Fonolo

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A well-designed chatbot can be a powerful addition to your call center toolkit. This is good news because we know for certain that customers want self-service options. Zendesk reports that 67% will choose self-service over a live agent for simple problems. Should Your Chatbot do More? Is Your Chatbot Meeting Expectations?

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Contact Center Trends 2021.

Contact Center 176

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Shep Hyken

JANUARY 4, 2022

Intelligent Virtual Assistant. The Opportunities and Fears Surrounding Intelligent Virtual Assistant. They discuss how to use AI and automation to increase efficiency, capacity, and effectiveness within your contact center and ultimately deliver a better customer experience. People still use voice channels.

Contact Center 115

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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. What percentage of your call center operations are automated? Be Clear About What You Want to Achieve.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Customers nowadays fear the dreaded hold mantra of “Thank you for holding, your call is important to us, please continue to hold…”. Virtual hold technology has resolved this dreaded game of cat and mouse. What is virtual hold? The benefits of virtual hold. The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 5, 2021

You’ve probably heard of ‘ virtual queuing ‘ or perhaps heard of ‘virtual hold,’ which is a branded virtual queuing solution from VHT. What is virtual queuing technology? It’s the most basic type of call-back or virtual queuing technology you can choose. But what exactly is it?

Technology 143

Technology Technology Contact Center Customer Satisfaction 143

Fonolo

MARCH 3, 2022

Call center management requires high levels of attention, coordination, and strategy, especially as remote work environments become more and more of a reality. . It is clear that completely outsourced, work-from-home, and hybrid models are all common call center scenarios these days. . What is Call Center Management?

Customer Satisfaction 87

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Fonolo

AUGUST 26, 2021

Last year, COVID-19 shifted many call center environments to new models. Nation-wide lockdowns forced many call center companies to either shut down or adapt to a work-from-home model. Call centers provide a vital service to customers worldwide. Physical call center environments.

Real Estate 142

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Fonolo

JUNE 13, 2023

Today’s customers expect more from customer service. They want prompt, reliable, integrated service and they will not linger if it’s not readily available. Their patience is never shorter than when dealing with your call center. That’s why call-backs have become a contact center essential.

Contact Center 104

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

Workforce management (WFM) solutions remain essential contact center productivity tools, but today they are as important for improving the customer experience (CX), and the newest generation of applications also help to boost employee engagement. But this is just the start of many innovations being introduced into the WFM market.

AI 48

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Hodusoft

MAY 10, 2023

11 Must Know Call Center Terminologies- A Guide! In today’s business landscape, call centers serve as the primary channel for communication with customers, providing them with product and service information and support. between 2021 and 2026. This also helps to build trust with your customers and colleagues.

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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

APRIL 20, 2021

Is your call center experiencing an increase in abandoned calls ? Are your agents unable to answer an unexpected influx of inbound phone requests (otherwise known as call overflow)? 3 Proven Ways to Reduce Abandon Rates in the Call Center. 3 Proven Ways to Reduce Abandon Rates in the Call Center.

Legal 148

Legal Finance Healthcare Customer Service 148

Uniphore

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The more healthcare consumers become comfortable with digital channels, the higher their expectations are for the same level of convenience, selection, and service they receive in other areas of their lives. Contact centers are the main touchpoints with members, greatly impacting overall member satisfaction.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Contact center technology has come a long way since its early years as a jury-rigged air traffic control system. The pandemic has hastened many call center trends and compounded technological developments. Contact Center Trends 2021. The last year demonstrated that the voice channel isn’t going anywhere.

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Technology Technology Contact Center Sentiment Analysis 134

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. How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

When you think of the phrase “call center training”, does the word fun come to mind? But now, with agent engagement becoming a growing priority for call centers, it’s a great time to reimagine your approach to training your team members. Contact Center Trends: Industry Predictions for 2022.

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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.

Contact Center 104

Contact Center E-commerce AI Customer Satisfaction 104

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. Call-backs work with any call center platform.

Technology 136

Technology Technology Contact Center Customer Satisfaction 136

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. BPOs offer a comprehensive range of services, including but not limited to customer support and sales. million in 2022 to US$34, 570.73 from 2023 to 2028.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Predictive Analytics Non-Profits Customer Satisfaction 52

Hodusoft

JANUARY 17, 2024

Revolutionizing Customer Engagement: The Power of UCaaS Contact Center Software The term ‘UCaaS’ has been in the modern telephony lexicon for quite some time now. It’s the acronym for Unified Communications as a Service. With the launch of the telephone, switchboards became the standard tools for routing calls.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Social Media Omnichannel Compliance 52

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. How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center.

Contact Center 67

Contact Center Technology Technology Artificial Intelligence 67

Zendesk

JANUARY 25, 2024

What is an AI call center? An artificial intelligence (AI) call center is a customer service operation that uses AI technologies to manage customer inquiries, interactions, and tasks across voice and digital channels. AI in call centers enhances customer satisfaction by helping teams offer faster support.

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AI Artificial Intelligence Contact Center Machine Learning 52

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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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’s a confusing time, and the risks are significant as these solutions are new, can be expensive, and may take longer than expected to implement.

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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.

Contact Center 105

Contact Center Touchpoint Social Media Customer Expectations 105

Myra Golden Media

APRIL 28, 2021

This morning I hosted a webinar for leaders of customer service departments and operations. I walked everyone through how to prepare customer service specialists to apply psychological tactics to bring down the temperature in interactions and de-escalate. The key to creating a successful remote agent is quality contact center training.

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

In the age of smartphones, where support is only a click away, consumers have massive expectations when it comes to customer service. 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.

Contact Center 83

Contact Center Artificial Intelligence Omnichannel Machine Learning 83

Execs In The Know

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Optimizing virtual management and supplier business planning. To learn more about these priorities, check out our white paper , The 2021 State of Contact Center Vendor Management. However, respondents shared that 83% of outsourced contact centers now had WFH staff after the pandemic.

Contact Center 98

Contact Center Scorecard Touchpoint Technology 98

DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Self-Service Is the Channel of Choice—When It Works. For companies that have been trying to offload customer inquiries and interactions to self-service solutions for decades, there’s great news: Self-service is becoming the customer channel of choice. AI and Self-Service. Intelligent Virtual Agents and Virtual Assistants.

Artificial Intelligence 59

Artificial Intelligence Contact Center Machine Learning AI 59

CommBox

JANUARY 28, 2024

Self-service support channels such as chatbots, online portals, knowledge base and FAQs are considered crucial for customer service. You might even say that they’re now mandatory for any service organization. Research indicates that 67% of consumers prefer self-service over speaking to a company representative.

AI 52

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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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UJET

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There are examples of NLP in nearly every customer service process powered by AI. Let’s take a look at natural language processing examples in customer service that take businesses above and beyond customer expectations. Suppose your company uses conversational AI as a part of your voice channel.

E-commerce 72

E-commerce Machine Learning Contact Center Sentiment Analysis 72

UJET

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There are examples of NLP in nearly every customer service process powered by AI. Let’s take a look at natural language processing examples in customer service that take businesses above and beyond customer expectations. Suppose your company uses conversational AI as a part of your voice channel.

E-commerce 72

E-commerce Machine Learning Contact Center Sentiment Analysis 72

DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

2020 Contact Center Retrospective. But, despite all of the challenges, a lot of good things have happened, including in the world of contact centers. Surprisingly, contact centers were some of the most successful in getting their employees home and back in operation.

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Ameyo Callversations

AUGUST 30, 2022

Call Center Management Software. The call center management software offers services like customizable IVR, automated routing, auto-dialing, CTI integration, number masking, and role-based authorization. It also has other features like Unified Agent Desktop, click-to-call rate, etc., Unified Help Desk.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Omnichannel Social Media Compliance 52

DMG Consulting

JUNE 27, 2022

Making the Case for an Intelligent Virtual Agent. Self-service has become the preferred form of customer support for many consumers, so long as it works. Today’s customers want to find answers and complete transactions on their own in digital and voice channels, and they expect it to be easy. June 27, 2022 By Donna Fluss.

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