3 ways to make contact centers more sustainable
Enghouse Interactive
JUNE 2, 2023
How can the contact center help meet sustainability objectives? Here are 3 ways to make greener, more sustainable contact centers.
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Key Questions When Migrating Your Contact Center to the Cloud
Cyara
JUNE 22, 2023
Migrating to the cloud is a key concern for many modern contact centers. And to do so successfully, your organization must undertake stringent planning and thoroughly understand all expectations, obstacles and how you will measure success.
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AI in Customer Service: Chatbots and ChatGPT are just the Start
TechSee
JUNE 29, 2023
AI is rapidly becoming a critical tool in customer service. While initial conversations now focus on improving chatbots with large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, this is just the start of what AI can and will offer. AI will streamline, augment and, in many cases, automate the customer experience and improve customer satisfaction. Getting there will require a broader perspective on service.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Adding Call-Backs to My Contact Center
Fonolo
JUNE 13, 2023
Today’s customers expect more from customer service. They want prompt, reliable, integrated service and they will not linger if it’s not readily available. Their patience is never shorter than when dealing with your call center. That’s why call-backs have become a contact center essential. If you leave callers on hold, your agents will hear the complaints and your social media timeline will show angry tweets.
Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.
18 Ways to Make Your Customers Feel Loved and Appreciated
Steve DiGioia
JUNE 26, 2023
We have studied ways to best serve our customers ad nauseam. We use numerous metrics to gauge customer sentiments. We sit through seminar after seminar to learn the latest tactics to enhance the customer experience and spend thousands of dollars on certification courses signaling to our peers our “expertise”. And countless experts have built impressive careers by writing books, making speeches, and hosting training courses and podcasts.
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Can ChatGPT Be Used for Customer Service?
CSM Magazine
JUNE 1, 2023
Mike Myer, CEO of Quiq, explores the impact of ChatGPT on the world of customer service. Everyone is chatting about ChatGPT these days because it’s one of tech’s most intriguing new developments. Within five days of its November 2022 introduction, over a million people were using it. However, the fear, uncertainty and doubt about ChatGPT is rampant.
Blueprint to Become a Customer Service “Rockstar”
CSM Magazine
JUNE 8, 2023
Customer service sucks. It is worse today than in 1979 when I decided to do something about customer service and developed the world’s first customer service program, Feelings which was released in January 1980. Today my son, Matthew, who is in Minneapolis for 4 days with his family, wanted to go to Wally’s in Bloomington, Minnesota. This is one of his two favorite restaurants in the Twin Cities where I live.
Fatherly Advice: 10 Lessons for Effective Call Center Coaching from TV & Movie Dads
Amplifai Coaching Category
JUNE 15, 2023
Discover humorous and unexpected insights for effective call center coaching from some of our favorite TV and movie dads.
Customer Success and finance: 8 metrics to build closer alignment
ChurnZero
JUNE 9, 2023
Good sales teams typically get the budget, headcount and tools they desire because the function is tied to revenue. Finance understands this intuitively, so they are inclined to support budget requests that will help teams close more deals. However, that’s not always the case for Customer Success (CS) teams even though they are often responsible for renewals and expansions.
The Contact Center Manager’s Guide to AI
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5 rules for building an incredible brand relationship with your customers!
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 15, 2023
Your brand is in a relationship with your customers. Like any relationship, some of them are healthy while others are not. Unfortunately, people often form codependent or dysfunctional relationships with brands. To help yours be more beneficial than not, we have five rules about how to build strong brand relationships with your customers. We all have relationships with brands.
CallMiner Product Innovation Series: June 2023
Callminer
JUNE 2, 2023
CallMiner's VP of Product Management, Bruce McMahon, shares updates from the CallMiner 2023.06 platform release, including AI-based contact summarization, AI redaction and more.
How Simple Can You Make Your Business?
ShepHyken
JUNE 27, 2023
Simplify the Customer Experience I love good barbeque. I live in St. Louis, which is famous for some of the best BBQs in the world! Really! We have a number of restaurants that have competed in worldwide competitions and come back with the first-place trophy. My friend Norman Beck loves BBQ, too. Living in Texas, he’s also exposed to some of the best BBQ in the world, although I’ll argue it’s second to St.
Medical Device Support: Next Level Patient Assistance
TechSee
JUNE 1, 2023
Cochlear is the world leader in implantable hearing solutions. With over 700,000 devices implanted worldwide, the company’s customer service team assists people daily with a wide range of questions about their devices, including multiple types of implants, Sound Processors, and a portfolio of accessories. These devices are used by people of all ages, they serve kids, grandparents and connect them to the world around them through the miracle of hearing.
Frost Radar: Voice of Customer Analytics, 2024
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Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.
Customer Experience does not equal customer service!
CCNG
JUNE 28, 2023
Customer Experience. I see those two words together often and, frequently, I want to quote Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride, "I do not think it means what you think it means".… Customer Experience does not equal customer service. Someone much smarter than me, but I don't know who, said "Customer service is what happens when your customer experience fails".
The Power of a Customer’s Name: 5 Ways to Use It to Your Advantage
Steve DiGioia
JUNE 12, 2023
Using a customer’s name is a simple yet powerful way to improve their experience with your business. It’s an effective way to make them feel valued and acknowledged, which can lead to increased loyalty and customer satisfaction. When a customer hears their name, it creates a sense of familiarity and personalization. It makes them feel like they’re more than just another faceless customer, and that you appreciate their business.
Learn the power of saying “No!” to ensure you win and succeed
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 22, 2023
Our recent guest on the podcast, author Vanessa Patrick , Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Marketing, and researcher in the Consumer Behavior Marketing field, has a new book, “The Power of Saying No: The New Science of How to Say No that Puts You in Charge of Your Life.” The book addresses the area of self-regulation or self-control.
34 experts share their favorite examples of new product innovation
Callminer
JUNE 28, 2023
Learn more about new product innovations and review some of the most influential innovative products in recent times, according to business experts.
Your Roadmap to Successful AI Implementations in the Contact Center
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CX leaders are in a gold rush for AI, lured by the promise of cost savings and a revolution in service delivery. But simply deploying AI in your contact center isn't a magic bullet. There are hidden dangers that can derail your AI dreams. Recent incidents, such as the missteps of an AI chatbot deployed by Air Canada, have underscored the complexities and risks involved in leveraging AI in customer-facing roles.
Shifting to the Employee Experience (EX) Mindset with Tiffani Bova
ShepHyken
JUNE 5, 2023
Top Takeaways: Spending time with your customers is a great opportunity to understand their challenges, share best practices, and learn from them. Employee experience (EX) has a significant impact not only on customer experience but on overall business growth. In a blind study conducted on a US retailer with more than 1,000 storefronts, Salesforce research found that if the company got the EX right, there was a 50% increase in revenue per hour per store associate.
This is our time for a Patient CARE Revolution!
Bill Quiseng
JUNE 28, 2023
For many years, there has been a stranglehold “Profits over People” mentality for healthcare leaders. These “Profits over People” traditionalists care about their hospital’s labor, research, and equipment costs, Medicare reimbursements, pharmaceutical companies’ payments in cash and in-kind gifts, and their patients’ payments more than they do their patients.
Seven Ways to Deliver Leading Digital Customer Service
CCNG
JUNE 21, 2023
When the time comes to seek support, customers reach out to brands across a variety of channels. Whether it’s through a traditional phone call, a live chat or a Facebook message, consumers can engage with you in more ways than ever. And now, digital channels are at the forefront of customer choices. Websites and mobile apps are major drivers of business revenue and brand visibility.
Become Enterprise-Ready with AI
Upstream Works
JUNE 15, 2023
Upstream Works is excited to introduce you to our newest product offering – Upstream Works for Amazon Connect. We enhance Amazon Connect with a unified desktop, digital channel flexibility, seamless integrations and management simplicity The post Become Enterprise-Ready with AI appeared first on Upstream Works.
How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience
Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions
Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!
The astounding reason customers buy that they keep a secret
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 24, 2023
You wouldn’t think to look at it that The Magic Castle hotel in Los Angeles has been ranked in the top ten hotels on TripAdvisor, but it has. A converted apartment building has turned its unassuming appearance into an excellent experience for its guests, and how they do it isn’t that big of a thing, quite the opposite. It’s the little things make a big difference in their customer satisfaction.
Sentiment analysis & machine learning: 2023 guide
Callminer
JUNE 26, 2023
Sentiment analysis and machine learning have become crucial tools for gauging the customer experience. Read this blog to learn how your business can leverage sentiment analysis.
Nothing Is Free, Even Free Shipping
ShepHyken
JUNE 6, 2023
Free is often an illusion. It looks free and may be advertised as free, but it’s not free. I’m not saying a company that claims something is free is lying. As consumers, we must be careful and understand the difference between what is truly free and what is perceived as free. And as businesses, we must be cautious about what we promise. Let’s use free shipping as an example.
PRINCIPLE THREE: Be Magnificently Boring!
Bill Quiseng
JUNE 21, 2023
This June, I present each one of the Three Principles to Build Customer Loyalty. In this third week, here is Principle Three: Be Magnificently Boring! You have been happy that your customers leave satisfied. You have sold them a product or service that meets their wants or needs. Or you solved their problem for them. You were happy because, in the end, they were satisfied.
Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform
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The Power of Emotional Connection: Growing Your Business Through Strong Customer Experience
CCNG
JUNE 14, 2023
Think about the very best customer experience that you have ever had with a brand. Now, I will share with you one of my best experiences… Once when I was preparing for a vacation, I spent many evenings searching the web for the best pricing for our airplane flights. I finally booked our flights and decided to use mileage for one of us and a paid ticket for the other.
During Cisco Live 2023 – Upstream Works Supports Cisco’s Commitment to Deliver Exceptional Customer Engagements
Upstream Works
JUNE 1, 2023
Upstream Works is excited to introduce you to our newest product offering – Upstream Works for Amazon Connect. We enhance Amazon Connect with a unified desktop, digital channel flexibility, seamless integrations and management simplicity The post During Cisco Live 2023 – Upstream Works Supports Cisco’s Commitment to Deliver Exceptional Customer Engagements appeared first on Upstream Works.
The power of saying ‘no’! Use this new framework to help you control you life
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 17, 2023
You probably don’t say no to people enough, especially if it’s to your boss. Like most of us, you are conditioned to cooperate with others, which means we usually say yes to most requests to avoid conflict. However, learning to say no in the right way, might also avoid conflict while simultaneously giving you back control over your life.
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