Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The term “customer experience” (CX) has gained considerable currency recently, and in many ways has displaced “customer service” as the focal point of the contact center. Here are some implications for contact center leaders to consider in making the right buying decisions.

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Win the Customer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Like any other industry, there’s always room for improvement in call center customer experiences. Call centers must deliver the best customer experience from jump, or else risk dealing with an unsatisfied customer, and getting negative press. Here are 7 tips for call centers to improve customer experiences: 1. Be Responsive.

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Upstream Works

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Unfortunately, many contact centers have the unfortunate habit of doing just that. Having to repeat information to a contact center agent constantly comes in near the top in the order of things that negatively impact customer satisfaction. By: Rob McDougall, CEO, Upstream Works Software They say an elephant never forgets.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 12, 2022

The demands facing contact center systems are getting more complex and more varied than ever before. Driven by a desire to cut costs with operational efficiencies and provide a better omnichannel experience to an increasingly digital customer base, executives are honing in to upskill their contact centers.

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Upstream Works

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Digital transformation is a central technology theme for all businesses in 2022, and it’s especially important for contact centers. Expectations around customer experience (CX) are increasingly being shaped by digital technologies, and customers have generally been adopting them faster than contact centers.

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Upstream Works

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The term “digital channels” has become core to the contact center lexicon recently, and for good reason. Much of this pertains to how the adoption of relatively new communication channels is impacting the customer experience (CX) landscape, and contact center leaders need to respond.

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GetFeedback

APRIL 17, 2019

Not entirely, since to get to the point of using your agents’ skills, customers first need to contact your support. If you cover multiple communication channels (Aka omnichannel customer service ) , people will reach out: being able to choose the way to contact support simply makes it more convenient. But does this work well?

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Talkdesk

MARCH 12, 2021

In this guest blog post, Gans Subramanian, founder and managing director at B-Trnsfrmd , shares five reasons that make Talkdesk his CCaaS solution of choice. Founded to bring a paradigm shift into the realm of call center solutions, it became the first CCaaS unicorn startup in 2018. Omnichannel. AppConnect. Speech Analytics.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 16, 2020

This is the last in a series of blog posts examining key contact center trends for 2020, and the first three lead up to this broader theme of innovation driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI). This means that AI applications for the contact center do not come fully-formed. Higher-performing agents.

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Upstream Works

MAY 27, 2021

Momentum remains strong for cloud contact center solutions, with most deployments still in their early stages. While a solid business case could be made solely for how IT would benefit, there’s a bigger story to tell that considers other stakeholders, both in and out of the contact center.

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Upstream Works

JULY 16, 2021

It’s easy for contact centers to build a business case for adopting cloud technology – reasons ranging from meeting the needs of today’s customers to finding an economical path to modernizing the contact center. Learn more about our omnichannel contact center solutions here.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 7, 2021

AI has many valuable uses in the contact center, from providing data and channel options to reducing costs. With AI enabling better forms of self-service, automation can address many contact center challenges with limited cost impact or added strain to the existing pool of agents. Managing Routine Inquiries.

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Upstream Works

JUNE 25, 2020

This is the second article in a three-part series about how COVID-19 is impacting contact centers and how they can adapt to this new normal. In the first part of our three-part series, we addressed the important role the contact center plays in business continuity during this global pandemic. What We’ve Learned So Far.

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VDS

JUNE 6, 2023

In today’s digital age, contact centers play a vital role in delivering exceptional customer experiences. As businesses strive to meet evolving customer expectations, adopting a cloud contact center solution has become a strategic imperative. Let’s begin!

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VDS

JUNE 6, 2023

In today’s digital age, contact centers play a vital role in delivering exceptional customer experiences. As businesses strive to meet evolving customer expectations, adopting a cloud contact center solution has become a strategic imperative. Let’s begin!

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Upstream Works

DECEMBER 18, 2019

There are many technology trends impacting the contact center, and as we enter a new decade, it’s only natural to think in broad terms with a longer-term time horizon. Ten years is an eternity in the world of tech, and it’s staggering to consider how much the contact center has changed over the last decade.

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Upstream Works

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

At face value, providing seamless customer service should be the goal of every contact center. However, this requires orchestration across your entire contact center operation. As a starting point for developing that holistic approach, the following are two forms of complexity that all contact centers must address.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Contact centres are recognizing the restraints of telephone support and incorporating digital channels as they look to digitalize their operations. This is known as omnichannel customer engagement. Traditional contact centers severely limit the level of personalization that agents can offer.

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CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 25, 2018

There is no doubt that the contact center industry is poised for massive changes. While this evolution can be intimating, it spells a huge opportunity for those leaders who capable of accelerating magic. As Justin Robbins says, even the basic tool sets in most contact centers are broken.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 26, 2021

2020 brought a lot of changes to organizations and contact centers all over the world. Meanwhile, customer expectations have also changed, forcing contact centers to adapt innovative technologies and prioritize digital transformation. To help contact centers provide that, here are three ways to rethink digital CX.

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Upstream Works

MARCH 17, 2022

For contact centers, this also includes staffing and operations. Digital transformation poses distinct operational challenges for the contact center that go beyond the customer and agent experience; we’ll address two of those challenges here. For now, AI will best serve contact centers as a complementary technology.

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Upstream Works

AUGUST 5, 2021

As momentum continues to build for cloud adoption in the contact center space, the business case for supporting this decision becomes clear. These are a few specific examples of how cloud benefits the contact center and any one of these is sufficient to justify the investment. Rich Features Offer Personalized CX.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 9, 2020

So far, this series has addressed the impact of digital transformation and the importance of personalization as key contact center trends to follow in 2020. Customer loyalty can no longer be taken for granted, which is why contact centers need to strive for exceptional and consistent CX at all times.

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Call Experts

JUNE 15, 2023

Streamline Operations and Never Miss Another Call with a Contact Center for Utilities. As a result, for those looking to ensure seamless operations and superior customer service, many companies are deciding to use a call center for utilities as it has proven itself to be quite a powerful tool.

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Bold360

MARCH 20, 2020

And in a world where social distancing and even sheltering-in-place have become the new norm, an omnichannel approach is now more important than ever. The phrase used to describe the integration of all these channels is omnichannel customer engagement. Why you need a strategy for omnichannel customer engagement.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2023

In today’s digital age, contact centers play a critical role in customer support, sales, and overall communication between businesses and their clientele. Unfortunately, these centers have also become a target for fraudsters looking to exploit the vulnerabilities inherent in these systems.

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NICE inContact

JULY 24, 2019

The impact on contact centers is broad, affecting forecasting and scheduling, interactions, capturing, quality, performance, analytics and more. Today, most organizations providing digital channel support do so via siloed agents, frequently outside the contact center (e.g., in marketing).

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Call Experts

JANUARY 26, 2023

If you’re in the business of providing heating and cooling services, your best tool for success is the customer service agents who answer the phone from your HVAC call center. That’s where an HVAC call center can help. This blog will dive into why you need an HVAC call center. Why do you need one?

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Inbound call centers face rising expectations from their customers to deliver exceptional experiences in an increasingly omnichannel world. The results were clear in that consumers want true omnichannel service from inbound contact centers and are willing to switch from companies that provide poor service.

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eGain Blogs

OCTOBER 10, 2019

We provide omnichannel customer engagement software, powered by knowledge. According to Gartner’s just-published critical capabilities report on customer engagement, our average score for digital engagement and knowledge management at 4.5 appeared first on eGain Blog. out of 5.0 We are not surprised. The results?

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Companies need to offer one point of contact linked to 24/7 support. Contact centers must capture data in real-time and enter correctly into CRM systems to provide reporting for your business to make data-driven decisions. . Often, these partners are looking for Omnichannel management to support a robust digital presence.

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Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

These drivers will continue into the new year has contact centers strive to meet new customer demands – by upgrading technology while knowing how to deploy the new capabilities. Contact center leaders must understand how the criteria for CX has changed with the pandemic. Supporting a Distributed Workforce.

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UJET

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

In 2020, we will see messaging (SMS and Chat) overtake voice as the most popular support channel, especially on omnichannel platforms that can channel steer between various curated paths. Similarly, contact center directors want to easily channel steer queries based on urgency and complexity. Multichannel Expands to Multimedia.

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Comm100

MARCH 9, 2022

In this blog, we’ll take a look at the top strategies that credit unions can employ to improve member experience. Live chat should be at the center of every credit union’s member experience strategy because it delivers on the key want of its members – fast support. Personalize support with an omnichannel engagement platform.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, North America, report has just been released. Featuring a thorough evaluation of cloud providers by one of the independent analyst firms in the industry, the report is an invaluable tool for contact center leaders considering new technology investments.

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NICE inContact

MAY 16, 2019

In fact, 91% of consumers want seamless omnichannel across messaging and real-time voice and chat. The result is a massive digital divide between consumer expectations and brand capabilities. This is omnichannel done right. Read the press release , and click here to learn more about CXone and its omnichannel customer experience.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 17, 2018

At the risk of stating the obvious, customer experience (CX) can make or break your contact center operation. At the heart of outstanding CX is a true multichannel or omnichannel approach to contact center service. The golden ticket for every contact center is to transform customers into advocates of the brand.

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