CCNG

JUNE 7, 2023

ChatGPT has captured the attention of everyone by smashing record adoption rates globally. CCNG members and veteran contact center leaders Fred Stacey and Adam Boelke recently discussed with fellow members the potential impact, current challenges, misconceptions and future of ChatGPT in contact centers. A recent search about how Chat GPT can and will assist in customer service, contact center and customer experience shows many ways ChatGPT can be a potentially valuable tool including: Answeri

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WiserOwl Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

The June 2023 issue of Contact Center Pipeline Magazine features the article “The Rising Importance of Contact Centers” penned by WiserOwl’s Robert Bradshaw. The article dives into the 2023 Contact Centers Consumer Attitudes & Preferences Survey to highlight the increasing importance of contact centers in the customer experience landscape. About WiserOwl: WiserOwl exposes […] The post Contact Center Pipeline Magazine: The Rising Importance of Contact Centers appeared first on Wise

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NobelBiz

JUNE 5, 2023

Outbound lead generation can be a game-changer strategy for businesses, but it is not without its share of challenges. When effectively executed, it can boost sales, increase profits, and lead to significant business growth. However, executing new outbound lead generation programs can be challenging, here are the top 15 challenges related to executing new outbound lead generation programs in call centers and how to tackle them.

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Amplifai Coaching Category

JUNE 7, 2023

AI is revolutionizing call centers, streamlining operations, and enhancing customer experiences. See how it's used to efficiently manage queries, train agents, and reduce errors, lead to a more profitable contact center.

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Playvox

JUNE 6, 2023

In challenging economic times, organizations need to get creative and pragmatic with cost cutting, expenditures, and revenue generation. As “do more with less” becomes a familiar mantra, contact center leaders are challenged to convince C-suite executives, and especially chief financial officers (CFOs), that not only is it mission critical to deliver outstanding customer experiences (CX) , but that it’s also an opportune time to invest in workforce management (WFM) software.

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MiaRec

JUNE 7, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how organizations utilize data. How can your contact centers adopt AI solutions to improve business workflows, boost revenue, and more?

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Bill Quiseng

JUNE 6, 2023

During the month of June, I will offer each one of the Three Principles to Build Customer Loyalty. In this first week, I give you Principle One: Be the Customer. “Customers perceive service in their own unique, idiosyncratic, emotional, irrational, end-of-the-day, and totally human terms. Perception is all there is!” Tom Peters. Did you know that FedEx delivery people never run.

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Nuance

JUNE 7, 2023

… Rethinking the agent experience, part 3: Remove the customer authentication burden Read More » The post Rethinking the agent experience, part 3: Remove the customer authentication burden appeared first on What’s Next blog.

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LiveVox

JUNE 7, 2023

Hey there, contact center managers! We know you’re the real MVPs when it comes to overseeing agent performance on the floor. You’ve got a lot on your plate, from dealing with low agent morale to high agent turnover, understaffing, and the challenges of remote workplaces. You’re researching strategies for boosting the agent experience!

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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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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 8, 2023

A strange thing about corporate life is that after you get your annual spending budget approved for your department, you often still have to get approval to spend it. I have plenty of experience with this inefficient exercise in my career, and I thought I might have some things to share with all of you to get those necessary approvals. In our recent podcast, Context is King!

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Callminer

JUNE 7, 2023

An excellent customer experience is vital for building customer loyalty. Find out how to choose the best customer experience platform for your business.

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COPC

JUNE 9, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the customer experience (CX) industry, offering businesses new opportunities to enhance their operations. This blog article discusses the importance of employing multiple types of AI, implementing effective controls and guardrails, and adapting specific roles within the CX organization. By embracing these strategies, your business can maximize the benefits of AI and thrive in the rapidly evolving CX landscape.

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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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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 3, 2023

Getting your new program initiatives accepted requires overcoming a lot. So, to help you get that done—and impress your boss doing it—you need to have a winning strategy. The corporate budget is a funny thing. Getting approval on a budget in the corporate world doesn’t mean you get to spend it. Quite the contrary. You often have to get the budget approved for what you might spend and then when you want to spend it, you get approval again.

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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.

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AWS Machine Learning

JUNE 9, 2023

ONNX ( Open Neural Network Exchange ) is an open-source standard for representing deep learning models widely supported by many providers. ONNX provides tools for optimizing and quantizing models to reduce the memory and compute needed to run machine learning (ML) models. One of the biggest benefits of ONNX is that it provides a standardized format for representing and exchanging ML models between different frameworks and tools.

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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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ShepHyken

JUNE 8, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Sage , an international company that helps organizations of all sizes with accounting, payroll, and payment solutions. It discusses customer experience gaps that hinder profitability and how to close them. Are you providing as good of a customer experience as you think you are? Customer experience gaps refer to the disconnect between what your customers expect from your brand and what your brand actually delivers.

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ConvergeOne

JUNE 6, 2023

Challenges Impacting Risk Risk management is the collective responsibility of many roles and teams within an organization. It requires a systematic approach that bridges business units, leadership, technology and process – in effect, all areas of any company. There are many challenges that organizations face in managing risk. According to Arctic Wolf Labs , 30% of companies reported that risk management is their top concern driving their cyber security strategy.

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IdeasUnlimited

JUNE 9, 2023

Celebrating a Successful Year In February 2023, IdeasUnlimited capped off 2022 at the annual Year-end event that was held virtually. With workers joining in from all over the world, the global team celebrated the successful completion of 12 years as a company. Founded in 2010, IdeasUnlimited began as a support service provider which expanded worldwide over the course of its history. 2023’s year-end event was a homage to the individuals that make up the IdeasUnlimited team.

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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.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

By now, you’re probably already familiar with the term “omnichannel” applied to customer service. In this article, we dive into definitions, benefits, and use cases to help you really understand what omnichannel means and how you can leverage omnichannel services to unify and improve customer and employee experience. Omnichannel Customer Service. What does it mean?

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Nicereply

JUNE 5, 2023

How can you combine customer satisfaction metrics? It might seem overwhelming, so we’ve put together our favorite matchups to help you get started. In the world of customer support metrics, Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) is king. Teams of all sizes, stages, and industries measure CSAT to shed light on the quality of their support. They identify customers who need extra attention, improve their operations, and increase customer happiness.

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Abby Connect

JUNE 5, 2023

Download Running a business is expensive. You’re already thinking about production costs. Revenue. Employee overhead. Marketing spend. The list goes on. What you might not be thinking about is the cost of your missed calls.

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kommunicate

JUNE 4, 2023

Last Updated on June 4, 2023 ChatGPT is everywhere. Google Bard is (almost) everywhere. The old way of doing things is over. Artificial Intelligence is not science fiction or something that “computer scientists” are “working upon.” They are now very much part of our everyday lives. Goldman Sachs says that AI will take 300 million [.] The post Future of Conversational AI For Pharma And Healthcare appeared first on Kommunicate Blog.

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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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AWS Machine Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

This blog post is co-written with Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei, Executive Director–Acting Chief AI Researcher of the AI-Cross Center Unit and Project Lead for LLM Projects at TII. United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) Technology Innovation Institute (TII) , the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council , has launched Falcon LLM, a foundational large language model (LLM) with 40 billion parameters.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JUNE 5, 2023

For World Environment Day we wanted to add to the global celebration by lifting up the stories of several of our Cisco Foundation Climate Impact and Regeneration Portfolio grantee partners working in… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Voiptime

JUNE 8, 2023

Every successful company tends to have a big amount of potential leads at the top of its sales pipeline. But only a few of them can be converted into customers.

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