Call Experts

APRIL 8, 2024

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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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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Comm100

MARCH 19, 2020

In the past few weeks, I’ve been reaching out to contact center managers to find out what key problems have been brought on by the coronavirus pandemic , and how they are dealing with them. By taking advantage of these tools, you too can keep customer communication (and your sanity!) Skyrocketing chat volume.

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Bold360

APRIL 1, 2020

Knowledge is power, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when both individuals and organizations alike are struggling with uncertainty. No matter what happens next, your employees and customers will continue to have questions they need answered (and fast), even as your call center struggles to maintain operational continuity.

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Comm100

MARCH 19, 2020

In the past few weeks, I’ve been reaching out to contact center managers to find out what key problems have been brought on by the coronavirus pandemic , and how they are dealing with them. By taking advantage of these tools, you too can keep customer communication (and your sanity!) Skyrocketing chat volume.

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Contact Center Chatbots ROI Knowledge Base 130

Comm100

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

As companies everywhere see growing customer demand for self-service functionality in addition to their core service or support channels, knowledge bases play a large part in helping organizations to meet this need. Knowledge bases offer information that might otherwise only be available through a human.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 17, 2019

What if the only human interaction your customers have with your brand is through an agent working at your contact center? Contact center agents have a significant impact on customer experience and thus the bottom line. Here our are 8 Qualities of Effective Contact Center Agents.

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TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

Today’s contact centers face a daunting challenge. And with 51% of Americans now preferring to shop online, the pressure on customer support operations is about to increase exponentially. The missing link has always been the visual dimension: the ability to show the customer exactly how to proceed. Object Recognition.

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CX Accelerator

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Last week, Brittany Naylor (Vice President of Customer Support for Service Direct) queued up a wonderful topic in our CX Accelerator slack channel. It means resolving the customer's implicit issue(s) as well as their explicit issue(s). These are the things that brings a agent from a "fire-fighter" to a helpful knowledge expert.

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Contact Center B2C Ecommerce Knowledge Base 206

NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

Generally speaking, in the contact center space, people tend to look at the one-to-one interaction with an agent as the primary means of obtaining information about products and services. A functioning self-service system generally empowers clients with the tools and resources necessary for their inquiries.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 24, 2020

In my previous blog , I took you through the key characteristics of a true AI-powered knowledge base. Now, we’re going to dive into the different stakeholders within and outside of the contact center who will benefit from this evolution of the traditional knowledge base, and how you can use it to transform your customer experience. .

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Comm100

JUNE 5, 2018

Unsurprisingly, the enthusiasm of AI has spilled over to customer experience (CX) in the hope of improving call center efficiency. It’s therefore essential to analyze ‘what’s out there’ in customer service AI and adjust our expectations accordingly. How AI can be Used in the Contact Center. Capturing Customer Data.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 10, 2020

Whether it’s a finicky software product or a purchase from a company with a complicated return policy, most consumers have turned to a company’s knowledge base in an attempt to get their questions answered faster. What are the key characteristics of an AI-powered knowledge base?

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Even in customer service (where manners are paramount), it never hurts to be reminded. Contact centers are lively, energetic places with lots of activity going on. Be mindful of these tips for improving contact center etiquette: . My favorite customer service best practice? Cliché, but true.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When we are talking to organizations in the sales cycle, we will often hear from SaaS companies that the customer success role is too complex, too critical, too deeply embedded in their internal operations to ever be outsourced. But with this new height of significance, is customer success really something you can outsource?

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This high turnover rate not only leads to increased costs in recruitment and training, but also has a negative impact on overall customer satisfaction and brand reputation. In order to address this issue, contact centers must prioritize agent retention as a key strategy for success.

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Call Experts

JULY 28, 2022

Contact center support is a vital part of any business. A contact center can help save you time and money while delivering outstanding service to your customers. The right contact center will improve customer satisfaction , which leads to increased sales and profitability.

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Contact Center Call Center Knowledge Base Customer Satisfaction 52

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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ShepHyken

JANUARY 29, 2021

They provide some tips and tricks to set your business up for success in the contact center. Daunting as it may appear, keeping your customers happy is an attainable goal — when you put your mind to it. Following best practices and applying hacks has proven fruitful for a lot of contact centers.

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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This trend of call centers for chat support shifted to contact centers for chat support when internet usage became quite popular. And that’s not the only change businesses had to accommodate while running a contact center for chat support. Challenges Faced by Contact Centers. That’s not all.

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Comm100

AUGUST 20, 2019

If you’re in the contact center space, chances are you already have a customer experience strategy. However, while many contact centers are able to pick out various aspects of the customer experience, which could be improved, turning these thoughts into a successful process which guarantees results is often trickier.

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Uniphore

AUGUST 6, 2021

These are some of top contact center pain points driving employee disengagement today. In our webinar, What Your Call Center Agents Rant About on Social Media , we went beyond the annual Voice of the Employee survey to explore how agents really view the contact centers they work in—and why they’re leaving at an alarming rate.

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Talkdesk

MAY 12, 2020

Customer expectations for service are rapidly evolving, so training a team of at-home agents to align with these expectations can bring tangible benefits to any company. Save valuable time, money and effort by investing in agile tools that prepare contact center agents to meet the increasing expectations of your customers.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

The Need for Hyper Efficiency in Call Centers As a call center operations manager, you need to stay on top of the latest trends in hyper efficiency to ensure that your organization is successful. Today, hyper efficiency is no longer a luxury but a necessity for call centers looking to thrive and outperform their competition.

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SaleMove

AUGUST 20, 2020

Similarly, contact centers have playbooks to address customer issues and opportunities. Knowledge Managers. The most common elements of the playbook in the contact center today are the script and the knowledge base , which may be built and maintained by supervisors or by special knowledge managers.

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Uniphore

JUNE 9, 2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing rapid digital transformation and the complexity of customer interactions on the rise, most companies recognize the need for new approaches. In the contact center, the leading driver of improvements has been automation. Out with the old, in with the new!

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Win the Customer

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The customer service landscape is changing, with technology allowing customer service to shift from call centers and direct contact solutions to self-service technology. . Customers have begun to use, and in some cases even prefer, non-agented interactions,” says Ian Jacobs, principal analyst at Forrester.

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Uniphore

JULY 21, 2021

Why are so many knowledge bases inefficient to use when contact centers invest so much money in them? How can organizations more effectively direct customers to the knowledge they’re looking for? See where your contact center makes its mark or could use a little improvement.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Even though technology has improved in the call center industry, the level of customer experience is still mostly determined by how people interact with each other. Building customer loyalty and setting yourself apart from your competitors also depends on how competent are your agents.

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Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The world of customer experience management is expanding and growing in complexity at an alarming rate. Many of the customers eying up solutions today are voice-only call centers who understand they need to digitally transform – but it can be difficult to know how to do that without an understanding of what it really means.

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COPC

APRIL 1, 2024

The challenge of keeping pace with changing customer expectations looms large. Technological advancements, notably artificial intelligence (AI), fuel customer experience transformation. Companies worldwide are grappling with leveraging technology to enhance the overall customer experience (CX).

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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. And with 69% of service agents considering leaving their customer service role altogether, it’s best to take action to improve morale.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Human-AI interaction, for years held up as the final frontier, is now giving way to autonomous AI-powered customer self service becoming a part of our daily experience. However, living, breathing contact center agents still have a vital role to play in training the self service platforms of the future.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contact centers are always looking for ways to reduce costs. This is particularly true during periods of uncertainty and economic downturn, when call center cost savings contribute to business continuity. The Best Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies. Time – help agents resolve customers’ issue faster.

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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. How to calculate the call abandonment rate for contact centers?

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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

At its heart, business is a bond between service providers and customers. Understanding this dynamic is crucial, especially when customers are facing their most challenging times. When the pressure rises, here’s how to elevate your customer support to the next level, solidifying trust and cementing loyalty.

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CX Accelerator

MAY 25, 2022

Written by Jenny Dempsey, 5.25.2022 You don’t actually want to contact customer support. You can’t find the answer in the knowledge base on the company website, instruction book or the FAQs. Before a customer can reach out to get support, there needs to be communication channels in place.

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