Hodusoft

JANUARY 30, 2025

Omnichannel Contact Centers Solutions: What You Need to Know Do you know, businesses that implement omnichannel strategies retain 89% of their customers, compared to just 33% for those that dont? Enhanced customer satisfaction, improved retention rates, and stronger brand loyalty that drives business growth.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 7, 2021

That’s why it’s more important than ever to have a superior customer service strategy — that includes ensuring your retail contact center operations are optimized for a smooth customer experience. The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. of retail contact center leaders.

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Contact Center Retail Customer Expectations Technology 141

Hodusoft

APRIL 24, 2025

Insurance Customer Retention with Contact Center Software For contemporary insurance companies, acquiring more policyholders is not good enough. In such a scenario, customer retention (or retention of policyholders, if you will) is the only recourse. Why Customer Retention is Critical in Insurance?

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Building Customer Loyalty: Insights and Best Practices for Transforming Your Business For every business, customer loyalty matters a lot. That’s because it’s just not viable for a business to start a venture, sell only one product once to every customer, and stay afloat for long.

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Inside Customer Service

JANUARY 27, 2022

The contact center agent shook his head as he scanned the quality assurance form. What is contact center quality assurance? I realize some readers might not be familiar with the quality assurance process in contact centers. You can also identify macro-trends across your contact center without QA scores.

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Contact Center Legal Construction Social Media 144

Callminer

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Adapting to a shifting market means making changes to agent engagement processes , team cooperation, agent training and more, while maintaining a positive customer experience. “Call centers can leverage several autonomous and semi-autonomous AI functions to streamline internal processes. Technological Trends. AI is here to stay.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Customers are not forthright with their expectations, but they know a sub-par experience when they encounter one. #CX Here are seven things your customers want your contact center to know: They want easy solutions. That’s why creating reducing friction in your customer experience is so important.

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Contact Center Omnichannel Business Growth Technology 144

Fonolo

AUGUST 27, 2020

What is the primary purpose of a contact center agent? You might say it’s to close sales or solve customer issues, depending on the function of your team. Both are true, but every contact center agent in the world must adhere to creating an exceptional customer experience. I know it’s a lot to take in.”.

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Fonolo

MAY 23, 2023

Customer service is all about meeting and exceeding customer expectations. Contact center managers know this implicitly. But did you know that hyper-personalization in the contact center is one of the best ways to delight your customers? Customers want to feel seen.

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CSAT.AI

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Offshoring contact center operations is not a new concept. When it comes to BPO (Business Process Outsourcing), customer service is near the top, especially for large businesses. The costs of setting up and/or scaling contact centers are high from training, to equipment, to wages. Billion by 2025.

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CSAT.AI

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The negative nickname of ‘cost center’ applied to contact centers works against the success of quality customer service. Further, there is an argument for the contact center as a means of increasing profit and using other department budgets wisely. trillion dollars from negative customer experience alone.

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Contact Center Non-Profits Sentiment Analysis Customer Loyalty 102

Customer Service Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Over the course of my career in the contact center, it’s not abnormal for customers to contact us claiming hardship and asking for a credit or an extension on their bill. In one case, a customer lost a family member to COVID and wondered if we might grant a free month of service. A hardship credit.

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Contact Center Invoicing Finance Customer Loyalty 115

Fonolo

AUGUST 24, 2017

We’ve been chatting a lot about customer satisfaction (CSat) recently, but for very good reason; measuring the degree to which your product / service meets customer expectations is critical to the success of your brand, regardless of the vertical or size. Understand Your Customers’ Expectations. Test Your Own Experience.

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Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Customer Expectations NPS 98

Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2019

Every year we ask: What can contact centers do to bolster their productivity, efficiency, and customer service offerings in the future? This year’s soundbites are rich with well-researched insights that a) act as a warning; and b) can help your contact center win. Learn more about Shaun here and here.

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The ultimate guide to the omnichannel contact center software. Customer care executives should be able to give them the service they anticipate. The use of an omnichannel contact center makes it simple to keep up with the expectations of a modern consumer. What is an Omnichannel Contact Center?

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Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2018

This is especially true for those of us involved in the cacophony of contact centers; we are essentially the appointed, trusted ‘brand listeners’ who hear many, many voices on a given day, including those of both customers and colleagues. Contact center professionals? It’s simply become too loud.

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Taylor Reach Group

AUGUST 13, 2020

In the past 25 years I have visited hundreds of contact centers and have spoken to many contact center directors. Beside all the typical operational issues, one subject comes up frequently; contact center management feeling that the rest of the organization does not appreciate what the contact center does.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Executives and managers know that contact center goal-setting helps usher in progress and bring about positive change. In a busy customer service department, having an agreed-upon set of milestones helps you cross the finish line because it clarifies decision-making, keeps morale up, and can even reduce agent turnover.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 20, 2022

Over the past few years, contact center leaders have had their customer experience, technological innovation, and overall resilience tested like never before. Call center industry trends help us pave a path forward and keep up with the ever-present competition. Industry Report: State of the Contact Center 2022.

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Contact Center Omnichannel Social Media Retail 81

Fonolo

APRIL 11, 2023

And they should help call center managers see the importance of queue management and the perils of keeping customers waiting on hold You’ve come to the right place! In this blog, we’ll explore the best practices for call center queue management. Smart ‘bots can answer more complex queries, too.

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Contact Center Social Media Social Listening Customer Satisfaction 81

eglobalis

JULY 2, 2024

The Imperative for Diverse Metrics and Measurements in Understanding Customer Sentiment Introduction Net Promoter Score (NPS) has established itself as a popular metric for evaluating customer loyalty, satisfaction levels, and the likelihood of customer churn.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Active listening is an essential skill for contact center agents for one very good reason: customers want to be heard. Come to think of it, everybody wants to be heard! Of course, customers want a lot of other things , too. These interactions leave customers saying: “They get me!” Let’s go!

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Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Healthcare Start-ups 87

Fonolo

JULY 29, 2021

While call center agents rely on hard skills — or technical skills — to handle contact center technology, call center soft skills are just as critical for success. Contact center agents develop soft skills through their own life experiences, and use them to provide a positive, customer experience.

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Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Start-ups Customer Loyalty 174

Fonolo

AUGUST 22, 2019

With more and more choices available to customers, providing quality customer service is more critical than ever. It also offers a possible customer service point of differentiation as utilities’ percentage of FCR have remained relatively flat over the past two years and is currently at 70%. Self-Service Success Rate.

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Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Customer Loyalty Customer Service 87

Fonolo

JULY 8, 2021

Google reviews, social media activity, and customer service surveys all help companies learn about their customers’ experiences. Contact centers use a few different metrics to measure customer experience. Net Promoter Score is the most common customer satisfaction metric for contact centers.

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Fonolo

MARCH 9, 2023

CCMC’s Customer Rage Study is a fascinating look at CX, designed to help customer service pros identify pain points and reduce customer complaints in the contact center. Here are some of the most common customer complaints in contact centers. Why Do Escalations Occur in the Contact Center?

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CX Network

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The complete guide to the contact center, its importance to enhance customer loyalty and the technology and people that underpin it

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Contact Center Customer Loyalty Technology Technology 64

CSAT.AI

APRIL 5, 2023

Customer Experience (CX) : Customer opinion of experience with a brand Customer Journey: The path a customer takes whether in a single purchase or across the entire experience from potential customer to customer to long-term loyalty. Are you ready to evolve your customer support ?

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Contact Center Customer Service Net Promoter Score Artificial Intelligence 97

CSAT.AI

JULY 10, 2019

Quick take: Channel the brand voice right in your customer service experience by knowing: Company Personality Style Guide Communication Style Customer Base Resolution Style. There are many challenges to outsourcing to a contact center. If you’re a company seeking to outsource your customer service, have a style guide.

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Contact Center Sentiment Analysis Gaming B2C 69

Fonolo

APRIL 2, 2019

Key quote: “The Contact Center is going to change more in the next five years than in the last 25.” See our related post: “ AI is Not Reducing Call Center Agent Employment.”. rowantrollope has a packed house for #AI & the future of the contact center! Call Center Panel from Enterprise Connect.

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Customer Service Life

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Beyond “buy 10 get one free”: What is customer loyalty? – In this article on the Zendesk blog, read how CX experts define customer loyalty and how companies can gain it. Best Uses of AI in Customer Service – AI will continue to be an area of intrigue in 2020. Panviva Most Influential CX Leaders of 2019.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The reviews for your contact center are in—but they won’t be found in the newspaper or on Rotten Tomatoes. You can see what your customers think about your contact center by determining your Net Promoter Score (NPS). Creating a Customer Service Strategy That Drives Business Growth. Keep tabs on your NPS.

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Execs In The Know

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

While First Call Resolution (FCR) is often the goal in the contact center environment, certain situations require additional follow-up. By addressing these situations proactively, organizations can transform negative experiences into positive ones, strengthening customer relationships in the process.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

As Clare Muscutt, founder and CEO of Women in CX, rightly said, “Building a good customer experience does not happen by accident. ” At HoduSoft, our HoduCC call and contact center software and omnichannel CX suite is powered by cutting-edge AI technology. How can the call and contact center industry be left behind?

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Fonolo

JULY 22, 2021

After all, customers are more loyal to businesses that treat them with respect, kindness and that support their needs. Customer service in a contact center is especially important. Most call center agents are familiar with the rage of angry customers, frustrated with long wait times, and other problems.

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Fonolo

MAY 3, 2023

Lowering call abandonment rates in contact centers is one of the most powerful performance levers available to call center managers. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know in order to understand, measure, and reduce call abandonment in your contact center. What is an Abandoned Call?

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Contact Center Net Promoter Score Customer Satisfaction Start-ups 75

Hodusoft

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The fairly new metric, which turns 21 this year, is widely used across the globe to calculate customer loyalty. Importance of Measuring NPS for BPO Contact Centers How to Benchmark NPS Tips to Conduct the NPS Survey What is Net Promoter Score (NPS)? ” He called the metric the Net Promoter Score or NPS®.

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