Calabrio

OCTOBER 5, 2016

As consumers, we all love the convenience of online self-service. We’ve come to expect immediate gratification via electronic service delivery. So self-service is one of the ways we connect now. Pretty self-evident, huh? It’s easy to see how self-service benefits customers.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 11, 2018

For instance, customer satisfaction/retention-related initiatives that demonstrate a clear impact on retention rates, or self-service initiatives that drive a reduction in operational costs, or engagement/customer journey initiatives that clearly correlate with increased sales.

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 29, 2024

Amazon Lex provides advanced conversational artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to enable self-service support for your organization’s contact center. With Amazon Lex, you can implement an omnichannel strategy where customers engage via phone, websites, and messaging platforms.

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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? Furthermore, we’re learning how customers engage differently depending on their goal.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 12, 2022

The demands facing contact center systems are getting more complex and more varied than ever before. Driven by a desire to cut costs with operational efficiencies and provide a better omnichannel experience to an increasingly digital customer base, executives are honing in to upskill their contact centers.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 7, 2021

AI has many valuable uses in the contact center, from providing data and channel options to reducing costs. With AI enabling better forms of self-service, automation can address many contact center challenges with limited cost impact or added strain to the existing pool of agents.

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TechSee

APRIL 17, 2022

Companies looking to improve their customer journey can use an omnichannel approach that delivers an integrated, continuous customer experience. While there are multiple ways to implement an omnichannel experience, a quick win is to expand the way you deploy “warm transfers.”.

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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? Furthermore, we’re learning how customers engage differently depending on their goal.

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Upstream Works

JULY 16, 2020

This is Part 3 in our 3-Part series about how contact centers can adapt and thrive during a global pandemic. As the pandemic wears on, contact centers face challenges on two different but highly related fronts. The need to provide great CX hasn’t changed, but the environment has changed for both agents and customers.

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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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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

While the proliferation of handheld devices has a lot to do with the inflated expectations of customers, it is also natural. 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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Upstream Works

OCTOBER 21, 2022

As contact centers transition to the cloud, there are several areas where AI is poised to play a leading role, including providing seamless customer experiences (CX). Omnichannel Data. One reason is that many contact centers are more focused on internal performance than the customer.

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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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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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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Interactive voice response (IVR) systems are the gatekeepers to the contact center. Does your gatekeeper welcome everyone in with little friction, or is your IVR system more like the troll under the bridge, barring the way until customers answer the riddles correctly? As such, they set the tone for the entire interaction.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In our sphere, a successful contact center is defined by its ability to manage customer interactions and meet their needs, while also operating in an efficient and cost-effective manner. In this article, we will elaborate on the key elements that underlie the success of contact centers.

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Here are three tips on how to scale your contact center for the seasonal rush. Integrate with your ecommerce technology stack Seamlessly connecting your contact center to ecommerce platforms, such as Shopify and BigCommerce , allows valuable information from customer interactions to quickly reach your customer service agents.

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Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Let’s get back to basics with a few of these buzzy terms – what exactly they mean, how they are making an impact on the customer experience industry, and tips for successfully incorporating them into your CX strategy. Omnichannel. It’s important to take the term “omnichannel” with a grain of salt.

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Calabrio

JANUARY 6, 2016

CEO of Calabrio shares his predictions for the Contact Center, for 2016 and Beyond. When it comes to the power of IoT and data, it’s high time customer engagement gets involved, and it all begins with the contact center. For contact center leaders, however, this vision of the future might seem daunting.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This efficiency reduces idle time and increases overall contact rates. NobelBiz OMNI+ takes the capabilities of Predictive and Power Dialing to the next level, transforming the contact center landscape with its versatile suite of dialing options. Among its standout features is the Preview Dialer.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Your contact center is a superhero? You might be surprised—after all, contact centers are often: Under-valued by the larger organization. Viewed purely as a cost center. But for customer-centric organizations, the term “contact center superhero” is an accurate—and multi-faceted—description.

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Bold360

MARCH 20, 2020

Customer experience (CX) is fast overtaking price and product as a key brand differentiator. And in a world where social distancing and even sheltering-in-place have become the new norm, an omnichannel approach is now more important than ever. It takes more than one or two interactions to convert today’s customers into loyal buyers.

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Talkdesk

MAY 6, 2020

With the recent announcement of Talkdesk CX Cloud™, Talkdesk tackles one of the most painful and frustrating issues that customer-focused companies face: trying to deliver great customer experiences in the contact center while improving operational efficiency and reducing costs.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Making the change from call center to contact center. Author: Laurence Chami 20 years ago customer service existed in a world dominated by voice , hence the widespread reliance on call centers to manage customer service interactions.

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ViiBE Blog

JULY 30, 2021

What is a contact center? Call Center , Customer experience , Remote operations. Considered a relatively new solution, contact center is an omnichannel customer support platform. What is an inbound contact center? How to enhance the contact center experience.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 26, 2024

These components work together to create a cohesive, automated customer service ecosystem. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) At the core of intelligent contact center automation lies a well-calibrated IVR system. This powerful tool serves as the cornerstone, revolutionizing the way your contact center operates.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call4You Marketing implemented NobelBiz Omni+, an advanced, full-featured cloud contact center solution equipped with an impressive stack of options and features that can be easily integrated, customized, and optimized to any contact center use case. RELATED ARTICLE What is IVR?

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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. The customer journey is essential to any company’s success.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Nowadays, it is a standard practice for businesses to have multiple channels for interacting with customers. In this article, Yasar Jameel takes an in-depth look at omnichannel customer service. In turn, it can help in boosting sales, drive customer retention and assist your customer support team.

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Upstream Works

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The term “digital channels” has become core to the contact center lexicon recently, and for good reason. Much of this pertains to how the adoption of relatively new communication channels is impacting the customer experience (CX) landscape, and contact center leaders need to respond.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

According to Forbes, poor customer service is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction.

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Upstream Works

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Unfortunately, many contact centers have the unfortunate habit of doing just that. With the addition of new AI channels, the problem is only going to get worse. Having to repeat information to a contact center agent constantly comes in near the top in the order of things that negatively impact customer satisfaction.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 26, 2021

2020 brought a lot of changes to organizations and contact centers all over the world. Meanwhile, customer expectations have also changed, forcing contact centers to adapt innovative technologies and prioritize digital transformation. To help contact centers provide that, here are three ways to rethink digital CX.

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Advanced IVR: Deploy highly customized Interactive Voice Response systems tailored to your business needs, providing a seamless and personalized experience for callers. Read more about the NobelBiz self-service IVR system here. Local Caller ID: Optimize contact rates with LocalTouch, the Local Caller ID solution from NobelBiz.

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Interactions

MARCH 28, 2019

Recently, I attended two highly informative conferences which looked at AI technologies and their impact on customer engagement – the Conversational Interaction Conference hosted by AVIOS in San Jose and Enterprise Connect conference in Florida. 1 in 4 contact centers could be fully automated in 5 years.

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Answer Dash

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

It’s been an interesting quarter in the contact center technology space. Zendesk just announced their new omnichannel platform. Salesforce announced that Desk.com is going away in March 2020 and they’re moving customers to Service Cloud Lightning. I’m particularly excited about their Guide and Explore products.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 12, 2020

As customer expectations evolve, so does the contact center. Managing this intersection is Jennifer Lundberg’s primary role, and she’s done it for organizations of all types: “I think if you can come up with a function for contact centers, we cover it.”. The customer is changing. Choosing Talkdesk.

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