CX Accelerator

MARCH 16, 2020

Written by Jeremy Watkin and Community Dear contact center agent: What if I told you that if you come to work for us you can do the exact same job as you’re doing now but we’ll instead call you a customer service hero, guru, rockstar, or ninja? Are you sold?

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Callminer

MARCH 30, 2020

However, there are a number of important guidelines and tips you can keep in mind to help ease your center’s workforce into remote working and mitigate contagion risks. Best Practices for Better Remote Working. Establish and Maintain Clear Communication Practices. Diversify communication channels as much as is appropriate.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 28, 2021

An unsung hero of the contact center, managers are typically known for overseeing daily operations. So how can contact center managers help your business shine in the eyes of your customers? Why can contact center managers influence customer perception?? You may be thinking, “why contact center managers?”

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

However, we’re willing to bet that this contact center trend — resiliency — will be seen across all industries. Contact centers need to be more resilient before the next crisis. Contact centers need to be more resilient before the next crisis. Contact Center Trends 2021. Crises do occur.

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Fonolo

MAY 4, 2021

If this sounds familiar, don’t worry — it is possible to upgrade your call center infrastructure and reduce future contact center costs at the same time. Read on to learn how to offset call center costs, and ensure that your customer service operations meet the needs of the 21st-Century customer. Go remote (or go home).

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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. Why retail call centers are so important.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Entrepreneur and CRM expert Bobby Darnell describes business development as a “contact sport.” When it comes to contact center development, what Darnell means is that you must engage. You can’t passively improve a call center. . Call center development is an essential subset of any overall business development plan.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 27, 2020

As part of our State of the Contact Center in 2020 Industry Report , we asked industry leaders and influencers what surprised them the most about the pandemic. Contact centers that have been hesitating on technology upgrades for years transformed their operations in a matter of weeks because it was a matter of survival.

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Fonolo

MAY 26, 2020

Does your call center feel more like a burden than an asset? You’re not alone — contact center managers often find themselves faced with tough challenges, including clunky technology, dysfunctional processes, and less-than-happy customers. How can you turn your contact center into a highly efficient part of your business?

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Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2021

Fostering an inclusive work environment is essential if you want a high-performing contact center team. If you haven’t been paying attention, agent attrition has continued to rise, according to our State of the Contact Center 2020 report. Empathy has been a hot topic in the contact center industry this past year.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

To learn more about how call centers can adapt to new challenges in the era of COVID-19, download our white paper: Contact Center Practices and Guidelines for Managing Through COVID-19. “Call centers can leverage several autonomous and semi-autonomous AI functions to streamline internal processes.

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SurveySensum

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It’s no secret that your contact center is the first line of defense with your customers – making it the most important touchpoint in the customer journey. That’s where contact center analytics comes into play. What is Contact Center Analytics? However, what are the benefits of contact center analytics?

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 25, 2022

The contact center at many organizations doesn’t get the strategic consideration it deserves. My former contact center team at British Telecom seemed to be viewed primarily as a cost center, a necessary expense. However, the contact center should have been valued.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We thought we were bold when we said more than 65% of contact centers would move to the cloud in 2020. Read the Full Industry Report Here: The State of the Contact Center in 2020. We’ve spoken to the experts for our State of the Contact Center 2020 report. It happened even faster than we thought.

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Taylor Reach Group

AUGUST 16, 2021

A major professional sports league with teams and venues in virtually every city in North America has selected The Taylor Reach Group to assess its contact center operations. Award-winning global contact center consultants and customer experience experts, The Taylor Reach Group, Inc. About The Taylor Reach Group, Inc.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The State of the Contact Center in 2020 is a far cry from where we expected it to be this time last year. Read the Full Report, FREE: Download The State of the Contact Center in 2020 Industry Report. Contact Centers Adapted Fast. Rod Rodier, VP of Sales, Lightyear.ai. Good times.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

To learn more about how call centers can address customer vulnerability, we reached out to a panel of call center experts and business leaders and asked them to answer this question: “How can contact centers address increased customer vulnerability?”. One thing contact centers need to get better at is…”.

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Customer Think

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

I’ve come to the realization recently after seeing several demos of various CCaaS (Contact Center as a Service) platforms that there’s a flaw in the whole selling process. And I don’t think it’s the fault of the fine sales folks or even the software vendors they represent. During the course of the demo, they show […].

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

A Fully Integrated Omnichannel Contact Center. Omnichannel contact centers are more than just ‘nice to have’— they’re now essential for a great customer experience. Make sure you get all your contact center operations into a single system so that everyone can see a full history of customer interactions.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

That’s why, in the contact center world, extroverts are more sought after than introverts. For starters, contact center agents do more than just answering calls and emails. The Extroverted Contact Center Agent. Extroverted personalities are typically highly sought-after for sales and customer service roles.

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Ameyo Callversations

JULY 22, 2021

Until a few years ago, several companies and BPOs treated their contact center division as an entity that managed superior customer service and nothing more or less. The message is loud and clear – ‘your contact center is key to win customers’. There are custom contact center solutions for BPOs.

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Callminer

OCTOBER 11, 2018

She has a wealth of experience working alongside contact centers, improving processes and delivering engaging, effective and fun learning and development solutions. First contact resolution (FCR) measures might be…”. The single most undervalued/overlooked call center metric which is not tracked by most contact centers is…”.

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Fonolo

MAY 25, 2021

So, when it comes to tackling these never-ending inbound calls on the voice channel, what’s a call center manager to do? The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. What is Call Deflection in a Contact Center? How does Call Deflection Benefit a Call Center? Two words: call deflection.

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Callminer

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Dialog Direct was able to utilize CallMiner throughout their contact center to increase close rates, decrease training time, and create better customer and agent experiences.

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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. Yes, there are costs to any aspect of business.

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Ameyo Callversations

JANUARY 19, 2022

Contact centers act as a spine of good customer experiences. A modern contact center is a primary location that shapes both inbound and outbound communications with customers using various customer engagement channels and strategies; however, its success totally relies on meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Contact centers are dynamic, evolving workplaces, which makes industry trend spotting an exciting sport — sometimes prone to error — but always full of discovery! Like many industries, contact centers have seen the pace of change accelerate during the COVID pandemic. READ THE FULL GUIDE: Contact Center Trends 2023. (It

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Ameyo Callversations

AUGUST 26, 2021

Contact centers make the spine of your customer experience. Any piece that you miss in the contact center eventually disturbs the experience for the customer. Over the last few years, AI and digital transformation have evolved some new trends, and contact centers fall under that transitioning verticals.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Why should you move from Legacy PBX to Modern Contact Center Software? Any customer service leader will tell you that customer experience has always been a second fiddle— the lowest rung in the rank of elites among sales, marketing, and finance. Contact center software. Not just an upgrade from PBX to IP PBX .

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CX Accelerator

JANUARY 7, 2019

You’d want to first build a machine learning model where you feed it thousands of customer interactions and tie those interactions back to success metrics like Net Promoters Score, Customer Satisfaction, or closed sales. Conclusions I recently wrote an article for ICMI with technology upgrades for contact centers to consider in 2019.

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Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Sales Pursuits. Should your company need to put more effort into handling sales-related activities such as order management and appointment scheduling, it can help tremendously to pass this work on to a dedicated team. Call Center Workforce Statistics. Cloud contact centers may be more reliable. ” – E.

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The ultimate guide to the omnichannel contact center software. 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? Among the preferred channels for Omnichannel contact centers are: Web conferencing.

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Aquire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

An omnichannel contact center offers more than just customer communication — it’s a powerful tool for creating memorable customer experiences (CX) and strengthening brand loyalty. What is an omnichannel contact center? Omnichannel vs multichannel contact center. Understand the customer journey.

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Uniphore

AUGUST 12, 2021

Unsurprisingly, sales of these multimodal assistants grew 30% in 2020, while voice-only assistants saw a 3% decline. The same holds true in the contact center. What Alexa's Smart Display Can Teach Your Call Center. Multimodal Virtual Agents allow customers to tap, text and talk to get more done , with little effort.

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Hodusoft

AUGUST 9, 2021

EasyFive Reasons Why E-commerce Players Need Social Media Contact Center Software. Many e-Commerce players using Social Media Contact Center Software for better CX. How do omnichannel customer contact centers benefit e-commerce players? Greater customer expectations at par with e-commerce retail giants.

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Ameyo Callversations

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In a digital-first post-pandemic world, exceptional customer experience has become a priority without stepping out, and organizations are paying close attention to making it happen with inbuilt AI technologies in contact and cloud centers. trillion of business value, and customer experience will become the center of this hike.

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