ShepHyken

APRIL 26, 2021

9 New Findings from the 2021 State of the Contact Center Report by Tricia Morris. CustomerThink) Here are nine new findings from the 2021 State of the Contact Center Report which included 400 US and UK contact center and customer experience leaders. Think about that!

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Calabrio

APRIL 11, 2025

Workforce Management From Onboarding to Excellence: Your Contact Center Training Guide for 2025 Jump ahead What is Contact Center Training? trillion in global sales are at risk in 2025 due to one thing: bad customer experiences. This is where effective contact center training comes in.

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Call Center Weekly

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Why is the issue of compliance important for contact centers? Contact centers need to provide accurate information to their customers. Contact center Agents need the most accurate and up to date information. Note, Brad’s responses have been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Long-term customers are more valuable to your company’s growth than you may think. A study from Harvard Business School found that increasing customer retention rates by even 5% can boost your company’s profits by 25-95%. They have growing customer retention despite more competitors on the playing field.

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Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

Best Practices Contact Center Management: Best Practices & Strategies for Peak Performance Share The modern contact center is no longer seen as a mere service function at the periphery of the business. At the same time, contact center operations have also taken on a new level complexity.

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ROI CX Solutions

MARCH 12, 2025

Read Time: 7 minutes Table of Contents Introduction Omnichannel contact centers have many advantages that make them an attractive option for seamless customer communication for many businesses. What is an omnichannel contact center?

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

More effectively identifying and managing customer vulnerability isn’t just a benefit for consumers, companies that can successfully support vulnerable customers deliver better customer service and improve customer retention and loyalty. Meet Our Panel of Call Center Experts & Business Leaders: Kevin Lee.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 5, 2019

These virtual customer experience tools are transforming the way that companies interact with their customers in the contact center environment. When used correctly, chatbots have the power to enhance marketing, sales, customer retention and more. From Customer Service to Customer Experience.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 18, 2025

The Importance of Social Media Integration in Ecommerce Contact Centers Before we start with the blog, let’s do a quick experiment. Improve Customer Retention Rate According to recently published data , the average customer retention rate in the e-commerce sector is about 38 percent.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Entrepreneur and CRM expert Bobby Darnell describes business development as a “contact sport.” When it comes to contact center development, what Darnell means is that you must engage. You can’t passively improve a call center. . Call center development is an essential subset of any overall business development plan.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 28, 2025

With the advancement of the contact center industry, benchmarks continue to shift and challenge businesses to meet higher customer expectations while maintaining efficiency. Whether you’re measuring agent performance or overall customer satisfaction, staying aligned with modern standards is key to success.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 16, 2017

4 Ways to Increase Customer Loyalty Now and for the Long Haul by Heike Young. Salesforce) Lasting businesses are built on customer retention. So the margin for error for crafting long-term customer relationships is razor-thin. 5 Customer Retention Marketing Tips with an Artificial Intelligence Twist by Tara Thomas.

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Nicereply

JUNE 18, 2020

Customer retention is the act of keeping customers engaged, creating customer advocates, and reducing churn before it happens. Imagine you never acquired another customer. Your sales team went home, and all you had left was your current group of customers. That’s where customer retention comes in.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

How To Boost Customer Retention Effectively Using Video by Koushik Marka. CustomerThink) This article will provide you with an insight into how to use videos for customer retention and help you refine your own policy for the same using videos.

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Hodusoft

JANUARY 30, 2025

Omnichannel Contact Centers Solutions: What You Need to Know Do you know, businesses that implement omnichannel strategies retain 89% of their customers, compared to just 33% for those that dont? Enhanced customer satisfaction, improved retention rates, and stronger brand loyalty that drives business growth.

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This trend of call centers for chat support shifted to contact centers for chat support when internet usage became quite popular. And that’s not the only change businesses had to accommodate while running a contact center for chat support. Challenges Faced by Contact Centers. For Customers.

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Contact Center Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2020

Contact Center Pipeline’s AUTHOR WALL OF FAME Mike Aoki is President of Reflective Keynotes Inc., a Canadian training company that helps contact centers improve their sales and customer experience results.

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SharpenCX

JANUARY 3, 2022

With labor shortages expected to continue through 2022 , managers must place employee and talent retention as a first priority. Contact centers have a bleak history of high turnover rates and maintain a reputation for being soul-killing environments to work in. Hire agents with the best skills to meet customer expectations.

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Fonolo

MAY 30, 2023

It enhances agent productivity, helps you deliver exceptional customer experiences and improves the agent experience , too. That’s why contact centers are investing in it in droves. Improved customer satisfaction and increased agent productivity. How Can WFM Help my Contact Center? The numbers back this up.

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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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ShepHyken

MAY 25, 2020

How to calculate your customer retention rate by Bryce Baer. Rather, consider it a key metric to guide and improve customer retention strategy and retention rate. I was glad to see this article, which includes the formula to measure customer retention. How to calculate your customer retention rate.

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VirtualPBX

APRIL 2, 2024

No matter if your team operates from a traditional office, works remotely, or thrives in a hybrid model, you need a contact center solution that’s as dynamic and adaptable as your business itself. Enter VirtualPBX Contact Center , a game-changing solution meticulously crafted to cater to the myriad demands of modern enterprises.

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Expivia

AUGUST 18, 2021

And one of the best technical ways to ensure that is to become an omnichannel contact center. And if you are, but you’re not getting the results you want, learn how to optimize your omnichannel contact center to reap all its benefits. What Is an Omnichannel Contact Center? Why does that matter?

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Quiq

OCTOBER 1, 2020

No, this article isn’t about The Governator or Tony Stark taking over your contact center. Meanwhile, the human agents can help with infrequent or difficult conversations and keep the customer base happy. It’s a win-win for the business and its customers. Shared Customer Session. Bot-to-Bot Cooperation.

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Global Response

JULY 28, 2023

Many companies focus primarily on customer acquisition, sometimes at the cost of customer retention. After all, the more customers, the better, right? For example, recent data shows that 92% of customers will switch companies after just three—or fewer—bad experiences.

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Call Center Weekly

APRIL 25, 2018

What do you think is overlooked by contact center leadership, that hinders their customer retention efforts? Customer retention is a relationship rather than an event! Too much emphasis is placed on "saving" customers. By then it is too late. Mike Aoki is the President of Reflective Keynotes Inc. ,

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Hodusoft

MAY 24, 2022

Top Reasons Cloud-based Is Better Than On-Premise For Contact Centers. Contact centers are becoming increasingly important to modern business, and they are the central hub in a company to assist with customer retention and building brand loyalty. What are cloud-based contact centers?

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SharpenCX

JUNE 8, 2021

Customer churn — just the thought of it can drive your stress through the roof. As a contact center manager, your team is responsible for keeping customers happy. If your team can’t retain customers and establish long-term relationships that last, your entire company suffers the losses. Create a feedback loop.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Executives and managers know that contact center goal-setting helps usher in progress and bring about positive change. In a busy customer service department, having an agreed-upon set of milestones helps you cross the finish line because it clarifies decision-making, keeps morale up, and can even reduce agent turnover.

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SharpenCX

MAY 26, 2020

It’s common for some business leaders to view their contact center teams as an afterthought. This isn’t helped by contact centers’ notoriously high turnover rates. Call center jobs are, too often, chalked up as entry-level roles. The world is changing, and customers run the show. Wrong … oh, so wrong.

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Contact Center Pipeline

JULY 6, 2022

As many businesses move towards a recurring revenue model, the priorities have shifted from “initial sales” to “customer retention and growth.” This shift has major repercussions inside the contact centers and customer support organizations of the […].

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

At Miele, Eric is also accountable for the management of escalation departments, offline processes, e-care solutions, national call center consolidation, multi-product services, upselling / cross selling and re-defining the consumer experience. Jim Iyoob, Chief Customer Officer at Etech Global Services. Follow on LinkedIn.

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ShepHyken

JULY 13, 2018

However, given the overall increased focus on customer satisfaction over the last decade or so, it makes business sense to overhaul or rethink your B2B customer experience as well. Remember, your business client is also a customer. Relationship Building in B2B for Customer Retention.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 20, 2022

Over the past few years, contact center leaders have had their customer experience, technological innovation, and overall resilience tested like never before. Call center industry trends help us pave a path forward and keep up with the ever-present competition. Industry Report: State of the Contact Center 2022.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With corporate budgets tightening, contact center leaders might be tempted to cut into your quality management funding. But quality management is a vital area of your business — it’s what ensures your customers get top-notch service. If they don’t get it, they’re likely to move on, costing your business money in the long run.

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IdeasUnlimited

AUGUST 21, 2024

Customer retention is crucial for any business because it is often more cost-effective to keep existing customers than to attract new ones. Happy and loyal customers are likely to continue buying and recommending your products or services. Multilingual contact centers operate differently from traditional call centers.

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Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

While it’s hard to argue against the importance of delivering great CX, it’s also all too easy to assume that the experiences your contact center delivers are up to par simply because you are handling interactions efficiently. Until you start measuring customer experience , you could easily be falling behind the competition.

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