AWS Machine Learning

AUGUST 30, 2023

Powered by Amazon Lex , the QnABot on AWS solution is an open-source, multi-channel, multi-language conversational chatbot. This includes automatically generating accurate answers from existing company documents and knowledge bases, and making their self-service chatbots more conversational.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 30, 2016

For that reason, Speech Analytics software and processes have been gradually picking up steam in the contact center industry for the better part of a decade. Despite this, many contact centers are still struggling to find practical uses, and/or measure the ROI of the technology. You Still Need Analysts.

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Contact Center Analytics Technology Multi-Channel 122

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

“You are only as good as your weakest channel.” – Nancy Jamison, Principal Analyst, Frost & Sullivan. This is one of our favorite quotes from a leading analyst in the contact center space. See if it sparks you to rethink your weakest channel. Think about your voice channel: is it your weakest?

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Self Service Customer Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 203

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2019

But if you are a contact center manager, you aren’t measured solely on your own personal performance. One powerful way is to integrate your customer relationship management (CRM) system and your contact center software. Average Handle Time: Integrating your contact center and CRM enable you to shorten call length.

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Contact Center CRM Contact Center Software Self Service 24

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.

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Call Center Contact Center Self Service Multi-Channel 109

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

AUGUST 6, 2019

1) Centrally managing next generation digital interactions in the contact center. Today in most company’s ownership of digital channels is siloed outside the contact center, typically in marketing. 2) Adding support for digital messaging and real-time channels.

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Self Service Omni-Channel Contact Center Fashion 159

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, Western Europe, has just been released. NICE inContact was also recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, North America report.

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Contact Center Self Service Omni-Channel CRM 120

TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

each day and often engage in “tech multi-tasking,” such as setting a date via messaging app while while watching Netflix and tweeting about it. I’ll help myself, thanks: Called the Do-It-Yourself Generation, Millennials love self-service. Support the DIY culture: Focus on consumer enablement and empowerment through self-service.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Customer Service Virtual Agent 359

NobelBiz

AUGUST 28, 2023

Hey there, fellow contact center champions! Ready to dive deep into the heart of transforming your contact center’s performance? In this article, we’ll explore actionable strategies that will help you revolutionize your contact center’s performance and create experiences that leave customers raving.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Multi-Channel Self Service 98

ijgolding

MARCH 22, 2017

The customer has always been at the heart of every business, be it a street vendor selling hot dogs or a multi-national firm selling a wide range of products. Multi-national food & beverage corporations like The Coca-Cola Co. Many of them have outsourced contact center operations and some have maintained in-house customer support.

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Omni-Channel Customer Experience Multi-Channel e-support 204

NICE inContact

JULY 24, 2019

Today, your customers are rapidly moving beyond first-generation digital channels (email, web chat, mobile apps) and on to next-generation digital channels (social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. And companies are starting to invest in supporting these agent-assisted and self-service digital channels.

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Self Service Consumers Contact Center Omni-Channel 137

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Here’s the basics on what’s what between “multi” and “omni” – and why you should care. Looking at year-over-year industry statistics from the yearly Dimension Data Customer Experience Benchmarking, the number of channels supported has been growing steadily between 2015 and 2017.

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Omni-Channel Multi-Channel Self Service Contact Center 136

NICE inContact

AUGUST 2, 2019

Most customers expect a self-service option on websites, and they want speed combined with personalization. The fact that live chat is a real-time engagement channel makes this possible. At the same time, agents using live chat can generate revenue by identifying proactive service-to-sales opportunities.

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Technology Customer Service Omni-Channel Self Service 229

Interactions

JUNE 10, 2022

Today, automation in the contact center is a necessity. Customers are busy and self-service provides a fast and efficient way for them to get things done. The same survey also found that 64% of consumers would use a channel automated by AI to contact a business if they could get things done easier and more efficiently.

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Self Service System Consumers Multi-Channel 62

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Together with its “big brother”, the voice portal, IVRs have been part of contact center solutions for decades, and there is no reason to believe that they will go away any time soon. In fact, NICE inContact research has found that IVR fares worst among all Self-Service channels in terms of Customer Experience (CX).

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Self Service Interaction Multi-Channel Contact Center 120

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Together with its “big brother”, the voice portal, IVRs have been part of contact center solutions for decades, and there is no reason to believe that they will go away any time soon. In fact, NICE inContact research has found that IVR fares worst among all Self-Service channels in terms of Customer Experience (CX).

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Self Service Interaction Multi-Channel Contact Center 241

NICE inContact

JUNE 14, 2017

I’ve got some good news for you, we can help you gain some insight into how consumers are feeling about customer service interactions. inContact conducted research on Omnichannel customer service experiences and results. Only 42% of respondents indicated that they were satisfied with their last service interaction.

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Omni-Channel Customer Expectations Self Service Meeting 145

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But if you’re like most, you’re wondering how to harness AI’s amazing potential and incorporate it into your contact center in ways that will benefit customers, agents and the organization. Everybody’s talking about artificial intelligence (AI) ! In fact, you may be wondering where and how to start. Don’t miss this exciting webinar!

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Self Service Contact Center Customer Journeys Innovation 136

NICE inContact

AUGUST 6, 2019

1) Centrally managing next generation digital interactions in the contact center. Today in most company’s ownership of digital channels is siloed outside the contact center, typically in marketing. 2) Adding support for digital messaging and real-time channels.

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Self Service Omni-Channel Contact Center Fashion 136

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

NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, intelligent automation has become a powerful force, propelling change within call centers across the globe. Contact centers serve as the lifeblood of customer service for countless businesses, and the integration of intelligent automation holds the key to unlocking their full potential.

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NICE inContact

JULY 5, 2019

1) Customers expect self-service options. While customers still like talking to human customer service agents when they have complicated issues that need real interaction, these days most customers also expect websites to provide self-service options. 3) Chatbots personalize experience.

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Chatbots Self Service Contact Center Social Media 139

TechSee

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s no surprise then that remote assistance has hit a peak in 2021, driven mainly by customers’ rising expectations for self-service, the growing complexity of cases, and the emergence of new technologies such as cloud-based technologies, IoT diagnostics, video, AR, and computer vision AI. . And they are also not as effective.

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Call Center Trends Self Service Contact Center 124

Lumoa

APRIL 28, 2024

But how can you support your customers on all the different channels they reach out on and offer a personalized yet unified response? The company started out as a survey tool for academics and has grown into a multi-product feedback software. More than 80% of business leaders see customer experience as a growing priority in 2024.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Paul Jarman , NICE inContact Chief Executive Officer, discusses the key paradigm shifts that will lead to massive change in the contact center and customer experience market as part of our Transforming Customer Experiences series. Paul offers practical advice on how to respond and turn these changes to a competitive advantage.

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Self Service Competitive Advantage Customer Experience Marketing 138

Eptica

JUNE 15, 2016

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 The 7 components of superior self-service systems. At the same time organizations are facing a dramatic increase in the number of customer contacts they receive, across an expanding range of channels. Self-service systems provide the answer. Published on: June 15, 2016.

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Self Service System Knowledge Base Multi-Channel 48

NICE inContact

MAY 8, 2019

Specifically, how do your customers feel about your customer service? How about the latest digital channels? Are you being realistic about whether your customer service really satisfies your customers? Are you being realistic about whether your customer service really satisfies your customers? And what about your company?

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Self Service Contact Center Chatbots Omni-Channel 136

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The next year should be one of substantial investment by businesses in their service channels, and that’s great news for their customers. This is just one of the many insights we discovered when we surveyed more than 900 global contact center leaders about key customer experience topics, including near-term investment plans.

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Self Service Omni-Channel Contact Center eBook 150

Upstream Works

OCTOBER 21, 2022

As contact centers transition to the cloud, there are several areas where AI is poised to play a leading role, including providing seamless customer experiences (CX). One reason is that many contact centers are more focused on internal performance than the customer. Contact Center Applications.

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Contact Center Multi-Channel Omni-Channel Self Service 78

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Customer service is no different. Much has been written about the growth of self-service technologies, like mobile apps and chatbots. Of those adding resources, 61% report that it is being driven by increasing volume in channels like phone, chat, and social media. But what options should businesses offer?

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Self Service Contact Center Social Media Chatbots 121

NICE inContact

MAY 23, 2019

This dynamic has created a scenario in which organizations have to offer many more service channels than in the past in order to address the wide spectrum of preferences and capabilities of their customer base. Measuring satisfaction levels with specific channels is one input to this process.

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Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Chatbots 138

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 21, 2019

It is good practice for any contact center and IVR, regardless of whether it’s simple or complex, DTMF or ASR, front-end data collection or full AI-driven self-service, to conduct regular reviews. Time takes its toll on your IVR system, just like on everything else.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

SMS (Short Message Service ) has become a pivotal channel in the contact center industry. This transition, though challenging, is seen as positive, indicating the channel’s value and the consumer’s desire for SMS engagement. All enabled by NobelBiz leading contact center technology.

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Innovation Strategy Contact Center Multi-Channel 98

Call Experts

APRIL 8, 2024

Streamline Operations and Never Miss Another Call with a Contact Center for Utilities. We rely heavily on these essential services, from electricity and water to telecommunications and internet services. When Did Call Centers Become the Standard? Thus, the idea of using a contact center for utilities was born.

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Contact Center Self Service Multi-Channel Customer Service 52

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The challenge is the human interface, both the consumer wanting (or not wanting) omnichannel integration , and the agent actually incorporating all channels in the right way. With the addition of more channels and pseudo omnichannel service, companies should be asking questions like: Which channels do customers prefer to use most often?

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Social Media Self Service Omni-Channel Consumers 212

TechSee

AUGUST 26, 2020

For years, companies have focused on improving CX by offering customers a seamless omnichannel or multichannel experience that provides consistency across multiple touchpoints and channels. Improve self-service offerings. Self-service represents a massive win for both customers and employees, but it must be done right.

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Customer Journeys Self Service Effort Score Omni-Channel 124