Playvox

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Advances in technology allow contact centers to use data in much more manageable ways, redefine how to engage with customers, gain efficiencies, and leverage actionable insights to improve quality management (QM) and the customer journey. One of the most impactful uses is how AI is transforming customer experience (CX).

Contact Center 75

Contact Center Management Effort Score Call Center 75

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Include self-service solutions to the channels and locations where your consumers are naturally and intuitively going to look for it. To learn more about self-service and its importance in creating a seamless experience, register for our upcoming webinar “What do your customers really think about you?”.

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Self Service Contact Center Exercises Customer Expectations 150

Think Customers

JANUARY 10, 2024

That’s how “CBS News Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley opened this week’s segment that covered how AI is impacting customer service in contact centers. Contact center associates featured on the show were empathetic. Her introduction was designed to be relatable to the 5.2 million viewers tuned in to the No.

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Contact Center Analytics Healthcare Banking 52

NICE inContact

MARCH 24, 2016

I recently did a webinar with CRMXchange on one-page journey mapping for contact centers. In today’s hyper-modern world, understanding and managing the customer journey is a best practice for staying competitive, yet journey mapping can be time-consuming and complex and overwhelming at first. Want to learn more?

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Customer Journeys Contact Center Ecommerce Consumers 122

Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

We also learned just how important contact centers are to our everyday lives. Today, as companies look past the pandemic, one thing remains certain: we now expect more from remote support centers than ever before. At Jacada, we recognized the challenges of overwhelmed—and often understaffed—contact centers early on.

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Call Center Self Service Contact Center Case Study 246

Vonage

MAY 23, 2017

As customer habits and expectations continue to evolve, contact centers must keep raising the bar on service quality. 60% of consumers now change their contact channel depending on where they are and what they’re doing. 60% of consumers now change their contact channel depending on where they are and what they’re doing.

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Contact Center First Call Resolution Call Center Social Media 120

NobelBiz

JANUARY 3, 2022

Many contact centers must develop methods and use their resources to manage client expectations and create a pleasant customer experience. However, for contact centers increasing the usage of digital channels presents a business opportunity. WhatsApp : A verified account allows companies to engage with their consumers.

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Contact Center Tools Strategy Omni-Channel 52

NobelBiz

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to this insightful blog post, where we discuss building a successful outbound lead generation strategy for contact centers. Many of the unique webinar’s talking points are expanded here in this article. Struggling with an ever-decreasing contact rate became routine in the contact center space.

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Contact Center Strategy Call Center Multi-Channel 52

Playvox

JANUARY 13, 2022

If your contact center is planning for the future, be sure to make employee experience and getting the right technology in place top priorities. We recently participated in a discussion with two industry experts that focused on megatrends that will impact contact centers in 2022. Technology always needs focus.

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Contact Center Trends Omni-Channel CRM 79

NobelBiz

MARCH 14, 2023

Debt collection agencies and contact centers are subject to strict regulations and laws governing their operations. One of the major issues faced by debt collection agencies and contact centers when it comes to compliance is the lack of the right solutions to be compliant. And pay extra attention to it.

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Contact Center Call Recording Call Center Guidelines 52

NobelBiz

JANUARY 24, 2022

Turnover is natural in a contact center and in any business. So, what are the primary factors that contribute to contact center turnover or attrition? And what strategies, technologies, and tactics may be implemented to avoid excessive agents turnover rate in a contact center ?

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Contact Center How To Call Center Training 52

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Beyond this acceptable level, a contact center must reconsider its strategy and resources in order to lower it as much as possible. Call abandonment is a key performance indicator that may be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a contact center. The goal is to deliver the finest service possible to consumers.

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Abandon Rate Contact Center Self Service Contact Center Software 52

ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In the 70s and 80s, call centers were treated as a sales tool by large enterprises where agents would call up the consumer to sell a product. Later on, their toll-free number ‘800’ enabled consumers to get in touch with a business and ask questions related to one of the marketing campaigns they came across. That’s not all.

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Contact Center How To Call Center Knowledge Base 86

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Whatever the driving force behind this transition, it is important to consider the technological advancements that have occurred in the contact center space in recent years. In that regard, Cloud Contact Center Solutions (CCaaS) are replacing old technologies and opening up new potential for organizations.

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Contact Center Contact Center Software Call Center Multi-Channel 52

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Whatever the driving force behind this transition, it is important to consider the technological advancements that have occurred in the contact center space in recent years. In that regard, Cloud Contact Center Solutions (CCaaS) are replacing old technologies and opening up new potential for organizations.

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Contact Center Software Contact Center Software Call Center 52

NobelBiz

JANUARY 10, 2022

Here are 10 CRM key performance indicators that may be calculated and assessed using your data and contact center technologies. They are meant to assist your contact center in improving your CRM practice when combined with the KPIs that are unique to your business. Have I accrued or depleted assets throughout the period?

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Contact Center CRM Measurement Contact Center Software 52

NobelBiz

JANUARY 31, 2022

Customers in 2022 expect to connect with your contact center via a variety of communication methods in a fluid, undifferentiated manner. Hence the question, how to create a unique knowledge base in 2022 for your contact center? A knowledge base: All the knowledge of a contact center Did you know that 8.

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Knowledge Base Contact Center How To Omni-Channel 52

Playvox

MAY 26, 2022

In addition to feeling the mental and emotional weight of consumer-facing jobs, remote contact center agents are experiencing redundancy that can make their jobs feel tedious. With an average contact center agent salary of $42,947, that’s almost $13,000 per agent.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Strategy Self Service Rewards Programs 52

Avaya

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

I recently had the pleasure of co-hosting a webinar with leading Communications Industry Analyst Sheila McGee-Smith titled “ How AI Drives Results in the Contact Center ” and the question posed was: “What does AI mean for those working in the contact center? Our webinar attendees certainly agreed.

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Contact Center Knowledge Base CRM Technology 57

NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

According to Forbes : 97% of consumers and 98% of contact center managers say customer service interactions impact whether consumers stay loyal to a brand. 61% of consumers will pay at least 5% more if they know they’ll get a good customer experience. How to measure Your Contact Center’s NPS?

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ROI Net Promoter Score Measurement Customer Experience 111

NICE inContact

MARCH 14, 2019

Consider these statistics: 8 in 10 consumers will switch brands after a bad customer experience. Leading organizations have found where the customer experience foundation is: the contact center. To improve customer experience , begin at the contact center. The post Customer Expectations are Changing.

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Customer Expectations Contact Center How To ROI 171

NobelBiz

MARCH 23, 2022

Running a successful contact center means you’re responsible for keeping customers happy and your agents performing effectively so that your company may thrive. And generating an ROI on your contact center to increase your company’s bottom line is part of that growth strategy. Actually, no, it’s not that simple!

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Return on Investment Contact Center ROI Measurement 52

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In our webinar, Boost Contact Center KPIs with Advanced Chat for CXone , you’ll can learn key findings as well as how chat has helped ECSI — customized digital solutions for higher education—transform its contact center , improve its KPIs (key performance indicators) and exceed customer expectations.

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Abandon Rate Net Promoter Score Contact Center Effort Score 136

Cyara

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Per the question in the title of this blog post, let’s examine the phrase, break down the meaning, and then explore how “Last Mile Assurance” is relevant to and important in the context of contact centers and customer experience. To begin, let’s think literally, taking the words at face value.

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Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Loyalty Interaction 76

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Stop paying for expensive, time-consuming upgrades and stop using a variety of vendors to piece together a workable solution in your contact center. Technology is changing very quickly all around us and the contact center industry is no different. Why Stay on an Outdated Platform? Keeping up with Technology.

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Call Center Contact Center Software Technology 137

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) completely transform the consumer experience and bring contact center software out of the dark ages? It’s not surprising that many contact center leaders feel a little unsure of when, where or why to implement AI in their call center operations.

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Customer Care Contact Center Software Self Service Contact Center 137

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

At Miele, Eric is also accountable for the management of escalation departments, offline processes, e-care solutions, national call center consolidation, multi-product services, upselling / cross selling and re-defining the consumer experience. He also sits on the board of Directors for CSPN. Follow on LinkedIn.

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Customer Service Contact Center Chief Customer Officer Call Center 251

Playvox

MARCH 5, 2024

This definitely applies to customer needs and preferences, and contact centers are constantly striving to stay one step ahead of evolving customer requirements. How do contact centers not only survive but thrive in this new era? Contact center leaders need to embrace: Massive amounts of data which are now available.

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Self Service Management Contact Center Effort Score 78

Talkdesk

JANUARY 13, 2020

It’s also preferable to leverage a tool that can publish a single chatbot flow across multiple messaging channels — this creates a consistent consumer experience while reducing the effort required to maintain it. For more help on what and how to measure, check out our on-demand webinar on contact center metrics.

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Contact Center Chatbots Metrics eBook 67

NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

Is your contact center keeping up? How do cloud contact centers meet these digital-forward needs? Unified platforms of complete digital service management across contact center operations. Consumers today expect to interact with companies on a multitude of digital channels. Sign up now to learn more.

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Contact Center Customer Service Omni-Channel Innovation 136

Playvox

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

They make customers the center of their business strategy, execute on delivering outstanding customer experiences, and strive for continuous improvement. It’s often the continuous improvement or quality management (QM) piece where contact centers struggle. It’s often regarded as restrictive, costly, and an afterthought.

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Customer Centricity Contact Center Management Customer Satisfaction 83

Think Customers

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The contact center industry is driven by customer experiences that are easy, difficult, joyful, stressful and everything in between. But when reviewed manually, open-ended questions can be difficult and time-consuming to analyze. Learn more about contact center metrics today. How to improve NPS.

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Contact Center NPS Metrics Effort Score 52

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 10, 2019

86% of consumers will immediately quit doing business with a company because of a bad customer experience 73% of dissatisfied customers cite incompetent, rude, and “rushed” service as the #1 reason for leaving a brand Companies with a social customer service program experience a 7.5%

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Customer Retention Customer Experience Contact Center Customers 175

Interactions

MARCH 28, 2024

94% of consumers say they expect better customer service than they currently receive. Not only are consumers frustrated with the quality of support, but they’d rather get a cavity filled than deal with customer service. Leaders at GoDaddy have focused on creating a contact center that balances human interaction with AI.

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Contact Center Innovation Consumers Chatbots 62

Oracle

JANUARY 27, 2020

In a recent webinar series, Daniel Foppen of Oracle’s CX Service Strategy along with 4 leading service professionals from BISSELL, Pier 1 Imports, Smiths Medical, and Elsevier discuss advanced contact center functionality and how they have future-proofed their respective contact centers. Want to learn more?

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Contact Center Technology How To CRM 45

Think Customers

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Twelve months of toe-dipping and healthy scrutiny provided the launchpad to make some real moves with AI in the contact center, according to two customer experience experts on a recent webinar. We’ve learned enough now to move toward acting.” “Take that cost center and move it to a profit center.”

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Contact Center Analytics Healthcare Trends 52

NICE inContact

JULY 31, 2019

Conversational AI adds a powerful ability that is certain to transform the way consumers interact with businesses. Conversational AI: Solving problems for the contact center. Authenticating identity is just one example of how contact centers are applying conversational AI to transform the service they provide to their consumers.

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Customer Experience Self Service Contact Center Banking 141