CSM Magazine

MAY 30, 2023

The trouble is these kinds of frustrating experiences are bad for business because they are a key driver of brand defection. While many people will give you a second chance, an astonishing 3 in 5 consumers say they’ve switched brands due to negative contact centre experiences. So how does your contact centre measure up?

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Avaya

JUNE 3, 2016

The buzzword in Customer Service and Contact Centers over the past few years has been omni-channel. Omni-channel supposedly stands for a singular, high-quality personalized experience that a customer has with a brand that occurs regardless of where or what device the customer is using to get service.

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TechSee

JUNE 9, 2022

Providing a digital, omnichannel customer experience is a clear imperative. per contact compared to live channels which cost an average of $8.01 per contact. No one wants a disjointed experience, or channels that don’t even communicate with each other. Gartner reports that self-service costs around $0.10

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Magellan Solutions

JUNE 12, 2021

Omnichannel outsourcing allows SMEs to maximize the visibility of their product on many platforms. That’s why SMEs use omnichannel outsourcing to provide various platforms for customers. SMEs outsourcing omnichannel have a 91% better retention rate after one year. Top Omni Contact Center Channels in 2021.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This penchant for technology has shaped their consumer behavior and preferences, and brands must tailor their customer service strategies to suit Millennials’ attributes. According to a report by Pew Research Center , 85% of Millennials say they use social media. They also value brand engagement over social networks as well.

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OpinionLab

AUGUST 29, 2017

Omnichannel CX and how to optimize across channels is a huge challenge in today’s increasingly digital world. A google of “omnichannel CX stats” and “omnichannel stats” quickly reveals that: 98% of Americans switch devices in the same day ( Google ). Your omnichannel strategy should always incorporate a human element.

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Vonage

MARCH 26, 2018

Providing a seamless omni-channel service that makes sense for your customer base is essential. Accommodating omni-channel capabilities allows you to meet your customers wherever they are and interact in a way that best suits them. Here’s what we learned.

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 9, 2021

Contact center technologies are certainly in the mix of acceleration. The most recent publication from Ryan Strategic Advisory surveyed contact center leaders about the state of the industry. We dug into their sentiments and expectations about the future of five key contact center technologies.

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Responsetek

MAY 3, 2018

One of those expectations is that customers and prospects will have a consistent experience of your brand across all channels, from your website to your customer service center to your brick-and-mortar store. So, how can you establish your own Omnichannel Listening Strategy?

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Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

The contact center was even more complicated. The contact center agent’s life was not easy, and we saw it just getting more and more complicated. ” Then, an application called UpStart was born. UpStart was designed with one thing in mind – to simplify the life of the contact center agent.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Contact centers of today are not just customer service centers. They are the epicenters of lasting customer experiences (CX) that help brands differentiate and compete better. Here are some considerations as you look to scale a customer centric culture in your contact center. Automate with intelligence.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? Hear about actual contact center transformations and best practices, too.

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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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Storyminers

JANUARY 24, 2017

We touched base with leading customer experience expert Mike Wittenstein to learn how you can make your contact center adaptive to customers’ evolving omni-channel expectations in 2017. It’s simply natural to let expectations creep between brands. Here’s what we learned. 2: Serve before you sell.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Contact centers are a powerhouse to deliver that exceptional experience across the entire customer journey starting from awareness, interest to purchase, service and advocacy. Contact Center Customer Experience can be enhanced every step of the way as customers interact with the brand.

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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 do customers expect from contact centers? .

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

And, a contact center is instrumental in supporting your customers. . Contact center and call center partners are the best to support your customer journey, regardless of your business’s product or service. . Want to learn more about how a contact center can support your customer experience?

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Calabrio

APRIL 5, 2016

In the same way, customers choose to use different channels to meet specific needs they have (conflict avoidance, convenience, speed/immediacy, etc.), However, if a contact center looks at each channel’s data in a silo, in turn, the organization has no choice but to look at the contact center’s fragmented data in a silo.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? Hear about actual contact center transformations and best practices, too.

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Vonage

OCTOBER 2, 2017

This has effectively sped up the time consumers expect it to take a brand (or anyone) to reply to a message. The rise of self-service has led to a generation happy to help themselves From self-checkouts to FAQ pages and call center IVR, consumers are more willing than before to try to solve their problems themselves.

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Magellan Solutions

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Your handy guide to the differences between contact center and call center in customer support outsourcing. In regards to customer support outsourcing , people often cannot distinguish the difference between a contact center and a call center. Contact Center Versus Call Center: Which is Which.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 11, 2019

An omnichannel experience – consumers expect it and businesses admit they aren’t great at delivering it, so why aren’t they investing in improving it? This is perhaps the biggest incongruity we discovered when we analyzed survey results from over 900 contact center decision makers.

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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. To meet these demands, smart companies are deploying omnichannel contact centers for a 360-degree view of the customer, on any channel and in any context.

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Think Customers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

For decades, contact center and CX organizations have strived to become “omnichannel.” Rather than force customers into interactions dictated by the company, an omnichannel system enables customers to engage with a brand on their channel of choice when, where, and how they prefer.

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Kustomer

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Consumers expect to be able to contact your brand anywhere, anytime. In fact, Kustomer research revealed 83% of consumers think they should be able to contact customer service on any channel they want. But true omnichannel support is more than simply communicating with customers on every channel.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, North America, report has just been released. Featuring a thorough evaluation of cloud providers by one of the independent analyst firms in the industry, the report is an invaluable tool for contact center leaders considering new technology investments.

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Comm100

APRIL 27, 2020

In a truly customer-centric organization, the only real way to deliver cohesive digital support is with an omnichannel approach. Omnichannel platforms give agents visibility into their customers’ entire conversation history, no matter which channel they reach out from. So, what makes this different from normal routing systems?

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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. A functioning self-service system generally empowers clients with the tools and resources necessary for their inquiries. You guessed it; it’s money.

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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. Unpacking the types of customer interactions contact centers handle provides key insights.

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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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Interactions

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

This day in age, with consumers more connected than ever, there is a big opportunity to leverage communication between brands and customers to drive business. Specifically, brands should place a big focus on channels, which can include voice, text, chat, smart speakers, and more. What is omni-channel?

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NobelBiz

MAY 16, 2023

Hosted technology has been available to the contact center industry for several years, although its market penetration has been modest at best. Contact centers around the globe started experimenting with it to address the challenges posed by the pandemic.

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

In fact, it’s such a huge deal for customers today that it has overtaken price and product as the key brand differentiator. In the past, contact centers could stay ahead of the curve as long as they ensured to utilize the right solutions and tools to service customers.

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BlueOcean

MAY 23, 2017

Self-serve is an integral part of omni-channel customer service, seamlessly integrating with the customer experience across social media, live chat, email and phone. Building the right Tier 0 strategy requires a lot of collaboration with your frontline agents as well as a comprehensive understanding of your brand and its promises.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For the contact center industry, customer relationships management has also dramatically shifted. This revolution of channels must enable contact centers to make client relationships even more distinctive by personalizing them and creating a genuine consumer experience.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For the contact center industry, customer relationships management has also dramatically shifted. This revolution of channels must enable contact centers to make client relationships even more distinctive by personalizing them and creating a genuine consumer experience.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This episode of  Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken  answers the following questions and more: How is artificial intelligence used to improve customer interactions in contact centers? How can AI be used to personalize and contextualize customer experiences in contact centers?

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