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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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Due to the pandemic, 2020 has been the year where many organizations have transitioned to a work-from-home (WFH) model to ensure employee safety. In some cases, organizations saw themselves dealing with more calls while transitioning to a WFH practice. The post Is social engineering damaging your contact center?

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TechSee

DECEMBER 31, 2019

To help you plan, we’ve highlighted nine of the biggest customer service trends for 2020. In 2020, automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are expected to have an even greater impact on contact center operations. Explosion of virtual contact centers. Voice will be king.

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Call Experts

MARCH 5, 2020

Cue the experienced live-agent contact center. . Here are our top 4 benefits of partnering with a contact center to support and grow your plumbing business: . Plumbing problems arise at any hour of the day; so, it is possible to receive customer calls even after work hours. Understanding Contact Center Billing.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 20, 2020

Contact centers are being flooded with calls about everything from finance to travel to healthcare, and more. At the same time, so is the health and well-being of your contact center staff. For this reason, contact centers are exactly the kind of environment that could be ordered to shut down.

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Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

3 Ways Call Center Coaching is Leading to Customer Churn. Why then do so many call centers struggle to convert coaching into real, measurable results? Research shows that agent retention rates were nearly double the average when coaches spent 60 percent or more of their time on the call center floor.‡

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Playvox

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Now that we have an overview of the perspectives that will shape our workforce in the next three years, here are four tips to help you successfully manage a multi-generational contact center team. Training, tools, and coaching are elements that each contact center agent needs, regardless of generation.

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

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. . Telephony provider Companies are looking for a partner that can provide telephony and contact center infrastructure. Understanding Contact Center Billing.

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 28, 2022

The term “call centers” is quickly become a relic of the past, and for good reason. Customer service today is based on far from just taking inbound calls; it’s now omnichannel. The State of Contact Center Conversation Intelligence 2022 report by Observe.AI But that’s the problem.

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

As the top call center country of the world , the Philippines continuously impress global leaders because of its educated workforce, efficient labor practices, industry expertise, low labor cost, and strategic location. A Brief History of the Call Center Industry in the Philippines. The call center industry generated $8.9

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 22, 2020

For most of us, the success measure for the big 2020 pivot was simply staying operational. The post The Pivot to 100% Remote Training in the Contact Center appeared first on Blue Ocean. (Trust us, we learned the hard way a few years ago when we first got into broadscale remote training for WAH agents!). Request a download here.

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TechSee

MAY 4, 2021

When the pandemic hit back in March 2020, customer service operations went into crisis mode. Physical contact centers were shut down, with agents hastily transitioned to a work from home (WFH) model and field service crews immobilized, yet calls from customers for assistance skyrocketed. WFH employees in the U.S

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 14, 2021

Amidst the pandemic, entrepreneurs are looking to ditch their traditional call center partner. In April 2020 Deloitte conducted a study on various global companies and they found out that 22% of companies are planning on outsourcing more. Why are companies not impressed with Traditional Contact Center Companies anymore?

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COPC

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

These changes were highlighted during the Optimizing Pandemic Contact Center Outsourcing Relationships pre-event workshop that COPC Inc. Read about these three emerging outsourcing priorities in the blog post written in conjunction with our Optimizing Pandemic Contact Center Outsourcing Relationships workshop.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Most organizations (56.8%) in our Customer Engagement Transformation: 2020-21 Research Study already have decided to continue with a WFH strategy once the pandemic has passed. The reimagined, work-from-anywhere contact center has several benefits.

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Integrity Solutions

MARCH 3, 2020

The most persistent contact center challenges can be overcome by making coaching a part of the culture and developing your agents’ listening and problem-solving skills. For several years we’ve been participating in Customer Contact Week (CCW), the world’s largest customer contact event series. The Power of Coaching.

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Call Experts

JANUARY 28, 2021

Douglas Karr of MarTech Zone mentions in an article published in 2020 that “4+ negative reviews about your company or product may result in 70% less sales.” Contact center support is essential to creating the ideal customer interaction. Therefore, a contact center is an essential partner.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

As we step into 2020, we see companies investing more in Customer Experience (CX) initiatives than ever. And, contact centers, being customer interaction hubs, are getting more preference and priority when it comes to CX investments.

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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Now that 2021 is upon us and there is a faintly visible conclusion to the pandemic, the question remains – will public sector contact centers revert to the models they had relied on prior to COVID-19? Contact center leaders have made the pivot. The answer is unequivocally NO.

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Talkdesk

AUGUST 26, 2019

Customer service expectations are on the rise and cloud contact center solutions are the modern and future promise to deliver big results. CRM integration and scalable microservices architecture and automatic system upgrades just scratch the surface of modern cloud contact center benefits. . What are you waiting for?

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet according to an online job portal, the BPO industry is the top hiring sector for 2020. With 23% hiring activity in 2020. What to Expect in the Philippines Call Center Scene. Contact centers in the Philippines showed an impressive growth in this sector. Call Center Outsourcing Philippines in Pasig.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

By drawing on the aggregated knowledge and experience of the contact center workforce, effectively crowdsourcing their expertise, technology providers are creating the next generation of self service platforms. Information from each customer contact is collected, labeled by the agent, and stored for future use.

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CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

However, those who were planning to move their contact center to the cloud in 2021/2022 are now faced with increased stress and frustration and regret for not changing sooner. This company bumped up their 2022 digital transformation strategy to 2020. Two specific examples come to mind. This season requires flexibility and trust.

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Comm100

JUNE 5, 2018

Unsurprisingly, the enthusiasm of AI has spilled over to customer experience (CX) in the hope of improving call center efficiency. This uncertainty has generated myths about AI, such as the popular thinking that AI will replace call center agents or equally popular, that AI will solve all CX problems.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 26, 2021

Life in the contact center can feel like a collective emotional journey, and that was never more true than in 2020. Contact centers had to adapt quickly to serve customers who were anxious and seeking help. Contact center traffic was also inconsistent and unpredictable.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

My Comment: We start this week’s Roundup with a reminder of the upcoming Customer Service Week, which is the first full week of October every year (October 5-9, 2020). LearningNotes) The year 2020 is the year of those individuals who are successfully adapting themselves to the chaos incurring due to these tumultuous times.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Gartner recently published the 2020 Critical Capabilities for Contact Centers as a Service research report and NICE inContact received among the four highest scores in all use cases. We believe that both use cases have even more relevance today and practical applications in 2020 and 2021.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 11, 2020

Moving to cloud contact center technology is not a question of if, but when. In 2020, 66% of companies are accelerating their move to the cloud as a result of the pandemic. When your contact center is ready for this transformation, Omdia has provided an important resource to help.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2019

More and more businesses are taking the plunge and moving their contact centers from on-premise PBX to cloud phone systems. By 2020, 50% of call centers that don’t use cloud technology will have made the switch to cloud based phone systems. Ultimately, this paves the way for optimising your call center performance.

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CX Accelerator

MAY 25, 2022

Jenny began her call center customer service journey on the front lines back in 2005. She is known for her thought leadership, speaking about CS, CX and self-care for contact center agents at business conferences such as Zendesk Relate and ICMI Expo. Great choice Jenny. We hope it serves you well!

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Uniphore

AUGUST 6, 2021

These are some of top contact center pain points driving employee disengagement today. In our webinar, What Your Call Center Agents Rant About on Social Media , we went beyond the annual Voice of the Employee survey to explore how agents really view the contact centers they work in—and why they’re leaving at an alarming rate.

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Talkdesk

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Just before wrapping up 2020, we have yet another reason to show appreciation for our customers. And we’re proud to tell the world that Talkdesk placed number one in 18 reports, one more than in the G2 Fall 2020 Report. ??. Best Telecom Services for Call Centers Software. Best Contact Center Quality Assurance Software.

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CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

However, those who were planning to move their contact center to the cloud in 2021/2022 are now faced with increased stress and frustration and regret for not changing sooner. This company bumped up their 2022 digital transformation strategy to 2020. Two specific examples come to mind. This season requires flexibility and trust.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

The global drive toward digital transformation has made its mark on contact center processes and operations, with Salesforce predicting last year that the use of AI by customer service teams would see a 143% increase by 2020. Post-call analysis also benefits from AI. Redefining Contact Center Agents’ Careers.

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Magellan Solutions

JULY 14, 2021

These are what local call center companies in the Philippines look for in candidates. One example is in local call center companies in the Philippines. The group called for the industry to: allow staff members to work from home . Contact centers expect a revenue growth of between 3.3% through 2022.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The annual Consumer Wave of the NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark Study dove deep into how the pandemic has shaped the way customers are interacting with contact centers.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 1, 2020

” How to improve call center performance when there is a staff shortage by Krishna Charan. Freshworks) From this blog, you can find out actionable workarounds for staff shortage to improve call center performance. My Comment: If you are in a customer support/contact center, then this article is a must-read.

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