BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You’re prepared for the future of customer service. And you’re ready for your outsourced customer service RFP to hit the road and bring you some stellar options for a new contact center partner. Here’s the short list of the best questions to ask about AI in the contact center.

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Self Service Chatbots Case Study 195

InMoment XI

APRIL 24, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of healthcare, where patient care is paramount, the role of healthcare contact centers has emerged as a vital component in ensuring seamless communication and efficient service delivery. What is a Healthcare Contact Center? Why are Healthcare Contact Centers Important?

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Healthcare Contact Center Software Insurance 195

CSM Magazine

MARCH 27, 2025

If your contact center feels like its constantly busy but your customer satisfaction scores remain low, chances are there are hidden inefficiencies hampering performance. Identifying and reducing these inefficiencies can turn your contact center into a streamlined operation that delivers exceptional support.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Self Service Net Promoter Score Call Recording 52

Calabrio

MARCH 5, 2025

Analytics First Response Time (FRT): How to Measure and Improve Share What is first response time (FRT)? Tools often come with dashboards that highlight performance, making it easier to track and analyze how quickly your team responds to customers. Monitor and adjust: Regularly review your FRT metrics.

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Measurement How To Self Service Contact Center 100

InMoment XI

MARCH 14, 2025

In any call center or contact center, performance is the engine that powers the entire operation. High-performing call centers do a great job at keeping customers satisfied, and theyre highly efficient, reducing operational costs. But high performance doesnt happen by chance. But which is it?

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Call Center Metrics Tools First Call Resolution 195

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 24, 2025

In Listen or Die , I emphasized that customer service (CS) and customer experience (CX) are not interchangeable. CS: Defining the Difference As a reminder: Customer Experience (CX) : The total sum of every interaction a customer has with your company, spanning digital platforms, product usage, service touchpoints, and more.

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Customer Service Customer Journeys Touchpoint e-support 118

Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

It goes beyond simply collecting feedback; it’s about actively listening to customer sentiment across all touchpoints. In today’s digital landscape, this involves gathering data from diverse sources like surveys, social media, online reviews and, crucially, contact center interactions.

Software 130

Software Customer Journeys Tools Contact Center 130

Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

Customer Experience Why Chatbot QA Must Be a Top Priorityand How AI Can Help Share Customers know what they want and when they want itpreferably, now. Its no wonder, then, chatbots are becoming an increasingly popular feature of the customer service landscape.

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Chatbots Contact Center Self Service Virtual Agent 130

Calabrio

MARCH 5, 2025

By collecting direct and indirect insights into customer behaviorwhether its related to customer service experiences in the contact center or pain points elsewhere in their journeybusinesses can uncover insights that help them better cater to customer needs and improve their overall experience. Peckham Inc.

Analytics 130

Analytics Customer Experience Contact Center Effort Score 130

NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Scheduling is a critical contact center function, but like forecasting, can be tricky.

Contact Center 149

Contact Center Management Employee Engagement Call Center 149

NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The customer service world is evolving rapidly alongside advancements in technology. Contact centers are now tasked with handling more calls per hour while delivering a seamless customer experience, optimizing costs, and maintaining quality. The secret weapon? Automation.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Center Self Service Wait Times 52

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We’re making it easier than ever for contact center managers to bring together the most powerful solution to operate your contact center, to drive efficiency and productivity, and to give your agent a streamlined desktop with everything they need in one place. Easy-to-use, integrated agent desktop delivers productivity.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Self Service CRM 27

BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Have you also noticed more customers calling or messaging with questions and concerns? Higher call volumes leading to longer wait times for your customers and higher stress for your agents? Maybe it’s time to consider the benefits of outsourcing some or all of that customer care volume. Infrastructure.

Contact Center 149

Contact Center How To Self Service Omni-Channel 149

Horizon CX

APRIL 3, 2023

You know you’re in for a lame and frustrating customer service experience when the recorded voice says to you, “Please listen carefully as many of our options have changed.” How often have you heard that phrase from the same business you happen to call many times over? Do prepare callers while they wait on hold.

Contact Center 130

Contact Center Call Center Entertainment System 130

TechSee

JUNE 29, 2023

AI is rapidly becoming a critical tool in customer service. AI will streamline, augment and, in many cases, automate the customer experience and improve customer satisfaction. Getting there will require a broader perspective on service. Deploying this AI will require more than simply upgrading a chatbot.

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Chatbots Customer Service Customer Service Representative Wait Times 202

NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Scheduling is a critical contact center function, but like forecasting, can be tricky.

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Management Employee Engagement Call Center 136

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Tech-human hybrid contact centersa revolutionary blend of artificial intelligence and human expertise is redefining the way companies interact with their customers. Hybrid contact centers integrate advanced technology with skilled human agents to deliver faster, more efficient, and personalized support.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Chatbots e-support Social Media 52

NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

“Hello Lauren, thank you for contacting customer service, what can I help you with today?” Doesn’t that start your customer experience off right? In order to customize your communication, companies use agent screen pops to aid in the journey. However, benefits extend to other contact center metrics as well.

Contact Center 122

Contact Center Average Handle Time Engagement Wait Times 122

Kustomer

JULY 1, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Tom Rieger from NSI , to learn about customer retention through enhancing wait times. The Science of Wait Times and Rewarding Customers. Listen along to learn more. .

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Wait Times Customer Experience Call Center Contact Center 98

Comm100

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Cutting wait time, reducing operational costs, and improving conversions are just some of the customer service superpowers already enabled by AI. In this case, the customer service chatbot can show empathy and assure patients the doctor will never judge them. A Chatbot to Help Mortgage Applications .

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Chatbots Examples Customer Service Banking 180

TechSee

DECEMBER 5, 2017

To ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, companies must provide stellar customer service anytime, anywhere, and through any touch point. 1. Casengo is a cloud-based customer support software platform that enables companies to provide customer service through social networks, email or chat.

Contact Center 116

Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Technology Self Service 116

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Titus Jumper, CEO, Founder of Sales-Hub When I started my career in sales at 19, working in telecom retail and knocking on doors, I never imagined I’d eventually lead a team at the bleeding edge of AI, virtual assistants, and customer service. It wasn’t just the high cost of maintaining effective contact centers that bothered me.

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Sales Customer Service Contact Center Chatbots 52

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Contact centers are often the communications lifeblood of a business. It’s where clients get the opportunity to talk to a ‘real person’, whether it’s by phone, live chat or even something as simple as email, and it’s where your employees have the greatest chance to take ownership of the customer experience.

Contact Center 111

Contact Center Call Center Wait Times Training 111

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Are you looking into implementing chat as a new channel in you contact center? Here are some best practices that may help make chat a success in your contact center. In other words: more customers are using chat to interact with more companies. Chat is real-time (or near real-time, at any rate).

Contact Center 121

Contact Center Omni-Channel Knowledge Base Interaction 121

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Are you looking into implementing chat as a new channel in you contact center? Here are some best practices that may help make chat a success in your contact center. In other words: more customers are using chat to interact with more companies. Chat is real-time (or near real-time, at any rate).

Contact Center 121

Contact Center Omni-Channel Knowledge Base Interaction 121

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Virtual Agent Net Promoter Score Self Service 120

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This episode of Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken answers the following questions and more:    How can businesses bridge the gap between customer expectations and satisfaction? What role does artificial intelligence play in enhancing customer service interactions?

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Customer Service Self Service Social Media Customer Service Representative 73

BlueOcean

JANUARY 9, 2018

Long gone are the days when customers almost expected to experience IVR hell and would pretty much tolerate jaw-dropping wait times. IBM reports that by 2020 – that’s just two years away – 85% of all customer service interactions will occur without a human agent. Forget AI being the future of the contact center.

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Omni-Channel Customer Care Contact Center Case Study 191

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. Uncovering these bottlenecks is key to smoother experiences that drive sales.

Call Center 195

Call Center Contact Center Social Media Effort Score 195

CX Accelerator

MAY 25, 2022

Deliberate decisions were made to make sure that the communication channels are easy to access and actually work to get messages from customers to the support teams. Mistakes will be made in the planning along the way as customer behaviors and needs evolve. So, I took to Twitter to see what ideas others in the CX space have.

Self Service 316

Self Service Social Media Contact Center Knowledge Base 316

Comm100

MAY 25, 2022

Further social upheavals amongst workers and customer expectations have also occurred. Ultimately, customer service and contact centers have not been immune to these changes. In this article, we’ll look at some of the new challenges that have emerged to impact contact centers.

Contact Center 130

Contact Center Customer Service Omni-Channel Social Media 130

InMoment XI

JULY 11, 2024

This allows companies to enhance their customer service, marketing strategies, and overall operational efficiency. What is Contact Center Speech Analytics? Contact center speech analytics specifically refers to the application of speech analytics technology in a call center environment.

Analytics 195

Analytics Contact Center e-support Healthcare 195

Call Experts

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Companies would have all the resources they needed to operate a BPO contact center in-house in a perfect world. Many companies migrate to BPO contact centers for their customer service needs. BPO contact centers help businesses increase productivity, grow their customer base, and improve customer experience.

Contact Center 105

Contact Center Call Center How To Multi-Channel 105

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contact centers are always looking for ways to reduce costs. This is particularly true during periods of uncertainty and economic downturn, when call center cost savings contribute to business continuity. The Best Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies. Time – help agents resolve customers’ issue faster.

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Call Center Self Service Strategy Contact Center 196

TechSee

JULY 18, 2019

There’s also a 126-page user guide that raises your blood pressure every time you turn a page, but you manage to set it up… after about an hour. You call the customer service number printed clearly on the DVD cover, and your IVR-directed call is picked up by Tier 1 support in less than two minutes.

Self Service 207

Self Service Customer Experience How To Contact Center 207

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Instead of asking, “how can we reduce hold time at our contact centers,” ask “how can a customer contact someone directly on the first attempt?”. Why not start reducing customer effort RIGHT NOW? Read more… Think differently about what effort really means to customers.

Customer Journeys 236

Customer Journeys Contact Center Wait Times Trends 236

TechSee

MAY 18, 2022

In today’s age of customer-centric service, call centers must deliver quick answers, short hold times, and the ability to speak to a live representative on demand. How can Management ensure their call centers are up to par? They can either staff up significantly or improve their call center occupancy.

Call Center 109

Call Center Contact Center Self Service Multi-Channel 109