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Contact Center 2020: Yesterday and Today

Contact Center Pipeline

In 2016, I spoke at a customer conference and the topic was, “Contact Center 2020.” At the time, 2020 seemed like it was forever away, and I had carte blanche to forecast whatever I wanted to about the potential state of the contact center in 2020. I opened the session with a brief clip from […].

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Guest Post: How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Progression of Contact Centres

ShepHyken

They were the playground for breakthrough legacy technologies such as call routing and interactive voice response (IVR), always in the interest of providing a better, more streamlined customer service model. In 2020, that customer-centric approach is more vital than ever.

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How to Prepare Your Call Center for Shopping Season 2020

Fonolo

Review your IVR system. If you haven’t reviewed your IVR system lately, you should do it before the holiday season picks up. Here are a few things to keep in mind when evaluating and adjusting your IVR: Think from the customer perspective. The State of the Contact Center 2020. – Call Centre Helper.

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4 AI Trends that will Transform the Telecom Industry in 2019

TechSee

This growth is expected to continue, with Technavio predicting that the global telecom IoT market will post an impressive CAGR of more than 42% by 2020. Dutch telecom KPN analyzes the notes generated by its call center agents, and uses the insights generated to make changes to the interactive voice response (IVR) system.

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IVA is the New IVR Masterclass

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO & Phillip Fisher, CX Consultant at SmartAction

2020 was the year that customer call centers and customer experience were pushed to their limit. With the influx of calls replacing in-person interactions, it is up to our virtual agents to not only evolve to the new demands but also to help alleviate the current stressors on live agents.

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The Best Call Center Software in 2020: Tips & Best Practices for Evaluating & Choosing the Best Call Center Software

Callminer

There are multiple types of call center software that your business may benefit from, including: Interactive Voice Response (IVR). Analytics Solutions (such as speech analytics and interaction analytics tools). Predictive Dialers. Automatic Call Distributors (ACD). Call Center Monitoring Solutions.

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2020 Contact Center Investment Priorities

DMG Consulting

2020 Contact Center Investment Priorities. 2020 is looking to be an outstanding year for contact center investments. Figure 1: Contact Center Technology Investment Priorities for 2020. DMG’s annual survey of contact center investment priorities for the year has confirmed the anecdotal data we’ve been hearing from companies.