Global Response

MARCH 12, 2025

Read Time: 12 minutes Table of Contents Introduction Looking to understand and use contact center analytics to boost efficiency and build customer loyalty? Key takeaways Understanding contact center analytics : Contact center analytics collect consumer data to help you review customer interactions and make informed business decisions.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Whether it’s negative news of a natural disaster, a C-level scandal, a product recall, or a workplace tragedy, or a positive event like a product innovation, an upbeat earnings report, or an IPO, your contact center must be prepared for when there are dramatic increases in interactions across all communication channels.

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CX Accelerator

JULY 22, 2019

Contact centers are big on analytics. To find out the answers to these questions and more, it’s important to ask customers and listen to what their responses are. How VOC Tools Work Many VOC tools work with the phone system’s interactive voice response (IVR) creator to deliver a telephony-based survey after a call.

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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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Fonolo

JANUARY 17, 2023

If there’s one thing managers need to understand about digital transformation, it’s how artificial intelligence is changing CX in the contact center. Gartner reports that AI chatbots alone can save the contact center industry up to $80 billion in annual labor costs by 2026. What AI tools Will Improve Contact Center CX?

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ROI CX Solutions

DECEMBER 16, 2024

While this season is an exciting time to enjoy with loved ones, contact centers can quickly become overwhelmed this time of year by an influx of calls, stressed-out customers, and increased demands. In this article, well share strategies and tips on how you can prepare your contact center for the holiday season.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 12, 2023

The same holds when considering how artificial intelligence is changing the contact center. . Tools like interactive voice response (IVR) and smart call routing are tried and true ways to save time and money – and offer better service. Improved contact center operations . IVR can: .

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week we feature an article by Mansi Bhatia who looks at ways organizations can transform contact centers into a customer engagement center. I like the idea of a customer engagement center. – Shep Hyken. Earlier, businesses used to see contact centers as cost centers.

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OctopusTech

AUGUST 31, 2022

One thing that has remained constant for a long time is that users still prefer to solve their queries on a phone call rather than choosing any other medium and that’s where Interactive Voice Response comes in. Not sure if an IVR system is right for your business? What Is An Interactive Voice Response (IVR)?

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Contact centers are now tasked with handling more calls per hour while delivering a seamless customer experience, optimizing costs, and maintaining quality. The possibilities are vast, spanning from customer-facing interactions at the interface level to targeted back-end processes and workforce management. The secret weapon?

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CCNG

JULY 3, 2024

As companies worldwide strive to deliver exceptional CX while balancing other business-critical areas, they are embracing contact center outsourcing. By 2028, the market for contact center outsourcing is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.66% (2023-2028), reaching USD 132.92

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Calabrio

MARCH 31, 2025

Contact Center AI Generative AI in Contact Centers: The Tech and Use Cases Driving a Revolution in Customer Service Share The contact center landscape is undergoing a dramatic shiftone driven by the adoption and innovation of AI. The speed of the shift has been remarkablebut its also far from over.

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Noble Systems

APRIL 3, 2020

What Is IVR? Some people new to the contact center industry might be wondering ‘what does IVR stand for’? This common acronym stands for Interactive Voice Response. Callers can input their response via their telephone keypad (touch-tone) or using voice commands. Intelligent Call Routing.

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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. How to Benchmark Your Call Center Benchmarking is all about measuring your performance against clear, actionable goals and comparing them to industry standards.

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CX Accelerator

JUNE 8, 2020

She said, “It might not be their ‘voice,’ but I’ll spend any free time I have analyzing their clicks, navigation, search history, and more.”. In contact centers, where calls are traditionally recorded, there’s a ton of voice of customer insight readily available — one only needs to take the time to listen.

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NobelBiz

AUGUST 6, 2024

One of the best tools that help businesses succeed is an outbound interactive voice response system (IVR). This system differs from the traditional IVR system in that it is applied for outbound calling. What Is Outbound IVR? NobelBiz is known for its fuss-free, quality product for outbound IVR.

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Callminer

JULY 23, 2019

Providing feedback to agents in your call center is entirely needed to maintain and improve a quality facility. However, knowing how to deliver feedback can be tricky. Unfortunately, there are a number of pitfalls that can derail the process of delivering effective feedback.

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Achieving Excellence: Best Practices for Contact Center Performance and Quality Assurance Whether you are an entrepreneur or a professional in the contact center industry or any other sector, you know that implementing best practices can enhance performance by leaps and bounds and drive success.

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Fonolo

JUNE 24, 2021

Did you know that 61% of customers don’t like the traditional IVR (Interactive Voice Response) audio model? However, IVR is an efficient tool with benefits for both contact centers and customers when used correctly. Why Designing a Great Visual IVR is Important. Don’t just copy your voice IVR.

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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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TechSee

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Interactive voice response (IVR) allows a company’s computer system to engage with customers through voice and touch-tone telephone keypads. Today, it is evolving into the Conversational IVR model that offers much more than a simple customer routing system. Conversational IVR transition challenges.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Think about how many phone calls your contact center receives in one day. Now, think about how many ripe opportunities you have to ask for customer feedback. You might confuse them with net promoter score or cSAT, but post-call surveys are a much more specific way to gather real-time feedback. Thousands, right?

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Outsource Consultants

JULY 25, 2023

With its ability to mimic human intelligence and process vast amounts of data, AI is transforming the way call centers operate. A variety of AI technologies are being integrated into the call center industry, from Interactive Voice Response systems to chatbots and AI-assisted agents.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 29, 2022

Establishing highly efficient contact centers requires significant automation, the ability to scale, and a mechanism of active learning through customer feedback. In traditional contact centers, one solution for long hold times is enabling self-service options for customers using an Interactive Voice Response system (IVR).

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Fonolo

JUNE 22, 2023

The contact center industry boasts some of the most intelligent and innovative CX technologies out there. Visual IVR – now known as Fonolo’s Web Call-Backs – was one of the first self-service technologies to have a hugely positive impact on the customer experience. What is Visual IVR? So, we understand IVRs.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Contact centers face constant shifts like any industry, with contact center trends reporting more remote call centers and a heightened need for customer intelligence and improved work environments. A robust call center IVR system and strategy can support all the above trends. What is Call Center IVR?

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Hodusoft

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Why Every BPO Needs an Omnichannel Contact Center for Success? At HoduSoft, we have helped many BPOs set up omnichannel contact centers to streamline their customer service operations and help them deliver exceptional customer experience. What comes to your mind when you hear the word “BPO”?

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Global Response

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Key takeaways Efficiency: Automated customer service handles routine tasks to speed up response times and give agents the space to focus on complex issues. 24/7 accessibility: With tools like chatbots and IVR systems, companies can provide consistent, around-the-clock assistance.

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The Northridge Group

AUGUST 10, 2021

Let’s say you’ve already taken the necessary measures to move your contact center from good to great. What’s the next step for your contact center? Leverage Contact Center Analytics. Using analytics to determine which areas of improvement to focus on is important for contact centers.

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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. That’s not all.

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Fonolo

JULY 21, 2020

Lots of conversations happen daily at your contact center. Saying you have an open-door work policy is easy; making sure that your contact center agents feel comfortable voicing their concerns to management is much more challenging. Is Flex-Time Right for Your Contact Center?

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Every call center knows customer feedback is precious. That’s why we invest staff, time, and technology budgets into call center software and organic outreach to learn how customers feel about the service they receive. An after-call survey is a series of questions requesting customer feedback right after an interaction.

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Callminer

JANUARY 18, 2021

While the majority of consumers choose to reach out to companies via multiple mediums , many have reported wanting to avoid going through structured IVR systems – so it’s no surprise that communication quality within a contact centre has become more important than ever before. Leverage a quality monitoring program for vital feedback.

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s a daunting task to find new cloud technology for a contact center. You need to ask the right questions and gather supporting info to commit to a new cloud contact center system. . >> Download Now: 101 questions to ask on your contact center RFP. Ask yourself: . Ask your agents: . Vendor Research.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Some 32% of organizations were running their contact centers with cloud technology at the end of 2020. Whether your contact center intends to go back to the office or stay remote, the acceleration of digital transformation projects and jumps to cloud technology will continue. Working from home can feel isolating.

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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? In this blog, you can explore everything related to omnichannel contact center software starting from what it is?

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PeopleMetrics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

There are five channels that we see often at PeopleMetrics: websites, mobile app, contact center, in location, and field services (in the home): Websites: refers to customers visiting websites to gather information about a company. Contact Center: an important touchpoint where customers call for more information or assistance.

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