Expivia

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Evolution of Customer Service Outsourcing: What You Need to Know The landscape of customer service outsourcing has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. As we move further into the digital age, the way businesses interact with their customers has fundamentally changed, and with it, the role of call center outsourcing companies. Perhaps the most significant shift has been in the very nature of BPO companies themselves.

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Zappix

JULY 31, 2024

Contact centers have been at the forefront of customer interactions and support for decades. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the landscape of customer service has undergone a significant transformation. However, the key to success lies in striking the right balance between cutting-edge AI technologies and the irreplaceable human touch.

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TCN

JULY 31, 2024

Contact centers are businesses that continue to grow, especially with evolving technology. It is imperative to stay ahead of the game to ensure your business remains at the forefront of industry trends and innovations. The efficiency and effectiveness of the contact center hinges on leveraging advanced analytics to drive informed decisions and strategic improvements.

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CCNG

JULY 31, 2024

The Ethical Imperative of AI Design As artificial intelligence continues its rapid advance, it’s crucial that we grapple with ethical implications. AI systems are being deployed to make increasingly high-stakes decisions that impact human lives in fields like healthcare, criminal justice, and hiring. And even in fields like customer experience and marketing, which are not considered high-stakes, AI use is exploding and if not designed and monitored, can have unintended negative results.

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Step-by-step instructions on how to use AI for growth in your contact center Learn how AI can transform your contact center operations. In this ebook, dig into the different AI technologies, then see how each can help automate tasks, streamline service, and turn your contact center from a cost center to a profit house. Plus, we’ll give you practical tips on choosing the right AI tools, getting them up and running, and measuring their impact.

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VirtualPBX

AUGUST 1, 2024

As the world comes together to celebrate the Olympics, businesses have a unique opportunity to engage with customers in a way that captures the spirit of the games. With the global attention on this major event, leveraging text messaging for real-time Olympic promotions and customer engagement can be a powerful strategy. Here’s how businesses can make the most of this opportunity.

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JustCall

JULY 31, 2024

Email has always been a preferred way of business communication. In fact, 72% of customers still prefer if brands communicate with them via email. But most companies still only use labels and filters to personalize and manage their emails. Worse, they share the passwords among team members or forward emails via bcc or cc. This soon translates into communication that lacks transparency, is redundant, or has sluggish handling time.

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ShepHyken

JULY 30, 2024

Let’s play a game. We can call it Lousy Service Versus Good Service , or a better title I came up with: The Dark Side Versus the Shep Side. The Dark Side of service is just bad. The opposite is what I teach in my CX keynote speeches and customer service training program. Here are some Dark Side and Shep Side examples: Dark Side: Making customers wait for long, unreasonable lengths of time.

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SQM Group

JULY 30, 2024

Understanding consumer behavior helps businesses create better products that meet the needs and preferences of their customers.

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Tethr

JULY 31, 2024

Discover essential tips to defend your business against churn risk using conversation intelligence in your contact center.

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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 2, 2024

Colin has a bone to pick. No, it’s not with cable providers this time. It’s with the tradespeople involved in his latest home reno project. They are living up to the poor reputation that precedes them, and he has a list of complaints. Key problems included inaccurate pricing, disdain for previous workers’ efforts, lack of collaboration, excessive use of jargon, and poor time management.

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ShepHyken

JULY 29, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Your Customer Experience Game Plan: Olympics Edition by Brittany Hodak (Brittany Hodak) In business, fostering a sense of belonging and enthusiasm among employees can lead to remarkable outcomes.

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TechSee

JULY 30, 2024

Welcome to “Dear Megan,” an advice column where innovation meets humor, and customer experience is sprinkled with a dash of wit. I’m Megan Saucier , your friendly guide through the ever-evolving landscape of technology. As the Director of Strategic Accounts at TechSee, I’ve had the privilege of working with tech giants like AWS, and many others.

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AWS Machine Learning

AUGUST 2, 2024

This blog is part of the series, Generative AI and AI/ML in Capital Markets and Financial Services. Company earnings calls are crucial events that provide transparency into a company’s financial health and prospects. Earnings reports detail a firm’s financials over a specific period, including revenue, net income, earnings per share, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.

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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 1, 2024

Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 85,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: On the podcast, we have been doing a Masterclass Series based on the principle that there is never one thing happening in a Customer Experience. Multiple things are happening, particularly from a behavioral science perspective.

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ChurnZero

JULY 31, 2024

“Meet your customers where they are.” If you’ve ever been in any type of customer-facing role during your career, I’m positive you’ve heard this phrase countless times. So, where are your customers? Are your customers living inside their email inboxes? Well, we hope they are, because we really want them to open and read and click all the emails we send them!

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Totango

JULY 31, 2024

“In a PLG motion… you’re helping people to use the product more effectively, and ultimately, to upgrade to a paid experience. [In] the enterprise sale, you start by signing on the dotted line, so different expectations and skills are needed.” – Karen Budell , Chief Marketing Officer, Totango + Catalyst Shifting from a product-led growth (PLG) model to an enterprise sales motion is a significant move for any SaaS company.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 31, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to supporting the development of cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by companies and organizations across the globe. As part of this commitment, AWS Japan announced the AWS LLM Development Support Program (LLM Program), through which we’ve had the privilege of working alongside some of Japan’s most innovative teams.

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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!

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Bill Quiseng

JULY 31, 2024

English writer Samuel Johnson said, “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed”. So, this week, I encourage you to remind yourself and your colleagues of this: Customers pay for their experience, not your product or service. They buy with emotion and justify their decision with reason. Customers seek the best emotional value in their experience, not your logically reasonable best price, product, or service.

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NobelBiz

JULY 30, 2024

For contact centers having a reliable, efficient phone system is business-critical. Far too many businesses, however, are still using legacy systems that keep them from maximizing their potential. If any of the following factors are common for you, it may be time to think about an upgrade. Here is why you should upgrade your business phone system and how NobelBiz can help make the process easier.

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Cisco - Contact Center

AUGUST 2, 2024

When natural disasters or cyberattacks strike, communications are often the first to be impacted. In response, Cisco NERVs are on 24/7 standby for rapid deployment, providing advanced and secure communications for emergency responders during disaster recovery.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 29, 2024

Effective customer support and project management are critical aspects of providing effective customer relationship management. Atlassian Jira , a platform for issue tracking and project management functions for software projects, has become an indispensable part of many organizations’ workflows to ensure success of the customer and the product. However, extracting valuable insights from the vast amount of data stored in Jira often requires manual efforts and building specialized tooling.

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Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

Ambs Call Center

AUGUST 2, 2024

Are you a property owner or manager struggling to fill vacancies and connect with the right tenants? In today’s competitive property management industry, finding effective advertising strategies for property management companies can feel like an uphill battle, especially when everyone’s trying for attention online.

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ConvergeOne

JULY 29, 2024

Dell APEX (Application Performance and Experience) solutions are designed to enhance the performance and user experience of critical applications. By combining hardware, software, and services, Dell APEX delivers a comprehensive and integrated solution that can reduce downtime, boost application performance, and ensure a high-quality user experience.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JULY 29, 2024

Harnessing data is crucial for success in today's data-driven world, and the surge in AI/ML workloads is accelerating the need for data centers that can deliver it with operational simplicity.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 31, 2024

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications become more prevalent, maintaining responsible AI principles becomes essential. Without proper safeguards, large language models (LLMs) can potentially generate harmful, biased, or inappropriate content, posing risks to individuals and organizations. Applying guardrails helps mitigate these risks by enforcing policies and guidelines that align with ethical principles and legal requirements.

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Customers expect to be able to interact with your organization whenever and however they want. They also expect your agents to have insights into their journeys so that they don’t have to repeat themselves as they move through various channels. And, if they’re not able to, they just might find one of your competitors who will offer the flexibility they are looking for.

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Ambs Call Center

AUGUST 2, 2024

Discover how the buyout of your answering service could negatively impact your business operations and customer relationships with these 4 key effects.

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Outsource Consultants

JULY 30, 2024

The Dominican Republic has become a major player in the call center and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. Here’s a look at its impressive rise: 1990s: The Seeds are Sown 1995 marked a turning point for the BPO industry in the Dominican Republic. Favorable government policies and a growing pool of educated workers led to the establishment of the first major call centers in the Dominican Republic.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JULY 31, 2024

Cisco Defense Orchestrator is designed to simplify the management of secure firewalls. With the introduction of Cisco CDO APIs, we enable Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) to unlock unprecedented levels of operational efficiency.

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