NICE inContact

MARCH 10, 2016

As a contact center manager, you’ve got a lot of metrics to choose from as your key performance indicators (KPIs). In this blog, we help narrow down this long list to help you focus on the metrics that, when improved upon, will really help your contact center thrive. Service Quality. Outbound Dialing.

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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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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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Stella Connect

JANUARY 25, 2018

In recent years, we’ve seen a major shift in brands’ approaches to customer service delivery and contact center performance management. How will emerging and growing trends change the customer service equation? How will emerging and growing trends change the customer service equation?

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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. Selecting customer service software can feel overwhelming and the software market is teeming with options, information and opinions.

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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. As always, leading analysts have provided their own thoughts, and in this blog I’d like to look at trends highlighted by Forrester and Gartner.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Recent research by analyst ContactBabel points to a drop in the number of inbound queries between 2015 and 2016. Combined with the growth of AI this has led to much talk about whether we are going to see the end of the traditional contact center, with agents replaced by machines. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

MARCH 31, 2016

Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 Websites lead the way for UK customer service. Published on: March 31, 2016. The web, in the form of help and self service has remained on top throughout that time and continued to improve between 2015 and 2016. Average performance becomes the norm?

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Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4 lessons from the Forrester CX Index. Published on: August 17, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Forrester has just published its 2016 US Customer Experience Index , providing an update on the state of CX across multiple sectors. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Is it really time for your company to embrace chatbots? Published on: October 12, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden One of the most talked about current trends in customer experience is the rise of chatbots , with many companies investigating using them to interact with customers on messaging apps.

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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. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

JULY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, July 8, 2016 Delivering what US consumers want. Published on: July 08, 2016. For example, they can do this through self-service systems that understand and answer their queries online without needing to make direct contact with the contact center. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Only 10% of contact center professionals surveyed for the 2015 Call Center IQ Executive Report on the Omnichannel Contact Center identify their contact centers as omnichannel capable (compared to 68% multichannel and 22% neither) – 25% said achieving omnichannel capabilities will be a priority in 2016.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

It is likely that consumers will be more careful in their spending, with rising prices and inflation leading to overall retail sales falling year on year between September 2016 and 2017. more than in 2016 – with sales increasingly concentrated through online or bigger retailers. Predictions are that Britons will spend just 1.3%

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Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. Published on: January 08, 2016. So the experience has to be seamless and incorporate self-service systems that provide fast, accurate, and consistent replies to questions. Share this page on: Tweet.

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OpinionLab

AUGUST 29, 2017

So, according to our survey, around 4 in 5 want direct person contact, 3 in 4 expect a phone number on your website and more than 6 in 10 think they get better service in-person. After all, it’s hard to be delighted about a positive self-service outcome. The difference between the 2015 and 2016 figures are clear.

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Tricia Morris

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Treat yourself to the 13 shocking customer service statistics below to encourage bigger and better buy-in for your 2016 customer service initiatives: 1. 76% of consumers say they view customer service as the true test of how much a company values them. 2015 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report).

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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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Tricia Morris

AUGUST 21, 2015

The top challenges organizations say they face in delivering a superior customer experience are: (1) consistency across channels, (2) ensuring that all inquiries are responded to and documented, and (3) utilizing customer data to identify trends. Next year’s event brings these customer-focused conferences to Washington, DC, May 23 – 25, 2016.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 25, 2023

A great number of contact centers are struggling to make ends meet but are still reluctant to make the necessary changes to achieve a better cost to benefits ratio. This article is here to tell you that cost reduction needs to be a top priority for contact centers worldwide in the present-day crisis environment.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Making the change from call center to contact center. Published on: February 03, 2016. Author: Laurence Chami 20 years ago customer service existed in a world dominated by voice , hence the widespread reliance on call centers to manage customer service interactions.

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Calabrio

JANUARY 6, 2016

CEO of Calabrio shares his predictions for the Contact Center, for 2016 and Beyond. When it comes to the power of IoT and data, it’s high time customer engagement gets involved, and it all begins with the contact center. For contact center leaders, however, this vision of the future might seem daunting.

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Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

According to an American Express study , “Americans will spend 9% more with companies that provide excellent service.” Recent trends in customer service show that companies can delight their customers while generating revenues. Yet, relatively few contact centers have focused on providing a consistent customer experience.

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Pointillist

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

It is the only performance metric that “has an effect on almost every other meaningful statistic and measurement in the call center.” ” Today’s call centers must balance many priorities while maintaining an intense focus on customers. As McKinsey & Company explains : The contact center.

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Eptica

JULY 13, 2016

Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Overcoming the challenges of digital customer service. Published on: July 13, 2016. Implemented effectively, self-service enables customers to find answers to their own questions online, further reducing costs as potential emails or calls are deflected while improving the overall experience.

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