Experience Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2015

With this post, I’m declaring 2016 “ The Year of Emotion.”. We saw a surge of interest in the topic of culture in 2015, and we expect even more executives to begin the long-term journey of culture change in 2016. But these efforts overly focus on collecting data at the expense of taking action on the insights.

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

In the past, contact centers could stay ahead of the curve as long as they ensured to utilize the right solutions and tools to service customers. According to a survey, CCaaS will grow to be the favored adoption model by 50% of contact centers by 2022.

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Call Experts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

For reference, this count is almost 10 million higher than what we saw in 2016. With this steady growth and increase in demand, contact centers are a vital partner to support the holiday rush. . . With this steady growth and increase in demand, contact centers are a vital partner to support the holiday rush. . .

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 23, 2023

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. Reporting Your customer care program may accumulate more data than any other part of your organization.

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 3, 2016

IBPAP delegation to CeBIT Australia 2016. Magellan Solutions was part of the IBPAP (Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines) delegation to CeBIT Australia 2016 in May 2-4 2016 at Sydney Olympic Park. Contact us today. Sitel Philippines Corporation, Startek, Spi Global, TaskUs Inc.,

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 25, 2016

While the silos generally can’t be knocked down, … they can be bridged at three critical points: user experience, process and data”. The traditional contact center organization has the greatest opportunity to transform its silos into the enterprise epicenter for customer interaction.

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Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

As we enter 2016, it appears that this consumer behavior trend will continue through 2016 and beyond. Still, many companies have been slow to adapt their websites and infrastructure to accommodate this technological growth – however, this will change significantly in 2016. billion PC users.) What does this mean for your company?

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Think Customers

JULY 26, 2016

As customers continue to increase their use of digital channels and self-service tools for customer service, it's only natural that the volume of calls hitting contact centers has been shrinking.

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Eptica

JANUARY 12, 2017

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 What were the top customer service trends of 2016? To help we’ve analyzed all 100+ posts published on the Eptica blog in 2016, and picked a top ten, based on a combination of readership and industry feedback. Published on: January 12, 2017. What do the findings mean for companies?

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Vonage

MARCH 28, 2019

In 2016, Bain & Co. This may be the case for some simple transactions, but here’s another bit of data from the PwC study: 82 percent of U.S. consumers want more human interaction when they contact the businesses they deal with. When their customers were asked, only eight percent agreed with them.

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 31, 2023

Government departments and businesses operate contact centers to connect with their communities, enabling citizens and customers to call to make appointments, request services, and sometimes just ask a question. Currently, customers can interact with the contact center via voice and chat channels.

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Calabrio

JUNE 30, 2016

We think about how to improve the use of data, how best to implement analytics strategies, and how to make that data work in meaningful ways for businesses like yours. It’s not just because we’re data lovers (we are!), Left to sit in a database, the data is not very useful. We think about analytics frequently at Calabrio.

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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. Now, in 2016, it’s so important, it pulls other priorities into its orbit,” explained Travis, drawing parallel between customer experience and the sun.

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Stella Connect

MAY 4, 2017

This year’s ICMI Contact Center Expo & Conference in Orlando (May 22-25) promises to be quite an event. These are the topics we feel are particularly important for contact center leaders to focus on in their efforts to build world-class service organizations and stronger brands. Bancorp Fund Services contact center.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Boomtrain) Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics have been around for a while in the B2B world. We Asked, Zappos Answered: Tracking Contact Center Metrics, Omni-Channel & Chatbots by Sharpen. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. by Tara Thomas.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

We’ve come a long way since then with social having earned its rightful place in the channel choice of both customers and contact center service providers. That means we can expect that contact center agents will spend more time investigating these complex problems and reasoning their way towards solutions.

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Talkdesk , the cloud contact center for innovative enterprises, and Salesforce , the industry’s leading CRM system, have been partnering since 2016 to not only meet but exceed customer expectations. Talkdesk offers the contact center as a service (CCaaS) industry’s deepest integration into Salesforce.

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Stella Connect

MARCH 8, 2018

Building on the strength of the existing partnership, WSI became one of the first Stella Connect customers after the product launched in 2016. Following an initial pilot, the company implemented the full rollout of Stella Connect across its contact center team. Staff attrition is a challenge facing every contact center team.

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Stella Connect

MARCH 8, 2018

Building on the strength of the existing partnership, WSI became one of the first Stella Connect customers after the product launched in 2016. Following an initial pilot, the company implemented the full rollout of Stella Connect across its contact center team. Staff attrition is a challenge facing every contact center team.

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Michelli Experience

JULY 18, 2017

and, 3) What percentage of Americans answered “True” to the same question in 2016? drumroll please… In 1964 77% of respondents said “most people can be trusted” but only 31% viewed most others as worthy of trust in 2016 (thus causing my negativistic prediction about you today). The Findings. So the answers are….

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2015

As a part of these publications, Temkin is calling 2016 “The Year of Emotion.” ” Here are the 10 customer experience trends to watch in 2016: 1. The improvement in speech analytics will entice many companies to start pilots for extracting insights from their contact center conversations with customers.

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TechSee

APRIL 10, 2018

These new practices rely heavily on technology and its proper integration and implementation, from data handling and advanced analytics to process adjustments, training and more. Gartner’s data underscores this opportunity. By 2021, Gartner estimates the market will increase in size to approximately $46 billion.

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

However, India started losing ground to the Philippines when fraudulent activities of Indian call centers were exposed in 2016. With the rise of such malpractices in the country, their BPO industry has lost call center businesses to the Philippines over the years. A Brief History of the Call Center Industry in the Philippines.

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Vonage

AUGUST 15, 2016

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. Modern contact centers must leverage the full spectrum of channels customers are using to connect. What do customers want? Simon Says volunteer!

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NICE inContact

JULY 7, 2016

One of the most vital components of any contact center is the training department. No matter what kind of center you operate, it’s critical that those interacting with customers possess and maintain a solid understanding of the overall business, as well as its practices and procedures. Outline Your Needs. test/quizzes).

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Calabrio

MAY 25, 2016

There’s even the notion that chat bots could replace contact centers at some point down the line. In addition to being another communication channel, chatbots provide brands with valuable data about customer questions and habits. In fact, 51.7% So does this mean companies should abandon the notion of bots altogether?

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Vonage

AUGUST 30, 2016

We’ve kicked off our Dreamforce 2016 prep with a Gold Sponsorship, and we’ve officially launched our microsite , which details our party, booth information and meeting details. Here are just a few ways you can connect with NewVoiceMedia at Dreamforce 2016. . And this year promises to be our biggest Dreamforce yet.

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Magellan Solutions

AUGUST 16, 2021

Following Google’s announcement that its ads would generate over 30 billion calls last 2016, many declared that “call commerce” is still very much alive. How can contact center services Philippines turn call reductions into an advantage? Managing a successful inbound contact starts with reducing call volumes.

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Calabrio

JANUARY 12, 2020

Jenny also lent her pragmatic viewpoint to Calabrio’s platform integration and buy-versus-build M&A strategies, which helped us more than double our recurring revenue from 2016 to 2019. Which leads me to my next point…. Jenny helped Calabrio grow strategically through acquisition, and think and behave more globally.

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Magellan Solutions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Invoca, a call intelligence service, published a research in 2016 that found that 65 percent of the 50 million calls they studied had customers preferring to contact a business rather than dealing with online web forms, web chat, and email.

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Uniphore

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

By: Annie Weckesser, CMO The best enterprises don’t run on data – they run on conversations. Our customers and our CEO, Umesh Sachdev, have helped us realize that conversational AI and automation are not limited to just the contact center. Check out our website , connect with me on LinkedIn , or contact us.

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Calabrio

JUNE 23, 2016

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. It also allows a business to collect and use customer data to deliver the best possible experience.

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Provide Support

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Monitoring service levels has always been a fundamental aspect of managing a contact center. However, advanced contact center and customer relationship software has led to an abundance of data and a growing number of reports that have become unmanageable. Published in Provide Support Blog , 2016. Read more.

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NobelBiz

JUNE 29, 2021

These contact points, which can be physical or digital, include a consumer’s arrival on a website in search of information, conversation with a customer care representative, as well as an online or in-store purchase. The contact center is an important part of the client journey because of this.

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TechSee

JANUARY 2, 2018

trillion in claims were paid by insurance companies in 2016 alone. A remote visual communication platform enables customers to transmit images and videos of their claims to contact center agents for immediate incident assessment. This captured data can be used at a later date to expedite and resolve disagreements when necessary.

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 30, 2017

Last month, at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show 2017 , we partnered with lululemon’s Guest Education Centre director Dave Pitsch to present “Lessons Learned from 2016 Holiday Shopping.”. 4 Reasons Data-Driven Hiring Is Mission-Critical. Here’s why data-driven hiring is equally important.

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Calabrio

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Jenny also lent her pragmatic viewpoint to Calabrio’s platform integration and buy-versus-build M&A strategies, which helped us more than double our recurring revenue from 2016 to 2019. Which leads me to my next point…. Jenny helped Calabrio grow strategically through acquisition, and think and behave more globally.

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