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? It allows users to?

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Fonolo

APRIL 13, 2021

Managing call spikes during peak periods in your call center can seem like an insurmountable challenge. Whether you’re in retail, healthcare, or the financial industry, understaffed contact centers coupled with increased call volumes create stressful moments for you and your agents. What is call overflow?

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Call center automation is one of the best ways to improve your customer experience, increase agent happiness, and light up your KPI dashboard in the best possible way! What is Call Center Automation? They are becoming increasingly popular in contact centers and are one of the first AI-assisted tools many businesses try.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Call center managers know that choosing effective software is key to success. With the right tools on board, your contact center can increase agent happiness and productivity, while hitting your KPIs and running an efficient operation that scales with ease. . How to Buy Contact Center Software. billion by 2027.

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Fonolo

MAY 4, 2021

Consumer expectation and channel preference have always dictated the direction of customer service and experience. The highly-coveted Millennial and Gen Z consumers expect and demand a certain quality of customer service across all channels. The ROI of Call-Backs for Your Call Center. The result?

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Hodusoft

MARCH 30, 2023

Small Business Inbound Call Center Software to Improve Customer Service As a business owner, you must never underestimate the power of your phone system. You will not only need it to make various outgoing calls to your suppliers, business partners, and customers but also to receive incoming calls.

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Hodusoft

MAY 24, 2022

A Detailed Insight Into ACD (Automatic Call Distribution) System and Its Importance For Today’s Businesses. In today’s time, all the well-performing call center solutions have ACD as one of their primary components. ACD or Automatic Call Distribution makes the communication process smooth and easier. How does ACD work?

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Fonolo

JANUARY 19, 2023

If call center retention keeps you up at night, you’re not alone. According to the 2021 ICMI report, a contact center’s average employee turnover rate was 58% per year. But stressful industries like contact centers stand out. Conversation Scheduling let callers schedule a call-back up to 15 days in the future.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 22, 2023

Call-backs are a game-changer for contact centers dealing with an influx of inbound calls. Well, if you work in the contact center space, you may be familiar with using call-backs to offer customers an alternative to hold time. When call-backs are used to support internal employees, the process is similar.

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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. Today, this product is known as Fonolo Web Call-Backs.

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Hodusoft

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

7 Best and Effective Inbound Call Strategies For Call Centers. Accessibility is one of the essential aspects of delivering an impeccable customer service experience. The inbound contact center serves as the point of access for customers for queries, complaints, issues, and feedback.

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Callminer

AUGUST 6, 2019

There are a number of call center software solutions on the market, comprising more than half a dozen types of these tools. That’s not to mention the number of software tools that integrate with the various call center software solutions. Types of Call Center Software. Be mindful of integrations.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

And that includes prioritizing excellent customer service in the contact center. . contact center are busy! They help over 33,000 customers every month, fielding huge surges of inbound calls during live auctions. Weekly call spikes are a regular occurrence, particularly on days when they host featured auctions. .

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Fonolo

MAY 25, 2022

Operating a successful contact center is an expensive endeavour. From agent hiring and training to in-house IT support, marketing, and HR, call center costs quickly add up. Though some folks believe cutting corners on equipment is a great way to save your call center some cash, we beg to differ.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 11, 2022

After-call surveys give you rich insights into your call center’s day-to-day operations. There’s something special about the after-call survey’s authenticity. After-call surveys are similar. Read on for our top questions to include in your after-call surveys. 5 Reasons to Use After-Call Surveys.

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Fonolo

MAY 25, 2021

Call center managers are always on the lookout for ways to increase the productivity of their agents and the overall efficiency of their departments. However, these plans are usually put on hold due to high call volume periods and unexpected crises. The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The reviews for your contact center are in—but they won’t be found in the newspaper or on Rotten Tomatoes. You can see what your customers think about your contact center by determining your Net Promoter Score (NPS). Creating a Customer Service Strategy That Drives Business Growth. 7–8 are Passives. 9–10 are Promoters.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Call center training has always been one of the key pillars of running a successful call center. A strong call center training program should not just be part of your onboarding process. Still have questions about call center training? What is Call Center Training?

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Hodusoft

JUNE 21, 2023

A Complete Guide to Setting Up a Call Center Are you planning to set up a call center? If yes, then you must know everything about call centers starting from all call center systems to how to select the best call center software and customer service agents.

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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?

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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. The same report suggests a 60% increase in customer service agents working from home.

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The quality of your customer service relies on how effective your telemarketing efforts are. Investing in feature-rich Telemarketing Software is a smart move for businesses aiming at delivering exceptional customer service experience. Call routing 82% of customers expect their issues to be resolved by talking to one agent.

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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. Remote work is the reality for many industries, including call centers. According to experts, the remote call center has become the “new normal.”

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A Guide to Call Abandonment Rate in Call Centers and Its Significance Are you dealing with high call abandonment rates? Providing exceptional customer service is crucial in today’s call center environment, but what if your customers disconnect even before reaching an agent?

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Zendesk

MARCH 1, 2024

What is intelligent call routing? Intelligent call routing (ICR) is a refined telecommunications technology that efficiently directs incoming calls based on various factors, such as the caller’s needs and agent availability. Most customers are all too familiar with the frustration of calling traditional service lines.

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Hodusoft

JANUARY 1, 2023

What is Call Center Software? That marked the beginning of ‘call centers.’ But with changing times and a rapidly evolving digital landscape, traditional telephones and switched networks aren’t adequate to handle a torrent of incoming calls or make a massive volume of outgoing calls suitable for a professional call center.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

Most call centers struggle with efficiency at one time or another. And because efficiency is directly tied to minimizing overhead costs in the call center, it’s a prominent challenge. Meet Our Panel of Contact Center Experts: . It ties up lines and makes the whole center fall behind. Tyler Riddell.

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Ameyo Callversations

JULY 22, 2021

Until a few years ago, several companies and BPOs treated their contact center division as an entity that managed superior customer service and nothing more or less. According to Microsoft’s State of global customer service report , more than half (58%) of customers choose a brand based on their customer service.

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CX Accelerator

JANUARY 7, 2019

This is exciting because we communicate with our customers via text whether it’s through inbound support messages, transcribed phone calls, or voice of customer survey responses. Imagine you’re on a company’s website and are searching through their knowledge base for an answer to a question before contacting customer service.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Customers are the heart of every contact center. If customers don’t interact with your business, you really don’t have a business, which puts a well-strategized and successful customer service strategy at the forefront of contact center success. Creating a Customer Service Strategy That Drives Business Growth.

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Fonolo

MAY 25, 2022

Operating a successful contact center is an expensive endeavour. From agent hiring and training to in-house IT support, marketing, and HR, call center costs quickly add up. Though some folks believe cutting corners on equipment is a great way to save your call center some cash, we beg to differ.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Investing in the right call center monitoring software is imperative for today’s call centers. Without call center monitoring, quality assurance can suffer, customer satisfaction inevitably wanes, and compliance issues can arise. Meet Our Panel of Call Center Experts: Nenad Cuk. Janeen Ansell.

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Zendesk

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Five9 Cloud Contact Center for Sell. Five9 Cloud Contact Center (Sell) is an industry-leading provider of cloud contact center solutions, bringing the power of cloud innovation to more than 2,000 customers worldwide. IT Support & Services tools to open client’s Software, service systems and search knowledge bases.

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Hodusoft

JULY 21, 2022

How can insurance companies improve customer service? Call center software plays an integral role in the success of businesses in all sectors, including insurance. Modern customers today expect a fast, efficient, and seamless service. Ways to Improve CX Using Call Center System for Insurance.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 6, 2024

E-commerce Customer Support: How BPO Can Elevate Your Service Experience Are you an e-commerce business struggling to provide seamless and efficient customer support services? Primarily, the success of e-commerce or any customer service-related company is measured through increased customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Why should you move from Legacy PBX to Modern Contact Center Software? Any customer service leader will tell you that customer experience has always been a second fiddle— the lowest rung in the rank of elites among sales, marketing, and finance. However, the slow movement in work for years has suddenly found a voice.

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Fonolo

JULY 6, 2021

Contact centers help customers get the information they need from a business while gathering valuable consumer insights through outbound and inbound communication. However, a contact center can’t function properly without effective, customizable call routing. What is call routing? Time-based and location-based.

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