TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contact centers are always looking for ways to reduce costs. This is particularly true during periods of uncertainty and economic downturn, when call center cost savings contribute to business continuity. The Best Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies. ” Techniques to optimize time.

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 30, 2024

So, you’ve been handed responsibility for investigating the benefits of potentially outsourcing your company’s customer service for the first time. What math should go into the business case around call center outsourcing costs? (Or And the over-all result will be a reduction in FTE with no loss of service or quality.

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eglobalis

MARCH 30, 2025

Using natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning, companies can interpret the tone and emotion behind customer interactions on a massive scale. AI can infer customer sentiment from what theyre already saying or writing. Crucially, it can highlight why customers feel that way by extracting common themes.

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2024

One of the most crucial touchpoints in their journey is the call center. In fact, 89% of customers say that a quick response to an initial inquiry is important when deciding where to take their business. Therefore, a positive call center experience is essential for business growth. What Is A Call Center Dashboard?

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BlueOcean

JUNE 26, 2018

When it comes to customer experience, there’s a lot of cross-over between the hospitality industry and the contact center industry. We’re both in the business of earning a customer’s repeat business through the quality of the experience we deliver. How do metrics and standards play a role in customer service?

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Calabrio

MARCH 10, 2025

Analytics 15 Essential Call Center Tools for 2025 Share Perceptions of the contact centers potential have undergone a sea change in recent years. In 2025, business leaders are now four times as likely to see customer experience (CX) as a revenue driver and not a cost center.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Providing better customer experiences (CX) is a hot button issue that has become increasingly critical to forward-thinking call centers over the last few years. Call center leaders realize that the time has come to deliver real measurable value to the enterprise. Infrastructure: Accelerated digital transformation.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In the fast-paced world of customer service, call center management plays a pivotal role in ensuring efficient operations, customer satisfaction, and improving the customer experience. What is Call Center Management? How do Call Centers Work? Let’s dive in!

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InMoment XI

JANUARY 10, 2024

Contact centers are not new by any means. As a matter of fact, the first employed call center agents date back to the 1950s. But, these agents only made and received phone calls. It wasn’t until the turn of the century that these call centers evolved into multichannel contact centers.

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Retently

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The challenge lies in ensuring that every touchpoint across all channels meets the high standards your customers expect. This is where Quality Assurance tools come into play—they help pinpoint inconsistencies, monitor agent customer service performance, and highlight areas for improvement.

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Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

Workforce Management How to Measure, Evaluate, and Improve Call Center Agent Performance Share In today’s competitive business landscape, call center agents serve as the critical frontline, directly shaping customer perceptions and driving brand loyalty.

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 24, 2025

In Listen or Die , I emphasized that customer service (CS) and customer experience (CX) are not interchangeable. CS: Defining the Difference As a reminder: Customer Experience (CX) : The total sum of every interaction a customer has with your company, spanning digital platforms, product usage, service touchpoints, and more.

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InMoment XI

JANUARY 16, 2024

Specifically, the world’s leading brands have begun using contact center AI to create a more efficient and effective customer service experience. By integrating these advanced technologies, these companies aim to streamline customer interaction, automate routine tasks, and optimize their overall operations.

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Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

Best Practices Contact Center Management: Best Practices & Strategies for Peak Performance Share The modern contact center is no longer seen as a mere service function at the periphery of the business. At the same time, contact center operations have also taken on a new level complexity.

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BlueOcean

MAY 14, 2018

The purpose of a contact center RFP is no different: it’s an essential process to use when choosing an outsourcer. However, the contact center RFP is unique and can’t be modeled on the same old RFP template used for other services your company may procure. Sample Contact Center RFP Timeline.

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InMoment XI

APRIL 24, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of healthcare, where patient care is paramount, the role of healthcare contact centers has emerged as a vital component in ensuring seamless communication and efficient service delivery. What is a Healthcare Contact Center? Why are Healthcare Contact Centers Important?

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Whether they need help setting up a new device or to repair a damaged product, the way in which these interactions are handled are at the heart of customer satisfaction. Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd. Paul Husar, Senior Call Center Manager at LG Electronics.

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TechSee

AUGUST 26, 2024

Call centers are the frontline of customer service for many businesses. Providing excellent service in call centers is crucial for maintaining customer satisfaction and loyalty. However, call centers face a variety of challenges that can prevent them from delivering the best possible service.

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BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You’re prepared for the future of customer service. And you’re ready for your outsourced customer service RFP to hit the road and bring you some stellar options for a new contact center partner. Here’s the short list of the best questions to ask about AI in the contact center.

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Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

Workforce Management 9 Contact Center Quality Assurance Best Practices: Modernize Your Approach, Optimize Your Performance Share Even as AI enters the picture, the human interaction between agent and customer is, and will remain, at the core of customer service operations. Missing key parts of the customer journey?

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TechSee

MAY 18, 2022

In today’s age of customer-centric service, call centers must deliver quick answers, short hold times, and the ability to speak to a live representative on demand. How can Management ensure their call centers are up to par? They can either staff up significantly or improve their call center occupancy.

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 7, 2018

Contracting a new contact center outsourcer may be one of the most impactful decisions you make all year (no pressure, right?) You’re putting your brand and your customers in the hands of someone new, whose efforts will have a direct impact on your business, its ROI, and all its related KPIs. Draft Your Contact Center RFP.

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BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

The contact center SOW is the framework for your relationship. TL;DR: When outsourcing your company’s customer service, you can’t solely rely on an unwritten set of rules or assumptions. Below we explore what it takes to build an effective contact center SOW. Are service levels being executed?

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TechSee

APRIL 21, 2021

Call centers are busier than ever. These growing call volumes – coupled with the continuous need for cost optimizations – have driven the demand and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in call centers. AI Call Center Solutions that Drive Value. According to a 2021 survey, 65% of U.S.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Choosing a contact center outsourcer is a huge investment. We’ve compiled a list of up-to-date contact center RFP questions to help you ensure you’re making the most informed decision. Premier contact centers should equip you with business insight and analysis that will help you make informed business decisions.

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SurveySensum

MARCH 5, 2025

What if your call center could listen beyond words? Your agents handle thousands of conversations daily, so manually reviewing every call transcript is impossible – but AI-powered Call Center Text Analytics software makes it effortless. What is Call Center Text Analytics? Lets find out!

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TechSee

JULY 9, 2019

In fact, 96% of customers who experience a high-effort interaction become more disloyal compared to just 9% who have a low-effort experience. To help companies improve their Customer Effort Score (CES), we’ve compiled a list of 10 call center mistakes that often result in high customer effort. Shoddy self-service.

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Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

After five years of providing what amounted to call center plumbing, we had really zeroed in on what call centers did and realized that the heart of a call center was and always will be the people that operate the phones. The contact center was even more complicated.

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TechSee

MARCH 5, 2020

Every customer service professional knows that running a successful call center is a constant balancing act. Managers will often focus on improving employee productivity to keep customers happy and costs down. Call Center Agent Utilization vs. Occupancy.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The contact center agent’s job is getting harder. The ongoing shift to self-service has brought about many positive changes to the customer service field. Call volumes in many contact centers are down along with the cost to serve. Seven types of successful contact center agents.

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Calabrio

MARCH 31, 2025

Workforce Management Contact Center Gamification: What You Need to Know to Use Games for Improved Engagement and Performance Share Did you know that low employee engagement costs the global economy about $8.9 Luckily, there is: its called contact center gamification. trillion dollars ?

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TechSee

MAY 4, 2021

Economic and logistical challenges have resulted in businesses turning to the gig economy to support and scale their customer service and sales efforts while lowering their fixed costs and in-house overhead. The Concept of GigCX: Freelance customer service agents. Why Customer Service is adopting the Gig Model.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 7, 2024

You’ll task your team with running a tight procurement process to assess potential contact center partners. The right contact center RFP questions can tell you a lot, but discerning which partner is exactly aligned with your long-term goals, your company culture, your customer base, and your team – well, that requires a site visit.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 7, 2024

You’ll task your team with running a tight procurement process to assess potential contact center partners. The right contact center RFP questions can tell you a lot, but discerning which partner is exactly aligned with your long-term goals, your company culture, your customer base, and your team – well, that requires a site visit.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 24, 2019

A quick trip down memory lane reminds us that the 1990s saw a massive rise in the practice of offshoring call centers. With the convergence of economic factors and technological advancement, it was seen as the cheap alternative for companies who required basic customer support solutions. But times change – and so do customers.

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BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Are you in the middle of “contact center RFP season”? We segmented the questions into six key sections: Company Overview Agent Workforce Contact Center Reporting Project Management Technology Pricing Company Overview Get to know the history and organization of the vendor. Be realistic about your risk tolerance.

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