BlueOcean
OCTOBER 10, 2022
The launch of your outsourced contact center implementation may be a strenuous time – there's so much at stake for your business. That said, it shouldn’t be a headache.
Solvvy
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Chances are, the last time you called a customer support number, you interacted with an artificial intelligence chatbot. If the company had a great AI chatbot, the interaction might have been so natural that it took a while to realize that you weren’t actually talking to a human. Artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance the types of experiences chatbots can deliver.
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HelpCrunch
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Nowadays, it takes more than just a great idea, some capital, and time to get a new e-commerce business off the ground. Even if you just sell stationery products or étuis for digital devices, great [ … ]. The post Top 7 Ecommerce Customer Service Best Practices to Shine Through appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 14, 2022
This week, we feature an article by Christopher Jan Benitez, a freelance writer who specializes in digital marketing. He shares the importance of developing online training resources for your customer service team and how to implement one for the success of your business. Your customer service team must be an asset to your organization. They should help provide quick service , sustain positive customer relationships, and help address concerns prospects have from becoming one. .
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Contact Center Pipeline
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Customers want to be contacted, but how that is done will shape their impressions of organizations and ultimately their loyalty. Being alerted to a new deal can save customers money and/or provide them with invaluable products or services they never thought they wanted or could afford. By the same token, being informed about inadvertently missed […].
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LiveVox
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Understanding your customer sentiment and client needs and behaviors is crucial for companies that wish to grow their businesses. Getting feedback from customers can help companies make better business decisions. At times it can be difficult to track customer satisfaction levels, especially in a fast-paced call center. This can lead companies to overlook customer sentiment. […].
TeamSupport
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Most businesses maintain some sort of customer self-service tools, whether it’s a chatbot or guide bot framework or a collection of knowledge base articles. Chances are your business maintains some sort of a self-service option, but does your business do a good job of promoting that to your customers? Self-service provides customers the opportunity to solve a question on their own without directly involving your customer support team or help desk ticketing software.
Contact Center Pipeline
OCTOBER 12, 2022
It’s time to staff up for the holidays! Yes, it’s hot out there. But contact center managers know that winter is around the corner and what these holidays mean in their business: call volume spikes. Therefore, you need to hire, onboard, and train new agents now so they’re ready to go when customers come calling. […].
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Social customer care may not be the most popular channel to deal with customer issues for most businesses, but that doesn’t mean it’s not important. More and more customers are turning to social media to get help. More on why in just a moment. For now, let’s address why companies aren’t using social channels. . When a company tells me they don’t want to participate in social media customer care, I ask why.
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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.
Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Why Video is the Untapped Jewel to Greatly Enhance Your Customers’ Experience. We created this newsletter in partnership with Streem. Have you ever used the word “doohickey” or “thingymajig” in a call with a contact center? I have. I didn’t know what the whatchamacallit was, but I knew it wasn’t working. Unfortunately, the expert at the contact center didn’t know what the doodad I described was either, so we were at an impasse.
CCNG
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Many companies are currently reevaluating their culture, recruiting practices, and employee engagement strategies to increase employee retention. Leadership plays a big part in this. Even as companies are looking at engagement software, AI, process reengineering, and hybrid schedules, there is an additional area where companies can gain traction that can have an immediate impact on employee attraction and retention.
Callminer
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Product recalls can have a dramatic impact on both a business's reputation and bottom-line. Read on to hear advice from industry experts on how to reduce product recalls.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Creating Employee Morale Through Gifting. How Happy Employees Translate Into Happier Customers. Shep Hyken interviews Temy Mancusi-Ungaro, Chief Executive Officer of Reachdesk , a global data-driven gifting platform that helps teams send gifts at a large scale and measure their impact. He shares how companies can use gifts to create employee morale, nurture team connections, and ensure employee retention.
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Start building the AI workforce of the future with our comprehensive guide to creating an AI-first contact center. Learn how Conversational and Generative AI can transform traditional operations into scalable, efficient, and customer-centric experiences. What is AI-First? Transition from outdated, human-first strategies to an AI-driven approach that enhances customer engagement and operational efficiency.
Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 8, 2022
This podcast was created in partnership with Streem. Delta thinks I am a liar. Or at least it felt like they did on this phone call with me. If we had a video option, the entire experience would be better for both sides, and I would have the flight I wanted. Video can be the untapped jewel of your experience design, and we will explain why. The problem was a schedule change that put me out of Boston instead of Atlanta.
Contact Center Pipeline
OCTOBER 13, 2022
In recent years there has been an uptick in the number of digital channels through which customers can be engaged. These range from websites to mobile phone apps, to social media and eCommerce platforms, to the Internet of Things, and to virtual assistants such as Siri and Alexa. This is on top of traditional voice […].
Callminer
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Our recent webinar with Kate Leggett, VP Principal Analyst at Forrester, dove into the impact of customer and employee experience on businesses’ bottom lines. Read on for a summary of the discussion.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 10, 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. 7 Tips for Successfully Embedding Customer-centric Governance Into Company DNA by Meygan Gerber. (EHL Insights) Today’s business world requires companies to put customers in the driving seat.
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Harness the True Power of your Contact Center In today’s fast-paced business environment, selecting the right contact center solution is critical for enhancing customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and optimizing costs. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential factors to consider when choosing a contact center software that aligns with your business needs.
aircall
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Savvy operations managers have a nose for finding ever-smarter ways to improve operations management. Where others navigate obstacles with clunky workarounds, ops managers see an opportunity for leaner processes. The trouble is that even the smoothest operations flows have a habit of falling back out of alignment. And gained efficiencies are worth little if not continually monitored and sustained.
Contact Center Pipeline
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Retailers are preparing for peak season by analyzing consumer behavior trends, tuning up their tech, adjusting staffing levels, and shoring up logistics. But it’s also a good time to prepare for the tidal wave of returns that will come on the heels of this year’s holiday shopping frenzy. As shoppers look to exchange gifts for […].
HelpCrunch
OCTOBER 10, 2022
How to get through to a mobile user? Sadly, you can’t take a megaphone to convey a message to them ?? What about emails? They could save the day for a change. However, you have [ … ]. The post In-App Notifications vs. Push Notifications: Can You Tell the Difference? appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.
Avoxi
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Evaluating Low-Code vs No-Code for Business Users More than 500 million digital applications are expected to be developed and deployed by 2023. But due to unprecedented circumstances such as The Great Resignation in IT roles - the number of developers needed to implement these business apps is severely limited. With IT teams around the world… The post Evaluating Low-Code vs No-Code for Business Users appeared first on AVOXI.
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aircall
OCTOBER 11, 2022
It goes without saying. When it comes to customer-facing team productivity and performance , only a great quarter filled with met targets eases the pressure long enough for a few team high-fives. Once celebrations are over, the pressure is soon back at full volume with new, often-tougher KPIs. Why “tougher”? When teams consistently meet targets, line-of-business managers know that big bosses start asking questions: All targets met?
Totango
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Recent years have seen an astonishing rise in the popularity of subscription-based products and services. The world of ownership is being replaced by Spotify, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and a host of other on-demand services. And of course, customers can easily cancel the very second they become dissatisfied, lose interest, or feel they aren’t getting the value they expected. .
CSM Magazine
OCTOBER 13, 2022
“I think recognition and applause are needed when we encounter awesome service” – John Tschohl . I was on the public tennis court on a Thursday in Bloomington at about 3 PM when my former mailman, Scott Pelton, got out of his delivery vehicle and approached me. He had a package from Switzerland that had arrived Monday at my former office.
AWS Machine Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Enterprises often deal with large volumes of IT service requests. Traditionally, the burden is put on the requester to choose the correct category for every issue. A manual error or misclassification of a ticket usually means a delay in resolving the IT service request. This can result in reduced productivity, a decrease in customer satisfaction, an impact to service level agreements (SLAs), and broader operational impacts.
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Faster response times mean happier customers Are your customers on hold too long? Nearly half of consumers find hold times unacceptable, and a quarter will leave your brand because of it. Our latest report reveals how companies are affected by wait times and the impact on customer satisfaction. Read the report to get insights into the impact of long hold times and areas for opportunities.
Comm100
OCTOBER 10, 2022
The life of chatbots in customer service has been turbulent. However, as bot technology has rapidly improved, so too has organizations’ readiness to adopt chatbots in their customer service operations. By introducing a chatbot, organizations are now expanding customer service availability, cutting costs, increasing team efficiency, so much more. In this blog, we’ll look at some of the best chatbot examples across industries, revealing how organizations are using automation and the benefits each
Fonolo
OCTOBER 11, 2022
After-call surveys give you rich insights into your call center’s day-to-day operations. They’re kind of like customer satisfaction surveys, except they’re sent to a customer immediately after an agent-customer interaction. Why does the immediate timing matter? There’s something special about the after-call survey’s authenticity. Think of freshly baked chocolate cookies right out of the oven.
Quality Contact Solutions
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Hello, My name is A.J. Windle, and I’ve worked in the call center industry for more than 20 years. I’ve been a call center agent, Supervisor, QA Manager, Program Manager, Facilities Manager, Director of Operations, and Director of Client Engagement. My experience includes running multiple call center businesses, managing programs working directly with 40+ unique call center partners, and collaborating with hundreds of clients, building successful inbound and outbound call center prog
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