LiveVox
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
In the realm of contact centers, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the game with its intelligent prowess. AI’s transformative capabilities are changing the contact center industry quickly, enabling businesses to elevate customer experiences to new and exciting heights. In this article, we present an AI overview and what’s changing in 2024.
ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Top Takeaways: Self-service is becoming more than just enabling customers to attempt to resolve their own issues. Customers want a self-directed experience where they have control over how they are served and can resolve their issues in the way they want. The pandemic has accelerated the normalization of digital experiences and digital tools. The lockdown has changed our customers’ perspective on how they want to spend their time.
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Interaction Metrics
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The Net Promoter Score (NPS) is the most well-known customer satisfaction metric used by two-thirds of the Fortune 1000 companies. But it’s also easy to misunderstand and misuse. Created in 2003 by Fred Reichheld of Bain & Company , the Net Promoter Score (NPS) asks: “How likely are you to recommend us to a friend or colleague?” Customers answer on a 0-10 scale.
Callminer
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Emotion analytics is just one tool that businesses can use to better understand their customers’ needs. Read this blog to learn the business benefits of detecting customer emotions, FAQs, and more.
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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.
24-7 InTouch
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
In the ever-changing world of digital commerce, the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies are revolutionizing the way businesses interact with their customers by reshaping the shopper experience. From improving customer experience (CX) to streamlining processes and enhancing security, automation has become an indispensable tool for e-commerce brands.
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Help Scout
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Learn how AI features can transform a traditional help desk into a proactive, efficient, and highly responsive support system tailored completely toward helping your team (and your customers).
Cisco - Contact Center
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
This year’s Cisco Partner Summit was filled with announcements, awards, and portfolio updates.
LiveVox
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Financial services is already a complex industry, and delivering exceptional customer care while resolving complex issues isn’t just a goal—it’s an art. As contact center managers, you’re at the forefront of this endeavor, navigating the intricacies of financial service issues while upholding the highest customer support standards.
NobelBiz
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
In an era defined by digital communication, mastering the art of business calls is non-negotiable. Welcome to the definitive guide on setting up a Virtual Phone System (VPS) – your ticket to seamless, efficient, and customer-centric communication. Whether you’re a startup, a growing enterprise, or an established business, understanding and implementing a VPS is a game-changer.
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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.
ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
If it’s working fine, why mess with it? Well, whatever “it” is may work just fine, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be better. This idea came to me as I read an article about United Airlines changing the way passengers board the plane. Most airlines put passengers in groups and call them in order. United will continue doing this but make changes to some of the groups.
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Every time I turn my television on, I regret it. Is it the programming? Is productivity wasted? Wistful feelings of stardom never pursued? No. I regret buying my Sony TV. The menu system is not very intuitive. It’s slow. The settings seem to change without warning. This bloody thing drives me around the bend. Watch Colin talking about this on YouTube: Subscribe to our YouTube channel here to see all the latest videos!
CCNG
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
A Rock-Solid Recognition Program is key to fostering an infectious environment of consistent improvement and achievement. The core of any organization's success resides with its employees. They want to be in the know, understand how their contributions affect the bigger picture, and know that their leaders value them. Creating a Rock-Solid Recognition Program is the 1st step in showing employees that they are valued.
Callminer
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Read this blog to learn how real-time guidance allows customer service agents to optimize the time they spend with customers by receiving in-the-moment suggestions to improve an interaction.
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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.
ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
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 comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 5 Ways to Track Customer Satisfaction by Foundever (Foundever) Satisfied customers are more likely to remain loyal to a brand, to recommend its goods and services to friends and family and are more likely to show forgiveness after a single disappointing customer experience.
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 18, 2023
Regret is a powerful emotion. One might not think it has a place in a marketer’s messaging toolbox. However, you might be surprised to learn that in addition to being a powerful emotion, it can also be a powerful tool. The reason we regret things depends on the situation. We can regret a purchase we made. We can regret a purchase we didn’t, too. What we regret and how we respond to it requires understanding how regret happens.
AWS Machine Learning
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Yes, the AWS re:Invent season is upon us and as always, the place to be is Las Vegas! You marked your calendars, you booked your hotel, and you even purchased the airfare. Now all you need is some guidance on generative AI and machine learning (ML) sessions to attend at this twelfth edition of re:Invent. And although generative AI has appeared in previous events, this year we’re taking it to the next level.
Momentum Telecom
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Acquisition Propels Momentum’s Growth and Position in Collaboration Market ATLANTA – November 21, 2023 – Momentum , a leading global provider of managed services and next-gen managed network solutions, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of G12 Communications , a Seattle area-based provider of voice-enabled and Operator Connect Microsoft Teams solutions. “This strategic acquisition marks a significant milestone for Momentum.
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!
Bill Quiseng
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Many CX professionals have advocated CX as strategies such as AI, online, self-service, telephone, and face-to-face customer support, customer journey mapping, the Peak End Rule, NPS, CSAT, CES, or other CX metrics, and many innovative technologies to improvetheir customers’ experiences. And they’ve done it so often for so long that “CX” has been the traditional term of many business professionals to explain customer experience management.
Real Blue Sky
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Unlocking Growth: The Power of Adaptation and Innovation Introduction In the current economic climate, where unpredictability is the only constant, businesses are grappling with the reality of tightened budgets and a future that’s hard to forecast. It’s a time when growth strategies of the past may no longer bring the same results, and the quest for sustainability can seem like an uphill battle.
AWS Machine Learning
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
This is a guest post by A.K Roy from Qualcomm AI. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) DL2q instances, powered by Qualcomm AI 100 Standard accelerators, can be used to cost-efficiently deploy deep learning (DL) workloads in the cloud. They can also be used to develop and validate performance and accuracy of DL workloads that will be deployed on Qualcomm devices.
SmartAction
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides an unprecedented opportunity to revolutionize the call center experience for the 59% of your customers who prefer telephone communication. We’re not talking about the time-consuming interactive voice response (IVR) of the past that provided a less-than-optimal customer experience. The AI-powered voice assistants of today offer a seamless experience, reaching a virtual assistant, in seconds, that can answer customer intentions with just a few words.
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Bill Quiseng
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Print Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Today, for those of us in or from the United States, we celebrate Thanksgiving. So I want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation and gratitude for the many who helped me as I recover. Some of you may know that I suffered a stroke in April 2021. When I retired, I was planning to be a customer CARE speaker and then everything went south.
Cisco - Contact Center
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
In the security industry, there is a constant, undeniable fact that practitioners must contend with: criminals are working overtime to constantly change the threat landscape to their advantage.
AWS Machine Learning
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) allows you to provide a large language model (LLM) with access to data from external knowledge sources such as repositories, databases, and APIs without the need to fine-tune it. When using generative AI for question answering, RAG enables LLMs to answer questions with the most relevant, up-to-date information and optionally cite their data sources for verification.
Lumoa
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
In many companies, even though customer experience is regularly measured, data transformation becomes challenging for many reasons. For instance, it is expensive, resource-intensive, and requires expertise. But it is no longer a challenge, thanks to modern technologies like martech tools and back-office solution software and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in customer feedback analysis.
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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.
Cyara
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Choosing a reliable CX testing and monitoring solution for your communication infrastructure is absolutely essential. In fact, without monitoring and solutions that provide a clear picture, it's hard to imagine a functional system that constantly improves.
Cisco - Contact Center
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Each year, Cyber Monday has this amazing ability to sneak up on us. I’m willing to bet that I’m not the only one in the U.S. with that lingering summer-just-ended feeling.
AWS Machine Learning
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The financial service (FinServ) industry has unique generative AI requirements related to domain-specific data, data security, regulatory controls, and industry compliance standards. In addition, customers are looking for choices to select the most performant and cost-effective machine learning (ML) model and the ability to perform necessary customization (fine-tuning) to fit their business use cases.
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