NobelBiz

MAY 28, 2024

Contact centers have consistently been early adopters of technologies that improve interactions between agents and customers. One of the most impactful advancements in recent years is call blending. But what exactly is call blending, and why is it becoming an essential tool in call centers? What is Call Blending? Call blending is a dynamic call center strategy that merges inbound and outbound call operations into a seamless workflow.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 29, 2024

I hosted a really thought-provoking panel discussion recently at Sabio’s Disrupt event in London, joining executives from across sectors to explore the critical topic of vulnerability in the contact centre. The panel, featuring leaders from global tech, outsourcing, financial services, and nonprofit organisations, delved into the evolving definition of vulnerability, its impact on colleagues and customers, and the role that cutting-edge technology plays in creating a more empathetic an

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Calltools

MAY 29, 2024

Leaving a voicemail is often a waste of time for sales agents—who would rather connect with leads over the phone and move them through their sales funnels. When used with a predictive dialer , Answering Machine Detection (AMD) might solve this issue. It determines whether a human being or an answering machine picks up a call from your team members. By filtering out voicemails, agents can spend more time on calls answered by humans, improving productivity in your contact center.

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ShepHyken

MAY 28, 2024

Surprising customers with something they weren’t expecting doesn’t have to be expensive. In many cases, it can be very inexpensive or even free. For example, surprising a couple with a cake and candle when they are celebrating at a restaurant costs a tiny fraction of the meal but greatly impacts the evening. For years, I’ve shared the story of a cab driver who surprised his customers with a newspaper, a bottle of water and a side trip to see a famous local landmark.

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A high-quality customer experience creates loyal customers for years to come and makes for an easy win against businesses that are competing on other factors like price and quality. We partnered with ContactBabel to uncover the biggest hurdles businesses face when trying to improve CX and offer practical suggestions to overcome them.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 27, 2024

Did you know that the colors used in your customer service environment can significantly impact how customers perceive and interact with your brand? So much so, that 80% of consumers believe that color increases brand perception during the customer experience. In this article, we’ll delve into the science of color psychology and examine how it can be leveraged to enhance customer service.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 30, 2024

A Master Class Part 3: Unlocking The Psychology of Customer Experience Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 80,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: Welcome to the third episode of our Master Class series on the Psychology of Customer Experience. This series is designed to explore the foundational concepts of the behavioral sciences.

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Vistio

MAY 29, 2024

Advanced analytics, leveraging the power of AI and big data, have become crucial tools in understanding and enhancing customer interactions. Vistio harnesses this technology to not only decode customer needs but also to empower contact center agents, transforming them from novices to experts swiftly. This article explores the significant role that advanced analytics play in improving the quality of customer service, detailing how it enables personalized interactions, optimizes operational effici

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TechSee

MAY 30, 2024

In the dynamic realm of customer service, where time is of the essence and flawless interactions are a must, we are thrilled to introduce a major update and game-changing innovation: TechSee’s enhanced automated AI modeling. This cutting-edge feature is a significant stride in accuracy and speed, equipping businesses with the ability to provide unmatched service and support experiences to their customers.

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TeamSupport

MAY 29, 2024

In the fall of 2020, POMS Corp., a leader in the manufacturing industry, decided that enough was enough. For years, the POMS support team had battled a ticketing system that seemed to create more problems than it solved. Support requests were frequently buried and lost, only to resurface too late. Some tickets were even left unanswered, leading to unsatisfied customers and frustrated team members.

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Workforce challenges are accelerating, and leaders must be prepared. According to Gartner, “Executives today face a volatile business environment, sustained talent shortages, rapid technological advancements and intense change fatigue in the workforce.” 1 In 9 Future of Work Trends for 2025, Gartner reveals nine critical workforce trends that will define 2025 – from AI’s impact on productivity to evolving leadership roles and talent shortages.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2024

This has been created in partnership with NICE. AI is a significant development in experience management, but many organizations need help with its implementation. While experimenting with AI, like ChatGPT, offers a glimpse of its potential, it’s challenging to understand how AI fits into the broader tech stack and business systems. In today’s episode, Elizabeth Tobey , (Head of Marketing for Digital and AI for NICE ) NICE , an AI platform, shares insights on effectively using AI to enhanc

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ShepHyken

MAY 26, 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. Is Your Net Promoter Score Biased? by Alex Bitca (Retently) Is your Net Promoter Score a reliable metric for judging what customers think of your business, or is it biased?

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CCNG

MAY 30, 2024

Workforce management (WFM) can feel like a whirlwind of constant change. From trying to keep up with HR on training, to supporting operations with retention needs, and more, there’s often little time left to talk to IT about the features you need in your next WFM platform. …And that’s if you even know where to start! Dan Smitley put together his essential guide to WFM features – separating the core features from the nice-to-haves – to help you make a more informed choice when comparing WFM vendo

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AWS Machine Learning

MAY 29, 2024

Large multimodal models (LMMs) integrate multiple data types into a single model. By combining text data with images and other modalities during training, multimodal models such as Claude3, GPT-4V, and Gemini Pro Vision gain more comprehensive understanding and improved ability to process diverse data types. The multimodal approach allows models to handle a wider range of real-world tasks that involve both text and non-text inputs.

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As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Interactions

MAY 30, 2024

Interactions and Kyndryl have a lot in common; we’re both technology leaders in our respective fields, work with the world’s most recognizable brands and are obsessed with the success of our customers. Naturally, a partnership makes sense. Today, that idea becomes a reality. Together, Interactions and Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, are announcing the availability of Kyndryl Interactive AI for Service Desk , a dynamic IT support service that blends Artificial In

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Momentum Telecom

MAY 30, 2024

Momentum’s Microsoft Teams Phone Recognized for Exceptional Innovation in Unified Communications ATLANTA, May 30 — Momentum announced today that TMC , a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities with in person and digital marketing campaigns, has named Momentum’s Microsoft Teams Phone as a 2024 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award winner. “We are incredibly honored to have Momentum’s Microsoft Teams Phone recognized as the 2024 Unified Communicati

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ChurnZero

MAY 30, 2024

Customer education is essential for the success of your product. If your customers don’t understand your product, they will not use it. However, not all companies have roles dedicated to customer education, and when customer education does become a priority, it can feel overwhelming to build a customer education program from scratch. It doesn’t have to be.

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AWS Machine Learning

MAY 30, 2024

This post is co-written with Murthy Palla and Madesh Subbanna from Vitech. Vitech is a global provider of cloud-centered benefit and investment administration software. Vitech helps group insurance, pension fund administration, and investment clients expand their offerings and capabilities, streamline their operations, and gain analytical insights. To serve their customers, Vitech maintains a repository of information that includes product documentation (user guides, standard operating procedure

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This comprehensive report explores the evolving landscape of customer and business expectations, with five key trends that will help you understand your customers and stay ahead of the competition. Discover how your peers are implementing AI to improve customer experience with granular insights into their CX investments and specific AI use cases. For the first time, customers prefer digital channels when interacting with a business.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 29, 2024

Why do people leave their customer service jobs? Even if they are well paid and have good benefits, many will wave goodbye as they walk out the door, never to return. They don’t leave because they want more money or better benefits. They don’t leave because they don’t like their jobs or their coworkers. They leave because their managers and supervisors are not coaching, nurturing, recognizing, or motivating them.

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Cisco - Contact Center

MAY 29, 2024

Cisco Meraki security provides intuitive, cost-effective ways to keep businesses protected.

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Help Scout

MAY 28, 2024

This is a Kitchen Sink Post that is required to send data models to Gatsby. It is not indexed, please do not delete!

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AWS Machine Learning

MAY 30, 2024

Organizations across media and entertainment, advertising, social media, education, and other sectors require efficient solutions to extract information from videos and apply flexible evaluations based on their policies. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has unlocked fresh opportunities for these use cases. In this post, we introduce the Media Analysis and Policy Evaluation solution, which uses AWS AI and generative AI services to provide a framework to streamline video extraction and eval

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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.

Tethr

MAY 29, 2024

Learn how to measure CSAT effectively with traditional methods and discover innovative new approaches to boost your insights.

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Cisco - Contact Center

MAY 30, 2024

Azure Virtual WAN

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Ambs Call Center

MAY 28, 2024

Property management CRM software is changing the game for property managers everywhere. By diving into this innovative world, you can revolutionize the way your real estate business operates. Streamlining tasks, boosting efficiency, and simplifying complex processes - what's not to gain?

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AWS Machine Learning

MAY 30, 2024

This is a guest post co-written with CBRE. CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with 130,000 professionals serving clients in more than 100 countries. Services range from financing and investment to property management. CBRE is unlocking the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to realize value across the entire commercial real estate lifecycle—from guiding investment decisions to managing buildings.

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Discover a new approach to reducing contact center attrition with our in-depth eBook. After analyzing 20+ academic studies, we highlight overlooked causes like lack of leadership trust, emotional labor, and job shock, and introduce the Attrition Velocity metric to better understand attrition's real cost. Our guide doesn't stop at diagnosis; it offers actionable strategies and tools to address these issues head-on.

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Lumoa

MAY 30, 2024

Lumoa Product News for April 2024 Hey everyone! Lovely seeing you again, back with more exciting Lumoa updates! We have had a doozy of a month, with lots of features that we think will make Lumoa better for you. Let’s get started! Topics can now be created with GPT Lumoa has had an AI that can create Topics based on what your customers are talking about for some time.

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Cisco - Contact Center

MAY 30, 2024

See how Cisco Spaces lets your existing network infrastructure become a sensor that allows you to extract network data to make your buildings smarter.

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Help Scout

MAY 28, 2024

Unlock the power of AIaaS to transform your business with affordable, scalable AI solutions. Learn how to streamline operations and boost customer service.

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