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Contact Center Trends and Predictions 2018

CSM Magazine

Mandy Holford, director of customer service at leading contact center Echo-U, has highlighted the major trends shaping the industry in 2018 in order to help businesses to understand the current challenges and develop strategic plans to enhance customer experience. About the Author.

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How to Improve Contact Center Optimization with Customer Journeys

Pointillist

The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. Contact centers are now considered more than just service centers. Omnichannel Interaction Data is Siloed or Nonexistent.

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How to provide an effortless customer experience

TechSee

Imagine this scenario: It’s Amazon Prime Day and you’re thrilled to have snagged the limited-edition wireless streaming stereo system you’ve had your eye on. Being reactive, not proactive – anticipating a problem before it becomes a crisis is the key to happier customers, lower customer effort and reduced contact center volumes.

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How to Lead CX Transformation in a Customer-Focused Tech Organization

Customer Bliss

Since customer service was Sue’s major focus, she spent a lot of time at the call centers, assessing their operations and workflow. Do you have “talk time” countdown timers in your customer service centers? What department will you focus on first? It’s time to do away with them! About Sue Martin Homes.

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Why is my smart device making me feel dumb? The challenges of onboarding IoT devices

TechSee

While in theory, smart devices should be easier to set up – most are wireless and can be remotely connected; in reality, the setup of smart devices can present significant challenges to the consumer. Maybe he should have stuck with the hose. The Consumer Challenge. After all, with the number of connected devices expected to reach 20.4

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Guest Blog: Moving Past The Fairy Tale – 5 Examples of Great Service

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To compound all this, traditional service – which waits until customers called the contact center before addressing a problem – has become much less effective. Sprint Wireless overhauled their customer care program, providing their call-center agents with real-time recommendations to improve retention.

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MetTel Employees Win Stevie Awards for Customer Service Professional of the Year

CSM Magazine

MetTel , a digital transformation and communications leader, has announced that its employees have won two Stevie® Awards for Customer Service & Call Center Individual Categories in the 15th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. These restaurants were facing imminent service interruption due to nonpayment.