ShepHyken

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Nick Bandy, Chief Marketing Officer at LiveVox , an omnichannel platform that helps brands seamlessly communicate with their customers. He shares how you can align your customer’s journey with their brand expectations. What are brand expectations? .

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Storyminers

JANUARY 24, 2017

Customer experience expert Mike Wittenstein sheds light on enhanced customer expectations, AI innovation, and more. 2017 will be a year defined by how well companies continue to adapt to customer expectations—like the ability to get good service at any time of the day, via any device. Here’s what we learned.

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Call Experts

APRIL 8, 2024

Streamline Operations and Never Miss Another Call with a Contact Center for Utilities. As a result, for those looking to ensure seamless operations and superior customer service, many companies are deciding to use a call center for utilities as it has proven itself to be quite a powerful tool.

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Talkdesk

AUGUST 6, 2019

Today’s customers expect a highly personal experience from every brand they do business with, regardless of how they connect. Whether via phone, chat or web, customers expect the system or human agent to know everything about their current and past relationship with the organization.

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Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

While it’s hard to argue against the importance of delivering great CX, it’s also all too easy to assume that the experiences your contact center delivers are up to par simply because you are handling interactions efficiently. Until you start measuring customer experience , you could easily be falling behind the competition.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 15, 2024

This article will explore ways to leverage conversational commerce to improve customers’ experiences with your brand. Conversational commerce is all about interacting with customers through various communication tools, like live chat, chatbots, and contact centers. In This Article: What is Conversational Commerce?

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NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

Generally speaking, in the contact center space, people tend to look at the one-to-one interaction with an agent as the primary means of obtaining information about products and services. Research from Benchmark Portal found that, on average, 15% of customer inquiries are handled through self-service. You guessed it; it’s money.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

AI-powered banking: Through sentiment analysis and by making data-driven suggestions for the next-best-action, AI-powered technology is helping agents be more empathetic and the best version of themselves, which helps create a more positive brand image. Omnichannel banking: Customer expectations towards digital service are growing fast.

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 28, 2022

Customer service today is based on far from just taking inbound calls; it’s now omnichannel. However, while customers expect to have this flexibility to engage with brands on their terms, phone and voice remain the primary means of customer communications. But that’s the problem.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

Calabrio , the workforce performance company, today announced its new workforce management (WFM) integration with Zoom’s omnichannel contact centre platform. The cloud-to-cloud integration gives Zoom Contact Center customers access to the only true-cloud, enterprise-grade WFM solution on the market.

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Think Customers

APRIL 21, 2022

When it comes to customer service, customers expect fast and accurate support through the channel of their choice. It’s up to businesses to figure out how to best meet those expectations. This typically means choosing between omnichannel versus multichannel support. What is omnichannel support?

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2021

The omnichannel approach has been used by marketers to reach as many customers as possible, especially in the current circumstances, where most physical stores remain closed and rely on product deliveries and online purchases. Omnichannel Contact Centers for Improved Customer Service. trillion mark.

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Call Experts

JUNE 15, 2023

Streamline Operations and Never Miss Another Call with a Contact Center for Utilities. As a result, for those looking to ensure seamless operations and superior customer service, many companies are deciding to use a call center for utilities as it has proven itself to be quite a powerful tool.

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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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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

If you want to make a change, consider hiring experts who can look at your entire process and implement award-winning contact center solutions. Then, commit to improving your customer experience by hiring customer experience experts. . This article will dive into how you can improve your customer service.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 25, 2019

It’s common for blogs related to customer service and customer experience to talk about how the increasing ubiquity of social media requires fundamental changes in the way that brands should conceive of customer service. Brands have to remember that social media is a social space that’s inherently customer-centric.

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Comm100

MAY 25, 2022

Further social upheavals amongst workers and customer expectations have also occurred. 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.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 7, 2018

Chat, text, social media, websites, IVR, even traditional phone calls with customer service representatives – the list continues to grow. Modern customer expectations have never been higher, and businesses understand that customer experience is a leading brand differentiator. This is an alarming discrepancy.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The importance of customer service cannot be understated. It is the third highest reason why consumers switch brands , only sitting behind better deals and superior product quality. A positive customer service experience makes 94% of consumers more likely to purchase. Channel choice in a digital-first world.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

And asking who really owned the channel anyway – was it marketing? Or was it customer service? 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. Expectations for Social Customer Support Are Maturing.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

To help you prepare for the year ahead, in this article we’ll look at the key customer service trends of 2023 and how you can deliver on your consumers’ support expectations. Personalized support through omnichannel expands. Seventy-one percent of consumers expect companies to deliver personalized interactions.

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Playvox

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In face-to-face interactions with customers, you have the advantage of observing eye contact, tone of voice, body language, and other cues that go along with their spoken words. For example, does “it works fine” and “customer support was ok” mean customers are happy, upset, or indifferent?

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Kustomer

AUGUST 5, 2021

When agents have access to individual customer data, it optimizes the conversation because they’re able to use specific and necessary details to steer the conversation to the appropriate solution. CX isn’t a one size fits all type of experience; rather, it needs to be personal for customers to build brand relationships and lasting loyalty.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2024

Leading customer experience efforts within a larger business strategy can offer a blueprint for fostering customer loyalty, enhancing customer (and employee) retention, and ultimately, driving brand loyalty. Understanding Customer Experience Management (CEM) Let’s start at the beginning.

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Kustomer

AUGUST 20, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of Customer Service Secrets , Gabe is joined by Aarde Cosseboom and Vikas Bhambri to discuss how to use AI in contact centers. Vikas, a familiar guest on the show, is the SVP of Sales and CX at Kustomer and 20 year CRM Contact Center Lifer. Intro Voice : (00:04).

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Storyminers

JANUARY 24, 2017

Customer experience expert Mike Wittenstein sheds light on enhanced customer expectations, AI innovation, and more. 2017 will be a year defined by how well companies continue to adapt to customer expectations—like the ability to get good service at any time of the day, via any device. Here’s what we learned.

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Magellan Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2021

Why are Telemarketing Philippines adapting Autonomous Omnichannel for their operation? And for BPOs, it is time to move on from traditional call centers. Autonomous Omnichannel is slowly taking over telemarketing services in the Philippines and it is receiving positive response from entrepreneurs. And that includes Omnichannel.

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Does your contact center “talk the customer talk” but sometimes gets stuck when it comes to matching up customer expectations with service and support delivery by your agents? Therefore, workforce optimization strategies should be front and center to your business goals.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 24, 2019

To date, Customer Experience wins have been felt in the early parts of the customer journey – particularly around tailored marketing campaigns, personalized web and brand experience, and more recently orchestrated omnichannel communication. Today’s customers expect seamless, complete, simple interactions.

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Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Before the term “customer experience” (CX) became widely used in the industry, the contact center was focused on “customer service.” ” When customers needed service – whether a question, a complaint, or technical support – they reached out to the contact center.

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BlueOcean

MARCH 24, 2022

These are real people with real lives that inform their expectations and define their needs with every shift and change of the world around them. B2C brands had their worlds turned upside down by the pandemic, but what does complex customer care look like now things are leveling out? Shifting Customer Expectations.

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Lithium

APRIL 12, 2022

Leaders and executives, especially in the contact center, are struggling to backfill empty seats and train incoming employees — and they're paying mightily for it. Agents are the most valuable resource in your contact center, and that’s where you should focus your investment. It doesn't stop with your frontline either.

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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

To put things in perspective, let’s first look at some statistics showcasing the importance of customer support: According to Email Analytics , 77% of customers are more likely to share a positive experience with brands. Timing is not just a skill; it’s the heartbeat of outstanding customer support.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Steve Miller, Head of Customer Success at Cirrus , a contact center solution that helps companies engage with their customers. He shares the benefits of excellent customer experience for your customers and employees. At the heart of all contact centers sit the agents.

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Calabrio

JANUARY 19, 2017

At Calabrio, we know that to achieve those goals, successful companies are constantly analyzing what is and is not resonating with customers and driving those insights back into the business. With that in mind, here are four predictions on how brands will step up their game in the new year. Engaged employees = #customerengagement.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 17, 2018

At the risk of stating the obvious, customer experience (CX) can make or break your contact center operation. CX is the yardstick by which every customer judges their relationship with your business. At the heart of outstanding CX is a true multichannel or omnichannel approach to contact center service.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

In 2018 it was predicted that voice would soon be dead and chatbots would be controlling the customer experience. However, this prediction missed one critical factor: the customer. With this in mind, here are 10 top trends for contact centers and the customer experience in 2019. It is all about the customer.

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