BlueOcean

APRIL 24, 2024

This holds especially true in the world of outsourced customer service, where your vendor is literally representing your brand and your values. And so it’s the RFP, pack horse that it is, that enables companies to first discern whether potential vendors measure up. What are the measures of success for your DE&I initiatives?

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BlueOcean

MARCH 14, 2024

Your organization is ready to find a new contact center outsourcer. Dig deeper in this article > 5 Insights About Sourcing and Developing Strategic Partnerships You know that partnering with a contact center outsourcer is more than just signing on another vendor. What’s your next step? We’re here to help!

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BlueOcean

MARCH 14, 2024

Your organization is ready to find a new contact center outsourcer. Dig deeper in this article > 5 Insights About Sourcing and Developing Strategic Partnerships You know that partnering with a contact center outsourcer is more than just signing on another vendor. What’s your next step? We’re here to help!

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Contact Center Resources Hospitality Customer Care 156

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Businesses today face unprecedented amounts of competition as they try to differentiate themselves on the customer service experience. Everyone is competing for customers, and you need to have more than just great products if you hope to survive and thrive in today’s world. This is true even of niche businesses.

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SaleMove

JUNE 14, 2024

In order to demonstrate value, contact centers need to measure their performance differently. The post Contact Centers as Value Centers appeared first on Glia Blog | Digital Customer Service Explained. How companies can quantify business value in 3 dimensions.

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Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center. The quality of customer service and support can also have an impact on the productivity of a contact center.

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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. Until you start measuring customer experience , you could easily be falling behind the competition.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 17, 2021

We also took a look at how outsourcing your customer care to the right contact center partner may enable your organization to circumvent these obstacles without sacrificing commitment to your customers. The challenging part of business continuity in the contact center is just how many variables there are.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In an economy that’s pitched more than a few curveballs over the last five years, retaining and growing a loyal customer base is consistently a winning business strategy. As a contact center leader, the top agents you hire, train, and manage are the clutch players. How Do You Identify Top Customer Service Talent?

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BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You’re prepared for the future of customer service. And you’re ready for your outsourced customer service RFP to hit the road and bring you some stellar options for a new contact center partner. Here’s the short list of the best questions to ask about AI in the contact center.

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Whether you already have an RFP template on hand or not, there are two key things to remember: First, the partnership with your customer care outsourcer is a unique one, requiring customized questions for a more accurate assessment. Our updated list of customer care RFP questions keeps these facts top of mind.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

CRM strategies involve using technology to store and analyze customer data and automate and streamline sales and marketing processes. In a contact center, facilitate managing the large volume of daily customer interactions by using essential CRM strategies.

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Call Experts

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Today, customer support plays a pivotal role in maintaining and growing a loyal customer base, enticing many companies to hire a contact center for their answering services. Ultimately, a well-managed contact center can be the lifeline of your customer service operations.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 12, 2018

Contact center implementation is an art and a science, and over 24 years in business, we’ve learned exactly what it takes to make the smoothest transition possible. Every milestone and every moving part is integral to a controlled acceleration towards a seamless transition that results in a positive customer experience.

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Playvox

APRIL 25, 2023

How can you spice up remote agent training at your contact center to make it the most engaging and effective it can be? Make A Plan Despite the ongoing debate on the benefits and drawbacks of in-person, hybrid, and remote work, recent data and predictions support remote and hybrid work in a contact center.

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TechSee

MAY 18, 2022

What is Occupancy in the Contact Center? Occupancy measures how much time call center representatives spend engaging with customers when they are at work as opposed to non-productive or idle time. How to Calculate Contact Center Occupancy Rate. Occupancy Benchmark Per Customer Service 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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BlueOcean

AUGUST 7, 2018

Contracting a new contact center outsourcer may be one of the most impactful decisions you make all year (no pressure, right?) You’re putting your brand and your customers in the hands of someone new, whose efforts will have a direct impact on your business, its ROI, and all its related KPIs. Draft Your Contact Center RFP.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? It used to be possible to win with a top product or a competitive price, but more than ever, customer experience is now top of mind for consumers — and crucial for bottom-line growth. Is your Contact Center Keeping Up?

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BlueOcean

JUNE 26, 2018

When it comes to customer experience, there’s a lot of cross-over between the hospitality industry and the contact center industry. We’re both in the business of earning a customer’s repeat business through the quality of the experience we deliver. How do metrics and standards play a role in customer service?

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Contact center management is hard. You need to keep up with constantly growing and shifting customer expectations. Let’s look into some ideas that will help you successfully manage you contact center environment while keeping your cool in the process. Choose the right contact center solution.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2023

Running a smooth and efficient contact center can feel like the ultimate struggle, but don’t worry, you’re not alone. Providing noteworthy customer experiences is a top priority for any business, and a well-run help desk, support center, or customer service center is the key to improving contact center performance.

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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.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The traditional contact center – with agents in cubicles following scripts and rushing to meet individual KPIs – will soon be a thing of the past. Agent collaboration also enables a higher First Contact Resolution (FCR) rate by eliminating time-consuming escalations. What’s the climate of your contact center?

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With corporate budgets tightening, contact center leaders might be tempted to cut into your quality management funding. But quality management is a vital area of your business — it’s what ensures your customers get top-notch service. of their revenue due to bad experiences. of their revenue due to bad experiences.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

What makes a great contact center agent isn’t as easy to define as you might expect. There’s another layer to be considered as well: generational differences in the contact center workforce. What balance will achieve the highest level of contact center performance across this generational divide?

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 27, 2020

You can ask all the right questions in the contact center RFP and still struggle to understand how their culture might or might not align with your own. That’s why, if time and budget allow, we always recommend a site visit before you go to RFP ( read our Guide to On-Site Contact Center Visits here ). Got 15 minutes?

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As businesses prioritize customer satisfaction, understanding the nuances of measuring Customer Experience Return on Investment (CX ROI) has emerged as a strategic imperative. The capacity to measure and quantify the return on investment (ROI) of CX initiatives is critical for businesses to thrive.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 24, 2019

You know it – and your customers know it too. More and more companies are choosing contact center locations closer to home with rich talent pools where agents are not only fluent in their customers’ language but can also pick up on cultural nuances that are difficult to teach non-native speakers. Look North of the Border.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 16, 2024

With increased scrutiny from regulatory bodies and the recent lawsuite against Talkdesk Customer Patagonia, businesses need to ensure that their contact centers are compliant with privacy laws. Here’s our guide on how to protect your contact center from breaching privacy rules. Data privacy is an ongoing process.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

If you’ve manage an aging contact center, then you’ve probably identified several inefficiencies which limit your success. Maybe its call volumes that exceed contact center capacity. When you transform contact center inefficiencies into proficiencies you are transforming money “wasted” into money saved.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 5, 2017

TechStyle uses inContact to outsource its entire customer service team of 600-to-1200 agents, who field inbound calls from all across the globe. Relying on the inContact Customer Interaction Cloud , TechStyle has been able to boost agent productivity by over 25% to deliver improved, value-added customer experiences.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 21, 2017

Looking for an outsourced contact center partner is one of the most complex undertakings for any strategic sourcing professional. It requires a thorough understanding of the contact center world as well as the inner workings of your organization’s processes, business objectives, and brand promises. Start with the Basics.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Scheduling is a critical contact center function, but like forecasting, can be tricky.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 22, 2019

There is a growing discussion among contact center managers about how to implement effective, KPI-based reporting. This conversation is being driven by contact center modernization and a realization that the old “art” of call center management is giving way to the new “science” of contact center management.

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