Callminer
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Ahead of his session at the Online Collections Technology Think Tank 2.1 on September 16, Frank Sherlock shares his thoughts on using data to identify vulnerable customers and assess affordability.
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
If you are like most companies, you probably think that you put the customer at the center of everything you do. But do you? There are some critical things that the most customer centric companies do differently than the average company. It requires a mindset that understands the essential nature of it and then a consistent approach to applying it in all the areas of the company, from how you recruit talent and empower employees to how you prioritize customers in your team meetings.
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TechSee
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
When most service organizations consider implementing Visual Assistance, they mainly focus on how to use the technology to support remote teams in the field or contact center. However, Visual Assistance can deliver value to many other use cases, all of which can help your organization save time and money and improve both the employee and customer experience.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
One of the favorite chapters I wrote in my recent book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , was about why customers would terminate their relationship with you. Yes, the word terminate ties into the movie Terminator , which somehow became a theme in the background of the book. So, why would a customer terminate his or her relationship with you?
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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.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
Sales leaders need to evolve with technology. Rick Britt, CallMiner's VP of AI, shares why it’s time to change the game and start moving the needle using technology like sales conversation analytics.
Customer Contact Central brings together the best content for Contact Center and Customer Service professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fonolo
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
When customers call your customer service line, greeting them with a friendly and easy-to-navigate interactive voice response system is a standard in call center software. This is often the first stage in a customer service journey, so making your welcome greeting and routing accessible and intuitive is a key aspect to your call center functionality.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
This week we feature an article by Tanya Ahmed, a Digital Marketer of Vantage Circle , a cloud-based employee engagement platform. She writes about what customers expect from companies in 2021 and what they actually get. Consumers today expect speedier access to services than ever before. They count on meaningful interactions with service professionals who make them feel valued.
Call Design
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
There is no better gauge as to the importance of customer experience when engaging with a brand’s contact centre than the millions of social media complaints that consumers have about their experience. If agents don’t have proper training and tools, they are not only unable to do their jobs, but may be damaging your brand. 10 ways to really kick goals and create agent success include: Create a Plan.
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
We considered starting this article like this: “Two grizzled training veterans walk into a bar…” but that’s not exactly how it happened. We are experienced (not grizzled) training consultants. We’ve never met in a bar, but that could happen someday! We have, however, met in professional circles, and we’re big fans of each other’s work. […].
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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.
SharpenCX
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
There are dozens of ways to measure your customers’ satisfaction. But, one metric steps beyond just measuring satisfaction. Your customer Net Promoter Score builds the foundation to help you measure customer advocacy, too. Undeniably, customer advocacy helps you win more customers. Nearly 90% of customers trust recommendations from their peers when making a buying decision.
The Northridge Group
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
It’s a fundamental shift in the way we do business: These days, most customers encounter a brand or business online before they encounter it in real life. The first digital interaction a potential customer has with a company (online or by app) can make or break the company’s potential relationship with the customer, and this trend has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Concentrix
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Discover the top takeaways from our Environmental Sustainability Roundtable discussion with some of the world’s top brands. The post 5 Key Factors for Driving Environmental Sustainability Success appeared first on Concentrix.
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Like most contact center leaders, I like data. Give me cold, hard facts and figures and I’m able to build strategies and implement processes to improve those numbers. Everyone in the contact center industry is accustomed to looking at numbers associated with cost per acquisition, connection rate and lead conversion rate. We track these key […].
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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.
SharpenCX
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Jobvite’s annual Job Seeker Nation survey found that 34% of employees have left a job in the first 90 days at some point in their careers. Contact center attrition is painful as it is. But to lose a new hire 3 months in, you’re left looking for a replacement way too soon. You spend more time searching for and hiring new agents than taking time to actually manage your contact center and improve your team’s performance.
Help Scout
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Just because a customer clicked a smiley face in your post-service feedback survey does not mean you gave them high-quality service. They might love the product, and your service is just okay enough not to make a difference. Or they might be very happy with an answer, not knowing you’ve given them incomplete or out-of-date information.
Fonolo
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
As a call center leader, you have one main goal — to grow your long-term customer base. To do that, you need to keep your customers happy. Call center performance is heavily weighed on customer satisfaction; so, the importance of a customer service strategy is undeniable. READ THE FULL GUIDE: Creating a Customer Service Strategy That Drives Business Growth.
Eptica
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Date: Monday, September 6, 2021 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager Moving to the cloud – 5 tips for a winning strategy. Published on: September 06, 2021. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager More and more contact centres are recognising the benefits of adopting cloud technologies or moving their entire infrastructure into the cloud.
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!
Toister Performance Solutions
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Note: Lessons from The Overlook is a periodic update on lessons learned from owning a vacation rental property in the Southern California mountain town of Idyllwild. It's a hands-on opportunity to apply some of the techniques I advise my clients to use. You can find past updates here. My wife, Sally, and I own a vacation rental cabin called The Overlook Idyllwild.
CSM Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Rob Nash, Founder and Managing Director of 4 Roads explains how providing a good CX experience is all about empowering customers with technologies that enable them to reach solutions quickly. A recent report on Customer experience (CX) shows as much as one-third of customers would consider switching companies after just one instance of bad customer service.
ConvergeOne
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Today I want to talk about one of the guiding principles of modernization: Automation. When I talk about automation, I’m specifically talking about administration automation. At first, it would seem like this is mostly about making life easier for the administrators—and yes, that’s part of it. However, there’s actually a lot of business value that goes along with this type of automation.
Eptica
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Date: Friday, September 10, 2021 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager How emotional intelligence can help you cope with Christmas. Published on: September 10, 2021. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager As we approach the peak Christmas season, agents need to be ready for the extra stress that higher demand, and potentially grumpier customers, bring.
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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.
Nicereply
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
When done well, support enablement will result in happier employees, happier customers, and a more polished product. We often hear a lot about sales enablement, which is the process and practice of ensuring sales teams have the right information and tools to help them sell more effectively. But support enablement is equally important, and it’s often overlooked.
Tethr
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Here at Tethr, we did the original research around effort reduction, artificial intelligence, and conversation analytics nearly ten years ago. A lot has changed since then, and the discussion around the intersection of effort and AI has evolved well beyond the wildest dreams of anyone involved in those original studies. Today, we’ll be taking a more technical look into the role of artificial intelligence in conversation analytics, and how we use AI to derive insights from your customer conversat
aircall
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
How many calls does your customer service team receive in a day? A thousand? With a high number of calls coming in, it’s natural to feel a bit overwhelmed. Offering customer service via your voice communication strategy can already eat up a lot of your team’s time. And that doesn’t even include the queries they have to handle via emails, chats, SMS, and social media.
Quality Contact Solutions
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Regardless of how you feel about telemarketing, the? results speak for themselves. Telemarketing is relevant and very effective. However, that doesn’t mean that telemarketing as a stand-alone tactic works for every business.? Using different communication channels increases engagement with your targeted audience regarding business-to-business (B2B) sales and marketing.
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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.
Babelforce
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Running a contact center often feels like a balancing act. You have to juggle great (and speedy!) service while ensuring agents aren’t overworked. Misjudge this and you’ll end up with: unhappy agents and customers, or a labor bill that is larger than necessary. Either situation will harm your business! Getting this balance right isn’t easy. But measuring call occupancy can keep you on the right track. .
kommunicate
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Magento is an eCommerce platform built on open source technology that provides online merchants with a flexible shopping cart system and control over the look, content, and functionality of their online store. Magento offers powerful marketing, search engine optimization, and catalog-management tools. Advantages of Magento: Versatile content management Mobile-friendly configuration Advanced search engine optimization Powerful [.].
ChurnZero
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
There are several different models of compensation plans , but not all can be guaranteed to produce the same results for your organization. We’ve found that, when looking to build a strong team of Customer Success Managers (CSMs), an incentive compensation plan , otherwise called a variable compensation plan , produces the best results. Not only does it motivate employees, but it helps them learn how their work affects the company’s performance, understand how they impact profits, and usually in
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