UJET

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Contact center employees are extremely important to the overall success and health of businesses. They’re the front line of customer interactions, and often the only people your customers will ever interact with. When contact center employees aren’t performing their best, the customer experience declines.

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Playvox

JANUARY 13, 2022

If your contact center is planning for the future, be sure to make employee experience and getting the right technology in place top priorities. We recently participated in a discussion with two industry experts that focused on megatrends that will impact contact centers in 2022. Technology always needs focus.

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Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

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Comm100

MAY 25, 2022

Ultimately, customer service and contact centers have not been immune to these changes. In this article, we’ll look at some of the new challenges that have emerged to impact contact centers. Consider, for example, that in Toronto, the cost of a 900-square-foot apartment is between $2,300 and $2,600 in 2022.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Our 2022 research shows that 70% of agents say that working remotely has improved their job satisfaction, and 56% of respondents say they’d consider leaving their jobs if they couldn’t work remotely. Our survey uncovered five ways contact center managers are adapting to remote work. Adopt New Management Styles.

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Playvox

APRIL 25, 2023

How can you spice up remote agent training at your contact center to make it the most engaging and effective it can be? Make A Plan Despite the ongoing debate on the benefits and drawbacks of in-person, hybrid, and remote work, recent data and predictions support remote and hybrid work in a contact center.

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Quadient

MAY 23, 2022

Contact Center Wrap-Up—Where the Rubber Meets the Road. Mon, 05/23/2022 - 12:58. So, if customer experience is the new battleground, then the contact center is out front leading the charge. The quality of the interaction, either personal or automated, is the primary driver of customer satisfaction.

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If your contact center is like most, you probably have a robust set of guidelines that document your procedures, detail your standards, and outline how employees should handle various situations. But one thing many contact centers are missing is a remote work company policy. What Is A Remote Work Policy?

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Are you a call center operations manager striving to enhance your team’s productivity and deliver hyper efficiency in your daily operations? Today, hyper efficiency is no longer a luxury but a necessity for call centers looking to thrive and outperform their competition. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center?

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Call center technology can refer to any tool that contact centers use to improve productivity, manage staff, deliver better service, or cut costs. Advanced call center technologies go way beyond handling incoming or outgoing calls. 5 Innovative Call Center Technologies in 2022. Data Analytics.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As a result, predicting the evolution of client interactions is critical to your company’s success. We identified 5 significant trends that are currently in play in 2021 but will be amplified in the post-pandemic environment in 2022. And this requires better-trained and more skilled agents.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As a result, predicting the evolution of client interactions is critical to your company’s success. We identified 5 significant trends that are currently in play in 2021 but will be amplified in the post-pandemic environment in 2022. And this requires better-trained and more skilled agents.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Going into 2022, we’ve got our eye on seven trends that are expected to help call centers deliver service excellence while still keeping a close eye on their bottom line to ensure business continuity in an unstable economic environment. Digital-first interactions Helping customers from afar is nothing new.

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Playvox

JANUARY 13, 2022

While many in the contact center industry are slow to transition away from on-premise software, cloud adoption shows no signs of slowing. In the last year, contact center teams that have embraced cloud-based solutions have learned some important lessons. Maximize Workforce Engagement Management (WEM) Solutions.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

David Singer, Vice President of Product Strategy for Verint , explains why contact centers will need to stay agile to support the evolving needs of customers and employees. New technologies will help contact centers be more agile in the new year. Social Messaging Remakes the Contact Center.

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Playvox

JULY 20, 2022

It’s July, which means it’s half time of 2022. At the start of the year, most contact center leaders were scrambling to find talent and whenever I spoke with folks in the industry, it seemed like everyone talked about the “war for talent” and “the great resignation.” That uncertainty can come in many many. ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE?

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Playvox

MAY 2, 2023

While it might seem like just about everything is in the cloud these days, many contact centers still haven’t taken the leap. But moving to a cloud contact center can have big benefits for your company, your customers, and your agents. Remote work continues to be a highly desirable benefit for contact center employees.

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Playvox

MARCH 21, 2022

If the labor shortage has left your contact center scrambling for staff, you might have overlooked a potential goldmine of knowledgeable, eager future team members: retirees. Related Article: 7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages. Researchers say 1.5 jobs over their careers.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 5, 2022

As we move into 2022, contact centers are facing unique challenges that include both tactical and strategic decision making. Contact center leaders must also be thinking about strategic decisions, such as how the contact center is going to evolve or what CX will need to look like in 2022.

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Think Customers

DECEMBER 22, 2021

And the contact center industry is not exempt. With several outsourcing contact centers in 2021 reporting training class rates as low as 20% and above average stress levels , it’s no longer a question of how does the industry recruit quality employees, but how does it retain them? contact center representative is $14.64

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Playvox

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Working with virtual teams of agents in your contact center can sometimes mean you feel disconnected from them — or even worried that you aren’t able to properly manage their performance. Agents who felt their contact centers were handling remote work well told us they appreciated: Clear expectations.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Whether they need help setting up a new device or to repair a damaged product, the way in which these interactions are handled are at the heart of customer satisfaction. With a career spanning over 20 years, Eric has an extensive amount of experience in Contact Center and 3rd party and onshore vendor management.

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Playvox

APRIL 11, 2023

Engaged contact center agents are essential to the success of any customer service operation. But disengaged agents create challenges in a customer service center. Keep contact center agents engaged and dedicated to delivering world-class customer interactions by implementing these best practices today.

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Playvox

JULY 28, 2022

A contact center is a perfect place for a multigenerational team. There’s so much to do and so many types of customers to work with — not to mention so many channels to manage — that having a team of agents with different strengths will invigorate your customer experience. What a Multigenerational Workforce Wants By Generation.

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Playvox

AUGUST 8, 2022

In February 2022, 4.4 But the trend also disproportionately impacted contact centers and customer support organizations. If every one of these agents acted on that thought, service centers would be gutted. This goes right to the heart of one of the biggest contact center trends for 2022 : employee choice.

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Interactions

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Brands committed to creating exceptional customer experiences have turned to conversational AI solutions like Interactions Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA). Our AI is developed specifically for contact centers. To put it frankly, our AI is purpose built for contact centers and improved customer experiences.

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Interactions

JANUARY 6, 2022

Although 2022 seems to be ushering in similar uncertainties as 2021, we know one thing for sure. At Interactions, we have been working in AI in CX for nearly two decades and have witnessed this firsthand as business goals and consumer habits change. Mike Iacobucci, Interactions CEO.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 17, 2022

The AHT is a KPI that contact centers always strive to improve. Of course, there are rational answers to this organizational challenge, including reducing call center AHT while also ensuring quality work and performances. What is the Average Handling Time (AHT) for Contact Centers? To put it another way?

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Playvox

APRIL 27, 2023

Contact center trends can directly impact success. For the greatest impact and a clear competitive edge, contact center leaders must choose wisely when making business decisions about the trends to prioritize and implement in their organizations — because all change, even positive change, costs time and resources.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Not only do contact center agents want additional flexibility in their work schedules, but many leaders saw that agents did not need to be in a defined office space to get their jobs done well. However, managing remote teams effectively comes with its own set of challenges. First, let’s define remote work.

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Playvox

MARCH 31, 2022

Every interaction our workforce engagement management (WEM) software enables helps agents love their job and encourages customers to love their favorite brands. From workforce management to quality management , we strive to deliver the full suite of solutions contact centers need to bring WEM into the digital era.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Customer loyalty is more important than ever, and prioritizing customer service — with an excellent, dynamic, and engaged contact center — can help your company stand out. If you can enable, empower, and engage your agents, you provide better interactions, which leads to higher customer retention. for school pick-up.).

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 28, 2022

The term “call centers” is quickly become a relic of the past, and for good reason. The State of Contact Center Conversation Intelligence 2022 report by Observe.AI notes that 82% of contact centers engage with customers via the phone. Contact Center Management: Missing the Forest for the Trees?

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NobelBiz

MARCH 29, 2022

It is becoming increasingly prevalent and noticeable due to digital communication platforms that encourage multichannel interactions between customers and contact centers. In the contact center sector, customer engagement is one of the strategic objectives of many companies today.

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COPC

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

These changes were highlighted during the Optimizing Pandemic Contact Center Outsourcing Relationships pre-event workshop that COPC Inc. These are: Formalizing work-from-home (WFH) requirements and management. hosted as part of this fall’s Execs In The Know’s Customer Response Summit. WFH Insights.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 31, 2022

Customers in 2022 expect to connect with your contact center via a variety of communication methods in a fluid, undifferentiated manner. Hence the question, how to create a unique knowledge base in 2022 for your contact center? A knowledge base: All the knowledge of a contact center Did you know that 8.

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Think Customers

JANUARY 18, 2022

Customer service interactions can quickly evolve, requiring different channels and tools. The same is true for a call that begins with an interactive voice response (IVR) system. To better understand this, let’s dive into the human and robotic makeup of a modern contact center. What is a contact center associate?

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