BlueOcean

AUGUST 30, 2018

In this environment, partnering with a solid outsourced contact center partner can be the best decision you can make. The key is to find a true strategic partner who you trust to stay ahead of the customer experience curve. The Future of the Contact Center Agent Workforce.

Customer Service 232

Customer Service Contact Center Chatbots Customer Care 232

Think Customers

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The contact center industry is driven by customer experiences that are easy, difficult, joyful, stressful and everything in between. It’s incredibly important to take these everyday interactions from associates and customers and quantify them in a tangible way. Learn more about contact center metrics today.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center NPS Metrics Effort Score 52

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

At Blue Ocean, we have long held the position that the customer experience and the employee experience are inextricably linked. We’ve said it so often it’s become cliché, but we stand by the concept that happy employees make for happy customers, and in outsourcing, happy customers make happy clients.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Multi-Channel Strategy Self Service 156

Think Customers

JULY 2, 2019

Customer Contact Week—a conference focused on customer experience and customer care technology and trends—recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in Las Vegas. So, how has the customer experience evolved in the past two decades?

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score Conference 40

Qualtrics

APRIL 27, 2020

Customer Care Managers are used to dealing with regular surges in demand. Most customer care centers (also referred to as contact centers) have an established process, planned months in advance to ensure they cope adequately and maintain the customer experience.

Customer Care 36

Customer Care Self Service Chatbots Airlines 36

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

Their vision is clear: empower people to create spaces they can be proud of by creating an exceptional customer experience that builds confidence with the most diverse selection and helpful resources.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Contact Center Touchpoint Employee Engagement 52

Interactions

JUNE 18, 2020

Improving agent experience not only benefits agents, but also your customers and your business. According to Accenture, companies with great employee experiences still outperform the S&P 500 by 122%. Therefore, it should be a big focus in the contact center. What is agent experience?

Technology 71

Technology Contact Center Virtual Agent Wait Times 71

Think Customers

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

On one hand, they’re looking to provide customers with excellent service while providing omnichannel engagement in customers’ preferred channels. These opposing criteria can strain contact center operations and effect their ability to provide customer service at the desired level. Many end up leaving their jobs.

Financial 52

Financial Contact Center Banking First Call Resolution 52

CX Accelerator

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When we are honest with ourselves, we all know culture is the linchpin for everything we do in the Contact Center. Beth Gauthier-Jenkin, The Vice President of Customer Care at Gopher Sport recently generated a wonderful culture dialog via email. What a fantastic question!

Culture 244

Culture Contact Center Leadership Employee Engagement 244

BlueOcean

AUGUST 20, 2020

Over the years, we’ve written many articles singing the praises of on-site visits with potential customer care outsourcers. And most outsourced customer care companies are leveraging wide-spread work-from-home models with facilities operating at a fraction of their previous capacity.

Video 156

Video Customer Care Leadership Culture 156

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Leaders are now at an unprecedented inflection point where Employee Experience (EX) has become equally as critical as Customer Experience (CX) to the success of the organization. Conversations about the future of work, employee engagement and empowerment have been propelled to the forefront of customer service strategies.

Technology 52

Technology Customer Service Contact Center Employee Engagement 52

Lithium

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Losing and hiring frontline customer care agents can cost more than a few lost customers Can you afford to lose more? Employee attrition is a natural part of any business cycle. Regarding customer care, recent trends show that agents often find themselves in the latter half of the two options.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center NPS Chatbots Customer Care 52

Playvox

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

One of the most impactful uses is how AI is transforming customer experience (CX). 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.

Contact Center 75

Contact Center Management Effort Score Call Center 75

Lithium

JULY 20, 2022

Losing and hiring frontline customer care agents can cost more than a few lost customers. Employee attrition is a natural part of any business cycle. Regarding customer care, recent trends show that agents often find themselves in the latter half of the two options. Can you afford to lose more?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center NPS Chatbots Customer Care 52

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In other words, a loyalty program (and loyalty in general) is inextricably tied to your customer experience and, therefore, to your customer care program. That said, when issues arise, loyalty members seeking support don’t always turn to the contact center team first.

Loyalty Programs 177

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Social Media Rewards Programs 177

Kustomer

JUNE 7, 2022

Efficiency is the name of the game in customer service, and AI is a true force multiplier, enabling customer service teams to work more efficiently and focus on the customers who need the most help. Omnichannel Customer Experience. Research shows companies with excellent CX have employees that are 1.5X

Customer Experience 98

Customer Experience Self Service e-support CRM 98

Think Customers

MARCH 28, 2022

Gig customer experience (gigCX) workers—independent contractors, freelancers, and other temporary workers who provide customer support and other related services—are a natural fit in the contact center space. Ultimately, the customer experience is still shaped by the employee experience.

How To 105

How To Policies Tips Contact Center 105

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Self Service Net Promoter Score Effort Score 74

West Monroe

OCTOBER 15, 2018

As we wrote about in our recent white paper, Contact Center of the Future: Conversational Bots and Empowered Agents , the role of the contact center agent will change tremendously in the years to come. Consider comparing contact center agents to a diamond in the rough.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Employee Engagement Engagement Training 40

ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2018

Ensuring A Positive Employee Experience by Brian Berns. Forbes) After years of focusing on improving the customer experience, businesses are now turning attention inward as employee experience (often referred to as “EX”) moves toward the top of executive priority lists.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Contact Center Retail Competitive Advantage 0

inmoment

JULY 22, 2020

Customer retention lies at the heart of everything from customer experience (CX) strategies to contact center tactics. Additionally, retaining and recovering existing customers is far more cost-effective for a brand than focusing solely on acquiring new business. Strategy #3: Empowering Employees.

Strategy 52

Strategy Social Media Customer Retention Contact Center 52

Playvox

MAY 2, 2023

While it might seem like just about everything is in the cloud these days, many contact centers still haven’t taken the leap. But moving to a cloud contact center can have big benefits for your company, your customers, and your agents. What Does Moving To The Cloud Mean?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Omni-Channel Gamification Contact Center Software 52

Team HGS

AUGUST 13, 2019

The consumer often uses multiple channels yet desires the same experience throughout. . All of these journeys have to be in synch with the contact center, which is at the heart of journey success. Start with experience. . Takeaway Three: Don’t forget about the employee experience , and ensure it aligns with the brand.

Management 40

Management Conference Average Handle Time Contact Center 40

Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Efficiency is the name of the game in customer service, and AI is a true force multiplier, enabling customer service teams to work more efficiently and focus on the customers who need the most help. Omnichannel Customer Experience. Research shows companies with excellent CX have employees that are 1.5X

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Self Service e-support CRM 52

NobelBiz

APRIL 5, 2022

These days, the contact center is the face of a company. The customer experience can make or break your business, so it’s important to understand the factors that make a great customer service representative and a great contact center. Risk and reward are common deciding factors in contact centers.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Center First Call Resolution How To 52

Think Customers

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Programing bots to collect basic information from customers to share with the associate also helps deliver faster and better support, with less effort. Build flexibility into the workforce The pandemic crisis proved that financial services employees can successfully work from home.

Financial 52

Financial Insurance Banking Customer Journeys 52

Kustomer

OCTOBER 4, 2021

So, how do employees attain all of this and how can leaders create an environment that enhances these important aspects of CX? Dan explains: If you go look at it, customer support has one of the highest turnovers of any job in any company. I appreciate that, Dan. The second was obviously ticketing or case management.

Chatbots 105

Chatbots Contact Center Omni-Channel Consumers 105

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. A desire for instant-access self-service options is shifting how customers want to engage. Artificial intelligence (AI) can play a part.

Self Service 78

Self Service Management Contact Center Effort Score 78

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. What Are Call Center Efficiency Metrics? Call center managers need metrics to successfully measure agent performance and improvements to call center operations.

Call Center 52

Call Center Metrics Contact Center Net Promoter Score 52

SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Her blogs put a laser-beam focus on deriving customer experience insights for benevolent growth and revenue. One of her strong facets includes portraying employee experience (EX) as the sole driver behind loyalty, advocacy, and customer retention programs. That’s a Wrap.

Customer Success 17

Customer Success Customer Journeys Contact Center Leadership 17

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

She is an internationally recognized Customer Experience Thought Leader, Coach, Keynote Speaker, and Author of ‘Customer Understanding: Three Ways to Put the “Customer” in Customer Experience’ (and at the Heart of Your Business). LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

She leads the XM Institute’s research into CX and EX best practices and the broader organizational capabilities required for building loyalty by improving customer and employee experiences. Jeremy has more than 19 years of experience as a customer service professional leading high performing teams in the contact center.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

She leads the XM Institute’s research into CX and EX best practices and the broader organizational capabilities required for building loyalty by improving customer and employee experiences. Jeremy has more than 19 years of experience as a customer service professional leading high performing teams in the contact center.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

NobelBiz

MAY 10, 2022

The efficiency of a contact center depends on one very important and key factor: the experience of its agents. When teams are satisfied with their jobs, feel fulfilled, and are driven, they can give exceptional customer service. How to define an excellent call center agent experience?

Call Center 52

Call Center Contact Center Omni-Channel Self Service 52

Hello Customer

MAY 6, 2021

What is the real value of customer service? Contact centers are often seen as cost centers, which shows how undervalued these departments are. Your agents are true experts and have an inexhaustible source of knowledge when it comes to the customer. Customer service agents are friction hunters.

Customer Centricity 98

Customer Centricity Contact Center Hospitality Employee Experience 98

Qualtrics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Customer care teams have the power to deliver breakthrough experience s , and our latest research shows just how much customers value them. Find out how making the right investments in your service center culture can turn yours from a necessary cost center into a key brand loyalty driver.

Contact Center 26

Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time Metrics 26

Call Center Pros

AUGUST 27, 2018

Customer Loyalty is a comprehensive resource for business people who are looking to improve customer service and satisfaction. The Amazement Revolution: Seven Customer Service Strategies to Create an Amazing Customer (and Employee) Experience by Shep Hyken.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Call Center Loyalty Customer Service Strategies 40