ChaseData

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When you choose a specialized agency to provide call center services to your organization, you have several choices. Aside from which agency to go with, you often have the options of inbound call services, outbound services, and those that combine each of these into a single facility. This is known as a blended contact center, and there are many benefits to choosing one of these facilities to handle your business’s calls.

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Contact Center Call Center Management 106

aircall

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Business has changed. Advances in computing technology have made almost everything quantifiable, measurable, and therefore actionable. And traditional communication tools, like the phone, are no exception. In a world driven by increased efficiency and calculated risk, even quick physical tasks are subject to automation. This is why dialing tools were created.

Sales 142

Sales CRM Call Center Scripts 142

Strategic Contact

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Here’s the scene: It’s the busiest hour of the busiest day. With beefed up self-service through online and mobile applications, customers take care of the easy stuff on their own and reach out to agents when they can’t find what they need. Meanwhile, agents are overwhelmed, trying to retain knowledge on an increasingly complex and diverse.

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Contact Center Self service Management 48

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 18, 2018

“If all of your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it, too?”. Who hasn’t heard that one before? We all know the evils of peer pressure from our parents, teachers or, in my case, the authorities. But what if I told you peer pressure could be great for your Customer Experience? Would you reconsider your judgmental stance against it? Everybody else is doing it.

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Advertising Marketing Customer Experience Consulting 100

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Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

Enterprise

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 17, 2018

There is a lot we can learn from great companies, big and small. Many books have been written about companies like Disney, Nordstrom, Ritz-Carlton and Apple. And, once we learn how they do it, the key is making it work for our companies. It’s not about just learning, but also about executing on what we learned. The reason I bring this up is that I was reading an article about the top global brands.

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Customer Care Best practices Personalization Customer Service 303

Call Center Weekly

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Long lumped in with Customer Service, the entire Customer Experience concept is finally being acknowledged as a weighty differential in the quest to build customer loyalty and increase sales. Business Leaders everywhere must first understand there is likely a huge gap between the Customer Experience they believe their company delivers and the perception of that same experience their customers have as they work with them.

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Customer Experience B2B Feedback Customer Service 239

Myra Golden Media

OCTOBER 15, 2018

I made a support call to a company yesterday because I was stuck in a loop on an application. I’m glad I called because the representative gave me such a great experience that I found myself smiling and thinking, “She’s good. Really good.” Here’s a rough transcript of our conversation: Employee: “Hi, My name is Amy, and it’s my pleasure to help you today.

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Surveys Accountability Customer Experience 198

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2018

This week we feature an article by Lindsay Tjepkema who shares how people are using AI strategies and the impact they are having on the world of CX. – Shep Hyken. Introduction: AI in CX. _. The CX industry is primed for a breakout in the application of artificial intelligence — as other fields like biotech, healthcare, automotive, and cybersecurity have also seen.

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Customer Service Automotive Airlines Chatbots 280

CX Global Media

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Can you hear me? Can you see me? Is it your problem or my problem? Is anyone willing to own the problem? Well, without any visibility into your contact center’s network performance, your answer is a resounding and overwhelming…NO! If you’re a customer experience focused organization, there are a few core metrics that can differentiate you from everyone else – customer effort and first contact resolution top the list.

Customer Experience 211

Customer Experience Abandon rate Contact Center Coaching 211

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Contact Center Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Fair warning: Reading this article could be painful for you. Not dentist-root-canal painful, more like exercising-again-after-taking-a-longer-break-than-you-should-have painful. But it may also give you a punch in the stomach, because I’m going to say things to you that may make you feel foolish for not seeing them before now. If you’re in call center management, you’re […].

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Contact Center Call Center Management 190

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 19, 2018

To improve your customer experience it is vital you address these seven key strategic questions. Colin reveals these questions at a keynote conference speech in Bahrain. Do you know the answers to these questions? Colin also interviews Rami Sweis, CEO of GolfCX on how customer experience is becoming a key area in the Middle East region. Finally, Colin reveals how you can download his ebook ‘Unlocking the Hidden Customer Experience for free!

Customer Experience 186

Customer Experience 186

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 16, 2018

From Like to Love. Inspiring emotional commitment from employees and customers. Shep Hyken sits down with Keith Alper to talk about his new book, From Like to Love. They discuss how to create a loving employee culture, the five basic needs of employees, and what millennials want in the workplace. Top Takeaways: Keith says that employees have five basic needs.

Employee engagement 261

Employee engagement Entertainment Marketing Customer Service 261

Callminer

OCTOBER 17, 2018

New research by reveals that US businesses have contributed to a switching epidemic by not valuing or listening to customers when they have problems.

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Steve DiGioia

OCTOBER 15, 2018

…plus my 8 steps to great service. This original article was written by Steve DiGioia. We must all be Service Ambassadors. But too many companies think only a specific department is the “service department” and that’s where they focus their customer service training dollars. New hires are trained, coached, and instructed on the nuances of the business.

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Coaching Brand ambassadors Personalization Customer Service 126

Myra Golden Media

OCTOBER 19, 2018

It’s rare that I don’t write to you about customer service issues. But I want to talk about balance, not just because it’s so important to me, but because I know achieving peace and balance will help you be a better manager, leader, or customer service professional. Over the years I’ve found five practices that have helped me find peace and balance between my business and my personal life. 1.

Customer Service 159

Customer Service Personalization Management Customer Experience 159

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 15, 2018

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. . The 3 Types of Customers That Will Talk About Your Business—and The One That Definitely Won’t by Jay Baer. (Convince and Convert) Have you ever wondered what causes some companies to earn free publicity from customers who gush about them?

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Customer Service Automotive Feedback Customer centricity 237

360Connext

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Thanks to a fun report from CCW , Customer Contact Week, and some clever customer experience pros (and prose – ha ha,) there is a discussion around leadership buzzwords we should have. According to the report, the list of buzzwords is growing. And I agree. Leaders toss around terms like “engagement” and “transformation” in ways that make those terms seem less important than they are.

Customer centricity 144

Customer centricity Customer Experience Sales Marketing 144

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Contact Center

Call Center Weekly

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Yesterday I received a cold call from a local real estate company. Here's exactly how it went: "Hi, this is Kathryn." "This is Dan from XY Real Estate. Are you looking to sell your home?" "No." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "Ok, thank you. Bye." No qualification, rapport or value and a HUGE ask. Why is that? 1. What gets measured gets done. If there’s a daily KPI around call volume, ensure business development reps have a caveat relating to pipeline stage or qualification and reframe what a cold call i

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Real estate B2B Sales Marketing 143

TechSee

OCTOBER 16, 2018

James wants to water his lawn. He picks up the hose, turns on the water, and a few minutes later…the job is done. Then James installed a smart sprinkler system. Before his lawn can be watered, James needs to make sure his WiFi is enabled, his device is configured to his municipality’s water use guidelines, the programming is set properly to water Monday, Wednesday and Friday from May through September, and the device is connected correctly to other information systems like The Weather Channel so

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Self service Wireless Chatbots Entertainment 138

Customer Guru

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Customer Experience is the only true differentiator for brands today. It is a very broad term encompassing various factors. While we believe that no one definition can do justice to this term, we’ve put together a list of definitions of CEx by experts. “ Customer’s perceptions and related feelings caused by the one-off and cumulative effect of interactions with a supplier’s employees, systems, channels or products. ” ~ Gartner, World’s leading information technology resea

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Customer Experience Analytics Customer Service Technology 129

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 16, 2018

From Like to Love. Inspiring Emotional Commitment from Employees and Customers. Shep Hyken sits down with Keith Alper to talk about his new book, From Like to Love. They discuss how to create a loving employee culture, the five basic needs of employees, and what millennials want in the workplace. Top Takeaways: Keith says that employees have five basic needs.

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Employee engagement Entertainment Marketing Customer Service 129

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Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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360Connext

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Thanks to a fun report from CCW , Customer Contact Week, and some clever customer experience pros (and prose – ha ha,) there is a discussion around leadership buzzwords we should have. According to the report, the list of buzzwords is growing. And I agree. Leaders toss around terms like “engagement” and “transformation” in ways that make those terms seem less important than they are.

Customer centricity 115

Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Customer Experience 115

ProProfs Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

96 percent of executives view ineffective communication as the primary reason for workplace failure. This figure shows that there is a dire need for customer support teams and others to communicate with one another effectively. Only then can they fulfil customer requirements; delighting them to do more business. A shared or collaborative email inbox plays a critical role in smoothening the process of communication.

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Customer Support Customer retention Sales Management 114

Contact Center Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Knowledge Management (KM) may be the single most impactful technology to help centers address key goals: Reduce workload through greater self-service and shorter handle times Improve First-Contact Resolution (FCR) rate, and with it, the customer experience Enable agents to handle increasingly diverse and complex contacts without extensive training and specialization Contact center leadership understands the […].

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Management Self service Contact Center Technology 147

Aspect

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The term “Gig Economy” is used to describe many changing attitudes, standards and preferences in the way people work. Forbes definition of the Gig Economy, as it relates to attitudes about work, is the “Increased tendency for businesses to hire independent contractors and short-term workers, and the increased availability of workers for these short-term arrangements”.

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Contact Center Technology Personalization Management 109

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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UJET

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When done right, a conversation with the customer over the phone can be helpful, engaging, and even fun. The problem with voice support is that it can also go terribly wrong, and those are the types of interactions that people hear about.

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Customer Experience Customer Support Contact Center Customer Service 156

GetFeedback

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Salesforce’s customer relationship management (CRM) tool helps businesses support their customers in a powerful and efficient way by allowing them to combine big data with sophisticated customization. Yet, a tool is only as powerful as the hand that wields it, so it’s important to be cognizant of possible pitfalls that may occur when using a CRM system.

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CRM Big data Surveys Feedback 100

Contact Center Pipeline

OCTOBER 18, 2018

If the UPMC Health Plan contact center has a wall of fame for industry honors and awards, my guess is that it has long since run out of space… or that it is a very big wall. I first spoke with UPMC Health Plan contact center leaders a few years ago after the center had […].

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