Cisco - Contact Center

APRIL 24, 2019

Jim Croce’s posthumous #1 hit “Time In a Bottle” was noteworthy for two reasons – one, it had a waltz tempo, and two, only three instruments were used to produce the song. More importantly – Croce had it right when he penned “but there never seems to be enough to do the things that we want to do, once we find them.”. Psychologists indicate that humans have a deep aversion towards ambiguity.

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Ansafone

APRIL 23, 2019

When it comes to gauging the effectiveness of your BPO call center at delivering quality customer experiences, first call resolution (FCR) is the pinnacle metric. FCR tells you how well you are doing at resolving customers’ issues quickly and accurately. When there is a need for further follow-up, customer frustration occurs, which hurts the overall … The Most Common Reasons Customers Call Back Read More ».

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ChaseData

APRIL 23, 2019

Businesses spend a lot of time and money honoring and reaching out to their so-called “loyal customers” every year. There is a great emphasis placed on this loyalty – but why? What is the importance of customer loyalty, and what does this term really mean for your business? Here, we examine all of that – and why you should be making an effort to retain customers and keep them happy!

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LiveVox

APRIL 23, 2019

As digital adoption accelerates, the role of the contact center has become more important than ever while simultaneously becoming more complex than ever. In a recent article entitled, “Why your call center is only getting noisier”* by McKinsey and Company, a business consultant group specializing in business transformation, McKinsey consultants discuss two reasons why the.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 25, 2019

Brands have already begun using facial recognition technology in their Customer Experience. Walmart and KFC use facial recognition technology. Passengers on Delta check in for flights in the Atlanta airport using facial recognition. Even my phone password is my face. Technology also exists that captures customers’ authentic emotion measurement using facial recognition software.

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Callminer

APRIL 22, 2019

Learn more about PCI compliance call recording and transcription and read expert tips and best practices for PCI compliance in the contact center.

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Call Center Weekly

APRIL 24, 2019

By Diana Aviles I’ve chatted with speech analysts from all walks of life. They speak many languages and are versed in different speech analytics solutions. Despite the fact there are some differences in approaches, we can all agree on the one thing, we consistently struggle to get our organizations to understand: you still need to listen to the calls.

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CX Accelerator

APRIL 25, 2019

This Sunday 4/28 is National Superhero Day! We know from our own community that the network of CX superheroes is boundless! Customer experience can be a difficult job, an ambiguous job, and sometimes a thankless job. Nevertheless, we show up with passion and drive to fight the battles against a whole variety of villains.such as the points of tension in the journey, a lack of CX strategy, the leader that doesn’t believe in investing in the contact center and so many more.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 23, 2019

Music and the Customer Experience. Growing Your Business One Customer at a Time. Shep Hyken interviews Mike Grande, the founder and CEO of Rock Out Loud and The Staten Island School of Rock. They discuss Mike’s successful philosophies of providing an outstanding experience to his customers. The Interview with Mike Grande: Focus on a simple growth philosophy: to grow your business one customer at a time.

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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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Callminer

APRIL 23, 2019

PCI compliance call recording & transcription refers to the requirements set in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). PCI DSS is a set of strict regulations created to protect private financial information and prevent credit card fraud. To thwart would be fraudulent activity, credit card numbers (both the card number itself and the CV2 security number) must be hidden and protected by any entity which takes and stores the numbers in any way.

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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 25, 2019

Way too many centers have way too many manual process steps, negatively impacting the customer experience and the cost of doing business. Long handle times are the most obvious impact, but it also hinders agent training time, first-contact resolution (FCR), handoffs and consultations. CSRs consistently bemoan the mundane tasks they have to execute and the […].

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CX Accelerator

APRIL 23, 2019

In 2007, I moved to the United Kingdom. This amazing life adventure opened my eyes to cultures, languages, and opportunities I had never experienced in America. Upon arrival, it was clear my American English was not going to cut it in the UK. I immediately started hearing words I didn’t understand, and I’m sure my word choices created some confusion.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 26, 2019

This week we feature an article by Chanice Henry who writes about the importance of listening and understanding your customers in order to give them the experience they want. Wish to inspire a step-change in how customers interact with your brand digitally ? You’ll need to rely on more than simply the allure of a shiny new functionality or a brilliant process you have invented. .

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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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GetFeedback

APRIL 22, 2019

Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) surveys have emerged as the gold standard for measuring how customers perceive their interactions with a brand. However, there are many different survey methods to choose from to measure a customer’s experience — including Customer Effort Score (CES) , Net Promoter Score (NPS) , and many more. Which begs the question: In today’s environment, is the Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) survey still relevant?

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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 24, 2019

Data protection systems and tools that are currently on the market offer robust protection against external cyber threats. For most businesses, though, the most significant security risk to a company’s data or systems comes from within—human error. Most (84%) C-suite leaders and just over half (51%) of small business owners cited employee negligence as their […].

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Vonage

APRIL 25, 2019

Social media teams – both marketing and customer service – often sit by themselves in organizations, likely because management doesn’t quite know what to do with them. But this is a mistake. Integrating with the core business ensures that the social media team is engaged with other business units to share and act upon customer feedback. Customer experience and social media are part of a “continuous cycle” whereby they each feed the other.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 22, 2019

Each week I read a number of 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. Why Anxious Customers Prefer Human Customer Service by Michelle A. Shell and Ryan W. Buell. (HBR) It is clear that these technologies are less expensive to offer than human support.

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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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TechSee

APRIL 23, 2019

A study by The Wall Street Journal and Emerson reported that unplanned downtime – 42% of which is a result of equipment failure – costs manufacturers an estimated $50 billion per year. The costs associated with downtime continue even after production has resumed. According to the Customers’ Voice: Predictive Maintenance in Manufacturing report by Frenus, approximately 50% of all large companies face quality issues following an unplanned shutdown.

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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 23, 2019

There is no question that managers wield a powerful sword. In fact, 75% of voluntary turnover is attributed to poor employee-manager relationships. (You read that right: Three out of every four people who voluntarily leave a company do so because of poor management.) So how can call center managers—and, by extension, their companies—avoid the same […].

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 25, 2019

Running an eCommerce business is all about surviving the competition and sustaining a steady upward growth in revenue generation. To run a successful eCommerce operation today, you need a lot more besides a competent eCommerce platform, a good range of products, a great shipping service, and some straightforward business policies. You must be willing to invest in some additional tools to ensure your business sustains against intense competition.

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Lumoa

APRIL 24, 2019

What you can do and the benefits of a text analysis software. Find out what you need to think about when deciding on a text analysis software to invest in.

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ijgolding

APRIL 23, 2019

If you have ever met me; or heard me speak; or read something I have written; you will know that I am a HUGE advocate of the principle of knowledge transfer. As a customer experience (CX) specialist, I am completely committed to sharing as much knowledge as I can with others so that they may advance their personal, or organisational approach to CX. As a result, when I was asked to contribute to a new educational video series on the subject that has become my vocation, it was a very easy decision

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Fonolo

APRIL 25, 2019

It’s not often that you get to hear exceptional and positive customer service accounts, so today we bring you five that will shock you – but in the best of ways. With each one of these encounters, one can see how brands can foster and forge loyalty with their customers. The individuals in the following stories were so moved by their experiences that they felt compelled to share them with the vast digital world, and of course with their family and friends.

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 25, 2019

Customer feedback has become an essential aspect to ensure success for all business organizations. Major market players understood this a long time ago and have made customer feedback an integral part of their business. Further, customer surveys have played a crucial part in data collection since their inception and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future.

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CrazyCall

APRIL 24, 2019

There is a lot of talk on the topic of sales. Everyone tries to find the best solution that will help them improve their sales skills. Some people choose courses, other mentoring but the most go on a hunt for the best sales book. Why is that? List of top sales books: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk.

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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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Concentrix

APRIL 22, 2019

Strike the right balance between digital and human assistance in customer journeys. The post The Role of Human Talent in a Digital-First World appeared first on Concentrix.

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Totango

APRIL 26, 2019

Onboarding isn’t just about introductions; it’s about acceleration. Customers expect to see value from your product as soon as possible, so customer success teams should focus on accelerating the customer journey in order to deliver returns on the investment. Customer onboarding is the period after purchase when your customer is getting to know your product.

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 23, 2019

Long gone are the days when phone calls were the best way to deliver excellent customer support. Modern customers believe that social media is a new better way to interact with the brands when they have questions, problems, or concerns. According to a Smart Insights report, 63% of people expect brands to offer customer service via their social media channels, and 90% of social media users have communicated with brands via these platforms.

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