March, 2020

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First Call Resolution Ideas

Callminer

Solving a caller’s problems quickly can significantly improve their perception of your organization’s overall quality and competency. However, achieving the fastest possible resolution speed – over the course of a single call – can prove to be more complicated than it seems. There are many variables involved in handling customers’ calls efficiently enough to resolve them without need for additional contact to be made on their part.

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What we look for when we hire designers at Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

We know it’s hard to apply and interview for a new job. So if you’re considering a design job at Intercom , we won’t make it harder by forcing you to read our minds or guess about what we value. Instead, we’ll tell you exactly what we look for – and why it matters to us. When you interview for a design job, the process is usually mysterious: did you say the right things?

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Is "Agent" Offensive to Contact Center Professionals?

CX Accelerator

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? In all seriousness, I recently had a conversation with someone who voiced their disdain for the term “agent” when referring to a customer service or contact center professional.

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How will COVID-19 change customer behavior and habits?

Beyond Philosophy

Just over a decade ago, just as the world was coming out of the deepest recession since the Greatest Depression, we carried out significant research across the globe with the largest container shipping company in the world. We repeated the research a year later when the economy was in full speed recovery mode and while some key drivers remained the same we found a noticeable and consistent change in every model we ran.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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How To Direct Your Customers During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Uniphore

Famed psychologist, Abraham Maslow, outlined the five-tier model of human needs: physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. Only when a person's lower-level needs are met can one move up the continuum of human potential. You may have been operating from an evolved state, an altruistic state even, before the coronavirus pandemic.

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Crisis as Catalyst: Managing Your Remote Customer Service Team

Navedas

When we put out our blog last week on facing changes we didn’t yet know how big they would be. This week we are in a new paradigm due to COVID-19, where remote work is a necessity. For some of you this may be new. The post Crisis as Catalyst: Managing Your Remote Customer Service Team appeared first on Navedas.

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Working across land and sea: Tips for remote communication

Intercom, Inc.

For remote workers, live chat is the simplest option for communication. But if most communication is nonverbal, how do you make sure what you say and hear aren’t misinterpreted? When speaking with someone in person, the words you use matter. But if there’s any ambiguity in what you’re trying to say or how you feel about a situation, those nonverbal factors – such as body language, facial expression, etc. – have a greater impact than the words you use.

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Is "Agent" Offensive to Contact Center Professionals?

CX Accelerator

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? In all seriousness, I recently had a conversation with someone who voiced their disdain for the term “agent” when referring to a customer service or contact center professional.

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Emerging Trends Revealed in Unique CX Research

Beyond Philosophy

We encourage clients to research their customers all the time. Late last year, we decided to take our advice and study our customers and prospective customers, and well, anyone. Some of the research told us what we expected to hear, but some of the revelations might surprise you. We talked about this research in a recent podcast. You All Want Growth.

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It’s Crunch Time in the Call Center

Uniphore

In the digital age, when we discuss business continuity we tend to focus on data security and privacy breaches. Disaster recovery takes on a whole new meaning when preparing for the possibility of a pandemic. Call centers must assess their resilience in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Read More.

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Frost Radar: Voice of Customer Analytics, 2024

Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.

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Face the Changes in CX and EX in Customer Service

Navedas

Businesses must evolve as the people who work them and those who buy from them evolve. Changes in CX and EX in customer service have to come at the speed of change in the world as a whole. The post Face the Changes in CX and EX in Customer Service appeared first on Navedas.

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Remote Call Centers: Tools, Tips & Best Practices for Remote Contact Center Managers & Agents

Callminer

Managing a call center caught up in the uncertainty of a worldwide pandemic is no small feat. 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. Remote contact center operations have been around for some time now, but the need for such operational approaches has been magnified by the growing threat of Covid-19 and the heightened importance of social distancing policies to c

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Standing together: How Intercom customers are providing relief during COVID-19

Intercom, Inc.

In the midst of the global crisis, we’ve been inspired by how so many companies have stepped in to help. We’re fortunate to work with a broad range of customers, many of whom have put their products and platforms to use to fight against COVID-19. From empowering teachers who need to move their classrooms online to providing free, safe transportation to healthcare workers to helping doctors remotely monitor their patients’ systems, these companies are doing amazing things.

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Why It’s Time to Get Real About Impostor Syndrome

CX Accelerator

Author: Erica Marois Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you didn’t feel like you belonged? Perhaps you’ve felt this way in a work setting. Maybe you’ve been sitting at a boardroom table feeling unprepared, overwhelmed, and out of your league. Or perhaps you’ve just started a new job, and you’re second-guessing that you can do the work.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Bad Customer Service Rarely Results in Profitability

Beyond Philosophy

We have all been in line or on hold for customer service , waiting for a company to get back to us. We tap our toes and roll our eyes as we wait. Then, when our wait time runs long and our patience runs short we get cranky and think, this customer service crew is really inept today. Or are they? Last February, the Harvard Business Review (HBR) published, “ Why is Customer Service so Bad?

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How To Create a Better CX With Agent Scripting Software

Uniphore

Imagine you’re calling your telecom to get help with a broadband router problem. At the start of your call, you say, “I’m having trouble connecting to the Internet. I have two computers connected through a wireless router and neither can connect. I've already rebooted the computers and the modem, but still no connection. I’m not sure if it’s due to the thunderstorm in the area.”.

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Female CX: Buying Power, Challenges and Solutions – The Now is Female

Navedas

International Women’s Day is March 8th, a prime time to check in with how far we have come in female CX with buying power, challenges and CX solutions. The post Female CX: Buying Power, Challenges and Solutions – The Now is Female appeared first on Navedas.

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Call Center Service Levels: Calculations, Metrics, & Industry Standards

Callminer

Providing key metrics and clear numbers is primordial in any industry, and it becomes particularly challenging in the field of call centers. This is why managers have developed a number of techniques to quantify results and improve efficiency over the years. One of these methods is Call Center Service Levels. The most basic definition of a service level is: a measurable number of services provided to a customer within a given time period.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Ensuring Intercom’s business continuity during uncertain times

Intercom, Inc.

As the COVID-19 situation continues to impact people, businesses, and communities everywhere, we know it is more important than ever to stay in touch with your customers, and Intercom is committed to helping you stay connected. We have robust plans in place to ensure we continue to deliver the highest levels of technical and business service. Health and safety.

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Why It’s Time to Get Real About Impostor Syndrome

CX Accelerator

Author: Erica Marois Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you didn’t feel like you belonged? Perhaps you’ve felt this way in a work setting. Maybe you’ve been sitting at a boardroom table feeling unprepared, overwhelmed, and out of your league. Or perhaps you’ve just started a new job, and you’re second-guessing that you can do the work.

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Are You Making This BIG Mistake?

Beyond Philosophy

Have you ever made a snap judgment about another person only to discover you were wrong? I have. Psychologists call this a Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE), and it can wreak havoc on your customer-driven growth. . We explored FAEs in our latest podcast and the effect they can have on your Customer Experience outcome. We also discussed why recognizing them is essential to your bottom line and some steps you can take to prevent them. .

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What You Need To Know About Customer Service Automation

Uniphore

Digitization is on the mind of virtually every customer service leader, as new technology promises to improve the customer experience, streamline internal processes and boost agent productivity. Read More.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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5 virus-related CX tips you need TODAY

Heart of the Customer

We’ve been in customer experience quite a while now. To paraphrase Liam Neeson – we have a very particular set of skills, skills we have acquired over very long careers. And we’d like to use what we know to help you help your customers when so much is out of your control. Below are five […]. The post 5 virus-related CX tips you need TODAY appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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37 HR Professionals & Hiring Managers Share the Most Useful Customer Service Interview Questions for Managers

Callminer

Managers play an integral role in ensuring high quality customer service, from hiring and training call center agents to monitoring performance, keeping tabs on vital call center metrics and keeping agents motivated every day. While technology such as automated scorecards , speech analytics , and other tools enable managers to monitor agent performance objectively, customer service managers must be highly organized and have the ability to provide constructive feedback to motivate their teams to

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Supporting the fight against COVID-19

Intercom, Inc.

On behalf of everyone at Intercom, I want to share our sincere and deep appreciation for all those fighting so hard against this outbreak all over the world. There are countless heroes putting their lives at risk to support the sick and keep the rest of us safe. And there are thousands of volunteers behind the scenes building technology to help us through this very unique challenge – like data aggregation sites , infection tracing tools , gig finders for people out of work , sites helping source

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5 Tips for Managing Remote or Virtual Contact Center Teams

Fonolo

Managing a contact center team is a challenge at the best of times. If your contact center hasn’t been driven remote by the pandemic, it will likely feel the impact soon — so prepare to go remote now. Besides the obvious technical issues, this presents to those still working on legacy systems, employees are getting more and more worried for their health , pointing the contact center conditions as perfect for transmission of the virus.

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How to Easily Navigate Crypto Accounting in the Web3 Era

Speaker: Aaron Jacob, VP of Accounting Solutions & Reagan Cook, GTM Lead

Are you struggling to navigate the complexities and challenges that come with crypto accounting? 🤔 This new webinar will cover everything businesses need to know to get started with crypto accounting after incorporating crypto into their business models! Industry experts Aaron Jacob and Reagan Cook of TaxBit will thoroughly explore the prevalent operational hurdles encountered by accounting teams when interacting with crypto on the books, and detail how software solutions can effectively

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Are You Using This Valuable Marketing Tool For Growth?

Beyond Philosophy

People are way more afraid of shark attacks than we should be. The reason we are is the same reason branding works for your organization to attract customers. However, before we get to that, consider the following statistic. Since the year 1580, aka the year we started charting shark attacks, there have been a little over 2,000 shark attacks, of which 471 were fatal.

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How To Promote Customer Loyalty in the Age of Complexity

Uniphore

Conventional wisdom accepts it’s cheaper to keep existing customers than to get new ones. Then why is it companies pay so little attention to creating brand loyalty? Treating your customers right and giving them what they want should be a no-brainer. Read More.

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5 Tips to Manage Remote Customer Support Agents

UJET

A strong customer support team is integral to the success of any business. But a strong team doesn’t need to be in the same office to ensure success. The rise of remote work has proven that employees can be as, or more, efficient in their work outside of the office. But even with a dispersed team, managers and supervisors can ensure that agents are providing the expected high-quality support to maintain positive customer experiences.

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Fraud Spreads as Does the Coronavirus: Steps to Take

Callminer

Here are specific steps your employees can take during the pandemic to protect themselves and your company against rising fraud.

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7 Essential Criteria for Choosing the Right Payments Partner

Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.