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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Talkdesk

MARCH 12, 2020

As customer expectations evolve, so does the contact center. Humach delivers a differentiated combination of AI-powered digital agents with humans-in-the-loop to remove friction in the customer journey. Customizing the customer journey. Choosing Talkdesk.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2024

If you have customers, then they’re having an experience with your brand, your products, and at every step in their journey. Customer Experience Management (CEM) is a strategic approach that focuses on proactively designing and delivering the entire customer journey to meet or exceed expectations.

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Does your contact center “talk the customer talk” but sometimes gets stuck when it comes to matching up customer expectations with service and support delivery by your agents? Therefore, workforce optimization strategies should be front and center to your business goals.

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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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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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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

In 2018 it was predicted that voice would soon be dead and chatbots would be controlling the customer experience. However, this prediction missed one critical factor: the customer. With this in mind, here are 10 top trends for contact centers and the customer experience in 2019. Data management will be central.

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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. Provide proactive customer engagements. New Drivers of CX Success.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

At face value, providing seamless customer service should be the goal of every contact center. With so many technologies to manage, along with rising customer expectations, this can be harder than it seems. By extension, the easier you can make this look to the customer, the better the outcomes.

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Kustomer

JUNE 7, 2022

We must embrace change and adapt quickly to meet today’s consumer expectations for a smart, omnichannel experience powered by a modern CRM—the key to scaling CX, meeting explosive growth, and adapting to change. Omnichannel Customer Experience. That shouldn’t be a surprise—we all know customers want what they want.

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Calabrio

JUNE 30, 2020

Calabrio’s recent Evolving World of Work study —which researched how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted and will continue to impact customer service expectations and contact center operations—found increased expectations around two key elements that make a customer feel heard: Omnichannel access.

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Qualtrics

MARCH 13, 2020

Frustrating contact center experiences like explaining your issue over and over again, or being handed from agent to agent are usually caused by data silos. Find out how a few simple changes to your set-up can deliver better experiences to customers and agents. First, there was the call center.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 12, 2021

Talkdesk is an enterprise cloud contact center as a service (CCaaS) solution provider empowering companies to deliver customer experience excellence and top-notch quality of service (QoS). Founded to bring a paradigm shift into the realm of call center solutions, it became the first CCaaS unicorn startup in 2018.

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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.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This blog will cover the key reasons why contact centres are adopting a digital-first strategy to meet their customers’ ever-evolving service expectations, and what this means for the future of contact center solution providers. This is known as omnichannel customer engagement.

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Think Customers

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Chatbot and messaging capabilities are the essential tools needed to provide this 24/7, personalized customer service. Chatbots and messaging each serve a vital role in the overall customer journey, and contact centers need to know when is the right moment to deploy an automated or human response.

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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. Chatbots to help map out the customer journey.

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Meeting these expectations requires a comprehensive view of the customer and being accessible on their preferred channel at any time. Talkdesk , the cloud contact center for innovative enterprises, and Salesforce , the industry’s leading CRM system, have been partnering since 2016 to not only meet but exceed customer expectations.

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Bold360

MARCH 20, 2020

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. Companies are scrambling to keep pace with the shifts in customer behavior since the outbreak of COVID-19. Why you need a strategy for omnichannel customer engagement.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 16, 2018

When it comes to delivering exceptional customer experiences, true omnichannel service and quick resolution go hand-in-hand. While the CX Transformation Benchmark Study reveals the emphasis customers place on wanting omnichannel service, it also found that the leading indicator of successful customer service is speed.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 1, 2019

It’s a challenge more and more companies are facing – and many of them are looking to their contact centers for solutions. Because progressive leaders understand a new CX strategy can transform corporate culture; turn customers into advocates; and boost revenue.

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Interactions

JUNE 17, 2021

But, we’re halfway through 2021 and it only feels right to do a check-in on where we stand with the evolution of contact centers and changes to customer experience. . I’m going to spend some time reflecting on a few of these predictions and the effect, if they prove to be true, that they will have on customers long term. .

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BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The highest performing companies will ensure these disciplines coexist, transforming their contact centers (and much of their business) to maximize their business outcomes. Breaking Down the Total Experience Strategy CX The customer experience is one of the elements we are most passionate about here at Blue Ocean. (If

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Are you measuring Customer Effort Score? First introduced in 2010, Customer Effort Score (CES) is a fairly new contact center metric. Together with the “tried, trusted and true” Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) it helps you to measure just how happy your customers really are.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 24, 2019

To date, Customer Experience wins have been felt in the early parts of the customer journey – particularly around tailored marketing campaigns, personalized web and brand experience, and more recently orchestrated omnichannel communication. Today’s customers expect seamless, complete, simple interactions.

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Lumoa

APRIL 28, 2024

At the same time, your customers expect to get the same level of support , no matter if they reach out on Facebook or via email. Customer experience platforms make it possible to manage all the customer data in one platform and reach out to them when they need it. Which Platform Fits Your Needs?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 1, 2019

It’s a challenge more and more companies are facing – and many of them are looking to their contact centers for solutions. Because progressive leaders understand a new CX strategy can transform corporate culture; turn customers into advocates; and boost revenue.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Are you measuring Customer Effort Score? First introduced in 2010, Customer Effort Score (CES) is a fairly new contact center metric. Together with the “tried, trusted and true” Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) it helps you to measure just how happy your customers really are.

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Playvox

MAY 4, 2023

Unlike my favorite fruit seller, you’ve got hundreds or thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of customer issues that require sophisticated, efficient customer care through the right contact center solutions. What Is A Digital Contact Center? Is your contact center omnichannel?

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

We must embrace change and adapt quickly to meet today’s consumer expectations for a smart, omnichannel experience powered by a modern CRM—the key to scaling CX, meeting explosive growth, and adapting to change. Omnichannel Customer Experience. That shouldn’t be a surprise—we all know customers want what they want.

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NICE inContact

MAY 22, 2018

All customers expect their issues to be resolved in the fastest way possible – the recent NICE inContact CX Transformation Study found that speed is the leading indicator of exceptional customer experience. This enables them to do their job better, and get your customers back to running their businesses faster.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

That’s especially true in your contact center, where millions of customer interactions across dozens of platforms can leave you overwhelmed by information and unable to act on what you hear from your customers. Acting on these insights lets you deliver on customer expectations and double down in areas you know work well.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 9, 2018

This post details the importance of omnichannel, and how to consider introducing AI self-service across all channels in an integrated way. It also creates a complex contact center environment, making it more difficult to integrate the silo channels at a later date. You are only as good as your weakest channel.”

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Think Customers

AUGUST 18, 2021

Optimize the cloud for omnichannel support. Shopping channels are no longer static—customers can switch from voice, to chat, and messaging in just one interaction. Retailers during the pandemic realized the value of holistically interacting with customers in the channels they prefer while optimizing technology, processes, and people.

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Playvox

MAY 25, 2023

Contact centers have changed drastically in recent years. The once “in-person” centers dealing with inbound calls have been replaced by global, distributed customer experience teams. In addition, new online channels have emerged to help companies serve customers in an increasingly digital landscape.

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