Fonolo

APRIL 27, 2021

Call center managers and agents know that a high volume of inbound customer calls can make or break a business day. During pandemics and other moments of crisis, call center agents are inundated with overwhelming spikes in call volume. That’s why it’s become increasingly important for businesses to upgrade their call center technologies, processes, and staffing practices to get ahead of the call-spike curve — ideally without breaking the bank.

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Edify

APRIL 27, 2021

It’s true. In the 1960s, the UK-based Birmingham Press and Mail installed Private Automated Business Exchanges (PABX) in order to have rows of agents handling customer contacts, paving the way for today’s modern call centers.

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OctopusTech

APRIL 27, 2021

In 2021, enterprises want to achieve the goals planned in the last year. Companies are now focusing more on customer support to enhance the customer experience. Thus, Customer support outsourcing is the key to attain a new record in sales and customer retention. Companies adopting new techniques may incur a hike in expenses but CX will make them stand out of the crowd. .

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ShepHyken

APRIL 28, 2021

This is why some companies get a bad rap! Our colleague here at Shepard Presentations, Nate Jones, shared a story about something that recently happened to his father. This is a great customer service training lesson. He bought a new car. About a month later he’s in a parking lot and the car won’t start. So, he calls the dealership’s customer service number, which was actually a support center for all of that brand’s dealerships in the U.S. – maybe even the world.

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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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Myra Golden Media

APRIL 28, 2021

This morning I hosted a webinar for leaders of customer service departments and operations. I walked everyone through how to prepare customer service specialists to apply psychological tactics to bring down the temperature in interactions and de-escalate. When we moved to Q & A, Sherry asked a question about training and supporting remote agents: Our contact center agents will work remotely for the foreseeable future.

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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 28, 2021

2020 was already showing signs of being a transformative year for the call center industry—with growing interest in “all things cloud” due to the benefits of an OpEx model, zero-touch roadmap upgrades, and the beginning rumblings of moving away from the traditional brick-and-mortar facility to save on capital expenses and attract talent from a wider […].

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ShepHyken

APRIL 27, 2021

Diversity and Inclusion Within the CX Featuring Stacy Sherman. How diversity and inclusion impact the customer experience and what practices to adopt. Shep Hyken interviews Stacy Sherman, Founder of DoingCXRight and Director of Customer Experience & Employee Engagement at Schindler Elevator Corporation. They discuss Diversity and Inclusion and how it links to the Customer Experience.

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Callminer

APRIL 27, 2021

The CallMiner Research Lab weighs in on the proposal recently released by the European Union on how to regulate artificial intelligence.

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Bill Quiseng

APRIL 25, 2021

When first confronted with this pandemic we moved quickly to identify the high risks for our employees and our customers and then worked to define the action steps required to minimize those risks. We got everyone involved at all levels of the organizations, followed local, state, and federal guidelines which changed week-to-week, and innovated, looking at every possible solution to keep us safe.

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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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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2021

I have to admit, I’ve never gotten the whole superhero thing. I know that superhero movies consistently do really well at the box office, so I suppose that’s enough of a reason to keep making them. But as far as being entertained by them, I’m not. Superhero movies have been a staple in movie theaters […].

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ShepHyken

APRIL 30, 2021

Dhruv Mehta is a Digital Marketing Professional at Acquire , a customer engagement platform that focuses on conversational CX. He writes about using technology to meet the evolving needs of customers and preparing for future disruptions.?. The changing conditions in 2020 redefined how we lived and worked. As businesses struggled with frequent disruptions, customer service teams grappled with increasing call volumes from distressed customers, establishing the importance of empathic customer servi

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TELUS International

APRIL 27, 2021

Social selling, or social commerce, is revolutionizing the way organizations do business online. Here's how it can help you deliver a more satisfying customer experience.

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Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. For proof, compare this 2014 customer promise from Comcast — “We are committed to providing Comcast customers with a consistently superior customer experience” — to this recording from the same year. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to

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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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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2021

Contact center staffing and work-from-home (WFH) topics led the blog reading list in April, indicating that centers may soon be ramping up for the post-COVID era. Our top posts share insights and advice on the current challenges of the WFH workforce, as well as trends and issues that will impact contact center recruiting and staffing […].

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ShepHyken

APRIL 26, 2021

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. 9 New Findings from the 2021 State of the Contact Center Report by Tricia Morris. (CustomerThink) Here are nine new findings from the 2021 State of the Contact Center Report which included 400 US and UK contact center and customer experience leaders.

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PeopleMetrics

APRIL 30, 2021

What does world-class customer experience look like? Take a look behind the curtain. The key lies in how those experiences are designed and managed internally through things like survey design, program configuration, employee engagement and more. In this session, we reveal 5 CX secrets behind the world's best brands and provide real-world examples of how these beloved companies attract, retain and delight loyal customers by taking extra care behind-the-scenes to deliver exceptional customer expe

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TechSee

APRIL 26, 2021

The Age of Contact Center Transformation . Like many industries these days, contact centers are at a crossroads. On the one hand, every business needs to save money and customer service is generally the first on the chopping block. On the other hand, call volumes are at peak levels. A January 2021 survey found that 65% of U.S. consumers required technician assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic but are still uncomfortable allowing technicians into their homes to repair things like electronics o

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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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Fonolo

APRIL 29, 2021

Call centers have traditionally been seen as unprofitable, and a necessary cost for businesses. However, recent data has shown that creating exceptional customer experiences and providing quality service with a human touch has a direct effect on consumer loyalty and how much they spend. With that said, call centers are expensive to run, so it’s important to consider the financial costs involved.

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Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

Your relationships with your customers have more in common with relationships in your personal life than you might think. Like the happiness that you derive from being around your friends and loved ones, customer happiness is a product of a lot of time, effort, and learning. It’s not just about a single action but the accumulation of activities over time.

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Aspect

APRIL 29, 2021

Our? Partner Spotlight Series ?focuses on Aspect’s top partners around the globe and highlights the impact on agent and customer experiences.? . Aspect’s channel partner program is designed to provide greater customer engagement through identifying the best and brightest channel partners to deploy of Aspect’s deep and wide solutions portfolio for both premise and cloud. .

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Ansafone

APRIL 27, 2021

As a small business, you can’t be open all the time. You need time to go home and be with your family and your employees need the same thing. You may not be able to afford to have someone in the office to answer calls and help customers after hours, so you choose to work … Why Voicemail is Not an Effective Solution for After Hours Calls Read More ».

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Guru

APRIL 29, 2021

The way we’re encouraged to learn—and the way we incentivize learning—is myopic by its very nature. “Studying for the test” is rewarded and outright encouraged (SAT Prep anyone?), whereas studying for actual understanding is not only more difficult, but also less likely to quickly result in an outcome like acing the test. Get this—according to the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve, we lose 79% of what we learn just 31 days after we learn it.

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Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

For customer service teams, the support queue shapes their work lives, shifting from a trickle of questions to a raging torrent of customer confusion throughout the various seasons of a business. Understanding and managing the power of the queue is critical to a sustainable customer service organization. The art of the support queue. You might well ask, “Why do we need a whole article about dealing with a list of questions?

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Expivia

APRIL 29, 2021

The success of your call center depends on the list of key performance indicators (KPIs) you follow. If you know what your performance metrics are, you know how well you’re doing. Without call center KPI tracking, you’ll never know if you’re running your call center effectively. While there are a lot of different kinds of call center metrics, these 15 KPIs are the most crucial to monitor.

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Quality Contact Solutions

APRIL 29, 2021

By Melissa Oberle, Client Services Specialist. One of the biggest challenges with outsource telemarketing programs is how to measure performance. It’s not always adequate to measure program performance on a monthly or weekly basis. Sometimes the performance needs to be evaluated daily. If you are serious about making such an assessment, below is an example of a good daily report template for an outbound marketing program.

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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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CSM Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Some brands go beyond loyalty and seem to spark a genuine love affair with their customers. Just think how fiercely Apple users feel about the company’s products, for example. But who can honestly say they love their bank, mortgage broker or credit card provider? There’s no reason why financial services firms shouldn’t be as beloved as technology providers, High Street coffee chains or soft drink brands.

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Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

Every time I travel to Boston, I stay in the same hotel. It’s not fancy and the location isn’t great, but they know how to wow a customer. The way that I’m treated when I go there has always left an impression on me. The first time I stayed there, I arrived in the dead of winter. My face was chapped, and my hands were raw as I checked in. Ten minutes after I got to my room, guest services showed up at my door with some cookies and hot chocolate.

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ViiBE Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

The call center agent is at the core of any call center. Since they’re the most involved with customer interactions, their performance directly affects the customer experience. Given this importance, it is crucial to keep track of their productivity. So how can you evaluate a call center agent’s performance? This article will teach you how to measure an agent’s performance and other important customer service metrics.

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