Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

There are many reasons to consider whether to outsource your contact center. Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. Thankfully, this perspective on the contact center has shifted significantly.

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Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

There are many reasons to consider whether to outsource your contact center. Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. Thankfully, this perspective on the contact center has shifted significantly.

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HGS

MAY 27, 2015

The Contact Center Evolution: 5 Focus Areas to Move from Vanilla to Value. Contact centers have undergone significant transformation in the past few years, driven largely by the shift from voice to digital and omni-channel customer service. Posted by Matthew Vallance. Widening Service Delivery Scope.

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Revation Systems

JANUARY 12, 2018

In today’s instantaneous world of communications, this rings truer than ever as consumers expect high-quality experiences stemming from seamlessly connected channels, anytime and anywhere. Thus, leading the way for call centers to be considered so much more. Everything. In 2018, features like web chat are now expectations.

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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In the domain of contact centers, the paramount focus lies in ensuring streamlined and effective communication with clients. When approached from a contact center perspective, these systems not only manage and monitor customer inquiries but also harmonize the operational flow, thereby optimizing customer experience.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The article includes 5 things the very best leaders do to prepare for the future as well … Continue reading → The post Prepare Your Contact Center for the Future appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In this video from my LinkedIn Learning course “Managing a Customer Contact Center,” I … Continue reading → The post <strong>Don’t Guess at Staffing: Proven Methods for Your Contact Center</strong> appeared first on Brad Cleveland. How about a Thursday afternoon at 2:00 pm?

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Altivon

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Yesterday Altivon sponsored the first in a series of healthcare related webinars focused on patient experience and the contact center. Contact Center Optimization. Leaden presented contact center optimization in three phases—the latest of which began in 2006. External Drivers. The Evidence is There.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The article includes 5 things the very best leaders do to prepare for the future as well … Continue reading → The post Prepare Your Contact Center for the Future appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In this video from my LinkedIn Learning course “Managing a Customer Contact Center,” I … Continue reading → The post <strong>Don’t Guess at Staffing: Proven Methods for Your Contact Center</strong> appeared first on Brad Cleveland. How about a Thursday afternoon at 2:00 pm?

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Brad Cleveland Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

There are three immutable laws at work in contact centers that you must keep in mind. Find more videos about contact centers in my LinkedIn Learning course “Managing a Customer Contact Center.” They’re always present.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The following are excerpts from the transcript of Brad’s recent keynote address to Contact Center Expo, hosted by ICMI, the International Customer Management Institute, May 16 and 17, 2023. Hi everyone. Thanks so much for joining us.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The following are excerpts from the transcript of Brad’s recent keynote address to Contact Center Expo, hosted by ICMI, the International Customer Management Institute, May 16 and 17, 2023. Hi everyone. Thanks so much for joining us.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

There are three immutable laws at work in contact centers that you must keep in mind. Find … Continue reading → The post Three Immutable Laws of Contact Centers appeared first on Brad Cleveland. They’re always present.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This blog post explores how a sophisticated communication system such as HoduCC contact center software can coordinate and unify communication across multiple devices and channels and ensure the success of MSPs. Improved Client Engagement Clients expect a consistent and responsive experience. Read on and thank us later.

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Hodusoft

JUNE 7, 2024

Call Center Management: Challenges, Strategies, Tips, and Best Practices In today’s time, setting up a call or contact center is extremely easy. At HoduSoft , we strongly believe that call centers and contact centers should do whatever it takes to manage their daily operations as efficiently and effectively as possible.

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Hodusoft

MAY 17, 2024

If you are in the call center or contact center industry, you must have come across the term at least once. CTI is a technology using which contact centers and call centers can integrate their telephony and business communication systems with their computer applications. percent from USD 2071.7

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Vcaretec

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The purposeful fusion of cutting-edge technology with skilled, customer-focused staff is where Live Chat Outsourcing Services truly excels. Businesses may provide excellent, dependable, and consistent customer service through their outsourced contact centers when these two factors are in perfect balance.

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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Each year Customer Magazine identifies outstanding achievements within the call center/CRM industry and awards the most innovative customer experience technology solutions. True multi-channel support for blended inbound and outbound voice, voicemail, email, chat, text and social media channels.

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Fonolo

MAY 16, 2018

Those teams achieving success have embraced the emerging technologies available to improve the lives of customers and agents alike. But listening, utilizing, leading, engaging, and acting quickly are key to award-winning customer service. Whitepaper: The Contact Center Playbook for Improving CSat. Leadership Leads.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Recently, I was reminded of this brief interview that I recorded with Jim Rembach of Call Center Coach. We discussed how channels are likely to be approached in the future.

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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.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JUNE 28, 2018

While meeting with Jim Rembach of Call Center Coach at ICMI’s Contact Center Expo in Orlando, we discussed how channels are likely to be approached in the future.

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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Call center customer service has a strong bearing on customer satisfaction and your business as a whole. So, improving call center customer service becomes necessary in order to make your business stand out. Supporting omnichannel is more than just improving the customer experience.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

AUGUST 13, 2015

As more smart devices become connected to the Internet, you can expect increasing impact on contact centers—beginning with the amount of data streaming into service operations. appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

AUGUST 13, 2015

As more smart devices become connected to the Internet, you can expect increasing impact on contact centers—beginning with the amount of data streaming into service operations. This will add to the workload of reporting and analytics teams, but will also put more customer data at the disposal of frontline agents.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

AUGUST 13, 2015

As more smart devices become connected to the Internet, you can expect increasing impact on contact centers—beginning with the amount of data streaming into service operations. This will add to the workload of reporting and analytics teams, but will also put more customer data at the disposal of frontline agents.

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Netomi

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Modern help desk platforms have rich data and reporting so you can track response time, average handle time, first response rate and other key customer service KPIs. . Every company that prioritizes their customer experience should consider a help desk, even small businesses. Do small businesses need to use a help desk?

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Brad Cleveland Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Many contact centers are grappling with labor shortages, surging workloads, or a brutal combination of both. The resource mismatches have resulted in long wait times and frustration for customers, and high occupancy and burnout for agents.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Many contact centers are grappling with labor shortages, surging workloads, or a brutal combination of both. The resource mismatches have resulted in long wait times and frustration for customers, and high occupancy and burnout for agents.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

The experiences that customers have with any organization—not just yours or others in your industry—shape their perceptions. For customer experience leaders, this can seem like a daunting challenge. Customer Perceptions Keep Changing appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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JustCall

APRIL 5, 2023

User Interface Comparison The user interface of your preferred VoIP or Cloud Contact Center service provider must be a blend of function and aesthetics. link] Customer Reviews Comparison Since this is a holistic comparison between JustCall and CloudCall, one also needs to factor in the customer experience.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

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Brad Cleveland Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

The experiences that customers have with any organization—not just yours or others in your industry—shape their perceptions. For customer experience leaders, this can seem like a daunting challenge. Customer Perceptions Keep Changing appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

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Brad Cleveland Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Customer experience is not a program, a department, a contact center, self-service capability, or CRM system—it’s much more. It’s the result of a culture and approach that spans … Continue reading → The post Building a Customer Service Ecosystem appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JUNE 28, 2018

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