’s 2016 Digital Trends report, including which opportunities businesses are most excited about this year. Customer Experience. “In Learn more about how you can start better leveraging your contact center to improve the customer experience.

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Uniphore

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Given the massive engagement between customers and a brand, creating a positive, and personal experience is essential. Where customer engagement happens. It’s a foundation for dynamic, frictionless customer engagement. Check out our website , connect with me on LinkedIn , or contact us.

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Avaya

APRIL 3, 2017

He extends his vision that messaging is at the center of the digital transformation era. I wanted to explore some of the observations from the conference—especially those about contact center operators leveraging customer journey maps for serving customers effectively via chat, SMS and other messaging communiques.

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Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Published on: January 06, 2016. Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets.

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Eptica

JANUARY 20, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Looking into the customer service crystal ball. Published on: January 20, 2016. Author: Robin Tandon Having recently looked back on customer experience in 2015 , what is predicted for the coming year? Will all of these predictions come to pass in 2016? Share this page on: Tweet.

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Verint

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In my previous blog post , I discussed the rise to prominence of employee engagement in today’s contact center industry. As a reminder, 82 percent of participants in Saddletree Research’s recent survey of end-users ranked employee engagement as a highly important component of their contact center operational strategy.

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Avaya

APRIL 6, 2016

Customer engagement is a competitive battleground. After all, customer expectations are always high, and technology always evolving. To stay ahead of the competition, we have to be vigilant about meeting or exceeding the needs of our customers. The Internet makes finding and switching to a competitor easier than ever.

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Eptica

JUNE 22, 2016

Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 Overcoming the knowledge challenges in customer experience. Published on: June 22, 2016. Greater consistency If customers don’t believe the answer they have been given is right or if it is unclear they will make contact again. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Vonage

MAY 11, 2016

The Salesforce World Tour London is on May 19 th and we are delighted to have been selected as one of the Salesforce 2016 Customer Success stories. I am excited to be sharing our story and talking about how Vax has transformed its customer service as a key part of the customer journey.

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Eptica

JULY 29, 2016

Date: Friday, July 29, 2016 The importance of the Knowledge Manager to customer service success. Published on: July 29, 2016. Ensuring that knowledge powers your customer service isn’t just about technology – and certainly doesn’t stop when your knowledge base goes live. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 23, 2015

As consumers communicating with the contact center demand fast answers to their queries, so set expectations on what you are going to do, and by when, so that everyone knows what is going to happen. Get your timings right Linked to planning, make sure you get your timings right. Share this page on: Tweet.

Customer Service 48

Customer Service Contact Center Knowledge Base Retail 48

Eptica

MARCH 4, 2016

Date: Friday, March 4, 2016 How good is the experience offered by UK brands? Published on: March 04, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Over the past five years Eptica has regularly evaluated the multichannel customer experience offered by 100 of the UK’s biggest brands , across ten sectors. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

A third-generation entrepreneur with extensive experience in retail, wholesale, franchising, and small business, Adam understands the impact that customer experience can have on the bottom line. He has appeared in over 150 media and is regularly cited as a top customer experience thought leader. Aimee Lucas. Chip Bell. Flavio Martins.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Kustomer

JUNE 27, 2022

These features can include, but are not limited to: Improve response times Personalize customer engagement Track employee performance Scale smartly Streamline self-service Enhance the agent experience. Types of Customer Support Software. Complete Guide: What Is Personalized Customer Service.

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Verint

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The boundaries between customer-facing, front-office channels and back-office support functions are blurring. 2 cause of customer dissatisfaction is delays and errors in the back-office 1. And studies estimate that 20% to 30% of contact center call volume is the result of issues in the back office.

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Eptica

MARCH 16, 2016

Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 The importance of emotion to successful customer experiences. Published on: March 16, 2016. Therefore for brands to successfully engage with their customers they need to take a holistic approach to measurement, including emotion alongside traditional metrics if they want to thrive.

Customer Experience 48

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Calabrio

JUNE 23, 2016

So, any organization whose bottom line is directly impacted by customer experience must go digital, too. According to Dimension Data’s 2016 Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report , phone is rapidly declining in popularity among young customers who are trying to communicate with a business.

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Communication Omni-Channel Social Media Contact Center 100

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

A third-generation entrepreneur with extensive experience in retail, wholesale, franchising, and small business, Adam understands the impact that customer experience can have on the bottom line. He has appeared in over 150 media and is regularly cited as a top customer experience thought leader. Aimee Lucas. Chip Bell. Flavio Martins.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Economist Intelligence Unit Creating a Seamless Customer Experience Report ). In Forrester Research’s North American Consumer Technographics Customer Life Cycle Survey, consumers now say they are using web self-service more than assisted service. Gartner Predicts 2015: Weak Mobile Customer Service Is Harming Customer Engagement ).

Self Service 40

Self Service Customer Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 40

Eptica

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Why it is time to focus on the customer service journey, not just the touchpoints. Published on: February 23, 2016. While customers were satisfied with the service they received, the cumulative effect of the phone calls, emails and letters required left them annoyed and upset.

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Touchpoint Customer Service Social Media Contact Center 48

Avaya

MAY 18, 2016

2016 is shaping up to be the year of the Chatbot. So what are these exciting new digital automated friends doing to help where they are most needed, in the customer experience. Customer experience professionals love the omnichannel. Customers however want more as they evolve as digital citizens.

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Chatbots Omni-Channel Contact Center Social Media 48

Avaya

DECEMBER 1, 2016

According to the Wall Street Journal, 2016 Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales have already accounted for more than $3 Billion in “desktop spending”—aka, e-commerce. While many of these purchases are simply one click and a check off of gift lists, the customer probably made several decisions well before the submit-order button was activated.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Contact Center Self Service CRM 40

OpinionLab

AUGUST 29, 2017

87% of customers think brands need to put more effort into providing seamless omnichannel CX ( Zendesk ). For example, IVR and other contact center technologies, store/branch feedback and various other mechanisms help identify where your omnichannel approach is falling short. Why are your customers becoming less loyal?

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Omni-Channel Consumers How To Touchpoint 166

Avaya

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Earlier this month, the CFI Group, which issues the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index, issued the Contact Center Satisfaction Index (CCSI). Bottom line: The CCSI news isn’t good regarding contact centers’ ability to deliver an excellent experience. From our point of view … the timing couldn’t be better.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 40

Avaya

JULY 14, 2016

2016 is shaping up to be the year of the Chatbot. From Jarvis, Mark Zuckerberg’s Iron Man-inspired assistant, to Microsoft’s rather unfortunate Tay experience, chatbots have been making the news this year—not least in how they are playing an ever bigger role in customer service.

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Chatbots Customer Experience Contact Center How To 40

Tricia Morris

MAY 31, 2016

Brands must approach everything they do, but especially service and engagement, with a customer experience mentality. Notes Dennis Snow, a 20-year Disney veteran and author of Lessons from the Mouse , “If you operate a contact center, the technology has to be great, but it still is about the experience.

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Provide Support

JUNE 2, 2016

In today’s digital, fast-paced world customer expectations and the rules of customer engagement are rapidly changing. What used to be acceptable and satisfactory in customer service a while ago is no longer enough. Published in Provide Support Blog , 2016. Read more. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC.

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Avaya

JUNE 14, 2016

In fact, a study by Marchex released earlier this year estimated that I and my fellow Americans will be on hold in 2016 for more than 900 million hours. This is why I think eGain Corporation , one of our 2016 DevConnect Innovation Award winners , is onto something really big. That’s a lot of wasted time. So what do I end up doing?

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Avaya

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

We did so because our customers had already told us that they wanted to grow their presence and reach without incurring huge costs, and while building on their existing customer engagement solutions and assets (the teller machines, the contact centers, relationship agents, and so on).

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Natalie Petouhof

APRIL 8, 2016

Tweet NICE Systems announced that it has received four prestigious Stevie ® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. NICE won three Silver Stevie ® Awards in the Contact Center Solution New Version category for the following: NICE Engage Platform – The NICE Engage Platform provides comprehensive omni–channel interaction recording.

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Avaya

JUNE 1, 2017

The 2016/2017 season saw an average per game attendance of 69,487 for the NFL, 30,163 for MLB, 21,692 for MLS, 17,884 for NBA, and 17,500 for NHL for American professional sporting leagues. Customer experience is also impacted by the human connection experienced when purchasing tickets and merchandise. Did you get what you wanted?

Sports 50

Sports Technology Engagement Wireless 50

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Adam Toporek is an internationally-recognized Customer Experience Expert, Keynote Speaker, and Customer Service Trainer who helps organizations transform their relationships with their customers through better strategy, training, and communication. He helps employees in engaging customers through a personal connection.

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