InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Recognizing this, top brands and businesses are integrating review management into their marketing strategies. Not only does review management help safeguard and enhance a company’s brand reputation; but it can also improve search engine visibility and cultivate brand trust among existing and potential customers.

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Management Marketing Social Media Guidelines 346

Playvox

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a contact center leader, the top agents you hire, train, and manage are the clutch players. They are among your organization’s most valuable assets, and you depend on them to deliver loyalty-building customer experiences every day, with every interaction.

Contact Center 88

Contact Center Gamification Measurement Training 88

NobelBiz

APRIL 23, 2024

These omnichannel platforms facilitate a cohesive experience for debtors, which allows them to interact with collections agencies through their preferred channels, be it SMS, email, web chat, or voice calls. This is why automation is especially transformative in contact centers.

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Omni-Channel Contact Center Customer Centricity Technology 52

CSM Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Every interaction counts, and one frequently neglected yet vital touchpoint is the contact center. These centers, where customers engage with a company, hold significant influence over brand identity. The interactions they have with customer support agents profoundly influence their perception of the brand.

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Contact Center Brands Social Media Call Center 52

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Study Feedback 78

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.

Contact Center 105

Contact Center Call Center Guidelines Customer Satisfaction 105

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.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Center Guidelines Customer Satisfaction 52

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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Contact Center Training Contact Center Software Strategy 79

NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Are you a call center operations manager striving to enhance your team’s productivity and deliver hyper efficiency in your daily operations? Today, hyper efficiency is no longer a luxury but a necessity for call centers looking to thrive and outperform their competition. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Center Management Gamification 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. What Is A Quality Management Program? of their revenue due to bad experiences.

Contact Center 78

Contact Center How To Multi-Channel eBook 78

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A customer experience leader’s role is often tied to collecting, analyzing and acting upon customer feedback. Many leaders are tasked with developing customer feedback programs, including how and when to send surveys, where to insert feedback tools like kiosks or chatbots, and how to report on the feedback once it’s gathered.

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Feedback Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score NPS 367

Playvox

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

They make customers the center of their business strategy, execute on delivering outstanding customer experiences, and strive for continuous improvement. It’s often the continuous improvement or quality management (QM) piece where contact centers struggle. Edwards Deming and Walter A.

Customer Centricity 83

Customer Centricity Contact Center Management Customer Satisfaction 83

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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Contact Center Measurement Call Center How To 74

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Contact center managers know that quality monitoring and management is necessary to maintain or improve Customer Satisfaction (CSAT). It can be difficult, however, to tie contact center contributions to CSAT and then to resulting dollars, making it even more difficult to justify needed quality management investments.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time First Call Resolution Measurement 154

CSM Magazine

APRIL 19, 2024

In this article, we will delve into all the different aspects of CX software and its importance in boosting interaction. Getting to Know CX Software CX software includes applications and platforms that aim to enhance customer interactions, elevate satisfaction levels, and foster loyalty.

Interaction 59

Interaction Software Engagement Net Promoter Score 59

Calabrio

AUGUST 7, 2019

Anyone working in the contact center industry knows Customer Contact Week (CCW) to be the end-all, be-all event for customer experience, contact center and customer care professionals. Let’s take a look at a few things Idaho Central Credit Union does differently to make it a best-in-class contact center.

Contact Center 189

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Effort Score Gamification 189

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. The first is training; the second is management. Managing an Multi-Generational Contact Center.

Contact Center 225

Contact Center Multi-Channel Call Center Training 225

BlueOcean

MAY 14, 2018

The purpose of a contact center RFP is no different: it’s an essential process to use when choosing an outsourcer. However, the contact center RFP is unique and can’t be modeled on the same old RFP template used for other services your company may procure. Sample Contact Center RFP Timeline.

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Contact Center Resources Guidelines Culture 214

Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you’re a contact center professional, you’re probably feeling the pain of agent staffing shortages. This difficulty includes finding contact center agents. There are creative measures every call center can take to address agent staffing shortages. unemployment rate was 5.4% Don’t despair.

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Contact Center Self Service Management Abandon Rate 73

Playvox

APRIL 11, 2023

Engaged contact center agents are essential to the success of any customer service operation. But disengaged agents create challenges in a customer service center. Keep contact center agents engaged and dedicated to delivering world-class customer interactions by implementing these best practices today.

Contact Center 63

Contact Center Employee Engagement Gamification Tips 63

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.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Strategy Gamification Customer Satisfaction 52

Playvox

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Not only do contact center agents want additional flexibility in their work schedules, but many leaders saw that agents did not need to be in a defined office space to get their jobs done well. However, managing remote teams effectively comes with its own set of challenges. First, let’s define remote work.

Management 88

Management Gamification Contact Center Policies 88

InMoment XI

MARCH 5, 2024

The best way to do that is by being able to understand the vast amounts of unstructured data that come with customer interactions. Unstructured data is so important because it represents such a large portion of the total amount of data you will interact with. What is Unstructured Data?

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Data Customer Experience Social Media Analysis 260

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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Contact Center Culture Self Service Average Handle Time 117

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. Unpacking the types of customer interactions contact centers handle provides key insights.

Contact Center 88

Contact Center Measurement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 88

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Twenty years ago began a shift to contact center outsourcing to offshore locations, especially the Philippines and India, and away from the local market where customers on the other end of the phone were located. Brands had a very clear business case to cut contact center labor costs by outsourcing to lower-cost offshore locations.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Contact Center Software Competitive Advantage Call Recording 120

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. Reliability.

Contact Center 137

Contact Center Self Service Knowledge Base Customer Confidence 137

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Have you ever wondered how call centers manage the overwhelming number of customer calls, especially those tricky situations that require immediate attention? The secret lies in effective escalation management, a crucial aspect often overlooked. This is where escalation management comes into play.

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Call Center Management Contact Center Wait Times 106

NobelBiz

JULY 4, 2023

One such technology is Automated Interaction Summaries. AI in the context of the contact center world isn’t really a ‘wow’ feature anymore. According to a report by Mordor Intelligence , the AI market in call center applications is anticipated to witness a CAGR of 25.8% over the forecast period (2023 – 2028).

Interaction 52

Interaction Call Center Engagement Contact Center 52

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.

Contact Center 105

Contact Center Call Center Multi-Channel Culture 105

Playvox

JULY 28, 2022

A contact center is a perfect place for a multigenerational team. There’s so much to do and so many types of customers to work with — not to mention so many channels to manage — that having a team of agents with different strengths will invigorate your customer experience. What a Multigenerational Workforce Wants By Generation.

Contact Center 66

Contact Center Social Media Gamification Competitive Advantage 66

VDS

JUNE 6, 2023

In today’s digital age, contact centers play a vital role in delivering exceptional customer experiences. As businesses strive to meet evolving customer expectations, adopting a cloud contact center solution has become a strategic imperative. Let’s begin!

Contact Center 52

Contact Center ROI Return on Investment Case Study 52

Playvox

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Working with virtual teams of agents in your contact center can sometimes mean you feel disconnected from them — or even worried that you aren’t able to properly manage their performance. Agents who felt their contact centers were handling remote work well told us they appreciated: Clear expectations.

Contact Center Software 52

Contact Center Software Contact Center Software eBook 52

Talkdesk

MAY 12, 2020

The latest trend in at-home agent training centers around online, specialized tools that offer hands-on practice with a contact center interface, testing employees’ ability to learn and adapt to a technology they’ll be using daily. Encourage them to introduce their role on the team as well as how the agents can contact them.

Contact Center 119

Contact Center Training Tips Call Center 119

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Dead air time refers to the period of inactivity during customer interaction in a contact center; the time between when an agent finishes speaking and when the customer begins speaking or vice versa. Dead airtime can negatively impact the customer experience and make the interaction feel awkward or uncomfortable.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Flow Call Recording How To 52

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a strategy businesses use to manage interactions with existing and potential customers. In a contact center, facilitate managing the large volume of daily customer interactions by using essential CRM strategies.

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Contact Center CRM Measurement Strategy 52