ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week we feature an article by Mansi Bhatia who looks at ways organizations can transform contact centers into a customer engagement center. I like the idea of a customer engagement center. – Shep Hyken. Earlier, businesses used to see contact centers as cost centers.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. In 2017, we’ll see leading marketing organizations expand to incorporate contact center touchpoints with voice-of-the-customer analytics technology. Contact centers see the answer in the cloud.

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Avaya

MARCH 28, 2017

I recently attended Jeff Pulver’s 2017 MoNage conference to get the latest views on chatbot usage and expectations for serving customers. There is no shortage of software and services companies, including Avaya, that are investing significantly in the field of chatbot technology for contact centers applications.

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Calabrio

JANUARY 19, 2017

From creating improved customer experiences to a renewed focus on employees, we see 2017 as the year that brands look for ways to foster both employee and customer engagement. While customer engagement keeps its place as a top priority, in 2017, companies will broaden their focus to include employee engagement, particularly for Millennials.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 19, 2017

NICE inContact’s blog keeps you up to date on the hottest contact center trends – but with 3-4 posts a week, it may be hard to get to it all! I have put together a list of the “must reads” for 2017 leading into the new year that could help with your 2018 planning. 5 Tips to Reduce Your Cost per Contact.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. In 2017, we’ll see leading marketing organizations expand to incorporate contact center touchpoints with voice-of-the-customer analytics technology. Contact centers see the answer in the cloud.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 31, 2018

When Talkdesk puts together our long-term feature roadmap, we put a lot of thought into where contact center executives want to go in the future and build a product that will give them the tools they need to execute on their vision. Omnichannel. From a high level, this is a goal we’ve always tried to achieve.

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Avaya

MAY 31, 2017

Consider the customer engagement or contact center industry as it’s commonly known. For the contact center industry, it’s doubly impactful because not only do contact center companies need to transform themselves, they need to be innovating to enable all their customers and partners to transform as well.

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Calabrio

JUNE 9, 2016

One of the places I look for trends is in the 2016 Dimension Data Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report , the most extensive global contact center survey in the industry. Digital channels now account for 42% of all contact center interactions. are on track to overtake phone interactions by the start of 2017.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The company moved to NICE inContact CXone , fully embracing a cloud contact center strategy in 2017, and that was a real turning point. The post Advanced Chat for CXone: Vera Bradley’s Journey to Excellence appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For many organizations, a huge part of this new year task is setting contact center priorities — priorities that can have a colossal impact on the customer experience. But deciding on annual goals and specific yearly focuses for a call center isn’t always easy. Tip: Begin to examine your existing contact center processes.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

hotel occupancy during summer months, especially since 25% of Americans planned Labor Day travel in 2017. During this “low season,” many hospitality contact centers evaluate previous high season performance and customer satisfaction levels in order to address and improve key performance indicators (KPIs) like call abandonment.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

hotel occupancy during summer months, especially since 25% of Americans planned Labor Day travel in 2017. During this “low season,” many hospitality contact centers evaluate previous high season performance and customer satisfaction levels in order to address and improve key performance indicators (KPIs) like call abandonment.

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eGain Blogs

JANUARY 4, 2018

This is an extract from an interview* that eGain’s SVP of Marketing, Anand Subramaniam, gave to Contact Center Pipeline for their feature article, Blending AI With Support. It has been restructured for this blog. What can contact centers do to address content-related consumer and agent pain points?

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2018

So many companies are enjoying the benefits of having moved their contact centers to the cloud over the past few years. Often companies started with a small deployment in one department and gradually grew that implementation to encompass all the contact center applications in the business. So, what comes next?

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Team HGS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Over the course of the year, we’ll dedicate a blog post to each of these CX game changers. This year, we will finally witness the tipping point where digital channels —email, chat, social, text, messaging—overtake voice in the contact center. 2018 Trend 1: Digital Channels Finally Overtake Voice. Here, we dissect CX Trend No.10:

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Call Experts is the premier call center, answering service, and contact center in South Carolina, North Carolina, and New Jersey. A: I have been employed with Call Experts since September 5, 2017. More Blogs Menu. Omnichannel management creates opportunity. Q: What is your name? A: Anthony Vargas.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 17, 2019

In a 2017 study titled Modern Standards for Managing Contact Center Quality, ICMI found a huge gap between the percentage of organizations that are using digital channels to communicate with customers and those that are using Quality Management (QM) to evaluate these channels. And it only gets worse from here!

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NICE inContact

JUNE 17, 2019

In a 2017 study titled Modern Standards for Managing Contact Center Quality, ICMI found a huge gap between the percentage of organizations that are using digital channels to communicate with customers and those that are using Quality Management (QM) to evaluate these channels. And it only gets worse from here!

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Avaya

APRIL 3, 2017

I recently attended the 2017 MoNage conference, which focused on the Age of Messaging over the Net—a phrase coined by the founder Jeff Pulver. He extends his vision that messaging is at the center of the digital transformation era. Digital transformation has made the mobile device the preferred method for contacting businesses.

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Oracle

DECEMBER 17, 2020

after the City of LA in 2017 — is focused on the citizen experience. I highly recommend this post by Daniel Foppen on the Oracle CX blog which explores the ways this city takes tremendous pride in ensuring the best possible experience for its constituents. Open data interfaces. Smart sensors.

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Avaya

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

This has made the concept of an omnichannel customer experience integral for success. Research shows, however, that companies across the board are still struggling to get omnichannel right. A 2017 study of the retail industry, for example, found that 44% of companies struggle to provide a seamless, omnichannel customer experience.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Today’s customers expect omnichannel. How is omnichannel customer service different from (or: better than?) Looking at year-over-year industry statistics from the yearly Dimension Data Customer Experience Benchmarking, the number of channels supported has been growing steadily between 2015 and 2017. customer service.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 10, 2018

Just over 12 months ago, NICE Systems acquired inContact (now NICE inContact) bringing together the perennial industry leader in Workforce Optimization (WFO) and Analytics and the longest standing cloud contact center provider in the world. in the technology capabilities category – compared to other cloud contact center solutions.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 24, 2018

To help understand the modern contact center industry as thoroughly as possible, the team at Talkdesk reviewed Deloitte’s 2017 Global Contact Center Survey. A year ago, 2017 was designated as the “ year of the chatbot ” but at the time of the survey, only accounted for 6% of customer contact.

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Avaya

JUNE 27, 2017

That’s exactly why HITEC 2017 exists. A unique walk-through capability enables guests to independently navigate their hotel experience with support from a contact center if needed. The post HITEC 2017 is Happening Now: What You Need to Know appeared first on Avaya Connected Blog.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

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Avaya

APRIL 24, 2017

The question is: How do you bring your email, tweet, post, or blog to my attention amid all the clutter? Adopting customer journey analytics means businesses must now support a powerful, real-time visualization of the customer journey across all lines of business, not just the contact center. Contact us. It’s 10 a.m.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

This blog post will cover several of the top, most sought-out customer engagement tools on the market. Company Seeks Omnichannel Customer Support Software. Need : Customer service software, sales tools, omnichannel software, live chat software. The question is a loaded one. Company Seeks Tool for Advanced Marketers.

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