Serenova

JUNE 24, 2020

Even during this time marked by rapid change and uncertainty, the foundation of a successful contact center remains constant: exceptional customer experience. Effectively seizing the opportunity takes an omnichannel cloud contact center. What Is an Omnichannel Contact Center?

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Avaya

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The evolving demands of digital-savvy customers have a deep impact on the contact center. They consult online resources, form online communities, and look to endorsements from total strangers to form opinions on products and services. In short, the contact center of today must be demand based and software driven.

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CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Forrester, 2016) 55% of CX professionals believe their companies will be too slow and face disruption from more innovative, nimble, and customer-focused competitors. Gartner, 2021) 8 in 10 consumers report that businesses are meeting or exceeding their expectations for service, compared to 67 percent in 2014.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 15, 2019

This goes for contact center managers and agents as well; for them, January is certainly “reach for the stars and crush your goals” month (as is every month!). It was expected that, by 2016, 89% of companies would be competing solely on the basis of customer experience alone (a 53% spike from four years prior).

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 8, 2019

Innovation Enhances the Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Market. The past year was excellent for the cloud-based contact center infrastructure (CBCCI) market. The vast majority of the sales were to existing contact centers whose management made the decision to migrate to the cloud.

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Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

In recent years, consumers have placed greater importance on the quality of customer service than on the price and quality of products alone. As we enter 2016, it appears that this consumer behavior trend will continue through 2016 and beyond. These days, consumers expect easy access to customer service in every way possible.

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Noble Systems

JUNE 27, 2019

Ultimately, your unique business needs will determine what is included in your cloud contact center system. However, there are some technologies and capabilities that are must-haves for all cloud contact center deployments – here are the ten most essential. Speech analytics is another essential for cloud contact centers.

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Eptica

JUNE 15, 2016

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 The 7 components of superior self-service systems. Published on: June 15, 2016. This is putting a major strain on the resources within customer service departments and can lead to lengthening response times, upset customers, lost revenues and rising costs.

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Taylor Reach Group

JUNE 11, 2018

Over the next few weeks, we will be posting a series related to Contact Center industry statistics. Below, you will find Call Center Statistics related to the various Contact Center channels. 85% of organizations anticipate contacts will become more complex in the next 2 years (Deloitte). of the vote.

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SharpenCX

MAY 27, 2021

So today, let’s dive in on what customer service research reveals as the top three priorities for contact centers this year. Trend #1: Omnichannel Customer Service is Bigger than Ever Before. Today’s strongest contact centers meet the omnichannel expectation. Trend #2: Automation is Becoming Mainstream.

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RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

With the rise of technology that allows better customer service, customers are becoming more demanding – that’s why to satisfy and retain them, you need to develop your contact center in accordance with the worldwide trends. Contact Center and CX Research and Reports. self-service. of companies.

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Revation Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Just as modern technology has transformed communication in our personal lives, current digital innovations are completely restructuring the traditional contact center business model — significantly changing the way consumers and businesses communicate. Self-service. Omni-channel. Social Media.

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Aspect

JUNE 22, 2017

Contact Prequalification and Authentication. Just like an IVR integrated with the contact center would in the world that I’m sure Apple would love to call the “old world”, Business Chat lets you signal the reason for contact (they call it “Intent”), and the skill group or queue needed to handle the inquiry (they call it “Group”).

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DMG Consulting

MAY 15, 2018

Cloud Contact Center Solutions Continue Upward Trajectory. Last year could be seen as the breakthrough moment when cloud-based vendors began their takeover of the contact center infrastructure market. With more than 150 competitors worldwide, the cloud-based contact center infrastructure market is primed for success.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Making the change from call center to contact center. Published on: February 03, 2016. Author: Laurence Chami 20 years ago customer service existed in a world dominated by voice , hence the widespread reliance on call centers to manage customer service interactions.

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Talkdesk

JUNE 14, 2016

This week, we’re looking into self-service. Self-service is exactly what it sounds like: It’s when customers help themselves, rather than engaging with a company representative. Here are a few insights we found from around the web on self-service: Self-Service Revolution Ignites the Customer Experience.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Is it really time for your company to embrace chatbots? Published on: October 12, 2016. Have you got a centralized, self-learning knowledge base that spans multiple channels, and can provide the information a chatbot needs to respond? Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Getting ready for Christmas – 5 areas for retailers to focus on. Published on: September 14, 2016. Ensure you have the right capacity plans Most companies hire extra staff to work in their contact centers answering questions over the holidays and have already put their recruitment plans in place.

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Babelforce

MARCH 9, 2022

It’s a win-win for everyone involved – companies providing cloud services are booming and businesses using their services are making enormous savings on operational costs. But despite this growing movement to the cloud some contact centers are still running on legacy on-premises software that stunts the customer experience.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2018

Apocalyptic Predictions and the Contact Center . 2018 will be the year of driverless cars – circa 2016. The call center world hasn’t escaped its share of sensational claims, which include: Voice response units (VRUs, predecessors of the IVR) are going to replace the need for live agents – circa 1980s. probability.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Last month we shared 4 Call Center Reports Worth Your Time. A top mission of the Fonolo blog has always been to help you stay informed with the fast-moving contact center industry. Who wrote it: Call Center Week. Our favorite chart: Inner Circle Guide to Self-Service. Where to get it: [link].

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 15, 2017

Top Ten Contact Center and Servicing Goals for 2017. In November and December 2016, DMG conducted a worldwide survey of contact center and enterprise servicing goals for 2017. Improve self-service (50.4 Reduce cost of service (48.0 By Donna Fluss. Improve productivity (56.0

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Frost & Sullivan awards Purchasing Power ® for their AI-Powered Virtual Agent created in partnership with SmartAction ® to enable conversational self-service for their customers. The post Purchasing Power’s AI-Powered Virtual Agent Wins Top Honor for Excellence in Self-Service appeared first on SmartAction.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2018

So many companies are enjoying the benefits of having moved their contact centers to the cloud over the past few years. Often companies started with a small deployment in one department and gradually grew that implementation to encompass all the contact center applications in the business. So, what comes next?

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Date: Friday, November 4, 2016 3 ways to extend customer service across the enterprise. Published on: November 04, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden When customers deal with your organization, they don’t care which department they are communicating with – they simply want the best possible experience and service.

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Vonage

AUGUST 15, 2016

Altimeter Group’s Brian Solis cited a survey in which 88 percent of all businesses believe they deliver great customer service, yet only 8 percent of their customers agree. Solis believes brands try really hard to offer exemplary customer service, but it’s a difficult thing to do with antiquated contact center technology and processes.

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Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

In the customer service trends handbook published by Microsoft , “90% of consumers say they expect consistency and continuity from a brand across channels.”. Yet, relatively few contact centers have focused on providing a consistent customer experience. What goes into good self-service?

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VHT

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Contact center managers face the constant challenge of serving customers efficiently while maximizing their convenience and making the experience enjoyable. Even with excellent self-service options, people still need to talk to a person every now and then, especially for a sensitive or complex issue.

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TechSee

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

A year ago we’ve written an article about leading bot solutions in the market place, as we went to update and looked through the top bot solution of 2016 it became clear we had to address the changes in the chatbot echo system, next wee we will follow up with the update on the bots solution to follow. Enter the bots.

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Balto

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our most recent report on how to recession-proof your contact center, we found that executives who viewed their contact center as a waste of resources had nearly 3x the agent churn compared to those that did not, as well as lower NPS and CSAT scores across the board. Value perception (1-5) vs. agent churn rate.

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Avaya

JUNE 7, 2016

The number of innovations developed on Breeze since its launch in March 2016 has been amazing, especially for an industry that has traditionally been focused on not empowering customers and partners to do things on their own. The post 2016 DevConnect Award Winners Choose to Innovate on Avaya appeared first on Avaya Connected Blog.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Date: Friday, October 21, 2016 3 ways for businesses to improve telephone customer service. Published on: October 21, 2016. Author: Derek Lewis In a multichannel world, the telephone is no longer the default choice of consumers when they want to make contact with an organization. Here are three ways to achieve this: 1.

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TechSee

JUNE 5, 2018

trillion hours in 2016 — a year-over-year app engagement increase of over 50 percent. For example, while CSPs are eager to increase the usage of their self service apps, adoption has been relatively low (estimated as below 30%). 2 Co-browsing and Visual Support.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Operating a successful contact center is rarely a simple undertaking. As any customer support manager knows, there are a number of crucial factors that come into play when looking to succeed in the call center world. We often hear from call center managers who are trying to improve their call metrics with our solutions.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Digital disruption in insurance – why it is all about service. Published on: September 21, 2016. Use self-service to enable consumers to find answers to routine questions on your website and implement chat to provide fast, personal service online.

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

In the past, contact centers could stay ahead of the curve as long as they ensured to utilize the right solutions and tools to service customers. According to a survey, CCaaS will grow to be the favored adoption model by 50% of contact centers by 2022.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

First, to be clear, I’m not talking about chat- bots , i.e. automated self-service, I’m talking about a conversation with a human agent via some form of text-based channel. Example: “1 in 4 US contact centers are looking to implement web chat within the next 12 months.” [ source ]. 4) Data Showing Growing Usage of Chat.

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