DMG Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome to the 2024 Contact Center 2024 is starting off against a backdrop that includes an uncertain economy, massive technology innovation, and a workforce with changing expectations. It can reduce the burden placed on agents to perform less complex activities, freeing them to spend their time helping customers.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

2020 Contact Center Investment Priorities. DMG’s annual survey of contact center investment priorities for the year has confirmed the anecdotal data we’ve been hearing from companies. 2020 is looking to be an outstanding year for contact center investments. Cloud-Based Contact Center Solutions.

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Taylor Reach Group

JULY 17, 2017

How pervasive is the impending impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the customer experience (CX)? And it would be worth it, as there are just so many possibilities to explore when pondering the ultimate takeover of the Contact Center by androids. Enter artificial intelligence.

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Uniphore

AUGUST 6, 2021

These are some of top contact center pain points driving employee disengagement today. In our webinar, What Your Call Center Agents Rant About on Social Media , we went beyond the annual Voice of the Employee survey to explore how agents really view the contact centers they work in—and why they’re leaving at an alarming rate.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 15, 2024

This article will explore ways to leverage conversational commerce to improve customers’ experiences with your brand. Conversational commerce is all about interacting with customers through various communication tools, like live chat, chatbots, and contact centers. In This Article: What is Conversational Commerce?

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Hodusoft

JUNE 1, 2023

HoduSoft Now Provides an AI Chatbot Feature with Its Contact Center Software In today’s swiftly evolving digital landscape, businesses are continuously striving to improve customer experiences and streamline their operations. Start Growing With HoduSoft Contact Center Software Talk to Our Expert!

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Fonolo

MAY 19, 2022

The customer service climate is constantly evolving, which means your contact center’s operation must adapt to keep up. Contact center technology is a key component of the way your business functions. Industry Report: State of the Contact Center 2022. Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Shep Hyken

AUGUST 5, 2022

This week we feature an article by Shruti Bansal, Digital Marketing Expert at Ameyo , an AI-powered contact center solution. She shares how contact centers can use voice bots to capture, interpret, and analyze verbal input from the speaker and reply in a similar natural language.?. What is Voice bot?

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

How AI and Omnichannel Support Elevate Customer Service in Call Center “Just as electricity transformed almost everything 100 years ago, today I actually have a hard time thinking of an industry that I don’t think Al (Artificial Intelligence) will transform in the next several years.” It happens by design.”

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2018

The Next Act: The AI-Enabled Contact Center. In 2005, 13 years ago, I published the book The Real-Time Contact Center. My goal in sharing the concepts in this book was to provide a technical and operational framework for anyone who uses this “delivery and service” vehicle for customer assistance or sales.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

To learn more about how call centers can address customer vulnerability, we reached out to a panel of call center experts and business leaders and asked them to answer this question: “How can contact centers address increased customer vulnerability?”. One thing contact centers need to get better at is…”.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The evolution of customer experience in e-commerce has grown exponentially since the pandemic making customer experience more important than ever. Customers search for easy shopping solutions on clear, engaging websites. Customer Experience in E-commerce Trend Predictions for 2023. trillion by 2025.

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Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Steve Miller, Head of Customer Success at Cirrus , a contact center solution that helps companies engage with their customers. He shares the benefits of excellent customer experience for your customers and employees. In a recent survey by SuperOffice , 45.2%

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Hodusoft

APRIL 6, 2022

Top 5 Customer Experience Trends to Consider in 2022. In recent years, businesses have realized the impact that customer experience has on the growth of their businesses. To make sure that their companies stick out in the market, they do everything to ensure that their customer experience is optimal.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 15, 2019

This goes for contact center managers and agents as well; for them, January is certainly “reach for the stars and crush your goals” month (as is every month!). Yes, we all know this is a tale as old as the call center, and we also know the importance of the customer experience.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

No, it’s the top contact center trends to watch for in 2019. As the sun sets on 2018, contact center superheroes should watch for the plots, characters, and villains within them. As the sun sets on 2018, contact center superheroes should watch for the plots, characters, and villains within them.

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Uniphore

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

More people now use technology to manage their finances than use video streaming services (78%) or social media (72%). So with branches disappearing and banking customers transacting online rather than in person, how does this impact the customer experience?

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Experience Investigators

APRIL 2, 2024

Touchpoints’ have been a hot topic for marketing, sales, and customer experience teams for decades. Each customer touchpoint is an opportunity to reinforce your brand value and engage customers in meaningful ways. And why do they matter for customer experience teams? And for good reason!

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Ameyo Callversations

APRIL 21, 2022

A contact center is a facility where customer service representatives answer customer queries over phone calls, emails, chat, social media, and other channels. This facility may be owned entirely by the organization or (as many companies prefer today) may be outsourced to a contact center operator.

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Experience Investigators

APRIL 2, 2024

Touchpoints’ have been a hot topic for marketing, sales, and customer experience teams for decades. Each customer touchpoint is an opportunity to reinforce your brand value and engage customers in meaningful ways. And why do they matter for customer experience teams? And for good reason!

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 16, 2019

Essential Role of Contact Centers in Digital Transformations. We’re in the period of digital transformation, but surprisingly, contact centers are sometimes left out of these initiatives. Neglecting to include the contact center in essential business initiatives is not new.

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Shep Hyken

APRIL 8, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Nikhil Pereira is a Contact Center expert with 20 years of end-to-end contact center expertise. He has experience across the Contact Center spanning Hiring, Training, Quality, Workforce Management, and Performance Management. Product experience .

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Taylor Reach Group

MAY 14, 2017

Will AI Mean Less People and More Profit in the Contact Center? . Mention Artificial Intelligence (AI) to most people and it conjures up visions of talking robots and Alexa - like appliances answering simple questions. The drive to reduce the number of people in Contact Centers has been around since their inception.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 23, 2019

This post was supposed to be about the “Top Contact Center Acquisitions of 2018”, but two significant deals occurred in the last two weeks, and I didn’t want to wait another year to include them on the list. We continue to see a very active M&A market in the contact center space. Investing in Agents.

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Ameyo Callversations

MARCH 31, 2022

Customer experience has become the buzzword for most businesses today. Statistically, 86% of the customers prefer to pay more for an improved customer experience. Therefore, not having a strategy to fulfill your customers’ expectations might deter growing your business. Higher customer retention: .

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Ameyo Callversations

JANUARY 3, 2022

Quick Takeaways: The marketing trends that will dominate in the next 12 months will include Customer Experience, Employee Engagement, and Content Visualization. World-Class Customer Experience. Every year is the year of the customers as they are the bone of the marketing world. Why Do Customer Engagement Matters?

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 12, 2018

2018 has been a pivotal year for customer experience (CX). By 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator. United Airlines’ decision to forcibly eject a customer from an overbooked flight had all of the makings of a PR disaster. Customer experience matters, a lot.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And as those of us in customer service know to a sobering degree, Twitter has quickly become a go-to platform customers use to shout about frustrating customer service experiences. And, specifically for wireless service providers, “contacting customer service by phone is the principal pain point for customers.”

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 16, 2019

Workforce Optimization Ushers in the Real-Time Contact Center. It’s hard to overstate how much the contact center technology sector has progressed in the past 15 years. Thirteen years ago, DMG Consulting published the book The Real-Time Contact Center. By Donna Fluss. who interact with them.

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

While the proliferation of handheld devices has a lot to do with the inflated expectations of customers, it is also natural. In the past, contact centers could stay ahead of the curve as long as they ensured to utilize the right solutions and tools to service customers.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Customer support is currently standing at a crossroads: One road leads to exciting automated technologies, and the other to the ‘human touch’. Recent technological advancements are many, ranging from Artificial Intelligence (AI) (and related automated tools like virtual assistants, chatbots, etc.)

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Fonolo

JANUARY 17, 2019

The proof is in the pudding: Loyal consumers continue to flock to the imposing blue mecca in their town centers (and soon, urban centers ) because of IKEA’s ability to hold a customer’s familiar hand throughout their lifetime. Here’s how IKEA helps us to ‘live unboring’ IKEA: The In-Store Experience.

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Fonolo

MARCH 25, 2019

One thing is clear: Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI) these days. This is also evident in the customer service space, where interest in popular AI tools (like chatbots) has grown. So, what does this all mean for customer service executives? We’ll talk about: Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

2018 proved that reputation-damaging blunders are more prevalent than ever, their devastating effects amplified by the related complaints and commentary buzzing on social media. Relatedly, as the public-facing voice of your brand, call center agents play a crucial role in responding to these crises. Think again. Show Empathy.

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Fonolo

MARCH 7, 2019

Anyone who works in the customer service arena has witnessed an explosion in the hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP). We’ll talk about: Artificial Intelligence (AI). Who should attend: VPs & Directors of Contact Centers. Why is this the case?

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Execs In The Know

MARCH 9, 2023

How to Create Legendary Social Media Customer Experiences While social media management tools have advanced to keep pace with rising expectations, many organizations have not. You have to find a way to make experiences across disparate brands consistent, which isn’t easy,” said Archambault.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Embracing innovative new practices such as artificial intelligence (AI) and flexible working arrangements can help considerably in alleviating such issues. For information on improving the customer experience through the use of innovative AI technology, download our white paper, How AI Improves the Customer Experience.

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