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

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

By streamlining operations, call centers can significantly reduce wait times, which normally is a common source of customer frustration. The improvements made in the call handling process directly contribute to a more positive customer experience, which contributes to higher levels of satisfaction and loyalty.

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Call Center Tools Contact Center Net Promoter Score 104

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Importance of Reporting and Analytics in a Contact Center Reporting and analytics are one of the crucial components that help gain an accurate and sincere state of a contact center’s development. Presented using reports to monitor a contact center’s performance over time.

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Contact Center Report Analytics Self Service 52

TechSee

MARCH 12, 2019

Visual support – where service is provided over a live video connection – has proven to be an effective method of driving high customer satisfaction ratings and building customer loyalty through personalized service. Bringing visual automation to contact centers. The Value of Automation.

Self Service 111

Self Service Contact Center Net Promoter Score Contact Center Workflow 111

TechSee

JUNE 11, 2019

Conversely, when trying to improve NPS, agents would often spend additional time building relationships with their customers, driving up call durations. Recently, an innovative technology has emerged, transforming contact center operations and customer experience across a wide range of industries: Visual Assistance.

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Self Service Technology Customer Service Contact Center 117

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Great companies are regularly assessing the ongoing value of their partnerships – but how do you measure the true value your contact center outsourcer is delivering? Whether it’s your own culture that shifts over time or that of your outsourcer, keeping a pulse on cultural alignment in your outsourced contact center is essential.

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Customer Care Contact Center Effort Score Net Promoter Score 156

Interactions

APRIL 17, 2019

For example, modern customers prefer self-service channels that allow them to find solutions themselves, and more quickly, rather than waiting in a queue to get to a live agent. Companies have adopted new technologies in their contact centers to support a more customer-first approach. Traditional Contact Center KPIs.

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Contact Center Measurement Self Service How To 54

Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Make no mistake; contact center performance is ultimately defined by core “outcomes” like customer satisfaction, loyalty and revenue. Traditional metrics like average handle time and first contact resolution are undoubtedly important in this quest.

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Contact Center Metrics Self Service Innovation 40

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Changing Role of the Agent The reason for this paradox is when technology removes a large portion of administrative tasks from humans, agents must adapt to embrace increasingly complex customer inquiries, becoming true brand guardians with the power to influence corporate perception, enhance loyalty and boost profits.

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Self Service Average Handle Time Contact Center Training 52

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

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Contact Center Self Service Net Promoter Score Call Center 48

Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2018

To read the three previous posts in the optimizing CX series on creating blended agents , improving the agent experience and reducing Average Handling Time while safeguarding quality, simply click on the links. This builds over time, allowing comparisons between specific periods, such as the Peak season in retail.

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Report Self Service Average Handle Time Contact Center 68

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

RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Read the transcript below: Nicholas Rodriguez: …the highest priorities for Contact Centers that focus on the customer. So, Talkdesk Enterprise Contact Center empowers companies to make their Customer Experience a competitive advantage. So, without further introductions, let’s go ahead and get started.

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Contact Center Customer Centricity Omni-Channel Chatbots 40

Think Customers

AUGUST 18, 2021

Innovations in knowledge, messaging, and security helped retailers achieve great results from a remote model that could maintain service levels, and ultimately drive customer loyalty by replicating the brick-and-mortar values customers love digitally. Post-pandemic success rides on flexibility.

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Retail Strategy Self Service Average Handle Time 52

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

West Monroe

JUNE 22, 2022

At minimum, we recommend observing the customer contact center for a day. By having a deep understanding of your customer’s journey with your organization, your collective empathy will result in a better service experience for them. KPIs are the heartbeat of service. First Contact Resolution. Agent Retention.

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Omni-Channel Customer Service Strategies Strategy Customer Service 52

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

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

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

With the large volumes of contact center advisors still incentivized based on speed – typically the Average Handle Time (AHT) – CX goals are quite often unachievable. Get the customer off the phone or web chat as quickly as possible or deliver a business transformative level of customer service.

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Metrics Customer Service Contact Center Social Media 55

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Goal: Improve Customer Loyalty. 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. Are the tools easy to use?

Omni-Channel 95

Omni-Channel Self Service Policies Abandon Rate 95

NobelBiz

AUGUST 28, 2023

Hey there, fellow contact center champions! Ready to dive deep into the heart of transforming your contact center’s performance? Buckle up, because we’re about to embark on a journey that will take your operations from average to exceptional.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Multi-Channel Self Service 98

ViiBE Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

CEM takes data from all customer interactions and analyzes it in order to design the perfect customer service system that will not only meet, but also exceed their customer expectations, thus increasing customer satisfaction, brand loyalty, and overall business performance. What is an employee self-service portal?

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Customer Experience Management CEM Customer Experience Management 52

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

CX has also totally revolutionized the way front-line operations such as contact centers measure their success, switching from the number of calls answered and how quickly to how well do we understand customers? Data is central to success when it comes to creating dynamic CX and actionable strategic business intelligence.

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Customer Experience Self Service Contact Center Average Handle Time 40

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In our sphere, a successful contact center is defined by its ability to manage customer interactions and meet their needs, while also operating in an efficient and cost-effective manner. To become a successful contact center, managers should pay exhaustive attention to four aspects, the first of which is a well trained workforce.

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Contact Center Self Service Wait Times Metrics 52

Playvox

MAY 4, 2023

It’s no secret that stellar customer service is the first step to customer loyalty, but you’re not dealing with a couple of people meandering through a fruit store. What Is A Digital Contact Center? Before digging into our customers’ expectations, let’s get some clarity on what it means to be a digital contact center.

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Contact Center Customer Expectations Meeting Self Service 52

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

TechSee

JULY 9, 2019

According to Gartner , organizations should strive to deliver low-effort customer experiences because simplicity is the most significant driver of loyalty. To help companies improve their Customer Effort Score (CES), we’ve compiled a list of 10 call center mistakes that often result in high customer effort. Wasted hold time.

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Call Center Self Service Effort Score Contact Center 143

Playvox

JUNE 22, 2023

Tracking, reporting, and improving upon metrics are essential across all areas of business, including finance, sales, marketing, and contact center management. In uncertain economic times, they become even more critical to help navigate business health and growth. What Are Call Center Efficiency Metrics?

Call Center 52

Call Center Metrics Contact Center Net Promoter Score 52

TechSee

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The drivers for changing roles in contact centers. With all data pointing to the clear connection between customer experience and customer loyalty, more and more customer service organizations have begun investing in enhancing the role of the frontline customer service agents. Focus on agent engagement.

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Customer Service Contact Center Knowledge Base Self Service 186

NobelBiz

JULY 25, 2023

Christian Montes, Executive Vice President of Client Operations @NobelBiz The Multifaceted Channels of Interaction In a contact center, customer interactions unfold across a myriad of channels, each holding a unique treasure trove of insights.

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Interaction Analytics Call Center Contact Center 98

Oracle

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Enabling those stakeholders with a central source of consistent knowledge and search functionality that’s proactive and intelligent, helps them deliver the best answers, which in turn increases customer satisfaction and loyalty. For associates, this reduced time to proficiency, reduced average handling time, and increased confidence.

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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

Lithium

JULY 5, 2022

Customer Satisfaction measures the level of loyalty from the consumer base. Higher CSAT results in greater customer loyalty, higher customer lifetime value, and engagement. Decreased publishing time. Time from creating to posting across networks. Increases efficiency for customers with limited time by reducing effort.

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Leadership Net Promoter Score NPS Loyalty 52

delighted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

For example, a mere 10-20 years ago, a customer service rep might be needed to complete a basic transaction or share features and benefits to make a sale. Flash forward to today’s tech-driven self-service economy and 70% of customers expect to be able to “help themselves” on a company’s website or application.

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Self Service Customer Experience Customer Service Net Promoter Score 45

Pointillist

JANUARY 25, 2019

Both are used in contact centers, so you must choose the right approach that works for your team and make sure everyone understands your FCR parameters. Net Promoter Score (NPS) Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a popular metric used to measure customer loyalty and satisfaction.

Call Center 75

Call Center Metrics Effort Score Abandon Rate 75