Upstream Works

JULY 16, 2021

It’s easy for contact centers to build a business case for adopting cloud technology – reasons ranging from meeting the needs of today’s customers to finding an economical path to modernizing the contact center. Learn more about our omnichannel contact center solutions here.

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Talkdesk

MAY 12, 2020

Customer expectations for service are rapidly evolving, so training a team of at-home agents to align with these expectations can bring tangible benefits to any company. Save valuable time, money and effort by investing in agile tools that prepare contact center agents to meet the increasing expectations of your customers.

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Upstream Works

AUGUST 5, 2021

As momentum continues to build for cloud adoption in the contact center space, the business case for supporting this decision becomes clear. These are a few specific examples of how cloud benefits the contact center and any one of these is sufficient to justify the investment. Cloud Flexibility Enables Greater Automation.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 6, 2023

“Calabrio’s long-tenured research, customer collaboration, and partnerships with top-tier universities has established us as a pioneer in enterprise AI innovation for contact centers. For over a decade, our Innovation Center and product teams have been integrating with sophisticated AI and ML tools.

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Call Experts

JUNE 15, 2023

Streamline Operations and Never Miss Another Call with a Contact Center for Utilities. As a result, for those looking to ensure seamless operations and superior customer service, many companies are deciding to use a call center for utilities as it has proven itself to be quite a powerful tool.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 12, 2022

The demands facing contact center systems are getting more complex and more varied than ever before. Driven by a desire to cut costs with operational efficiencies and provide a better omnichannel experience to an increasingly digital customer base, executives are honing in to upskill their contact centers.

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Calabrio

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

These changes in consumer behavior and expectations, combined with new technologies, are starting to completely transform the contact center. We’ve entered an era where simply keeping abreast with the latest contact center tech advances is not enough. Consumer Behavior, Higher Expectations are Changing the Game.

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Call Experts

JULY 28, 2022

Contact center support is a vital part of any business. A contact center can help save you time and money while delivering outstanding service to your customers. The right contact center will improve customer satisfaction , which leads to increased sales and profitability.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

Calabrio , the workforce performance company, today announced its new workforce management (WFM) integration with Zoom’s omnichannel contact centre platform. The cloud-to-cloud integration gives Zoom Contact Center customers access to the only true-cloud, enterprise-grade WFM solution on the market.

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Storyminers

JULY 7, 2020

How do you expect customer expectations to change in 2017? Customers will expect most of their vendors to serve them as well as their favorite vendors do. Prefer the customized recommendations you get from Nordstrom? It’s simply natural to let expectations creep between brands. Simply brilliant.

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Think Customers

APRIL 28, 2022

As retailers contend with the latest slate of challenges—inflation, snarled supply chains, the return to experience spending—there’s no overstating the importance of having a high-quality contact center. What is the difference between a captive contact center and outsourcing? Hiring the right people.

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Think Customers

MARCH 1, 2021

The pandemic accelerated digital adoption of messaging, web, and cloud at light speed, and in doing so contact centers have been at the front-line of large volumes of people in need for support, comfort, and information. Rethink the traditional contact center. The traditional contact center model is facing a reckoning.

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Stella Connect

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Provide agents with easy access to the people and resources they need to research customer histories as well as products, policies, and promotions. Be less concerned with average handle time, and bring your focus to first call resolution (FCR) as this metric is connected to nearly all other KPIs. #4.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In a world where customer service and support are crucial to business success, the importance of an efficient and effective contact center cannot be overstated. What is a Contact Center and How Does it Work? The primary goal of a contact center is to ensure that customers receive timely and effective support.

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Think Customers

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Jamie Lancaster, vice president in Kroger’s Contact Center of Excellence, oversees Kroger’s customer contact center, support center and contact center shared services. There is a deep emotional connection to maintain. Kroger is still in your neighborhood. Things like that.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

David Singer, Vice President of Product Strategy for Verint , explains why contact centers will need to stay agile to support the evolving needs of customers and employees. New technologies will help contact centers be more agile in the new year. Supporting Customer Engagement as Channel Preferences Evolve.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

If agents are frustrated, we can only imagine that the customers they’re speaking with are too. Finding Bilingual Support That Suits Your Customers Best We’re an onshore Canadian contact center outsourcer and pride ourselves on delivering sophisticated (bilingual) customer care through strategic partnership.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The digital foundation of a customer-centric contact center, the Calabrio ONE workforce performance suite helps enrich and understand human interactions, empowering your contact center as a brand guardian.

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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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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2021

If you go the extra mile and seek personalized, timely, insightful feedback from your customers, you can identify and improve contact center operations—and strengthen customer loyalty. CX professionals measure their company’s brand health in terms of customer satisfaction outcomes. Easier callback options?

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Strativity

MARCH 30, 2020

This is especially true for employees working in contact centers and customer care departments who are tasked with providing customers with information, support, and a positive experience. Changes to the modern contact center environment . Think we can help? Let’s talk!

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Calabrio

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

These changes in consumer behavior and expectations, combined with new technologies, are starting to completely transform the contact center. We’ve entered an era where simply keeping abreast with the latest contact center tech advances is not enough. Consumer Behavior, Higher Expectations are Changing the Game.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Customers expect better and faster pre and post purchase services. Whether they need help setting up a new device or to repair a damaged product, the way in which these interactions are handled are at the heart of customer satisfaction. Jim Iyoob, Chief Customer Officer at Etech Global Services. Follow on LinkedIn.

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Innovative CX

AUGUST 10, 2021

Many organizations look at customer metrics such as those mentioned above as its primary metric to understand how they are performing against customer expectations. Is there a relationship between a decline in NPS and your customer retention percentage? · To illustrate my point, let’s look at an example.

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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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Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Most businesses are undergoing some form of digital transformation, which will have a profound impact on contact centers. This provides an on-going opportunity for innovation, and to do so successfully, contact centers should harness the power of their data and embrace technologies like AI.

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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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Avaya

MARCH 28, 2017

We may reach a point where chatbots connected to Facebook pages and voice services via Amazon’s Alexa become the main conduit for getting information.” 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.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2024

By improving the overall customer experience, there is a noticeable reduction in the burden on contact centers, which decreases customer support requests, wait times, and time to resolution. It’s up to CX leaders to clearly communicate about these connections for their organization.

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VDS

JUNE 28, 2019

5 Reasons to Launch Your Contact Center to the Cloud. As the primary point of interaction between your business and your customers, a contact center is often the heartbeat of an organization. Happy Employees Lead To Happy Customers. Agent turnover is still the number one challenge for contact centers.

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Playvox

APRIL 21, 2023

Customer service has gone digital — and your contact center needs to evolve with the times. As younger customers make up more and more of the marketplace, they’re shifting service preferences toward digital channels. An omnichannel customer support center connects customers’ interactions no matter where they take place.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 11, 2019

Today’s customers are digitally savvy, more demanding and expect instant service. Contact centers face a constant challenge in managing customer expectations. . Here are some key customer expectations and some tips towards managing them . Meet and exceed customer expectations, today! .

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Avaya

APRIL 12, 2019

It is the exact opposite of a modern digital experience – and the negative effects on customer satisfaction and retention can be dramatic. Let’s look at two ways combining Nuance capabilities with your Avaya contact center solutions can help you keep up with customer expectations. Your customers expect it.

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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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ShepHyken

APRIL 22, 2024

4 Tips for Championing Contact Center Innovation from an Award-Winning Customer Experience Leader by Jay Patel (CIO) The human experience is tied to the tangible results a company sees, such as increased customer loyalty, higher employee retention, and overall business performance. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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Storyminers

JANUARY 24, 2017

Customer experience expert Mike Wittenstein sheds light on enhanced customer expectations, AI innovation, and more. 2017 will be a year defined by how well companies continue to adapt to customer expectations—like the ability to get good service at any time of the day, via any device. Here’s what we learned.

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Stella Connect

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

It’s a lack of transparency on the contact center floor. When customer service agents operate in the dark, with no sense of the impact they’re making on customers, they can’t see their way to the next level of performance (much less the highest levels they can achieve). We’ve seen it firsthand among our clients.

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