Fonolo

MAY 4, 2021

Many call center overseers are now realizing that they are technologically behind their more channel-savvy competitors. Budget-conscious center managers are struggling to up their CX game while managing the cost of upgrading their operations. Upgrade your call center software and infrastructure. The result?

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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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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. Industry Report: State of the Contact Center 2022.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

How to Find Best Hybrid workforce Contact Center Software in 2022. Contact centers and several other industries’ survival through the first few months of COVID-19 meant swift operational reboots primarily through work from home transitions. Role of contact center software in managing a ‘hybrid workforce’.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contact centers play a vital role in today’s modern businesses. They help manage customer interactions by serving as the initial point of contact. million in 2022 to US$34, 570.73 from 2023 to 2028.

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Hodusoft

JANUARY 3, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) The introduction of Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) heralded the beginning of a new era. An era where small and medium-sized businesses could provide similar customer service as their larger counterparts. What is CCaaS? What is CCaaS?

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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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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

HoduSoft Shines Bright with Omnichannel Excellence Award at NXTGEN BPO CONFEX 2023 HoduSoft has been awarded the prestigious “ Omnichannel Excellence in Contact Center Solutions ” award at the NXTGEN BPO CONFEX & AWARDS 2023 in recognition of its outstanding service in the field of contact center solutions.

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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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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

as modern customer expectations evolve, businesses must change their service approaches accordingly. That’s where call-back technology comes in. This simple and powerful tool has been gaining momentum in the customer service world for its ability to lower call volumes, improve key call center metrics, and boost customer satisfaction.

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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

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In fact, more than 80% of customers now say the experience a company provides is as important as its products. It’s been a journey: The contact center evolved from the humble call center, as more channels of communication became commonplace. Contact Center Trend #1: Texting is Back (With Bells On).

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Execs In The Know

OCTOBER 10, 2022

These shifting expectations have paved the way for two unique but often misconstrued customer experience (CX) approaches: omnichannel and multichannel. The lines between omnichannel and multichannel customer experience often blur, and even though the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, they are not the same.

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 14, 2023

Interaction Analytics: Listening in on the Omnichannel Customer Journey View this article on the publisher’s website. Interaction analytics (IA) literally listens to (or reads) the voice of the customer and interprets what they are saying (or writing) and how they feel about a company, product, or service.

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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!). In an industry driven by customer gratification, learning the difference between customer service vs. customer care vs. customer satisfaction became quintessential in 2018.

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Zendesk

JUNE 9, 2022

This business should have invested in an omnichannel customer experience, which would have united online and offline channels—and likely resulted in a sale. But according to the Zendesk Customer Experience Trends Report 2022 , only a third of companies are omnichannel. Only a third of companies are omnichannel.

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Hodusoft

AUGUST 4, 2021

A Guide to Hybrid Workforce Technology for the Future of Work. Organizations will need to come up with technology to support a hybrid workforce and effectively manage differences in a complex environment. . This was the case with call and contact centers the world over. WFH and Technological Interventions.

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Customer Service Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

My first job out of college was as a frontline agent in the contact center for a SaaS startup — and over the next 15 years, I grew into a director role. But things have changed and I now find myself back in a contact center leadership role at a SaaS startup, and I’m now looking to execute on many of the lessons learned and shared.

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Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Nick Bandy, Chief Marketing Officer at LiveVox , an omnichannel platform that helps brands seamlessly communicate with their customers. He shares how you can align your customer’s journey with their brand expectations. The customer journey is essential to any company’s success.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2022

The best call center employees are helpful, attentive, empathetic, and knowledgeable about many aspects of the company for which they work. They also care deeply about customer service. What technologies are required for a call center? There are several solutions available to keep call centers running smoothly.

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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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CSAT.AI

JULY 3, 2019

Is AI still predicted to be contact center doom or boom? Is AI Killing or Changing Contact Center Jobs? How about this inflammatory post title: Bots and AI continue their march toward call center obliteration. Industry people are in two camps about this whole AI in customer service thing. What do you think?

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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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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As a result, they expect seamless omnichannel experiences. To keep customers satisfied and stay competitive, businesses are making every effort to improve customer experience and streamline operations. At this event, HoduSoft’s experts will talk about the latest innovations in the field of communication technology.

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Fonolo

APRIL 1, 2021

If your customers aren’t happy with the experience you provide, they’ll leave you without a word. That’s where CSAT — or customer satisfaction — scores come in. This KPI is essential for contact centers to measure how their customers feel about their service. Gather and utilize customer feedback.

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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. Let’s explore what forms that technology can take.

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Taylor Reach Group

MAY 30, 2017

It seems there is no shortage of experts and pundits weighing in on what they see as the trends that will impact the Call Center/ Contact Center industry. In this post, I want to focus on trends that are already starting to ‘bite’ in Call and Contact Centers. . . .

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Customer Service Life

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

If you’ve sat through any customer service technology demos or walked the showroom floor at an industry conference, you’ve undoubtedly heard well-meaning sales folks speak of innovation, disruption, and automation. Slack has revolutionized contact center communication. Keep an eye on the customer engagement market.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This is especially true given the increasing competition from more technology-savvy competitors and disruptive market entrants from non-healthcare sectors such as retail. Yet, many payers are still struggling to eliminate the friction in patient/member journeys, improve consumer satisfaction and loyalty, and driver greater efficiency.

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Fonolo

JUNE 22, 2023

The contact center industry boasts some of the most intelligent and innovative CX technologies out there. Visual IVR – now known as Fonolo’s Web Call-Backs – was one of the first self-service technologies to have a hugely positive impact on the customer experience. Read on for a crash course! What is Visual IVR?

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Hodusoft

JULY 28, 2023

Recently, HoduCC has been recognized as an Emerging Favorite in the prestigious 2023 Shortlist for Call Center Software by Capterra. This recognition solidifies HoduCC’s position as a market leader, empowering businesses with cutting-edge technology to deliver a superior customer experience. Ask for a Free demo!

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Ameyo Callversations

JANUARY 3, 2022

The future of customer-centric businesses and marketing will be more diverse, inclusive, and connected to the real needs of the customers. Technology continues to advance rapidly, and so of course, most of the recent and advanced trends are focused only on customer engagement. Omnichannel. Conversational AI.

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1 to 1

APRIL 21, 2022

This typically means choosing between omnichannel versus multichannel support. We’ll review those key differences, how to select the right approach, and best practices for delivering customer support that results in happy customers. What is omnichannel support? What are the benefits of omnichannel support?

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Fonolo

APRIL 7, 2022

“This call may be monitored for call center quality assurance.”. Anyone who’s ever called a contact center would recognize this familiar line —and for good reason. Call quality monitoring is an essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to increasing and maintaining high customer satisfaction (CSat) scores.

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