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. Meeting the New Criteria for Customer Experience.

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Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost. But getting to this nirvana is no picnic.

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eGain Blogs

APRIL 10, 2023

But without accurate knowledge that is consolidated in a unified hub and optimized with analytics, self-service will do nothing but trigger rage by the time the customer gets to a human contact center agent. The average salary of a contact center agent in the US is $33,000, per Glassdoor.

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

From an operational perspective, personalization will drive down important call center metrics like average handle times (AHT). Contact centers can drive significant value for both the patient and the organization by offering services the patient hadn’t previously considered or wasn’t even aware they needed.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Open enrollment is typically among the busiest times of the year for healthcare plan providers as the volume of consumer calls to the contact center increases significantly. During last year’s open enrollment period, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported more than 5.78

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Actual customer contact agents, however, prioritize something else: the effort required to perform their work. Agents obviously value bright contact centers and great salaries, but their daily happiness hinges far more greatly on systems and processes. Goal: Delivering a Consistent, Omnichannel Experience.

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ViiBE Blog

MAY 13, 2021

No matter the kind of call center, ensuring a positive call center experience is crucial to a customer’s experience with a company. So what exactly do call centers do? What does a call center do? Customer satisfaction is a crucial metric and the priority of every call center employee. Contact Center.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Contact centers are the main touchpoints with members, greatly impacting overall member satisfaction. In fact, more than four out of ten members (43%) report that they prefer the call center as the primary channel for communicating about their health plan. Consumers faced long wait times to reach an agent.

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

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. A customer’s impression of a company is directly related to their experience with the contact center and its agents.

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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. What Are Call Center Efficiency Metrics?

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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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Playvox

MAY 4, 2023

Unlike my favorite fruit seller, you’ve got hundreds or thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of customer issues that require sophisticated, efficient customer care through the right contact center solutions. What Is A Digital Contact Center? Is your contact center omnichannel?

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Magellan Solutions

APRIL 21, 2021

The BPO Philippines provides several metrics to determine the growth and development of a company. They can do an adjustment based on the information given by their call center partner. The turnaround time for every expense is important for SMEs. One of these metrics is the key performance indicator (KPI).

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 25, 2022

For contact centers, digital transformation has surpassed buzzword status. CX innovation is accelerating faster than ever before, and it’s integral that contact centers keep pace. But how can contact centers respond? But how can contact centers respond? Understanding the Customer Journey.

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eGain Blogs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

” Knowledge improves call center metrics (KPIs). Using knowledge management in call centers (also called contact centers as phone is now just one of the many channels in use) is known to improve productivity of customer service agents, consistency in responses, the use of new information, and compliance with industry rules.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 31, 2019

I could take you through a litany of common contact center terms and definitions … but why? To understand todays technologies and what they mean to your business is key to help make the right investments in your customer experience – here are some of the most researched contact center terms: .

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Natalie Petouhof

AUGUST 15, 2022

Omnichannel experiences. Often omnichannel and multichannel are used interchangeably, but they are quite different. As the name describes, multichannel uses multiple and discrete channels, whereas omnichannel allows for the context of each interaction to remain across multiple channels. Business-centric-only metrics.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2018

Of the many metrics that Contact Center Executives care about, here are some key ones that directly impact customer experience: Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) – This continues to be the #1 direct measure on customer experience. It turns out it is as much a customer experience metric.

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ViiBE Blog

JANUARY 15, 2021

Co-browsing is a virtual engagement customer support tool for contact centers and sales teams. Co-browsing becomes a powerful customer support tool that boosts performance metrics significantly when coupled with omnichannel tools such as video assistance. Safety is a key metric when considering customer satisfaction.

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ViiBE Blog

JANUARY 15, 2021

Co-browsing is a virtual engagement customer support tool for contact centers and sales teams. Co-browsing becomes a powerful customer support tool that boosts performance metrics significantly when coupled with omnichannel tools such as video assistance. Safety is a key metric when considering customer satisfaction.

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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In part 1 of the blog, we looked at the foundations of building a robust Customer Experience (CX), starting with contact centers. A successful CX toolset is not just one which is customer facing with omnichannel and always-on service. CX metrics are not your operational KPIs.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Average handle time (AHT) , a key CX metric, has fallen by two minutes! Find out where DSW is going next, as Tim and Tom discuss insights for deciding which transactions best lend themselves to automation (next up: returns) and look ahead to integrating chat into the customer’s omnichannel experience.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 11, 2019

The current decade has brought many changes to quality management, including the increase of treating customer interactions using omnichannel – the ability to handle queries flexibly across self-service and agent-assisted media channels with full context. Change Brought by Omnichannel Interactions.

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