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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Virtual Agent Customer Service Contact Center Average Handle Time 82

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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Virtual Agent Customer Service Contact Center Average Handle Time 72

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. My Customer Service Master Class might be a good fit for training on soft skills.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

After call work (ACW) refers to the tasks completed by a customer service agent once the call with the customer has been completed. When after call work is executed properly, overall service levels are improved and customer satisfaction increases. Why agents often neglect ACW.

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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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Magellan Solutions

JULY 11, 2023

Outsourcing allows SMEs to access experts in delivering excellent customer experiences. Understanding Customer Experience Businesses nowadays value and prioritize positive customer experiences. It comprises essential elements like service quality, convenience, personalization, and emotional connections.

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score E-support Customer Satisfaction 75

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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Customer Service Representative Customer Service Average Handle Time Fashion 52

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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Contact Center Average Handle Time Hotels Customer Journey 98

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. How does AI help customer service agents?

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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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Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

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Contact Center Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time Omnichannel 74

Stella Connect

MARCH 2, 2018

For growing companies with ambitious customer service goals and limited resources, staffing call center teams can be tricky. What’s the magic number of agents you need for a team just big enough to meet demand and serve customers well? The Erlang C Formula: Balancing Customer Service Goals with Call Center Costs.

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Think Customers

AUGUST 18, 2021

Innovations in knowledge, messaging, and security helped retailers achieve great results from a remote model that could maintain service levels, and ultimately drive customer loyalty by replicating the brick-and-mortar values customers love digitally. Post-pandemic success rides on flexibility.

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Retail Average Handle Time Omnichannel Loyalty 52

Stella Connect

MARCH 2, 2018

For growing companies with ambitious customer service goals and limited resources, scaling customer service teams can be tricky. What’s the magic number of agents you need for a team just big enough to meet demand and serve customers well? Total talk time + total hold time + total wrap-up time).

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Call Experts

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Contact center technology can be the nerve center of your organization’s customer relationship management (CRM) strategy. Depending on the services offered, the contact center can also be called a call center, service desk, or customer service department.

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Contact Center Technology Average Handle Time Call Center 98

Playvox

MAY 4, 2023

It’s simple: fantastic customer service. It’s no secret that stellar customer service is the first step to customer loyalty, but you’re not dealing with a couple of people meandering through a fruit store. What Is A Digital Contact Center? Is your contact center omnichannel?

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Stella Connect

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Fast-growing companies with ambitious customer service goals and limited resources may find call center staffing tricky — what’s the magic number of agents you need to meet demand and service customers effectively ? Erlang C Formula: Balance Customer Service Calls with Call Center Staffing Costs.

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Call Center Average Handle Time Competitive Advantage Culture 52

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. 10% off their next purchase) to boost response rates.

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Call Center Metrics Contact Center Net Promoter Score 52

Oracle

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Be sure to check back each week to learn how Oracle CX customers drive success and build customer relationships that last. Let’s look at a few of the best practices shared by the Thinker Award winner and finalists, using knowledge to improve and differentiate their customer service offering.

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ViiBE Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

This article will teach you how to measure an agent’s performance and other important customer service metrics. Call centers and contact centers have industry-specific KPIs to measure agent performance. Here are the five KPIs that we will focus on: Average Handle Time.

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Call Center Average Handle Time Net Promoter Score Metrics 98