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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Contact Center Multi-Channel Call Center Training 225

NICE inContact

JUNE 30, 2016

For that reason, Speech Analytics software and processes have been gradually picking up steam in the contact center industry for the better part of a decade. Despite this, many contact centers are still struggling to find practical uses, and/or measure the ROI of the technology. You Still Need Analysts.

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Win the Customer

MAY 20, 2014

Multi-channel is more important than ever as customers expect information to be available when instantly and through the channels they already use daily. Call Center Communication Customer Experience Customer Service'

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Multi-Channel Contact Center Call Center Technology 140

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As customer care teams start planning for 2024, we’ve seen how easy it can be to get stuck in a rut. The quickest way to get re-inspired is by getting a finger on the pulse of current news and customer service trends in the industry. How are other customer experience leaders delivering?

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TechSee

APRIL 26, 2021

The Age of Contact Center Transformation . Like many industries these days, contact centers are at a crossroads. On the one hand, every business needs to save money and customer service is generally the first on the chopping block. Vision: A key element for transforming contact centers .

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2023

In today’s digital age, contact centers play a critical role in customer support, sales, and overall communication between businesses and their clientele. Unfortunately, these centers have also become a target for fraudsters looking to exploit the vulnerabilities inherent in these systems.

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Contact Center Multi-Channel Contact Center Software Policies 52

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. It requires a multi-level approach to ensure success today and in the years ahead.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In the fast-paced world of customer service, call center management plays a pivotal role in ensuring efficient operations, customer satisfaction, and improving the customer experience. Understanding the ins and outs of call center management is crucial for both seasoned professionals and newcomers to the field.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 11, 2021

Contact center outsourcing has proven to be highly beneficial, but it isn’t without its faults. Call spikes are probably the biggest challenge that contact centers face. Due to this predictability, a business can hire an outsourced team to help their contact center manage the high call volume when needed.

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Contact Center Call Center Multi-Channel Culture 105

TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The key to reaching this powerful demographic is by understanding that technology is central to their being. This penchant for technology has shaped their consumer behavior and preferences, and brands must tailor their customer service strategies to suit Millennials’ attributes. But they don’t stop there.

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Companies would have all the resources they needed to operate a BPO contact center in-house in a perfect world. A business process outsourcing can be the perfect fit for your company if you need more than one support channel. . Many companies migrate to BPO contact centers for their customer service needs.

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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Companies and contact centers have been compelled to modify their way of communication as a result of the digital revolution that has been taking place for some years, and the field of telecommunications is no exception! Telephony is a communication technology that is constantly reinventing itself in businesses.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

Calabrio , the workforce performance company, today announced its new workforce management (WFM) integration with Zoom’s omnichannel contact centre platform. The cloud-to-cloud integration gives Zoom Contact Center customers access to the only true-cloud, enterprise-grade WFM solution on the market.

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Contact Center Multi-Channel Management Omni-Channel 52

NICE inContact

AUGUST 2, 2019

It’s an important concept for any company considering digital customer service integration. You don’t simply want to plan for your current customer service needs. Digital customer service is evolving quickly, and this change hopefully comes in tandem with important developments in your business — namely growth.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 24, 2017

Forrester Research, in their annual Customer Experience Index, also finds that banking and credit card companies lead the way in customer experience excellence when compared to other industries. Banks generally make the news for focusing on customer service, look at their commercials, websites, etc.

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Contact Center Banking Call Center Customer Satisfaction 138

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Conversational AI (aka intelligent chatbots or virtual agents) combines artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to streamline customer interactions across channels. Customer service teams and contact centers have specific needs when considering new technology solutions. Multi-Lingual Capabilities.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 24, 2017

Forrester Research, in their annual Customer Experience Index, also finds that banking and credit card companies lead the way in customer experience excellence when compared to other industries. Banks generally make the news for focusing on customer service, look at their commercials, websites, etc.

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SaleMove

JUNE 16, 2020

With all of us—and our parents and grandparents—now using virtual meeting software such as Zoom, Teams or WebEx so often, it begs the question, can businesses use these technologies to effectively support consumers? But when it comes to high-volume, inbound, multi-channel conversations, Zoom-like interactions just weren’t built for that.

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Interactions

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Getting stuck in a loop or being misunderstood by an automated customer care system brings out the worst in humanity. Thankfully, customer service tools have advanced in recent years, and AI is accelerating the change. Our AI is developed specifically for contact centers. We play nice with others.

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Magellan Solutions

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Empowering Your SME with Omnichannel Contact Centers. As many business practices continue to evolve, so does customer service, continuing to develop its channels in order to provide excellent service in more ways than one. What is an Omnichannel Contact Center?

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 16, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 16 Great Customer Service Tips and Examples by Tom Coombe. Small Business Trends) Customer service in the U.S. is a multi-billion dollar industry, one that’s growing all the time.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They are under constant pressure to reduce operational overhead costs, lower recruiting, onboarding and training costs – all while exceeding customer demands and delivering exceptional customer service. When contact center managers look to decrease overhead, they think first to eliminate manual processes through automation.

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Omni-Channel Contact Center Management Multi-Channel 75

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

“You are only as good as your weakest channel.” – Nancy Jamison, Principal Analyst, Frost & Sullivan. This is one of our favorite quotes from a leading analyst in the contact center space. See if it sparks you to rethink your weakest channel. Think about your voice channel: is it your weakest?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 27, 2019

That means connecting with customers emotionally is the task of the customer service agent. So, contact center managers need to put the right practices in place and also give agents the right tools. Bearing that in mind, here are 10 tips for connecting with customers emotionally. 5) Be channel-focused.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 25, 2019

It’s common for blogs related to customer service and customer experience to talk about how the increasing ubiquity of social media requires fundamental changes in the way that brands should conceive of customer service. Fast, accessible service isn’t all there is to delivering great customer service.

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NobelBiz

JULY 10, 2023

As we speak, AI-powered solutions are revolutionizing how contact centers identify, engage, and convert leads. In this article, we delve into the profound impact of AI on lead generation and explore how your contact center can harness its potential. Let’s see how.

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Oracle

JANUARY 7, 2019

When you consider that over the past year, poor customer service cost US businesses 75 billion dollars —a 20% increase from the previous year, it’s little wonder that 66% of respondents actually prefer self-service systems to speaking with a brand representative. Pros and cons of on-premise and cloud. 3 cost considerations.

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NobelBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They act as pathways that guide calls from the very beginning to a successful resolution, ensuring a seamless and efficient customer experience. Effective call flow management has the potential to revolutionize customer service, sales, and overall business operations.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In the last few years, the customer service industry has been upended by a combination of new pandemic-driven ways of working, the growing trend of digital transformation, and the continuously rising bar for positive customer service experiences.

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Call Center Trends Self Service Contact Center 124

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2019

More and more businesses are taking the plunge and moving their contact centers from on-premise PBX to cloud phone systems. By 2020, 50% of call centers that don’t use cloud technology will have made the switch to cloud based phone systems. What are the benefits of moving to a cloud phone system for your contact center?

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Avaya

APRIL 27, 2017

But this May 22-25, when you arrive in Orlando for the 2017 ICMI Contact Center Expo and Conference , we think you’ll be heading for what we like to call the second happiest place on earth. We’ll show customer-focused companies our latest innovations. Each demo shows multi-touch channels in action. Done and fun!

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Customer Journeys Multi-Channel 54

CSM Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Merseyside based contact centre with 1500 people chooses technology to support ambitious growth plans. Calabrio , the workforce performance company, has announced that business process outsourcer (BPO) The Contact Company (TCC) has selected Calabrio ONE software to support the company’s ambitious growth plans.

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Company Multi-Channel Contact Center Customer Centricity 52

AWS Machine Learning

AUGUST 30, 2023

Powered by Amazon Lex , the QnABot on AWS solution is an open-source, multi-channel, multi-language conversational chatbot. Customers now want to apply the power of large language models (LLMs) to further improve the customer experience with generative AI capabilities. We discuss two such use cases in this section.

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TechSee

APRIL 3, 2018

It is well known that the acquisition costs of converting new customers far outweigh the cost of maintaining current customers, further motivating companies to find and implement innovative customer retention strategies. Technology – key to successful customer retention strategies.

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RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Read the transcript below: Nicholas Rodriguez: …the highest priorities for Contact Centers that focus on the customer. So, Talkdesk Enterprise Contact Center empowers companies to make their Customer Experience a competitive advantage. And so in the next slide, Nate Brown is the co-founder of CX Accelerator.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 28, 2019

And as long as there have been customers, there has been customer service. Even as professional merchants began to flourish about 3,000 years ago, every exchange of goods and services remained face to face. That meant customer service was tailored to each individual. From phone service to digital.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Measuring your contact center performance is the first cornerstone of your outbound campaign. In order to build an efficient and satisfying customer relationship with your customers, Choosing key performance indicators adapted to your customer service activity is a crucial element to your success.

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