Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. In 2017, we’ll see leading marketing organizations expand to incorporate contact center touchpoints with voice-of-the-customer analytics technology. Contact centers see the answer in the cloud.

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Trends Customer Engagement Engagement Contact Center 153

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. Describe your employee engagement strategies and measurement processes. Hourly staff? What results have you seen?

Customer Care 177

Customer Care Contact Center Comparison Employee Engagement 177

BlueOcean

JULY 5, 2016

With social networks evolving at a breakneck pace, that leads us to the question at the root of this post: what is the state of social customer care in 2016 and beyond? Social customer care is quickly becoming a standard offering in the contact center world. It’s All About Engagement. Social media is all about engagement.

Customer Care 120

Customer Care Social Media Contact Center Entertainment 120

Experience Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2015

With this post, I’m declaring 2016 “ The Year of Emotion.”. As you can see in our video Driving CX Transformation , customer-centric culture requires mastering four CX core competencies : Purposeful Leadership , Compelling Brand Values , Employee Engagement , and Customer Connectedness. Effort Metric Expanding.

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Trends Customer Experience Customer Journeys Customer Connectedness 120

Avaya

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The evolving demands of digital-savvy customers have a deep impact on the contact center. While these channels provide customers with the information they need, the contact center remains a predominant channel for customers to seek support when they truly need something done.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Omni-Channel 81

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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Contact Center Management Call Center Customer Journeys 60

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.

Trends 208

Trends Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 208

Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. In 2017, we’ll see leading marketing organizations expand to incorporate contact center touchpoints with voice-of-the-customer analytics technology. Contact centers see the answer in the cloud.

Trends 100

Trends Customer Engagement Engagement Contact Center 100

Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. In 2017, we’ll see leading marketing organizations expand to incorporate contact center touchpoints with voice-of-the-customer analytics technology. Contact centers see the answer in the cloud.

Trends 100

Trends Customer Engagement Engagement Contact Center 100

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.”. Figure 1 below illustrates responses to this question.

Contact Center 30

Contact Center Employee Engagement Engagement Gamification 30

Eptica

MAY 18, 2016

Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Meeting the needs of contact center agents. Published on: May 18, 2016. Author: Anne-Merete Jensen Delivering a great customer experience is vital to every organization today – and much of the responsibility for delivering this comes down to contact center agents.

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Contact Center Meeting Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time 51

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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Omni-Channel Trends Self Service Customer Service 0

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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Trends Customer Service Contact Center Analysis 48

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Zenarate leads the learning transformation to develop top-performing contact center agents. His contributions ranged from driving product market fit, persona development, and product messaging to leading a successful rebranding effort for the company in 2016.

Training 59

Training Telecommunications Marketing Contact Center 59

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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Contact Center Self Service Report Customer Service 40

ShepHyken

JULY 19, 2022

Utilizing customers to help other customers does not displace traditional contact center workers. It is a way to support the volume of engagement in a cost-effective way.” Her passion for “customer & client first” and her constant drive for innovation led her to co-found Limitless in 2016.

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Contact Center Brands Customer Service Innovation 125

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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Self Service Virtual Agent Connections Contact Center 83

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. Tuesday May 23, 8.15-10am.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Conference Employee Engagement 40

NICE inContact

JULY 25, 2019

Another effective tactic for recognition within a call center is to have wallboards that display leaders of challenges, agent birthdays, and agent spotlights. The ability for agents to give feedback and communicate how they feel is a way to engage them that doesn’t require a promotion or raise. 2) Ask for Feedback.

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Call Center Gamification Contact Center Social Media 141

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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Omni-Channel Connections Contact Center Customer Experience 40

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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Employee Engagement Engagement Contact Center Software 32

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 12, 2016

They help businesses take essential decisions and optimize their strategy and workflows, but how do you know if an artificial intelligence platform can h elp you build a more engaging, personal connection with customers – and improve your metrics? Sure, they are common sense – but, unfortunately they are not always so common.

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Omni-Channel Social Media Customer Service Contact Center 48

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. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken .

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Customer Journeys Customer Service Contact Center Culture 48

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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Contact Center Omni-Channel Touchpoint CRM 68

Forrester's Customer Insights

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Close your eyes and I’ll set the scene: it’s 2016. News articles are predicting the death of the contact center as we know it. AI, the prophesied hero, powering the agent who doesn’t need breaks and can engage with 100 – no, 1000 – customers at once. Chatbots are all the rage.

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Customer Service Chatbots Contact Center Customers 49

Michelli Experience

JULY 18, 2017

Here’s three quick questions to engage your brain. 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).

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Customer Experience Contact Center Consulting Policies 164

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.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Connections ROI 40

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.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Connections ROI 40

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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Training Contact Center Measurement Survey 122

Calabrio

MAY 25, 2016

There’s even the notion that chat bots could replace contact centers at some point down the line. While digital channels are set to overtake the phone by the end of 2016, companies must still continue to include phone capabilities in their omnichannel strategies in order to give customers what they want. In fact, 51.7%

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Chatbots Omni-Channel Contact Center Conference 124

TechSee

APRIL 10, 2018

Gartner reports that the worldwide customer management BPO market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 5.2% (CAGR 2016 through 2021). The 2016 Global Outsourcing Survey by Deloitte revealed that clients now expect enhanced and specialized services from outsourced consultants. Capturing the opportunity.

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Call Center Self Service Technology Competitive Advantage 139

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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Customer Experience Contact Center Omni-Channel Analytics 100

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. Uniphore’s Conversational Automation platform taps into the non-verbal part of these engagements, like facial expressions, using real-time audio and video analysis.

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Omni-Channel Video Contact Center Sales 100

Eptica

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Using email customer service to build emotional engagement. Published on: February 09, 2016. Despite the growth of other digital channels, such as social media and chat, it continues to thrive – 69% of people still want to contact companies through email , according to Forrester.

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Self Service Engagement Customer Service Social Media 48

Avaya

JUNE 7, 2016

The number of innovations developed on Breeze since its launch in March 2016 has been amazing, especially for an industry that has traditionally been focused on not empowering customers and partners to do things on their own. This Snap-in includes Moxtra’s Dynamic Task Type for Avaya Engagement Designer.

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Innovation Self Service Contact Center Customer Satisfaction 40

Verint

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Everyone is looking for a competitive advantage in 2016. While a good bit of the discussion focuses on the customer experience—and it should—providing tools for success to the people who speak daily with your customers should be front and center as well.

Employee Engagement 20

Employee Engagement Engagement Gamification Customer Engagement 20

Avaya

JUNE 1, 2017

This starts with a seamless approach to fan, customer, and team engagement that can manifest in many ways from on-site, touch-activated, multi-sensory, virtual experiences to off-site communities. Contact centers that work with and respond to the user expectations of fans at any given moment provide an enhanced and optimized experience.

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Sports Technology Engagement Wireless 50