Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Let’s get back to basics with a few of these buzzy terms – what exactly they mean, how they are making an impact on the customer experience industry, and tips for successfully incorporating them into your CX strategy. Omnichannel. It’s important to take the term “omnichannel” with a grain of salt.

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Avaya

APRIL 27, 2017

But this May 22-25, when you arrive in Orlando for the 2017 ICMI Contact Center Expo and Conference , we think you’ll be heading for what we like to call the second happiest place on earth. We’ll show customer-focused companies our latest innovations. We hope to see you at the ICMI Contact Center and Exhibition in Booth 623.

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Calabrio

APRIL 5, 2016

In the same way, customers choose to use different channels to meet specific needs they have (conflict avoidance, convenience, speed/immediacy, etc.), It has evolved to include email, social media and text messaging, so now companies can analyze data from multiple avenues to understand customer behavior.

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VDS

JUNE 6, 2023

In today’s digital age, contact centers play a vital role in delivering exceptional customer experiences. As businesses strive to meet evolving customer expectations, adopting a cloud contact center solution has become a strategic imperative. Let’s begin!

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? Furthermore, we’re learning how customers engage differently depending on their goal.

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Avaya

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

If you have customers that are 55 and under you need a customer experience plan to address digital channel preferences and AI in contact centers now, before it’s too late. What You Need to Know About Contact Center Automation. Rather, you should look at AI to “humanize” the automated customer experience.

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Avaya

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The evolving demands of digital-savvy customers have a deep impact on the contact center. In today’s highly connected society, customers are relying on other people around them to find information to solve issues. In reality, the last mile that makes or breaks the customer experience lies in the contact center.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week we feature an article by Mansi Bhatia who looks at ways organizations can transform contact centers into a customer engagement center. I like the idea of a customer engagement center. – Shep Hyken. Customer service has the power to make or break a company. Conclusion.

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Bold360

MARCH 20, 2020

Customer experience (CX) is fast overtaking price and product as a key brand differentiator. And in a world where social distancing and even sheltering-in-place have become the new norm, an omnichannel approach is now more important than ever. It takes more than one or two interactions to convert today’s customers into loyal buyers.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? Furthermore, we’re learning how customers engage differently depending on their goal.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

According to Forbes, poor customer service is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 31, 2023

As 2023 unfolds, a key theme for contact center leaders to watch is reinforcing the connection between customer experience (CX) and agent experience (AX). CX must always remain the primary focus for the contact center –this recent blog post identified two 2023 trends that will have a major impact on CX.

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Avaya

MAY 8, 2019

On any given day, contact center agents at C3i Solutions may field inquiries regarding sports drinks, tires, or pharmaceuticals, just to name a few. In an environment driven by a continuous improvement philosophy, C3i Solutions began exploring the market for new contact center innovations.

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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. They invest to meaningfully improve the customer experience.

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Comm100

APRIL 27, 2020

In a truly customer-centric organization, the only real way to deliver cohesive digital support is with an omnichannel approach. Omnichannel platforms give agents visibility into their customers’ entire conversation history, no matter which channel they reach out from.

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Upstream Works

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The term “digital channels” has become core to the contact center lexicon recently, and for good reason. Much of this pertains to how the adoption of relatively new communication channels is impacting the customer experience (CX) landscape, and contact center leaders need to respond. Conversational AI.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Your contact center is a superhero? You might be surprised—after all, contact centers are often: Under-valued by the larger organization. Viewed purely as a cost center. But for customer-centric organizations, the term “contact center superhero” is an accurate—and multi-faceted—description.

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Calabrio

APRIL 20, 2016

When you close your eyes and imagine a contact center, what do you see? Is it a dim and dusty room filled with rows of headset wearing agents, half-heartedly responding to customer complaints? If you saw the second scene, welcome to the digital age – and new reality – of the contact center.

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Call Experts

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Businesses feel the influence of these negative support experiences on social media channels and email-based customer communications. A well-seasoned contact center will help! . Our seasoned contact center agents, Experts, receive additional training on how to handle tasks during peak hours more efficiently.

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Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Before the term “customer experience” (CX) became widely used in the industry, the contact center was focused on “customer service.” ” When customers needed service – whether a question, a complaint, or technical support – they reached out to the contact center.

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Uniphore

JULY 29, 2015

Richard Snow, VP & Research Director of the Ventana Research's Customer and Contact Center Research practice, discusses the need to deliver a consistent, continuous and contextual customer experience both within and across multiple communication channels.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 26, 2021

2020 brought a lot of changes to organizations and contact centers all over the world. Meanwhile, customer expectations have also changed, forcing contact centers to adapt innovative technologies and prioritize digital transformation. To help contact centers provide that, here are three ways to rethink digital CX.

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NICE inContact

JULY 23, 2019

Three weeks to a future-proof customer engagement hub? Discover how in our webinar, A Customer Engagement Hub in Less than Three Weeks. . With a short timeline and multiple challenges to overcome, upleveling its contact center was no small feat for Aetna.

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Avaya

JUNE 26, 2017

There is a need for an omnichannel capability to provide the best customer journey and experience possible. Some still interact socially only in person, most engage in some level of social media. Done right, the three pillars can produce a customer experience that is proactive, adaptable and personalized, and easy.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 15, 2024

Conversational commerce is all about interacting with customers through various communication tools, like live chat, chatbots, and contact centers. This omnichannel approach gives companies a chance to have a one-to-one conversation with customers on their chosen platform.

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Avaya

MARCH 28, 2017

There is no shortage of software and services companies, including Avaya, that are investing significantly in the field of chatbot technology for contact centers applications. Industry analyst Jon Arnold says contact center operators need to ensure millennials have a chat experience that is fast and personal. Contact us.

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Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It can also take the form of real-time contact center data like queue information, agent state, interactions in progress, and SLA adherence. Other relevant data can come from traditional sources like product transactions, financial records, and customer satisfaction surveys.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 12, 2021

In this guest blog post, Gans Subramanian, founder and managing director at B-Trnsfrmd , shares five reasons that make Talkdesk his CCaaS solution of choice. Founded to bring a paradigm shift into the realm of call center solutions, it became the first CCaaS unicorn startup in 2018. Omnichannel.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Contact centres are recognizing the restraints of telephone support and incorporating digital channels as they look to digitalize their operations. This is known as omnichannel customer engagement. Research repeatedly shows how important personalized customer support is to today’s consumers.

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Upstream Works

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Unfortunately, many contact centers have the unfortunate habit of doing just that. Having to repeat information to a contact center agent constantly comes in near the top in the order of things that negatively impact customer satisfaction.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In 2017, we’ll see leading marketing organizations expand to incorporate contact center touchpoints with voice-of-the-customer analytics technology. Customer-centricity shines a spotlight in the contact center. Contact centers face higher expectations than ever—both internally and from customers.

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Upstream Works

MARCH 17, 2022

For contact centers, this also includes staffing and operations. Digital transformation poses distinct operational challenges for the contact center that go beyond the customer and agent experience; we’ll address two of those challenges here. Turnover in call centers has averaged 30% to 40%.

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NICE inContact

JULY 2, 2019

The case for digital customer service integration is clear: Companies using digital channels for customer service can increase customer engagement and answer more customer queries without any additional resources. It’s all about increasing efficiency in the contact center.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 16, 2020

This is the last in a series of blog posts examining key contact center trends for 2020, and the first three lead up to this broader theme of innovation driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI). This means that AI applications for the contact center do not come fully-formed. 24/7 Self-service.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

Digital-first customer service is no longer a nice option or a fun perk. It’s what today’s customers have come to expect: meeting them where they are, on the channel they want, on their timeline. Is your contact center keeping up? You’re at risk of gaining a reputation for poor service and losing customers.

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NICE inContact

MAY 16, 2019

In fact, 91% of consumers want seamless omnichannel across messaging and real-time voice and chat. Complete digital service management across contact center operations — through end-to-end enhancements for digital-first omnichannel management, such as routing, forecasting/scheduling, quality management, interaction analytics, and more.

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Natalie Petouhof

MARCH 3, 2016

Genesys, a market leader in omni-channel customer experience (CX) and contact center solutions, will be particpating in the event. At Enterprise Connect, Genesys will show why omnichannel will be the standard in customer experience excellence and how companies can move toward an Omnichannel Engagement Center solution.”.

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