ViiBE Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

Customers typically contact call centers when they are unable to resolve a problem with a product or service on their own. The key to satisfying the customer in search of a solution is the call center experience. The call center experience is the overall interaction between the customer and the call center.

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NICE inContact

JULY 12, 2019

Even when you’re already convinced of the advantages of digital customer service, there’s a series of steps to take before actually integrating a new system into your call center software. No one wants to spend too long integrating digital customer service into your call center software.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! This blog is Part One of a two-part series that aims to demystify these four components. Forecasting. Scheduling.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Customer-facing AI technologies are especially relevant to assisting in customer identification, call classification/routing, chatbots and predictive personalization. Customer-facing AI technologies are especially relevant to assisting in customer identification, call classification/routing, chatbots and predictive personalization.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! This blog is Part One of a two-part series that aims to demystify these four components. Forecasting. Scheduling.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. An agent’s child gets sick, an unexpected website outage triggers an influx of inbound calls, marketing runs a sale without advanced notice, etc. Intraday management. That’s life!

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. An agent’s child gets sick, an unexpected website outage triggers an influx of inbound calls, marketing runs a sale without advanced notice, etc. Intraday management. That’s life!

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

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ViiBE Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Those who have never used video call software before have suddenly become experts, as remote communications technology has provided a real-time, live interaction to replace in-person meetings. Customers and companies alike have adapted in unique ways to handle the challenges of the pandemic. Source: McKinsey. Omnichannel assistance options.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Also, given the high turnover rates in the contact center industry, recognition can be a powerful weapon in keeping your best staff and ensuring they remain happy and motivated. That’s why pretty much every contact center I visit has a recognition program of some sort in place. The key point here is how it is measured.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Organizations relying on call center support were forced to transition to digital channels during lockdowns. In this blog, we’ll look at the top customer service trends to expect in 2022 so you can build a team of customer experience excellence. With expanding expectations comes expanding channels.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 29, 2018

In fact, implementing NICE inContact CXone has resulted in significant improvements in everything from average handle time (AHT) to average speed of answer (ASA) to quality assurance scores. Scaling up and down with seasonal call fluctuations is a snap. Even sales increased as a residual benefit!

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NICE inContact

APRIL 5, 2017

TechStyle uses inContact to outsource its entire customer service team of 600-to-1200 agents, who field inbound calls from all across the globe. Streamlined Contact Center Support. We measure talk time, wrap time, and call handling metrics, but we’re also heavily monitoring CRM data such as membership retention,” Borah says.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Organizations relying on call center support were forced to transition to digital channels during lockdowns. In this blog, we’ll look at the top customer service trends to expect in 2022 so you can build a team of customer experience excellence. With expanding expectations comes expanding channels.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

It includes things like: In some cases, answering customer questions on a variety of channels. The evolution happened like this: In the 60s, we got call centers. In the 80s, those call centers got expensive, so we automated them and moved them overseas. What is Customer Support? Onboarding new customers.

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Uniphore

JANUARY 25, 2022

A blog post from Umesh Sachdev, CEO & Co-founder, Uniphore. Applications considered early in their hype cycle reached maturity at breakneck speed, and our tech predictions became a reality even faster than we anticipated. All of this answers the question of where we go from this critical juncture. Ah, 2022, a new year.

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West Monroe

APRIL 14, 2020

More specifically, this means shifting patient access center staff who generally serve as the first point of contact for patients, fielding the majority of patient interactions, and whose duties do not require them to be on-site, to work 100% remotely. How is this shift achieved? Physically migrate. Return to baseline performance.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In this blog, we’ll look at the four top reasons why credit unions need to offer live chat services in 2022, from improving member experience to gaining member insights. The Deloitte Center for Financial Services conducted a survey of digital banking in March 2021 that speaks to the shifts happening among banking customers.

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Comm100

MARCH 2, 2022

This blog will explain why credit unions must adopt digital support channels to deliver the member engagement that their current and future members expect, and how to do it smoothly and cost-effectively. Table of contents. As a result, members have high expectations from their credit union.” Current members are ‘phygital’.

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SaleMove

AUGUST 3, 2018

The answer is not to simply throw more bodies at the problem by increasing budgets, hiring more reps, and expanding call centers. This process speeds up problem identification and allows employees to respond faster and more accurately. 76% of consumers expect organizations to understand their individual needs.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

I had just joined the company as the new Call Center Manager a few months ago. Queue times were longer than was acceptable, average talk time was up, file closing time kept getting longer and longer – now taking an average of 22 days instead of the target of 5 days. Interestingly, call volume was not up.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

I had just joined the company as the new Call Center Manager a few months ago. Queue times were longer than was acceptable, average talk time was up, file closing time kept getting longer and longer – now taking an average of 22 days instead of the target of 5 days. Interestingly, call volume was not up.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s 2019, which means contact center metrics from 1999 are almost old enough for their first legal beer (and already knocking them back in Canada.) That said, the contact center accumulates millions of data points every single day. Fighting the Cost Center Mindset. How do we use that data to improve the customer experience?

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Natalie Petouhof

AUGUST 13, 2015

One of the biggest issues is NOT that Customer Service Professionals are not aware of the issues in their contact centers. Because customers couldn’t get the service they wanted in a phone call or email, they realized that social networks were the perfect place to get a company’s attention. And then along comes social media.

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ProProfs Chat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Walk through this blog to gain deep insights into how to effectively measure customer satisfaction and master actionable ways to improve it. And to keep such risks at bay, you must find out how to measure customer satisfaction to analyze whether your company will perform well in the future or not. . (A What is Customer Satisfaction?

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. How exactly the call abandonment rate is defined varies from company to company and from phone system to phone system, but in general, the inbound call abandonment rate tracks the number of people who hang up before they start talking to an employee.

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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 20, 2019

So, when they need additional help, that exceeds the possibilities of textual interaction, you can easily switch to audio messages as well as audio and video calls. . Amazing isn’t it! . Businesses are using live chat increasingly because live chat instills confidence in the customers. What is Live Chat? Types of Live Chat Software.

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Companies struggle to deliver on these expectations because their company and contact centers are filled with technology from 20 years ago. Bottom-line, many companies are well not equipped with the tools they need to deliver answers quickly. So if consumers are more connected, what does this mean for companies?

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 19, 2020

After answering the likelihood-to-recommend question, I was asked to explain why in an optional comment. My guess: Expedia wanted one survey to catch people after the completed experience, who may or may not have answered one of the touchpoint surveys. The answer is not to ditch surveys. Think “Survey+” for Customer Feedback.

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CX Workout - Ideas Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It was one of the early meetings with the management team, and the head of customer operations was happy to report that his team has reduced the average speed of answer from ten seconds to five seconds. Thank you so much for joining today’s webinar. Joe is co-author of two books on the subject customer experience.

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CX Workout - Ideas Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It was one of the early meetings with the management team, and the head of customer operations was happy to report that his team has reduced the average speed of answer from ten seconds to five seconds. Thank you so much for joining today’s webinar. Joe is co-author of two books on the subject customer experience.

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CX Workout - Ideas Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It was one of the early meetings with the management team, and the head of customer operations was happy to report that his team has reduced the average speed of answer from ten seconds to five seconds. Thank you so much for joining today’s webinar. Joe is co-author of two books on the subject customer experience.

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ViiBE Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

The call center agent is at the core of any call center. So how can you evaluate a call center agent’s performance? Call centers and contact centers have industry-specific KPIs to measure agent performance. What are the KPIs in a call center? Average Speed of Answer.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Chats, inbound calls, email and SMS lead the pack of channels across the contact center that generate enormous sets of data. That data can be leveraged by contact center managers who are looking to make substantive improvements to the daily contact center operations.

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 4, 2022

And if you’re in a contact center performance management role, you’ve probably invested a lot of time and energy into your customer service training and customer service coaching programs. These best practices will not only produce better results on the contact center floor, but they’ll help you bring far more value to your organization.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 30, 2018

First of all, depending on the length of your survey (using a smiley or star system or a more complete question/answer survey), you would get different results. Speed is always a major component of customer satisfaction. Unfortunately, a few elements make this approach quite unreliable. As is, the NPS doesn’t tell you anything.

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Pointillist

JANUARY 25, 2019

By Swati Sahai Call centers are an operationally-complex element of your business, but they play a big role in your customers’ experience with your company. It’s no easy task, but the right mix of call center metrics and KPIs can help you stay the course.

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