Think Customers

JANUARY 18, 2022

Leading contact centers understand that each person and tool has its strengths and weaknesses, and create a better customer experience when combined appropriately. 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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Contact Center Chatbots Self Service Average Handle Time 52

Natalie Petouhof

APRIL 7, 2016

Customer self-service is one of the key capabilities of any company that actually cares about their customers. Companies contemplating a self-service customer care solution to support digital customer experiences should consider the following five steps: 1. Tweet It’s just not true. As organizations make.

Self Service 40

Self Service Customer Journeys Average Handle Time Government 40

Uniphore

JUNE 16, 2021

You probably already think enough about Average Handle Time, or AHT for short. AHT is the average length of time it takes an agent to complete a call. 67% of interactions involve a time-consuming diagnosis 60% of customer-assistance occupations are automatable* 30% of common call center tasks are automatable*.

NPS 147

NPS Net Promoter Score Contact Center Self Service 147

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call4You Marketing implemented NobelBiz Omni+, an advanced, full-featured cloud contact center solution equipped with an impressive stack of options and features that can be easily integrated, customized, and optimized to any contact center use case. RELATED ARTICLE What is IVR?

Call Center 104

Call Center Tools Contact Center Net Promoter Score 104

Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

According to Forbes, poor customer service is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction.

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Contact Center Customer Journeys Self Service How To 40

Talkdesk

MARCH 24, 2020

In my previous blog , I took you through the key characteristics of a true AI-powered knowledge base. Now, we’re going to dive into the different stakeholders within and outside of the contact center who will benefit from this evolution of the traditional knowledge base, and how you can use it to transform your customer experience. .

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Knowledge Base Self Service Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time 57

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Actual customer contact agents, however, prioritize something else: the effort required to perform their work. Agents obviously value bright contact centers and great salaries, but their daily happiness hinges far more greatly on systems and processes. As an example, evaluate abandonment within your web self-service channels.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Policies Abandon Rate 95

Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Part of our series on optimizing CX with Eptica, this blog post explains how reporting can power customer experience improvement , as well as giving you the ability to enhance productivity. This builds over time, allowing comparisons between specific periods, such as the Peak season in retail. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Report Self Service Average Handle Time Contact Center 68

Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

List the strategic metrics you are measured on every day and then think about how AI can help you to: Reduce call volume (call deflection via satisfying self-service). Increase First Contact Resolution (FCR). Reduce Average Handle Time (AHT). Wasted time and money and longer time-to-value.

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Self Service Customer Service Average Handle Time CRM 89

Bold360

OCTOBER 2, 2020

When customers call your contact center, call routing sends customers to the right department for their inquiry. Intelligent routing thus helps personalize the customer experience and expedite service. By the way, “call routing” can apply to any contact center channel, like live chat, messaging, or email.

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Chatbots Self Service Contact Center Average Handle Time 98

West Monroe

OCTOBER 20, 2017

It happened slowly, and I see it happening again but this time the change will be more pronounced. Providing self-service for simple tasks has a profound impact on a contact center. When agents are only handling issues more complex than a 6, a robust knowledge base becomes a requirement.

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Self Service Contact Center Average Handle Time Knowledge Base 51

Eptica

AUGUST 1, 2018

Author: Joanna Allouche - Consultant Optimizing CX with Eptica When it comes to the contact center, there is a clear link between happy agents and overall performance. Satisfied employees are likely to be more engaged, give better service, stay for longer and are generally more productive. Published on: August 01, 2018.

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Average Handle Time Self Service Knowledge Base Contact Center 70

VDS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Emerging technologies help companies reduce average handle time (AHT), increase customer satisfaction (CSAT), and increase profitability. The idea is to let technology handle mundane tasks, nuisance calls, and authentication, so your agents can focus on everything else. Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA).

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Virtual Agent Customer Service Self Service Contact Center 52

Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The job of a customer service agent is not an easy job. In a typical contact center, agents are on the phone or communicating through other channels; email, text, web chat, Facebook Messenger, WeChat… When customers reach out to an agent, they need help and are often upset. How does AI help customer service agents?

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Self Service Contact Center Average Handle Time Omni-Channel 49

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

A Tata Consultancy Services survey found that 31.7% of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. Utilizing robotic process automation (RPA) in contact centers has been proven to reduce costs and increase operational efficiencies.

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Technology Customer Service Contact Center Gamification 122

CSM Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

Unlike search and personalization systems, Coveo AI uses all customer interaction signals, reaching all enterprise data, to learn what content is most relevant to each customer, stitching and tailoring the information for each and every interaction, whether online, in-application or via agents in a contact center.

Technology 40

Technology Self Service Average Handle Time Contact Center 40

COPC

JUNE 9, 2023

This blog article discusses the importance of employing multiple types of AI, implementing effective controls and guardrails, and adapting specific roles within the CX organization. Day-to-day operations in the contact center generate much of the data used in the CX industry.

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Industry Customer Experience Analytics Training 116

Verint

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

You may know from personal experience that low-performing, partially effective contact center technologies and overwhelmed customer service employees are not a winning combination. Being mindful with your contact center IVR and WFO strategies can help you get better at the things you care about for your business.

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Contact Center Strategy Average Handle Time Technology 23

ViiBE Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

ViiBE Blog. Different forms of customer service, whether remote or onsite, act as the best tools for gathering customer data that can then be stored and used for future practices. What is an employee self-service portal? What is the purpose of customer experience management? Customer experience. Natalia Barszcz.

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Customer Experience Management CEM Customer Experience Management 52

Natalie Petouhof

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Deficiencies in achieving First Contact Resolution (FCR) . Increases in Average Handle Time (AHT) for phone, email, chat and social media  . Inefficiencies in self-service, call deflection, agent-assisted related support costs and knowledge base capabilities  .

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ROI Report Self Service Customer Service 40

AWS Machine Learning

JULY 29, 2022

Establishing highly efficient contact centers requires significant automation, the ability to scale, and a mechanism of active learning through customer feedback. In traditional contact centers, one solution for long hold times is enabling self-service options for customers using an Interactive Voice Response system (IVR).

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Contact Center Self Service Resources Average Handle Time 99

VDS

MARCH 22, 2019

And in the agent space, no one is more impacted by dated contact center software than the call center agents. Further, outdated technology makes it harder for companies to route customers correctly, keep average handle time low, and provide a sufficient number of self-service options.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Abandon Rate Average Handle Time 40

Kustomer

JULY 8, 2021

Darryl recognizes that as a leader in the contact center world, it can be difficult to fully buy into the idea of AI services when some existing processes are alright as is. Many leaders question why they should even buy into AI when innovation is already happening within their contact centers. TRANSCRIPT.

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Contact Center Self Service Consumers Examples 98

Upstream Works

JULY 6, 2022

With so much technology change, this is hard to do, but the stakes have never been higher for contact centers. Artificial Intelligence (AI) application integrations hold great promise, but remain poorly understood by contact center leaders and is overhyped by vendors. Decision-Makers’ Resistance to AI.

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Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time Fashion 78

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 12, 2018

With all of the new improvements and changes in modern day customer service technology, it’s no surprise that customer expectations have evolved to follow suit as well. This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. Now more than ever, customers want fast and efficient service.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time 120

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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Call Center Contact Center Strategy Average Handle Time 52

NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2018

In part one of the blog series, we looked at a framework for building a strong business case to invest in customer experience technologies. In this blog, we will take a deeper look at some of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that drive enhanced customer experience and true financial benefits.

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Self Service Metrics Customer Experience Contact Center 120

NICE inContact

JANUARY 8, 2019

Call Center Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) is, together with other customer related measurements like Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Customer Effort Score (CES), among the most widely recognized and frequently used KPIs in the call center. What is it, why is it so important and how can you improve CSAT in your call or contact center?

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Call Center Customer Satisfaction Self Service Net Promoter Score 120

Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

This is a guest blog from Pratik Salia, product manager at Knowmax , a Talkdesk® AppConnect ™ partner. Promote better decision making Contact center agents come across multiple customer interactions that involve complex decision making. This will help align the team towards common goals.

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Self Service Management Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time 116

Upstream Works

JANUARY 25, 2022

For contact centers, digital transformation has surpassed buzzword status. CX innovation is accelerating faster than ever before, and it’s integral that contact centers keep pace. But how can contact centers respond? But how can contact centers respond? Understanding the Customer Journey.

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Innovation Contact Center Omni-Channel Self Service 78

Uniphore

JUNE 7, 2021

One of the most hyped new trends in the contact center is agent assist software. Nearly half of the respondents (46%) reported most often using the software to automate tasks and reduce average handle time. According to Forrester, 8 out of 10 tasks in the contact center can be automated.

Call Center 147

Call Center Self Service Average Handle Time Contact Center 147

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Moreover, AI-powered customer self-service has boosted their CX as customers no longer wait in queue for routine (now automated) transactions related to order management. Average handle time (AHT) , a key CX metric, has fallen by two minutes!

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Self Service Virtual Agent Customer Experience Average Handle Time 139

Oracle

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Welcome back to Markies Monday, a weekly blog series designed to help you learn more about the 2020 Markie Awards categories, finalists, and winners. The bank improved operational efficiency in its branches and its contact center, resulting in significant cost savings. In two years, the guides received an impressive 1.6

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Innovation Customer Service Banking Self Service 75

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We’re making it easier than ever for contact center managers to bring together the most powerful solution to operate your contact center, to drive efficiency and productivity, and to give your agent a streamlined desktop with everything they need in one place. Easy-to-use, integrated agent desktop delivers productivity.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Self Service CRM 27

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2019

But if you are a contact center manager, you aren’t measured solely on your own personal performance. One powerful way is to integrate your customer relationship management (CRM) system and your contact center software. Average Handle Time: Integrating your contact center and CRM enable you to shorten call length.

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Contact Center CRM Contact Center Software Self Service 24

Lithium

JULY 5, 2022

Thought Leadership Blogs and Label. Stay updated when new content is published by subscribing to the new Thought Leadership Label in the Khoros Insights Blog. Reducing time spent on reporting and publishing. Agent Handle Time. How many inbound requests are being handled in a period of time.

Leadership 52

Leadership Net Promoter Score NPS Loyalty 52

Pointillist

MARCH 1, 2019

Discover Cross-Channel Customer Service Journeys to Understand Where Calls Originate From Customer behaviors vary across different channels. Contact centers today have data to determine the aggregate customer movement but not the insight into customer journeys across channels.

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First Call Resolution Self Service Call Center Effort Score 75