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Bilingual Customer Support: Where Live Agents and AI Coincide

BlueOcean

The Impact of Bilingual Support on the Customer Experience When a bilingual solution is offered to the customer, companies quickly find that quality scores increase accordingly. The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. It’s our thing. So, of course, we’re biased.

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The Power of Voice for Utility Providers

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While digital channels are increasingly a growing means for consumers to reach their utility when service is required, the majority of customer care issues are still handled by contact center agents. Virtual agents can support an omnichannel approach to customer service.

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New KPI Metrics in the Era of Self Service

TechSee

Modern contact centers are made up of a complex combination of humans and virtual assistants – using both natural and artificial intelligence – operating over multiple channels and using a wide range of tools to solve customers’ issues.

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3 Ways to Improve Agent Experience with Technology

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Conversational AI can help by taking over these repetitive, rule-based tasks so that agents can handle more stimulating and rewarding customer care inquiries. It’s not easy being a contact center agent. Customer frustration often translates to agent frustration, which leads to dissatisfaction in their job.

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Call Deflection strategies in the age of self-service

TechSee

For that reason, successful call deflection strategies allow enquiries to be deflected to self-service channels such as FAQs, live chat, community forums, knowledge center databases and virtual agents. He navigates to the Contact Us page of the supplier’s website and easily finds the Customer Support phone number.

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The Pivot to 100% Remote Training in the Contact Center

BlueOcean

When the world hit the pause button in the face of COVID-19, putting our client’s customer care programs on hold wasn’t an option. By creating that feeling through mock calls, the trainee has the chance to work through their nerves without exposing a “real” customer to their first anxious efforts.

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Top 10 Call Center Trends To Follow For 2023

NobelBiz

Call centers have developed dramatically over the past few years and will continue to do so in 2023. While most classic contact center technologies will continue to be utilized, most will be replaced by chatbots, cloud technologies, AI, and remote work, enabling businesses to enhance the customer experience and save expenses.