Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Call centers are often high-stress environments, especially when customer demands relate to urgent issues such as health or financial well-being. For contact centers, the competitive advantage lies with being customer-centric and providing the best customer experience (CX) possible.

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TechSee

AUGUST 10, 2023

TechSee’s visual automation platform uses computer artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) to enhance customer and contact center engagements. TechSee’s Computer Vision AI and AR can improve issues facing customer contact centers around first-call resolution, average handling times, and truck roll avoidance.

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Connections Contact Center Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 206

TechSee

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The traditional contact center – with agents in cubicles following scripts and rushing to meet individual KPIs – will soon be a thing of the past. Agent collaboration also enables a higher First Contact Resolution (FCR) rate by eliminating time-consuming escalations. What’s the climate of your contact center?

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s 2019, which means contact center metrics from 1999 are almost old enough for their first legal beer (and already knocking them back in Canada.) Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. How do we use that data to improve the customer experience?

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2024

As a result, teams can make informed decisions on improving customer relationships and resolving issues. Call Center Dashboard vs Contact Center Dashboard A call center dashboard tracks performance by focusing on phone-based interactions. The main goal of these dashboards is to monitor trends in agent performance.

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Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

While it’s hard to argue against the importance of delivering great CX, it’s also all too easy to assume that the experiences your contact center delivers are up to par simply because you are handling interactions efficiently. Until you start measuring customer experience , you could easily be falling behind the competition.

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Contact Center Measurement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 88

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. Voice of the customer, analytics and AI-driven technologies are important add-on pieces in addition to core contact center and CRM systems.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Once the ROI of these remote technical support and customer support teams became abundantly clear, many enterprises decided that these temporary teams would become permanent. The drivers for changing roles in contact centers. Focus on agent engagement. Focus on CX and CX metrics.

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Think Customers

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For too many years, contact center measurements have been focused on efficiency instead of customer experience. Metrics such as average handle time (AHT), number of contacts handled, average wait time, and average speed of answer have all been heavily used and tracked.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Spend any time around a contact center and you’ll likely hear the acronym FCR. The definition has changed a bit over time as call centers transformed into contact centers that handle more than just calls. Back in the call center days, FCR stood for First Call Resolution.

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Experience Matters

JANUARY 6, 2015

We’ve recently seen a surge in the number of companies looking to build more customer-centric cultures and train their people on CX. Voice of the employee efforts are becoming an integral component of modern voice of the customer programs. Contact Center Loyalty Aspirations. CX Training & Engagement.

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TechSee

JUNE 11, 2019

Conversely, when trying to improve NPS, agents would often spend additional time building relationships with their customers, driving up call durations. Recently, an innovative technology has emerged, transforming contact center operations and customer experience across a wide range of industries: Visual Assistance.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. It’s time to introduce a ‘less haste, more speed’ culture supported by the latest technology. In the process, staff leave along with customers and it takes much longer to get both back again.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Optimizing team productivity is the key to achieving this goal, and this comprehensive guide will walk you through the steps necessary to unlock your call center’s full potential. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center? This technology is a component that takes calls and assigns them to the appropriate agent.

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RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Read the transcript below: Nicholas Rodriguez: …the highest priorities for Contact Centers that focus on the customer. So, Talkdesk Enterprise Contact Center empowers companies to make their Customer Experience a competitive advantage. So, without further introductions, let’s go ahead and get started.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Actual customer contact agents, however, prioritize something else: the effort required to perform their work. Agents obviously value bright contact centers and great salaries, but their daily happiness hinges far more greatly on systems and processes. Task: Identify a “gap” in the customer experience journey.

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Bold360

MAY 14, 2020

In the first of a three-part conversation, Nate and I discussed how CX leaders are coming from the world of the contact center, what makes a good leader and how Nate took this journey himself. “We’ve Transitioning from the contact center to CX leadership. How much overlap exists between the contact center and CX?

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And we will also discuss 10 tactics to improve Customer Experience through IVR messaging. Why does IVR messaging enhance customer experience? Contact Center Customer Experience always starts with how a customer feels before knowing how a particular technology works. The first impression always lasts!

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Make no mistake; contact center performance is ultimately defined by core “outcomes” like customer satisfaction, loyalty and revenue. Traditional metrics like average handle time and first contact resolution are undoubtedly important in this quest.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In this new revamped consumer experience, these 5 CX trends serve as benchmarks for the future of your contact center. From a contact center perspective, customers now expect to contact a company when and how it is convenient for them. It is already existent and applicable in contact centers.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In this new revamped consumer experience, these 5 CX trends serve as benchmarks for the future of your contact center. From a contact center perspective, customers now expect to contact a company when and how it is convenient for them. It is already existent and applicable in contact centers.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In our sphere, a successful contact center is defined by its ability to manage customer interactions and meet their needs, while also operating in an efficient and cost-effective manner. In this article, we will elaborate on the key elements that underlie the success of contact centers.

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

When thinking about performance, customer management thought leaders have historically focused on the supposed trade-off between efficiency and customer centricity. Businesses must listen to their customers and design experiences that drive efficiency and customer centricity.

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NobelBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If you want to learn more about Customer Service De-Escalation , delve into our comprehensive guide! Discover tried-and-tested techniques to navigate challenging conversations in the customer service and contact center arena. All enabled by NobelBiz leading contact center technology.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The data collected, measured, and analyzed for contact centers is an absolute gold mine. When used wisely, it can greatly improve the customer experience. In other words, the link between data and customer experience can become a virtuous circle.

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Interactions

JULY 9, 2024

How to assess your organization’s ability to fully harness the power of an IVA Today’s Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) bring an effortless ease and human-like interaction to customer service. Customer-centric culture Customers are 2.4 Putting customers first is the most important factor to optimizing an IVA.

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Interactions

JULY 9, 2024

How to assess your organization’s ability to fully harness the power of an IVA Today’s Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) bring an effortless ease and human-like interaction to customer service. Customer-centric culture Customers are 2.4 Putting customers first is the most important factor to optimizing an IVA.

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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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Oracle

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Remember that time you ordered the perfect gift online and the entire process took less than 3 minutes to complete? Brands with a customer-centric approach that offer on-target content in the perfect channel with the right context create a frictionless experience. Do you recall that feeling of efficiency and accomplishment?

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Average handle time is an important contact centre metric but it can be a double-edged sword that creates customer dissatisfaction. So, is Average Handle Time (AHT) still a relevant metric and what does it mean for contact centres today? Calabrio is a trusted ally to leading brands.

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NobelBiz

JULY 25, 2023

Discover the transformative potential of data-driven decision-making and personalized interactions that cultivate lasting relationships with customers. Join us as we navigate the landscape of Customer Interaction Analytics and its significant impact on customer-centric approaches in today’s business world.

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Lithium

AUGUST 12, 2021

Most companies have yet to adopt a true customer-centric framework. Departments are typically aligned by channel, whereby teams KPI’s are based on improving efficiency and the customer experience in the channel they own. But those metrics mean nothing to the C-suite.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Customer experience (CX) has become a priority for the vast majority of organisations – or has it? With the large volumes of contact center advisors still incentivized based on speed – typically the Average Handle Time (AHT) – CX goals are quite often unachievable. Quality versus Quantity. Cultural Conflict.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 20, 2018

The stakes of contact center are significant, which means the cost of succumbing to the aforementioned challenges is exorbitant. By allowing issues like poor training, unclear metrics and disconnected systems to fester, the organization stands to undermine its customer experience strategy. Numerous such opportunities exist.

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Think Customers

AUGUST 9, 2021

For example, hotel receptionists, bank tellers, and other customer service and sales associates who directly interact with customers are considered part of an organization’s front office operations. Other front-office departments may include public relations, marketing, and the contact center.

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RapportBoost

JANUARY 7, 2019

I’m honored to be included with such a prestigious group of talented customer-centric professionals,” said Ms. Conversational selling and augmented intelligence are about helping people succeed, and Dani’s loves to help her customers, partners, and the contact center community succeed.”. Dani Apgar RapportBoost.AI

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