VDS

MAY 21, 2024

To meet today’s high customer expectations, businesses are increasingly turning to a blend of AI technology and human interaction. By integrating these technologies, contact centers are transforming their operations to be more efficient and responsive, ultimately striving to improve the overall customer experience with every interaction.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Every interaction counts, and one frequently neglected yet vital touchpoint is the contact center. These centers, where customers engage with a company, hold significant influence over brand identity. The interactions they have with customer support agents profoundly influence their perception of the brand.

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Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

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Playvox

APRIL 25, 2023

How can you spice up remote agent training at your contact center to make it the most engaging and effective it can be? Make A Plan Despite the ongoing debate on the benefits and drawbacks of in-person, hybrid, and remote work, recent data and predictions support remote and hybrid work in a contact center.

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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. Here are some implications for contact center leaders to consider in making the right buying decisions.

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Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center. The quality of customer service and support can also have an impact on the productivity of a contact center.

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Cyara

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As transactions increasingly shift from physical, ‘bricks and mortar’ stores to online environments, the contact center agent often becomes the first person a customer interacts with. They serve as an essential bridge connecting customers and brands, and play a crucial role in shaping the customer experience (CX).

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 21, 2019

You’ll task your team with running a tight procurement process to assess potential contact center partners. That’s why we’ve put together a list of the top 10 things to assess on your contact center vendor site visit. The pace of change in the contact center industry is mind-blowing. 2. Technology.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In April 2024, the Las Vegas Convention Center will see the return of the Call and Contact Center Expo. The event is focused on the processes used by call and contact centers, with showcases from over 200 different business representatives along with seminars by over 100 industry experts.

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TechSee

APRIL 26, 2021

The Age of Contact Center Transformation . Like many industries these days, contact centers are at a crossroads. Vision: A key element for transforming contact centers . Creating a visual interaction between an agent and a customer in need of assistance is the fastest path to success.

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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. What Is An Omnichannel Contact Center?

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TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

Today’s contact centers face a daunting challenge. The explosion in connected devices and the prevalence of online shopping mean that millions of products are now shipped daily, With online commerce projected to pass the $3 trillion mark in 2019. Computer Vision AI – Reinventing the Contact Center. Image to text.

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ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2023

While chatbots and digital solutions are valuable, human-to-human interactions still plays a vital role, especially when technology falls short. Provide seamless connections between various communication channels, including chatbots, apps, phone calls, and emails.

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If your contact center is like most, you probably have a robust set of guidelines that document your procedures, detail your standards, and outline how employees should handle various situations. But one thing many contact centers are missing is a remote work company policy. What Is A Remote Work Policy?

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 19, 2024

In today’s business world, companies are always looking for ways to stay ahead and improve how they connect with customers. This tool can make a difference in how businesses engage with customers and build connections. One effective strategy that is gaining popularity is using Customer Experience (CX) software.

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Think Customers

APRIL 6, 2020

And in many cases, they are looking to connect with other people to share their experiences, emotions, and find someone who will listen. Contact centers and customer service organizations play a critical role in enabling those human connections. Contact center agents are more important than ever.

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Playvox

APRIL 11, 2023

Engaged contact center agents are essential to the success of any customer service operation. When employees feel connected to their jobs and have meaningful goals, agent performance increases. But disengaged agents create challenges in a customer service center.

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Talkdesk

MAY 12, 2020

The latest trend in at-home agent training centers around online, specialized tools that offer hands-on practice with a contact center interface, testing employees’ ability to learn and adapt to a technology they’ll be using daily. Encourage them to introduce their role on the team as well as how the agents can contact them.

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Interactions

APRIL 22, 2022

Contact centers have been around for decades. They started as call centers as they were formed prior to the Web when the phone was the only alternative to an in-person conversation. Through the years, as the Web and e-commerce gained full adoption, click to chat emerged, and call centers evolved into the modern contact center.

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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. What Is A Contact Center?

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 5, 2022

This week we feature an article by Shruti Bansal, Digital Marketing Expert at Ameyo , an AI-powered contact center solution. She shares how contact centers can use voice bots to capture, interpret, and analyze verbal input from the speaker and reply in a similar natural language.?.

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Playvox

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Working with virtual teams of agents in your contact center can sometimes mean you feel disconnected from them — or even worried that you aren’t able to properly manage their performance. Agents who felt their contact centers were handling remote work well told us they appreciated: Clear expectations. Communication.

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 28, 2022

The term “call centers” is quickly become a relic of the past, and for good reason. The State of Contact Center Conversation Intelligence 2022 report by Observe.AI notes that 82% of contact centers engage with customers via the phone. The Contact Center Experience: Heightened Customer Expectations.

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Playvox

JULY 20, 2022

At the start of the year, most contact center leaders were scrambling to find talent and whenever I spoke with folks in the industry, it seemed like everyone talked about the “war for talent” and “the great resignation.” That uncertainty can come in many many. Scenarios like these require personalized help and take time to resolve.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Core challenges for contact centers. Although 91% of companies have invested heavily in contact center knowledge bases, very few are seeing real ROI. Creating a visual contact center knowledge base. Additional benefits of a visual contact center knowledge base. Proactive knowledge suggestions.

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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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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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Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

But without getting contact center performance right, all other CX elements – such as marketing, user experience, etc. How do you build a high performance contact center? These enable you to make progress on your most pressing challenges and transform into a high performance contact center. Perhaps not.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Customer loyalty is more important than ever, and prioritizing customer service — with an excellent, dynamic, and engaged contact center — can help your company stand out. If you can enable, empower, and engage your agents, you provide better interactions, which leads to higher customer retention. for school pick-up.).

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Playvox

MARCH 21, 2022

If the labor shortage has left your contact center scrambling for staff, you might have overlooked a potential goldmine of knowledgeable, eager future team members: retirees. Related Article: 7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages. How To Welcome Retirees Back To Work In Your Contact Center.

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 20, 2022

Looking for ideas for how to create the best customer service training program for your contact center? A majority (84%) say that when customer service is able to solve a problem for them it strengthens their emotional connection to the brand. More than half (53%) say they have switched brands due to a poor customer experience.

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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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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This trend of call centers for chat support shifted to contact centers for chat support when internet usage became quite popular. And that’s not the only change businesses had to accommodate while running a contact center for chat support. Challenges Faced by Contact Centers. That’s not all.

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Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you’re a contact center professional, you’re probably feeling the pain of agent staffing shortages. This difficulty includes finding contact center agents. There are creative measures every call center can take to address agent staffing shortages. unemployment rate was 5.4% Don’t despair.

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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 16, 2023

This article will define emotional intelligence, its benefits for contact centers, and how it improves the customer experience. In the next section, we abord the benefits of emotional intelligence for contact centers. Why Does it Matter for Contact Centers? What is emotional intelligence?

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This episode of  Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken  answers the following questions and more: How is artificial intelligence used to improve customer interactions in contact centers? How can AI be used to personalize and contextualize customer experiences in contact centers?

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