NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, North America, report has just been released. Featuring a thorough evaluation of cloud providers by one of the independent analyst firms in the industry, the report is an invaluable tool for contact center leaders considering new technology investments.

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Contact Center Self Service Call Center Omni-Channel 120

NICE inContact

JUNE 26, 2019

One top demand is for true omnichannel customer service , no matter the channel. We reported in the 2018 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark that 91% of consumers expect a seamless omnichannel experience. To find out, we surveyed over 900 contact center decision makers. Is it worth it?

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Omni-Channel Contact Center Consumers Report 149

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, Western Europe, has just been released. This year, NICE inContact has been recognised as a Visionary, with the furthest overall placement for Completeness of Vision in 2019.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Self Service Omni-Channel CRM 120

NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Agents remain the most critical resource in any contact center. But, every contact center continues to struggle with big challenges when it comes to engaging, motivating and retaining agents. What your agents like the most working in contact centers is helping customers. But that is not where it stops.

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Contact Center Self Service System Training 156

BlueOcean

AUGUST 9, 2021

Contact center technologies are certainly in the mix of acceleration. The most recent publication from Ryan Strategic Advisory surveyed contact center leaders about the state of the industry. We dug into their sentiments and expectations about the future of five key contact center technologies.

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Contact Center Technology Self Service Analytics 156

NICE inContact

AUGUST 20, 2020

NICE inContact Global CX Benchmark study, 2019 shows that great service can build brand loyalty among 81% of customers and turn 87% of them into advocates. Customer experience (CX) is the new tool for competitive differentiation and every company large and small is investing in creating better experiences for their customers.

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Contact Center Study Loyalty Tools 196

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, North America, report has just been released. Featuring a thorough evaluation of cloud providers by one of the independent analyst firms in the industry, the report is an invaluable tool for contact center leaders considering new technology investments.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Report Tools Industry 120

NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Agents remain the most critical resource in any contact center. But, every contact center continues to struggle with big challenges when it comes to engaging, motivating and retaining agents. What your agents like the most working in contact centers is helping customers. But that is not where it stops.

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Contact Center Self Service System Training 136

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 11, 2019

An omnichannel experience – consumers expect it and businesses admit they aren’t great at delivering it, so why aren’t they investing in improving it? This is perhaps the biggest incongruity we discovered when we analyzed survey results from over 900 contact center decision makers.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Meeting Contact Center 121

NICE inContact

JULY 21, 2020

The consumer wave of the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark reveals the latest on customer service behaviors, expectations, and attitudes about digital channels and omnichannel service.

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Omni-Channel Trends Groups Consumers 160

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 17, 2019

NICE inContact Doubling Investment in Western Europe to Support Rapid Customer Growth Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, Western Europe, has just been released. This year, NICE inContact has been recognised as a Visionary, with the furthest overall placement for Completeness of Vision in 2019.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Multi-Channel Call Center Omni-Channel 120

Upstream Works

DECEMBER 11, 2018

However, with a firm grasp of some of the advancements that 2018 has brought us, it’s logical to predict that these will continue to make an impact on Customer Experience Management in 2019. The technologies required to support the demand for self-service include kiosks, chatbots, contact center knowledge base, and video.

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Customer Experience Management Self Service Customer Experience Management 96

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 2, 2019

From traditional channels such as phone, to in-demand digital channels like online chat and SMS / text , organizations are demonstrating their commitment to the customer experience by funding service improvements in multiple channels. Interested in learning more?

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Self Service Omni-Channel Contact Center eBook 150

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

What do companies report after they move their contact center technology to the cloud? We surveyed more than 900 contact center leaders in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia about key customer experience topics, including contact center plans and metrics. How important is this?

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Call Center eBook Omni-Channel 136

NICE inContact

MAY 23, 2019

We live in an omnichannel customer service world now. With so many touchpoints in play, it’s more important than ever for contact center leaders to have their fingers on the pulse of their customers, and then align their own performance with what customers actually experience. This is the nature of life in the digital age.

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Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Chatbots 138

NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

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? How do cloud contact centers meet these digital-forward needs? Unified platforms of complete digital service management across contact center operations.

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Contact Center Customer Service Omni-Channel Innovation 27

NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

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? How do cloud contact centers meet these digital-forward needs? Unified platforms of complete digital service management across contact center operations.

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Customer Service Omni-Channel Innovation 136

NICE inContact

JUNE 19, 2019

In today’s omnichannel customer service environment, savvy organizations offer their consumers multiple ways to interact with them, including agent-assisted and self-service methods. But are all channels equally effective at delivering a high-quality experience? This points to couple of potential focus areas for contact center leaders.

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Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Customer Centricity 138

NICE inContact

MAY 8, 2019

Are you delivering seamless omnichannel customer experiences and creating promotors rather than detractors? These are questions that keep contact center leaders up at night. The 2019 business wave of the NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark explores many of these questions at a global level.

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Self Service Contact Center Chatbots Omni-Channel 136

NICE inContact

MARCH 5, 2019

And if we’re listening, our customers’ opinions, preferences and expectations will be driving call centre strategy and channel support. The baseline: Customers expect omnichannel choices in our contact centres. And their opinions and channel preferences are constantly evolving. Don’t miss this exciting presentation!

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Self Service Omni-Channel Chatbots Customer Expectations 169

BlueOcean

APRIL 15, 2019

From the retail experience to social media connections to issue resolution via the contact center, customers want their individual needs known and reflected in the interactions, services, and products they pay for. Are You Using 1999 Metrics to Measure 2019 Customer Care? Cue the angry phone calls and spiteful social posts.

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Customer Care Social Media Contact Center Poor Customer Service 189

NICE inContact

JANUARY 7, 2019

When it’s time to upgrade your contact center to the cloud, one of the biggest headaches is doing the homework on viable solutions. In their 32-criterion evaluation of cloud contact center providers, Forrester identified the 11 most significant vendors and researched, analyzed, and scored them. Plan for 2019 trends.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Omni-Channel Report Trends 120

NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In part 1 of the blog, we looked at the foundations of building a robust Customer Experience (CX), starting with contact centers. A successful CX toolset is not just one which is customer facing with omnichannel and always-on service. Register for our webinar CX Transformation in 2019 to learn more on CX transformation.

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Net Promoter Score Contact Center Average Handle Time Effort Score 137

Avaya

JULY 8, 2019

New research from Vanson Bourne shows that almost all (99%) of organizations are using some form of artificial intelligence (AI) in the contact center. The research found that organizations using AI in the contact center are most likely to be only halfway through their implementation. Top Barriers of Contact Center AI.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Analytics CRM 45

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Nick Bandy, Chief Marketing Officer at LiveVox , an omnichannel platform that helps brands seamlessly communicate with their customers. What do customers expect from contact centers? . But what exactly do customers expect from your contact center? Reduced customer churn .

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Customer Journeys Brands Sales Contact Center 124

Call Experts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

omnichannel management that supports digital transformation. By actively harnessing a set of cloud-based AI-powered technologies, contact centers are infusing intelligence across the entire customer contact landscape. In 2019, automatic call distribution sported 23.3% Key 2020 Trends: Cloud Contact Centers.

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Contact Center Trends Call Center Customer Journeys 69

Playvox

JANUARY 13, 2022

If your contact center is planning for the future, be sure to make employee experience and getting the right technology in place top priorities. We recently participated in a discussion with two industry experts that focused on megatrends that will impact contact centers in 2022. Technology always needs focus.

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Contact Center Trends Omni-Channel CRM 79

NICE inContact

JUNE 20, 2019

Traditionally quality management in the contact center has been focused on evaluating agent-assisted interactions — mainly phone. We already discussed the gap between the number of digital channels for CX that are supported in the contact center and the number of channels that are evaluated as part of a business’ QM programs.

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Chatbots Contact Center Self Service Social Media 175

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

With this in mind, here are 10 top trends for contact centers and the customer experience in 2019. There are increasing numbers of brands focusing on the CX rather than basic contact center metrics, which is a positive move for the industry as a whole. Omnichannel was so ‘last year’ – it is now about the CX.

Contact Center 55

Contact Center Chatbots Omni-Channel Analytics 55

ShepHyken

MARCH 18, 2019

Why Omnichannel is the Future of Customer Interactions (And How You Can Get Started) by Josh Brown. My Comment: The technical term “omnichannel” is really about a customer being able to connect with a company through any means they desire; phone, social media, messaging, etc. Here’s some sound ideas that will help you on that journey.

Net Promoter Score 88

Net Promoter Score Customer Service Omni-Channel Customer Centricity 88

Comm100

MARCH 14, 2019

Here are six ways you can use live chat to improve agent productivity and efficiency: Bright, Brief, and Gone Canned Responses Are Your Friend Prioritizing Chats Enter the AI-powered Agent Centralize your platforms with an omnichannel tool Pacing Agents. Centralize your platforms with an omnichannel tool. Bright, brief, and gone.

Contact Center 100

Contact Center Omni-Channel Chatbots CRM 100

Comm100

MARCH 14, 2019

Here are six ways you can use live chat to improve agent productivity and efficiency: Bright, Brief, and Gone Canned Responses Are Your Friend Prioritizing Chats Enter the AI-powered Agent Centralize your platforms with an omnichannel tool Pacing Agents. Centralize your platforms with an omnichannel tool. Bright, brief, and gone.

Contact Center 100

Contact Center Omni-Channel Chatbots CRM 100

TechSee

APRIL 10, 2019

Oftentimes, the best business cases are those that both increase customer satisfaction and cut costs by reducing contact center enquiries or technician dispatches. Comcast – Omnichannel support. This omnichannel CX is increasingly expected by today’s customers. Boost revenues? Drive long-term loyalty?

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Customer Experience Strategy Customer Centricity Omni-Channel 154

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Utilizing robotic process automation (RPA) in contact centers has been proven to reduce costs and increase operational efficiencies. Back office AI customer service technologies are especially relevant to assisting in workload management, agent productivity and high-level data analysis of contact center performance.

Technology 122

Technology Customer Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 122

Answer Dash

JANUARY 1, 2019

There are five such areas where I see significant gains for your contact center by upgrading in 2019 if you haven’t already. Integrate Slack with support tools Slack has revolutionized contact center communication. To conclude, it’s been a good year of product demos and I expect the same in 2019.

Contact Center 67

Contact Center Knowledge Base Chatbots System 67

Playvox

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Let’s explore five current shopping trends, and what this behavior means for those of us in the contact center industry. Having an omnichannel strategy that serves consumers across a variety of channels will only continue to grow in importance when it comes to customer service. Hybrid Holiday. Safety and Security.

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Contact Center Trends e-support Social Media 73

Joe Rawlinson

JUNE 1, 2016

Omni-Channel Support Options. In fact, many who ask a company a question or leave a complaint on a social channel expect a reply within an hour. To deliver the best customer service experience, offer support options across all channels, and prioritize live chat and voice support. By 2019, this will increase to $210.5

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Omni-Channel Customer Expectations Meeting Multi-Channel 60