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The Avaya-Mitel Tie-up: Ghost of Nortel Comes Home

Fonolo

While the Canada angle is entertaining, the impact of a Mitel-Avaya merger would have very material affects on the contact center world. Just in terms of call center software: Avaya has 3 distinct platforms (IPOffice, Aura, and Oceana) and Mitel has three or four depending on how you count.

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25 Call Center Leaders Share the Most Effective Ways to Boost Contact Center Efficiency

Callminer

Prior to co-founding C3 Metrics, Greenfield was a recognized thought leader in the area of Branded Content as publisher of Branded Entertainment Monthly, a joint effort with VNU Media, detailing industry statistics, gaps, and trends. She has a command to write on call center software and new technologies used in contact centers.

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How Positive Emotions Keep Customers Coming Back

NICE inContact

It might surprise you that reducing stress and providing entertainment are two of the more significant ways that brands can inspire positive emotions. It also means having powerful digital call center software ready. In other words, customers don’t want to have to start from scratch each time they contact a company.

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Do your Reports Spark Joy? Tidy up your Reports to Reduce Call Center Stress and Boost Agent Engagement

SharpenCX

Think of where clutter lives in your contact center. When you open your call center software and see a page of all your reports, with data points, spreadsheets, graphs and colors, your brain gets overwhelmed. Which is exactly why actors and entertainers wait in a green room prior to going on TV.

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Guest Post: Friendly Employees & Happy Customers: Gain a Competitive Edge

Natalie Petouhof

Most cloud-based contact centers also don’t require any money up front, but rather are based on a fee that you pay as you go. She has had experience in print, digital and broadcast media in a variety of industries, including entertainment, human resources, beauty, fashion, health, lifestyle, social media marketing, tech and more.

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Top sales trends to improve your business in 2019

CrazyCall

Personalized customer service – check this article to learn guidelines on creating tailored customer service with the help of call center software. Customers prefer to use mobile devices to browse through the web but also for purchasing, data checks, entertainment. How to achieve excellent customer experience?

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What is IVR?

Freshcaller

Start with a message explaining what is happening e.g. “your call is on hold and will be answered…” with the music playing in the background. Intersperse the messages and music with news snippets, e.g. sports, entertainment, weather, business, etc. These can be uploaded each day and provide a bit of variety for your customers.