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Find Balance in SMS Self Service and Proactive Engagement

Russel Lolacher

SMS self service is no different. And the expectations they have around what service will look like in that landscape continues to rise, whether your organization is ready or not. Self-Service: allowing customers to report stolen bank cards. Self-Service: report a problem with campus facilities.

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Contact center customization when it matters most

Talkdesk

Historically, contact center customization — whether that’s changing the agent interface, building custom dashboards or integrating systems for improved context or process automations — has been a hassle. Your contact center can coordinate outreach on multiple channels, such as email, text message or even social media.

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Guest Blog: “Zhuzhing Up” Humans in the Contact Center

ShepHyken

Airline agents are still at check-in counters to guide passengers after self-service kiosks and to arrange complicated ticketing. In the contact center industry, for example, there are fewer phone conversations going into customer support centers than in the past. Technology replacing humans.

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What is Call Queuing and Why Does It Matter?

NICE inContact

Whether we’re getting a coffee, a car wash, or checking into a hotel, we all just want fast and easy service, so we can get on with our day. . This same rule applies when people call into your contact center. . Your contact center call queues play a critical role in your customer experience strategy.

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Vital CX lessons from 3 Fortune 500 companies

Vonage

Netflix's Help Center includes an extensive knowledge base with a huge choice of online self-service options, plus a toll-free phone number and email. While it's important to include escalation paths to live agents for more complex queries, self-service reduces the number of frustrated customers and increases satisfaction rates.

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How COVID-19 Is Testing My Leadership Skills and What It Is Teaching Me Along the Way – a Weekly Update (Week Two)

Calabrio

While establishing what Calabrio’s new ‘business as usual’ is, as a company that serves contact center customers, we have been working hard to find ways to help clients empower their agents and other contact center staff. We are promoting ways to embrace this remote flexibility via agent scheduling.

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Does a lack of human interaction cost businesses money?

Vonage

Last year, Amazon announced that it employs 45,000 robots across 20 fulfillment centers; Yobot the robot ensures customers enjoy conversation-free service at Yotel’s pod hotel in New York; and "chatbots" continue to help businesses deliver everything from online banking to checking in for flights.