Customer Contact Central Submitted Articles
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Choosing the right call center metrics is just as important as operationalizing them. Here're five key call center metrics you should keep an eye on.
Fonolo
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Think about how many phone calls your contact center receives in one day. Thousands, right? Now, think about how many ripe opportunities you have to ask for customer feedback. Thousands again. How? Through after-call surveys. You might confuse them with net promoter score or cSAT, but post-call surveys are a much more specific way to gather real-time feedback.
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ClientSuccess
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Modern CSMs are no strangers to multitasking. From juggling multiple customer accounts to keeping a myriad of plates spinning, CSMs rely heavily on metrics and data to ensure they are trending in the right direction. While NPS, customer sentiment, and adoption or usage rates are a great place to start, there are a ton of other more niche metrics – such as customer onboarding speed – that CSMs are also tracking to ensure success.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
More and more people are complaining about bad customer service. The demand for better service continues to grow, as evidenced in our customer experience research (2022 Achieving Customer Amazement study sponsored by Amazon Web Services). However, customer service trends seem to be heading in the wrong direction. Even several years before the pandemic began, The American Customer Satisfaction Index found the overall ratings slipping, even with brands most recognized for high levels of customer s
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Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Shaping the Future of Work and Human Potential When thinking of the new competitive advantage, the Harvard Business Review (HBR) has been stating that Adaptability is the new competitive advantage! We read and hear the statement “the future of work is Human.” This is a topic of many webinars, articles, and think tanks and yet […].
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Nicereply
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
There is nothing worse than using one of these support phrases and make your customers really angry. Running a business is a stressful job, and even if you are doing everything you can to keep all your customers happy, you’re bound to suffer some meltdowns. That’s why you should prepare your customer service representatives to avoid using expressions or customer support phrases that might seem offensive to clients.
HelpCrunch
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Meet a typical customer of an online shop ?????They made an order and reached out to customer support to fill in the dots. “Oh, the shop has an Instagram account, I’ll contact them there” – [ … ]. The post 7 Multichannel Customer Support Software to Avoid Incoherent Communication appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.
Totango
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Customer Success Playbook Strategies: Mapping a Path to Winning Outcomes. A customer success playbook maps out a game plan you can use to automate successful outcomes for your clients. Having a playbook in place can help you deliver better results for your SaaS customers and yield higher satisfaction, retention, and revenue for your business. Here we’ll show you how to use customer success playbooks to support your CS strategy: We’ll define the customer success playbook and clarify
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
It is a common misconception that retaining valuable contact center agents is as simple as a salary increase. Sure, salary is a key driver when agents are considering jumping to new roles, but it’s certainly not the only factor. A new study commissioned by Calabrio found that there is a significant disconnect between the most-asked-for […].
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Callminer
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
CallMiner's annual LISTEN conference is back in person at Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, October 31 through November 2. Register today for three days of education, networking and fun.
CX Accelerator
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Sally Mildren, CEO Clarity PX & Boss Lady Consulting. Matt Beran, Sr. Product Marketing Specialist InvGate. Many leaders do in fact think they are supporting Customer Experience in their organization. After all they have approved a resource and some budget to it. If we are being honest, that’s as committed as it gets for many executive and operational leaders.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
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 comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 3 Marketing Lessons From Zappos’ Social Media Team by Aaron Templer. (Inc. Magazine) Obsessed with the customer experience, Zappos has woven a customer focus throughout everything they do.
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
The Big Miss: How Organizations Overlook the Value of Emotions. We all had different ways of coping with the lockdown. Some started knitting or scrapbooking. Some of you binge-watched all of Netflix. Some of you read books. One of the things we did on the Beyond Philosophy team was look at data. What we discovered became a book, and we had the author on as a guest in a recent podcast.
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What does customer service excellence look like in 2024? According to our report with insights from CX expert Shep Hyken, customer expectations are at an all-time high, and there’s a bigger shift toward self-service and leveraging AI capabilities.
CCNG
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
As an avid reader, listener and consumer of contact center and CX industry news and insights, I have been actively trying to figure out how to provide value to the industry through multiple mediums. Since I also consume a lot of content I have built up a list of things I was willing to give my time to freely to try and help others. I have spoken at trade shows and events, done videos, written articles and been on countless webinars.
Eptica
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Date: Monday, September 12, 2022 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager The 6 benefits of chatbots for housing associations. Published on: September 12, 2022. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager As housing association tenants increasingly embrace digital channels, AI-powered chatbots provide a new way of engaging with customers and meeting their needs.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
This week, we feature an article by Sheila Bugal, Head of Marketing at Caplena , a market-leading text analysis tool. She shares how companies can use Natural Language Processing in conjunction with human capabilities to enhance customer service. Natural Language Processing (NLP) helps computers understand and process human language, which has powerful implications for businesses that want to offer increased communication with customers and clients without the high cost of hiring additional staf
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
What did you do during the lockdown? Did you take up a hobby or a new exercise program? Did you watch hours of news coverage hoping for some good news? Were you in the kitchen working with your sourdough starter? Or were you on the couch watching the entirety of Netflix? All were excellent pursuits, by the way, especially the bread making. However, one of my team was spending the lock down a different way: taking a deeper dive on the data we have collected on our Emotional Signature ® research.
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TechSee
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
The partnership stems from an initiative with an electronics multinational to deploy virtual sales agents on retail locations, instantly connecting customers to representatives via AI-based visual engagement. BOSTON , Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — TechSee, the market leader in Computer Vision solutions for customer service, today announced a partnership with NeuraFlash with the goal of bringing the next generation of visual engagement and AI-powered service automation to their existing t
Totango
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Customer Success Dashboard Metrics: Nine Top KPIs You Need to Monitor. A customer success dashboard provides a powerful tool for tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensuring that your clients are experiencing satisfying outcomes. But the number of customer success metrics SaaS providers can track is extensive. Which numbers should you monitor?
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
How Empathy Drives Business Growth . Creating a Culture that Gets and Retains the Best Employees. Shep Hyken interviews Jon Shanahan, co-founder of Businessolver Inc., a benefits administration solution that combines technology and service to help employees get the most value out of their benefits. He discusses creating a culture that delights and retains loyal customers and the best employees.
CSM Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Organisations should build on pandemic CSR social media messaging to retain customer trust in times of crisis. A study which examined the corporate social responsibility (CSR) messaging of Fortune 100 companies on Twitter during the pandemic has found that organisations could better communicate with their customers during times of crises by strategically embedding their CSR response into international marketing plans.
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In 2025, contact centers aren’t just changing—they’re being rebuilt by AI. This no-fluff, executive-ready guide shows you how to capitalize on the transformation. Inside: proven ROI calculators, workforce optimization tactics, deflection strategies, and a 90-day AI deployment plan. Built for CIOs, COOs, CX leaders, and contact center strategists, it goes beyond buzzwords into play-by-play implementation.
ChurnZero
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
When a financial slowdown approaches, the smartest businesses look for areas where their investment has the best leverage. Today, the greatest opportunity for efficient growth lies with Customer Success (CS) teams—the purveyors of customer loyalty. Find out how Customer Success builds financial fortitude and resilience in the latest Punk CX podcast, featuring ChurnZero CEO You Mon Tsang.
MiaRec
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
With the adoption of new data processing technology and Big Data, companies are collecting more data from their customers through the implementation of customer loyalty programs, phone/email/online surveys, order histories, and much more. But this gives you a limited view of the world. For example, survey response rates are at an all-time low ( 18% for a phone survey ), and you are drawing from a very limited pool of survey participants.
Spearline
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Today’s customers are connected customers, they expect personalized, seamless, omnichannel engagement and they are willing to pay a premium for it. Building an ecology of CX excellence takes some effort but you’ll be glad you put the work in. Let’s build a picture of what this environment will look like by first discussing some CX issues that frustrate rather than delight our customers. to track call and data flows to your agents irrespective of location, and receive full Call Detail Records (CD
VirtualPBX
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
If you are looking to switch to an internet-based phone system, understanding the key differences between Voip vs SIP Trunking will allow you to pick the best communication solution for your business. The best place to start is to determine whether your business will utilize a voice-only service or if you need a more robust communications solution. While SIP Trunking and VoIP have some similarities, they are not the same.
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Quality Contact Solutions
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
After countless hours of planning, preparation, and implementation, you finally have the new telemarketing program kicked off. It seems to be running smoothly and more importantly, client goals and expectations are being met. You have a great operations team in place to keep a close eye on KPIs and make adjustments as needed to continue to reach and exceed client goals.
Russel Lolacher
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Have you ever been asked how you’re doing at work? The question is proposed without really caring about the response. It’s a formality. A throwaway. Now imagine for a moment, it WAS taken seriously. It was taken to heart. It was responded to honestly. But it didn’t go the way it should. Stay tuned for a tale of good intentions, missteps, and broken trust.
AWS Machine Learning
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Amazon SageMaker Studio is the first fully integrated development environment (IDE) for machine learning (ML). It provides a single, web-based visual interface where you can perform all ML development steps, including preparing data and building, training, and deploying models. AWS Glue is a serverless data integration service that makes it easy to discover, prepare, and combine data for analytics, ML, and application development.
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