Fonolo

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The great migration of contact centers transitioning from on-site to hybrid work environments isn’t slowing down–and an air-tight call center security strategy has never mattered more. There’s a staggering amount of sensitive information that flows through a contact center every day.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Download our white paper, The Vulnerability Blueprint: How to Identify, Support and Retain Vulnerable Customers , to learn more about how your organization can identify and support vulnerable customers. Meet Our Panel of Call Center Experts & Business Leaders: Kevin Lee. Chris Laan. Adrian Travis. Michael Stahl.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Obtaining useful metrics on daily operations in your call center can help to improve many aspects of your business. However, there is quite a bit more to making effective use of call center metrics than merely amassing data and generating reports. The Importance of Metrics in Call Center Operations.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Talking to customers on the phone all day isn’t an easy job; that’s why it takes a special set of skills and characteristics to be a successful contact center agent. If you’re looking for ways to boost your agents’ performance, check out our white paper, Using Gamification to Improve Contact Center Performance.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

No, it’s the top contact center trends to watch for in 2019. As the sun sets on 2018, contact center superheroes should watch for the plots, characters, and villains within them. In this white paper , you’ll read about several significant subplots in 2019: Gamification in the Contact Center.

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Callminer

JUNE 18, 2020

Employee departures can be tough to handle in the fast-paced environment of a call center. Exit interviews allow lost talent to tell you what went wrong and what aspects of your call center’s operations could stand to be updated. Questions About Their Experience. Why are you leaving? What frustrated you?

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Contact Center Pipeline

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Contact Center Pipeline’s AUTHOR WALL OF FAME Dick Bucci is Principal of Pelorus Associates, a market research and marketing communications company that assists developers of contact center solutions by providing in-depth market research and by authoring white papers, e-books and blog posts.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The floor of any call center is the organization’s mission-critical space intended entirely to serve the very purpose for which the center exists – handling calls. As such, your call center’s main floor, where agents take on customer concerns daily, ought to be bound by a thoughtful and helpful set of rules.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Cultivating a productive call center environment involves optimizing many different facets of its operations. From facility design to computer systems and software integrations, all aspects of your call center that impact its internal atmosphere can affect employee performance. Read on for actionable tips and advice.

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CX Global Media

AUGUST 8, 2019

But in more ways then one, Siri and Alexa do not have the skills to be contact center agents. Thanks to Anthony Scodary of Gridspace for sharing his insight at Customer Contact Week. You can also learn more in the webinar 3 Common Questions Contact Centers Should NEVER ask about Speech Analytics.

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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Outbound call centers depend on skilled and well-trained agents as much as useful software to consistently meet business goals. Keeping an outbound call center operating efficiently means making the most of both the talent you have on hand and the tools you can afford to implement. Challenges Outbound Call Centers Face.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Great customer service agents form the backbone of every successful call center operation. Call centers depend on quality training programs more than most other businesses because representatives have the potential to directly influence consumer perceptions through their own performance on the job.

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Callminer

APRIL 20, 2018

Change isn’t necessarily bad, but it certainly is confusing when you have to cut through the noise and determine which best practices and trends will launch your contact center ahead of the competition. Each contact center has its own priorities and goals, each of which is influenced by customer expectations.

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Callminer

JULY 22, 2020

For call centers, there are various ways that termination letters can be created to align with legal best practices and company needs. The two main types of termination letters call centers tend to handle are the following: Employee Termination Letters.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2018

This is especially true for those of us involved in the cacophony of contact centers; we are essentially the appointed, trusted ‘brand listeners’ who hear many, many voices on a given day, including those of both customers and colleagues. Contact center professionals? We call it the ‘golden rule’ of customer service.

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Callminer

APRIL 21, 2020

The role of a call center manager is complex and challenging. Call center managers may be involved with hiring and training call center agents , monitoring call center metrics tied to agent performance , using speech analytics tools for ongoing quality monitoring , providing ongoing feedback and coaching, and more.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

A few weeks ago, our CEO, Shai Berger , sat down with Peter Ryan, Principal Analyst and Founder of Ryan Strategic Advisory , to discuss the state of the contact center going into the new decade, and how the industry is expected to develop in the coming years. The real reason why companies are investing more in their contact centers.

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Quadient

MAY 23, 2022

Contact Center Wrap-Up—Where the Rubber Meets the Road. Customers who perceive their interactions with your company as highly positive purchase more of your products and/or services, purchase more frequently, are more loyal, and are more likely to share their positive views with personal contacts and online communities. .

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2018

It’s going to be a big year in the world of contact center and in customer service technology. If this topic interests you, you might want to check-out our post from 2 weeks ago The Hidden Power Structure of Cloud-Based Call Centers. Our favorite chart: KPI Guide for Omni-Channel Contact Centers.

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Fonolo

JUNE 13, 2022

Contact centers must become “digital-first.”. READ THE FULL WHITE PAPER: Why Digital-First Contact Centers Remain Ahead of the Competition. What does “Digital-First” mean in the contact center? TIP: Has your contact center adopted call-back technology ? Learn more.

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Fonolo

MAY 24, 2018

If you run a call center, change is familiar. Today, most changes to call centers are a response to consumer behaviour, rather than an effort to advance business initiatives. This information is also useful for call center agent training and assessment. How can this be done?

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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Business analysts play an integral role in any industry, but they’re especially vital in call center operations. They help call centers continuously optimize their processes and provide better experiences for both call center employees and the customers or clients they interact with. Allan Borch. velvetjobs.

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Talkdesk

JULY 20, 2020

As the pandemic continues and fully remote operations become “the new normal”, organizations must reevaluate their virtual call center approach and determine the best strategy for its implementation. Enterprises must consider the implications of a full-time transition from a physical to a virtual contact center.

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Cisco - Contact Center

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Join renowned contact center industry analyst Sheila McGee-Smith and Cisco Contact Center VP/GM Omar Tawakol for a live stream on February 3, 2021, as they discuss five essential elements for the contact center platform of the future, and how Webex Contact Center delivers these.

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Jon Arnold

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Next Tuesday, I’ll be speaking on a webinar about the “data deluge” that contact centers need to manage, especially for improving the all-important CX – customer experience. Clearly CX involves many moving parts, and it’s not hard to see why contact centers are getting overwhelmed with this data deluge.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Call center fraud is no laughing matter. Fraud is not only on the rise in call centers generally (jumping by 350% between 2013 and 2019 ), but the spread of fraud in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic means businesses and consumers alike must be more mindful than ever. Use information only the caller and agent would know.

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Callminer

MARCH 9, 2020

Scheduling forms the foundation of every successful call center operation. Ensuring your organization has enough hands on deck at all times keeps callers from waiting too long or abandoning calls altogether before their questions can be answered. Keeping up with Incoming Calls. Monitoring Attendance and Leave.

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Talkdesk

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Migrating a contact center to the cloud can drive your digital transformation program forward. Identify the business opportunity Before building a case, consider the impact of moving to a cloud contact center for your business. Read on to learn exactly how to do that. Think about the benefits (e.g.,

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

There are a few things to keep in mind when building an A+ team of call center agents. We already know how monotonous a call center agent’s role can be but, by making the training process exciting and fun, you’re creating a better environment for everyone. White Paper: 9 Critical Contact Center Trends for 2018.

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Contact Center Pipeline

MARCH 19, 2019

As we continue to celebrate our 10th Anniversary, I would like to call attention to a few good resources on our website. You can view our Directory Listing of products and services, check out our White Papers and view our latest Research Reports (we will have the results of two new surveys coming out soon: […].

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Callminer

JULY 30, 2020

In many cases, those complaints first reach the ears of a call center rep. That’s why patience, empathy, and active listening skills are among the most important skills every call center rep should have. Still, responding to complaints about bad customer service can be difficult, even for your best call center agents.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

If your call center still makes customers cringe when they dial into support, it’s time to take action. If you’re a customer who assumes the experience will be a bad one, then you’re setting yourself, and the call center up for failure. So, what are call centers waiting for? In many cases this is true.

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TRUSTID

AUGUST 29, 2019

As advanced criminal tactics make it easier than ever to take over customer accounts, many call center operations have major weaknesses in securing their enterprises. When it comes to protecting customer accounts and their private information, the top threats facing today’s contact centers include: Spoofed calls.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The call center industry has been changing faster than ever, due to technological breakthroughs and constantly evolving customer demands. The drastic changes of the past few decades have caused a complete shift to high-tech modern solutions, where software has become key in transforming day-to-day call center operations.

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Fonolo

APRIL 24, 2018

It’s been an exciting year so far in the world of contact centers. In just the last month we saw the release of Apple’s Business Chat, the announcement of Twilio’s new Flex call center platform and the acquisition of Altocloud by Genesys. You should also check out, 4 Contact Center Reports to Start Off Your Year.).

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Callminer

MARCH 2, 2020

Higher scores correlate strongly with a high first call resolution rate, signaling an appropriate level of knowledge and competency among your agents. To learn about how speech analytics can help boost customer satisfaction, download our white paper, Reduce Churn and Increase Customer Satisfaction with Speech Analytics.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The relationship between contact centers and their customers can be a volatile one. I’m sure your contact center can relate to both sides of the spectrum. Yesterday, Cupid drew his bow to embrace the love between contact centers and customers. Go beyond the standard call center metrics!

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