UJET

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The API integration linking your contact center and your customer relationship management (CRM) tool shouldn’t be holding you back. API integrations are lines of code that connect two or more applications, like your CRM and your contact center. What Exactly Is CRM Contact Center Unification?

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UJET

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The API integration linking your contact center and your customer relationship management (CRM) tool shouldn’t be holding you back. API integrations are lines of code that connect two or more applications, like your CRM and your contact center. What Exactly Is CRM Contact Center Unification?

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Magellan Solutions

JULY 11, 2023

In today’s competitive business landscape, excellent customer experiences are crucial for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to succeed. Embracing customer experience outsourcing strategies is a game-changer for maximizing customer engagement.

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Playvox

JUNE 22, 2023

Tracking, reporting, and improving upon metrics are essential across all areas of business, including finance, sales, marketing, and contact center management. In uncertain economic times, they become even more critical to help navigate business health and growth. Are your customers happy? Why do metrics matter?

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Myra Golden

APRIL 11, 2023

A whopping one-third of contact centers have laid off employees in the last 12 months, reducing their headcount by about 33%. Despite fewer resources and fewer employees, contact centers are expected to achieve the same or better results.

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COPC

AUGUST 4, 2016

I found this article in CRM magazine, Inbound and Outbound Converge in the New Contact Center , to be an interesting one because it discusses some of the changes in our industry that are being made possible by process and technology, but with an eye to improving the customer experience. By Leonard Klie – CRM magazine.

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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. So how can you evaluate a call center agent’s performance? Customer satisfaction.

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Bold360

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The data relevant for routing purposes can be gained from: (1) initial discovery questions that ask customers what they want to do; (2) customer profile data pulled from your customer relationship management (CRM) system; and (3) customer journey data about what clicks the customer has made leading up to when/where they reached out for help.

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UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI (artificial intelligence) customer service tools weren’t designed to replace your agents. They were designed to help your agents deliver a better customer experience. AI customer service tools streamline repetitive and/or time-consuming tasks and workflows so your agents can focus on what they’re best at: helping people.

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UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI (artificial intelligence) customer service tools weren’t designed to replace your agents. They were designed to help your agents deliver a better customer experience. AI customer service tools streamline repetitive and/or time-consuming tasks and workflows so your agents can focus on what they’re best at: helping people.

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Call Experts

JULY 27, 2023

That’s where a customer service call center comes in. In this blog post, we will explore the many benefits of a customer service call center and how it can help businesses deliver exceptional customer experiences. How the Customer Service Call Center has Impacted Business.

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RapportBoost

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

RapportBoost to Showcase New Chat Sales Boosting Platform at Booth #318 at ICMI Contact Center Demo Nov. November 6, 2018 – RapportBoost , a Los Angeles based technology company that boosts chat sales for contact centers, will exhibit at next week’s ICMI Contact Center Demo in Las Vegas.

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The job of a customer service agent is not an easy job. In a typical contact center, agents are on the phone or communicating through other channels; email, text, web chat, Facebook Messenger, WeChat… When customers reach out to an agent, they need help and are often upset. Tweet Let’s face it. The result?

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Making for a jointly admirable and problematic reality, the customer contact community often takes a lofty, wide-eyed approach to strategy and technology. Given the importance of competing on the customer experience, the idealistic approach is an encouraging sign. Task: Identify a “gap” in the customer experience journey.

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Innovative CX

JANUARY 30, 2020

I’ve been involved in customer service for all my 40 years in business. For four decades, I’ve been trying to improve the customer experience for organizations in a variety of industries and diverse geographic locations. Years ago, we valued the face-to-face relationships that our front-line employees had with our customers.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2019

But if you are a contact center manager, you aren’t measured solely on your own personal performance. How well your team performs—and how their performance is measured by customers—directly impacts your performance rating and potentially your compensation. No matter what your job is, you are measured on performance.

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Think Customers

AUGUST 18, 2021

Retailers during the pandemic realized the value of holistically interacting with customers in the channels they prefer while optimizing technology, processes, and people. Cloud contact centers provide many benefits, such as increased flexibility, cost savings, and the ability to support customers from virtually anywhere.

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Stella Connect

MARCH 2, 2018

The Erlang C Formula: Balancing Customer Service Goals with Call Center Costs. Erlang C is a standard formula for determining the number of call center agents are needed based on call volumes, Average Handle Time (AHT), and customer service goals. Number of calls handled.

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Stella Connect

MARCH 2, 2018

The Erlang C Formula: Balancing Customer Service Goals with Call Center Costs. Erlang C is a standard formula for determining the number of call center agents are needed based on call volumes, Average Handle Time (AHT), and customer service goals. Number of calls handled.

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Stella Connect

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Erlang C Formula: Balance Customer Service Calls with Call Center Staffing Costs. Erlang, is a standard formula for determining the number of call center agents needed based on call volume, average handle time (AHT), and your specific customer service goals in terms of service level and target answer time.

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