Execs In The Know

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Over the last few years, call centers have changed significantly. With the rapid advancement of technology, brands have started to rethink how they deliver exceptional customer service. Let’s explore five ways to get started with optimizing your operations using contact center automation. . Start Small.

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Win the Customer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the realm of contact centers, the pursuit of enhancing customer service while streamlining operations remains a top priority. As technology evolves, two prominent solutions have emerged: AI-powered chatbots and self-service portals. Ultimately, understanding customer needs and preferences is pivotal.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 13, 2024

Optimizing Customer Support in the Financial Sector: How BPO Contact Centers Can Add Value In the present age, financial institutions are grappling with a wide range of challenges. Poor customer support not only affects satisfaction but can also harm the reputation of financial organizations. percent from USD 90.57

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Fonolo

JANUARY 18, 2022

Contact centers have experienced a wild ride throughout the pandemic – and it looks like it is continuing in a more positive direction. The global contact center industry was valued at approximately $339 billion in 2020, and is expected to reach $496 billion by 2027!

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DMG Consulting

JULY 10, 2022

Aligning People, Process, and Technology: The Key to a Successful Contact Center. CONTACT CENTER executives dedicate a large amount of time and energy to managing their department’s technology, which is necessary, as it enables the delivery of an outstanding customer experience at scale. The Scenario.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Contact centers have faced some serious ups and downs in the past few years. Find out how we scored in our latest resource, Contact Center Trends 2022. As for the upcoming year, take a sneak peek at our predictions below: READ THE FULL GUIDE: Contact Center Trends 2022. Trend #1: Customer intelligence.

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Ameyo Callversations

JANUARY 19, 2022

Contact centers act as a spine of good customer experiences. A modern contact center is a primary location that shapes both inbound and outbound communications with customers using various customer engagement channels and strategies; however, its success totally relies on meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 20, 2022

Over the past few years, contact center leaders have had their customer experience, technological innovation, and overall resilience tested like never before. Call center industry trends help us pave a path forward and keep up with the ever-present competition. The first step to success is knowing what to expect.

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Hodusoft

MAY 24, 2022

Top Reasons Cloud-based Is Better Than On-Premise For Contact Centers. Contact centers are becoming increasingly important to modern business, and they are the central hub in a company to assist with customer retention and building brand loyalty. What are cloud-based contact centers?

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Customers are not forthright with their expectations, but they know a sub-par experience when they encounter one. #CX Here are seven things your customers want your contact center to know: They want easy solutions. That’s why creating reducing friction in your customer experience is so important. Not likely!

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Fonolo

MARCH 9, 2023

CCMC’s Customer Rage Study is a fascinating look at CX, designed to help customer service pros identify pain points and reduce customer complaints in the contact center. Those are attention-grabbing numbers, but the most exciting part of the study is why customer problems have increased.

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Fonolo

JUNE 3, 2021

Call queues and hold times are a traditional part of the call center experience. as modern customer expectations evolve, businesses must change their service approaches accordingly. That’s where call-back technology comes in. Are You Losing Customers to Hold Time? Call-backs work with any call center platform.

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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. 24/7 Support Over time, customer expectations have evolved, and they now require 24/7 support.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

While this sparked big challenges for contact centers suddenly faced with overwhelming call volumes , it did have an unexpected silver lining around remote work. Plus, the work-from-home landscape has also changed the way contact centers use call center technology and software as well. Staffing and turnover.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

AI is Transforming Contact Centers. Artificial intelligence (AI) is awe-inspiring, and while these technologies are in their early days, they have already demonstrated their ability to function as a change agent in contact centers, customer service departments, customer experience (CX) functions and sales organizations.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 2, 2021

The Argument for Contact Center Digital Transformation. Contact centers are finally going digital, galvanized by a fast-moving pandemic. Digitization should be very compelling for contact center and enterprise executives, as once customer inquiries are in a digital format (email, chat, SMS, messaging, social media, etc.),

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Hodusoft

APRIL 12, 2023

How Contact Center Software Help Insurance Companies in Enhancing CX? The key to success for your business doesn’t just lie within your insurance policies but also in the experience you provide to your customers. But most insurers overlook customer experience while providing services to their customers.

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Fonolo

MAY 11, 2021

Underserved and angry customers can easily take to Twitter, Facebook, or any number of digital channels to publicly ‘out’ companies like yours for falling short, especially when it comes to your product or customer service offerings. This is why setting and managing customer expectations and their perceptions is key.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2019

Every year we ask: What can contact centers do to bolster their productivity, efficiency, and customer service offerings in the future? This year’s soundbites are rich with well-researched insights that a) act as a warning; and b) can help your contact center win.

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Ameyo Callversations

JUNE 28, 2022

Irrespective of the type of business you run, your customers expect a lot in terms of proactive communication. This is one reason behind the tremendous growth of the customer support industry worldwide. As per statistics , the global customer experience management market size is expected to grow at a CAGR of 18.1%

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DMG Consulting

MAY 26, 2020

Question: Our contact center agents are working from home due to COVID-19 and many want to make it a permanent move. What technology will help us manage this shift?

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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!). Today’s digitally-savvy customers have zero tolerance for bad customer experience; this certainly includes their experiences with contact centers.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 5, 2022

Question: What is knowledge management and how is it relevant to contact centers? As a contact center application, knowledge management equips front-line employees with the information and tools to deliver a great customer experience (CX). appeared first on DMG Consulting.

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Taylor Reach Group

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Recently I was asked to participate in an expert round-up on How Fortune 500 companies Manage Their Contact Center(s). More specifically, I was asked to provide insight on the importance of consistency among different channels within a Contact Center. This perception forms the basis for our interaction expectations.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The great migration of contact centers transitioning from on-site to hybrid work environments isn’t slowing down–and an air-tight call center security strategy has never mattered more. There’s a staggering amount of sensitive information that flows through a contact center every day.

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Hodusoft

JUNE 2, 2024

The company has teamed up with Speechmatics , a leading technology company, well renowned for delivering the best speech technology in the market. This partnership aims to provide call/contact centers and business process organizations with market-leading transcriptions, summaries, and sentiment analysis.

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Fonolo

MAY 31, 2019

Contact center managers are, at their core, problem-solvers. Yet, in many cases, these periods of peak call volume come as a real shock to everyone in the contact center. What happens when call volume gets out of control in your contact center? According to a report, customer expectations are on the rise.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Call centers have always relied on different forms of automation to provide swift service to their clientele. As technology gets smarter and more intuitive, so does the contact center that benefits from it. Read on for an introduction to call center automation, plus our top software picks!

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Fonolo

MARCH 28, 2019

Contact center managers are, at their core, problem-solvers. Yet, in many cases, these periods of peak call volume come as a real shock to everyone in the contact center. What happens when call volume gets out of control in your contact center? According to a report, customer expectations are on the rise.

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 16, 2019

Essential Role of Contact Centers in Digital Transformations. I’ve got a bone to pick with enterprise technology decision-makers. We’re in the period of digital transformation, but surprisingly, contact centers are sometimes left out of these initiatives. Personalizing the Customer Experience.

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Taylor Reach Group

MAY 14, 2017

Will AI Mean Less People and More Profit in the Contact Center? . The drive to reduce the number of people in Contact Centers has been around since their inception. Contact Centers increasingly now operate in an omni-channel environment. Contact Center Services Will be Augmented – Not Replaced.

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Taylor Reach Group

JULY 13, 2017

There can be many reasons for an organization to decide it is time to create a Call Center or Contact Center. There are more than 800 discrete tasks associated with building a Call or Contact Center. Common Challenges include; ⦁ Accurately sizing your call center requirements. Compensation Modeling.

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Return Customer

JUNE 1, 2016

As Internet speeds increase and technology becomes more sophisticated, customer expectations of companies’ online performances have also risen. corporate executives said their customers’ service expectations were higher than three years ago, while 35 percent said they were much higher. Personalization.

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Uniphore

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The challenges of the pandemic thrust banks that were struggling to remain relevant and their customers who were still digital holdouts into the same situation: learn how to shift banking activity from in person to online practically overnight. Between 2020 and 2021, financial technology adoption grew from 58% to 88% of U.S.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2018

Question: What can we do to attract candidates for contact center agent job openings? Answer: With 2018 US unemployment rates hovering near 18-year lows, contact center leaders need to think outside the box when attempting to fill agent positions. However, one area that has seen little change is agent pay.

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Taylor Reach Group

MARCH 13, 2018

Customer Experience and Contact Center consulting firm, The Taylor Reach Group , Inc., There’s no denying that frontline agents are the biggest asset in any Contact Center in addition to being the largest expense. is designing an Agent On-Boarding Training Curriculum. TORONTO (PRWEB)March 13, 2018.

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Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We explore these questions and offer some tips on how to improve your customer journey. . What do customers expect from contact centers? . In order to provide an excellent customer experience, it’s important that your customer journey is aligned with customer expectations.

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