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. Fighting the Cost Center Mindset.

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Vonage

MAY 23, 2017

As customer habits and expectations continue to evolve, contact centers must keep raising the bar on service quality. 60% of consumers now change their contact channel depending on where they are and what they’re doing. 60% of consumers now change their contact channel depending on where they are and what they’re doing.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 13, 2016

The same is true of any industry including contact centers. You might be able to take phone calls with just phones, but you won’t be able to do a very good job with just the bare necessities. Here are five helpful tools that can solve common contact center issues and provide a better service.

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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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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Too often, efforts to improve contact center performance are based business goals like increasing labor efficiency, or lower operating cost. But contact centers are not built to serve managers, they are built to serve customers. We surveyed over 2000 consumers in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

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InMoment XI

AUGUST 22, 2024

Use a conversational intelligence software to analyze millions of interactions across call centers, chat, and digital channels to identify and resolve bottlenecks and enhance the contact center experience. Ensure Accountability : In today’s landscape, consumer trust and accountability are key.

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TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2018

This article underlines the value of DSS in customer service and focuses on the potential computer vision brings to call/chat centers, where providing a positive customer experience (CX) at scale is critical to success in the current competitive business climate. Current state of DSS in contact centers.

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InMoment XI

APRIL 9, 2025

Traditional forecasting processes often miss the mark as they dont account for the latest market changes or shifts in consumer preferences. Competitor activity, market trends, and economic downturns all impact consumer demand. Market trends dictate consumer preferences, so predicting them is key to accurate sales forecasting.

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ViiBE Blog

MAY 4, 2021

First call resolution (FCR) is a metric used in call centers to calculate the percentage of calls where a customer’s issue is resolved within the first call to the center. So, in concrete terms, what does FCR show you about your center? FCR stands for First Call Resolution.

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TechSee

MAY 29, 2018

The following article is the introduction to our contact center KPIs on visual support series. With millennials growing as a consumer segment and driving a shift in consumer behavior, the demand for visual aids and communication is increasing. The post How will Visual Engagement Impact Your Contact Center?

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NobelBiz

MARCH 21, 2023

When a problem arises, the customer expects a quick and efficient resolution. It isn’t easy to satisfy every customer on the first interaction. However, by studying customer experience metrics such as FCR, contact centers can create a balance between customer satisfaction and reducing service costs.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

consumers, plummeted in 2024 for an unprecedented third consecutive year, according to Forrester , to its lowest point since the firm launched its CX index in 2007. An intelligent contact center. No part of your business is as integral to the customer experience as the contact center. Get it right.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2021

It establishes a live video stream with the customer and overlays Augmented Reality annotations to provide step-by-step resolution guidance on their mobile screen. But first, it must be adopted. According to Gartner, two out of three employees reported having to exert too much effort when using company-provided technology.

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Eptica

APRIL 25, 2019

Date: Thursday, April 25, 2019 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager 5 top priorities for today’s contact centers. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager The last 25 years have seen the rise of contact centers, both within organizations and in the public mind. Published on: April 25, 2019.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 26, 2021

9 New Findings from the 2021 State of the Contact Center Report by Tricia Morris. CustomerThink) Here are nine new findings from the 2021 State of the Contact Center Report which included 400 US and UK contact center and customer experience leaders.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Great companies are regularly assessing the ongoing value of their partnerships – but how do you measure the true value your contact center outsourcer is delivering? Whether it’s your own culture that shifts over time or that of your outsourcer, keeping a pulse on cultural alignment in your outsourced contact center is essential.

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BlueOcean

MARCH 24, 2022

When it comes to complex B2C customer care, the customer is anything but a faceless number in a sea of consumers. With everything shifting so quickly, many customers were more tolerant of longer wait times and challenges in achieving first call resolution. But that’s shifting—and fast. Emerging Technologies.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

She writes about how contact center agents can maximize productivity and provide a better customer experience. Contact center agents are often hampered by a lack of data and resources, which undermines their productivity. . There are times when contact centers need to be migrated to a different platform.

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Stella Connect

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It’ll be off to the races as customers flock to your business with money ready to be spent throughout the holiday season, but with this all-out blitz of consumer spending also comes the inevitable: angry customers. The post Prepping Your Contact Center Team for the Holiday Season appeared first on Stella Connect.

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Vonage

JUNE 15, 2018

For this reason, BIA/Kelsey, a leading strategic advisory firm, predicts mobile calls to businesses will exceed 169 billion per year by 2020. . Speech analytics is one of the fastest-growing contact center technologies because it allows businesses to transform unstructured audio content into actionable insights.

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TechSee

MARCH 12, 2019

But while happy customers are vital to the success of a business, happy representatives are equally important, especially with high agent attrition rates presenting a real challenge for contact enters in 2019. Bringing visual automation to contact centers. The Value of Automation. The Power of Visual Automation.

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TechSee

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

AR has emerged as an innovative tool that allows enterprises an almost unlimited opportunity to interact with consumers on their mobile devices. This has proven to be especially beneficial in the areas of field service, contact centers and self-service. . Contact Centers. Field service.

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Interactions

APRIL 17, 2019

Companies have adopted new technologies in their contact centers to support a more customer-first approach. Contact centers, before this change in focus to customer experience, had a straightforward goal: to handle as many calls as possible, as quickly as possible. Traditional Contact Center KPIs.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 5, 2022

These days, the contact center is the face of a company. The customer experience can make or break your business, so it’s important to understand the factors that make a great customer service representative and a great contact center. However, managing a contact center doesn’t come without its challenges and risks.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 20, 2020

Metrics like Customer survey ratings or average wait times will reveal a lot about the success of your contact center. Your managers may need to do call monitoring in order to understand the specifics of your contact center’s results. As a result, call recording in the cloud becomes a valid alternative.

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NobelBiz

MAY 2, 2022

In this article, we explore the nature, functionality, and benefits of call routing for call routing for contact centers. What is call routing in a call center and how does it work? Because each call is contextualized, certain low-value-added but time-consuming calls may be managed automatically.

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GetFeedback

JULY 19, 2019

Use real quotes, call center recordings, and other powerful emotional data to share what’s really going on with your customers. 75% of marketing leaders are failing to understand shifting consumer behavior. And guess what? That means all the data in the world can’t tell a story like the actual voice of your customer.

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NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

For instance, the number of calls handled by an agent per hour or time consumed on calls. A higher-than-average ratio indicates your agents being as productive as possible whereas a lower than ideal ratio indicates wasted time due to overly long calls, multiple calls for one issue or re-selling for this training.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Find out in this article 10 of the most essential soft skills a contact center agent needs to have in order to deliver an excellent customer experience. Active listening Listening is a crucial talent for creating consumer trust and connections. This e-book identifies the 16 most essential technology tools for contact centers.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Any company from any industry can benefit from the adoption of call tagging systems. On the side of contact centers, having a efficient telephony software provides clear benefits to agents. Call tagging is a telephony tool where calls are marked according to their common characteristics, aims, and business importance.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Any company from any industry can benefit from the adoption of call tagging systems. On the side of contact centers, having a efficient telephony software provides clear benefits to agents. Call tagging is a telephony tool where calls are marked according to their common characteristics, aims, and business importance.

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Advantage Communications

JANUARY 31, 2019

Ever wondered why your consumers are continually leaving your business for one of your competitors? It could be that your customer service team is simply not resolving issues in a timely manner.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In a contact center, facilitate managing the large volume of daily customer interactions by using essential CRM strategies. CRM software enables contact centers to easily store and access customer information such as purchase history and contact details. This information is used to make data-driven decisions.

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Confirmit

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

This week saw several of the Confirmit team heading to Victoria in London to take part in Engage Customer’s Future of Contact Center event. The focus of the event was on how contact centers, usually seen a cost of doing business, could transform to become the beating heart of an organization. The way to do that?

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AWS Machine Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Through Rocket Logic – Synopsis, Rocket achieved remarkable results: automating post call interaction wrap-up resulting in a projected 40,000 team hours saved annually, and a 10% increase in first-call resolutions saved 20,000 hours annually. With call volumes on the rise, solving this problem at scale was essential.

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Stella Connect

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

For in-depth insights on this topic, we at Stella Connect by Medallia commissioned a research study of more than 2,100 consumers to get a better understanding of the evolving customer service and customer experience landscape to determine the best practices for meeting and exceeding customer needs. 2: Increasing First-Call Resolution Rate .

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Visiting a website, talking to customer service, chatting on social networks… When a consumer performs these actions, the company usually collects multiple data points. The data collected, measured, and analyzed for contact centers is an absolute gold mine. Here are some more advantages of employing call center analytics: 1.

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