Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The term “customer experience” (CX) has gained considerable currency recently, and in many ways has displaced “customer service” as the focal point of the contact center. The current state of customer experience is more challenging. Think Beyond the Contact Center.

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Playvox

JUNE 28, 2022

While presenting a tremendous opportunity for business growth, this trend also creates challenges for contact centers. Customers now expect to do business with an omnichannel contact center that delivers consistent and seamless customer experiences regardless of the channel they use.

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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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Integrity Solutions

JULY 28, 2022

Customer service today is based on far from just taking inbound calls; it’s now omnichannel. However, while customers expect to have this flexibility to engage with brands on their terms, phone and voice remain the primary means of customer communications. But that’s the problem.

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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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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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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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Comm100

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Today’s customers expect digital communication channels from the businesses that they connect with. It’s well documented that millennials hate phone calls , and to meet the needs of these customers, businesses are undergoing digital transformation to remain competitive. Meeting Customer Demand.

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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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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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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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ViiBE Blog

JULY 30, 2021

What is a contact center? Call Center , Customer experience , Remote operations. Considered a relatively new solution, contact center is an omnichannel customer support platform. What is an inbound contact center? How to enhance the contact center experience. ViiBE Blog.

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Upstream Works

MARCH 3, 2021

Next generation technologies for the contact center are readily available and quickly becoming core drivers of digital transformation. While many contact centers are still running on legacy, premise-based technology, the expectations of today’s digital customers have surpassed what these legacy applications can provide.

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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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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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Stella Connect

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Angry customers don’t just cause higher call volumes. It’s why the service interactions taking place between your agents and your customers matter so much during the holiday season. In order to succeed, your entire customer service team — from team leaders to agents — needs to understand the critical role it plays.

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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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Kustomer

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Kustomer is partnering with Amazon Web Services to deliver next-level omnichannel support and experience for enterprises and contact centers. Kustomer’s integration with Amazon Connect seamlessly pulls AWS’s robust technology into a single convenient timeline view. Personalized IVR Experience.

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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. 3 Waiting is dying.

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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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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Converter: Spark The ‘Converter’ , recognising those transitioning their contact centre to the cloud, was awarded to Spark. Spark seamlessly integrated virtual and physical customer interactions into a Unified Frontline with Calabrio ONE.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2024

Ultimately, these efforts are prioritized to focus on enhancing customer satisfaction, loyalty, and advocacy in ways that achieve organizational goals. CEM involves strategic planning and execution that help an organization track, oversee, and organize interaction between a customer and the organization throughout the customer lifecycle. (Is

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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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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. Here are some highlights. Kroger is still in your neighborhood.

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Avaya

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Imagine interacting with a company—any company—via your preferred method whenever you want, whether making a phone call, using online chat, sending an SMS, or messaging via Facebook. And, you end up having exactly the experience you were expecting. Customers know what a good technology experience looks like, sounds like.

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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 . Communicate with your customers. 2 – GET EMOTIONAL.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

Qualtrics, the leader and creator of the experience management (XM) category, today announced Qualtrics Social Connect, a new digital customer service and social listening solution. 94% of consumers expect brands to answer questions and respond to negative posts on social media and they want a response quickly.

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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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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.

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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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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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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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Interactions

MAY 15, 2024

That’s because no one wants to do business with an organization that treats customers poorly. In today’s dynamic landscape of customer service and contact center experience, where every interaction counts, businesses must strive to not just meet but exceed customer expectations. The result?

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Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Omnichannel is a foundational piece when it comes to modernizing the contact center and adopting the technologies needed to meet today’s customer expectations. Learn more about Upstream Works omnichannel contact center solutions on the platform of your choice here. Digital Channel Flexibility.

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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

APRIL 12, 2019

Many Interactive Voice Response systems (IVRs) haven’t caught up to these high expectations. Customers are greeted by outdated touch-tone phone systems, confusing menu options, and clumsy PIN and password authentication. Your customers expect it. Become more conversational – IVRs don’t have to sound like robots.

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