ShepHyken

OCTOBER 28, 2024

How does AI contribute to transforming contact center agents into brand ambassadors? Why is empathy important in customer service interactions, and how can AI complement this human trait? How does generative AI reduce labor costs in contact centers while maintaining human involvement?

Contact Center 87

Contact Center Return on Investment Brands Loyalty 87

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. Let me give you a specific example.

Customer Service 353

Customer Service Contact Center Hospitality Hotels 353

CX Accelerator

MAY 15, 2019

Here at CC Expo, it’s clear that the world of the contact center is at a turning point. While it’s important to adapt to technological change, it’s important also to be able to look at your customer service function and seek to improve what’s there already. And that would be easy, if working with people was simple.

Contact Center 51

Contact Center Customer Service 2019 Culture 51

CX Accelerator

MARCH 16, 2020

Written by Jeremy Watkin and Community Dear contact center agent: What if I told you that if you come to work for us you can do the exact same job as you’re doing now but we’ll instead call you a customer service hero, guru, rockstar, or ninja? Be careful about confusing agents and customers. Are you sold?

Contact Center 228

Contact Center Reference Communication Customer Service 228

eglobalis

OCTOBER 21, 2024

However, this approach requires seamless coordination between public relations, social media teams, and customer service to ensure customer experience consistency. Mature companies often face the dilemma of scaling customer service while ensuring that every response is thoughtful and effective.

Social Media 471

Social Media Feedback Engagement B2B 471

InMoment XI

JULY 25, 2024

The contact center experience can make or break your customer’s overall experience with your organization. Specifically, negative experiences can cause customers to churn, while positive experiences can restore customer satisfaction trust, and improve your brand equity.

Contact Center 195

Contact Center 2024 E Commerce Social Media 195

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

When a global IT corporation sought to modernize their customer service operations, we transformed potential revenue loss into strategic advantage. As one of three contact center vendors supporting order management for this organization at a global level, we deliver logistics support, change management, and technical documentation.

Contact Center 177

Contact Center Document ROI Innovation 177

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.

Retail 133

Retail 2024 Customer Service Feedback 133

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. It wasn’t until the turn of the century that these call centers evolved into multichannel contact centers. The future of the contact center lies in the omnichannel contact center.

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Omnichannel Customer Satisfaction Retail 195

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.

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Virtual Agent E Commerce E-support 195

InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As you look to improve your business, consider contact center optimization. This will improve your business by enhancing operational efficiency, elevating customer satisfaction, and fostering a more agile and responsive customer service environment. What is Contact Center Optimization?

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Multi-Channel Social Media Competitive Advantage 195

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 14, 2021

When it came to customer experience, leaders dealt with all sorts of changes and challenges. Customers were able to pick out their produce again at the grocery store. That’s where customer experience leaders can lean in and really lead in this new year. It’s time to wrap up another year.

2022 372

2022 Customer Experience Airlines Customer Journey Mapping 372

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.

Contact Center 214

Contact Center Culture Article Definition 214

BlueOcean

JUNE 12, 2018

Contact center implementation is an art and a science, and over 24 years in business, we’ve learned exactly what it takes to make the smoothest transition possible. Every milestone and every moving part is integral to a controlled acceleration towards a seamless transition that results in a positive customer experience.

Contact Center 209

Contact Center Communication Culture Customer Care 209

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.

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Measurement Metrics Omnichannel 195

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your CEO understands how important customer experience is to the success of your organization. They invest in resources to provide great experiences because they understand the immense return they get on those investments, right? . Without action , customer experience becomes a nice platitude, but not a path to greater success.

Customer Experience 376

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Reference 2022 376

CX Accelerator

MARCH 16, 2020

Written by Jeremy Watkin and Community Dear contact center agent: What if I told you that if you come to work for us you can do the exact same job as you’re doing now but we’ll instead call you a customer service hero, guru, rockstar, or ninja? Be careful about confusing agents and customers. Are you sold?

Contact Center 182

Contact Center Reference Communication Customer Service 182

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. The question of the moment is: what role is ChatGPT going to play in delivering a loyalty-building customer experience? Can AI Handle Complex Customer Care?

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Experience Average Handle Time Customer Care 156

InMoment XI

JANUARY 27, 2025

Shifting the Cost Center Mindset To understand the perception of call centers as cost centers, lets start with the cold, hard math: a typical inbound customer service call costs an average of $2 per interaction. The agent can recommend an upgrade when a customer mentions that theyre looking for more storage space.

Call Center 195

Call Center Contact Center Social Media Apparel 195

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?

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Healthcare Insurance Social Media 195

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the era of customer-centricity, contact center analytics stands as a beacon, guiding businesses and contact centers toward informed, data-driven decisions. Demystifying Contact Center Analytics: More than Just Numbers What are Contact Center Analytics?

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Multi-Channel Net Promoter Score Metrics 195

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 24, 2025

In Listen or Die , I emphasized that customer service (CS) and customer experience (CX) are not interchangeable. And with the advent of AI agents, the entire customer experience journey is being radically changed. Example: A software company uses AI to monitor customer behavior.

Customer Service 118

Customer Service Touchpoint E Commerce E-support 118

CX Accelerator

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

If one of them came to me and asked, “Uncle Jeremy, I’d sure love to follow in your footsteps and pursue a career in customer experience (CX). While there are more and more schools offering degrees in customer experience or customer experience management, what if their school of choice does not?

Customer Experience 320

Customer Experience Tourism Customer Journey Mapping Entertainment 320

BlueOcean

JULY 15, 2024

We explore the five biggest challenges of in-house contact centers below. We also took a look at how outsourcing your customer care to the right contact center partner may enable your organization to circumvent these obstacles without sacrificing your commitment to your customers.

Contact Center 177

Contact Center Customer Care Measurement Consumers 177

BlueOcean

AUGUST 30, 2018

But what constitutes a bad experience? Although the surface reasons may be broad, often the root cause is a failure to evolve the customer service solution. Digital disruption and shifting customer habits are impacting customer service on a micro and a macro level every day.

Customer Service 232

Customer Service Contact Center Customer Care Technology 232

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

There are very real service expectation differences between providing customer service to a one-off consumer versus a loyal member. Instead, creating a consistent, differentiated experience is everything. For Carol, empowering contact center agents depends upon three key factors: engagement, communication, and feedback.

Customer Experience 290

Customer Experience Contact Center 2019 Customer Care 290

Calabrio

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Analytics Voice Analytics: Unlock Insights in Your Contact Center Conversations Share In the data-driven contact center of today, understanding the nuances of customer conversations is paramount. Plus, AI has driven an increase in the capacity of contact center tools. What is voice analytics?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Insights Average Handle Time Call Center 52

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?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Center Customer Satisfaction Metrics 52

BlueOcean

MARCH 3, 2025

Will your customer experience be strengthened or hit a slump because of the programs in that budget? Not to add another thing to your plate (sorry), but theres another question to ask that can impact all those answers: Is this the year customer care outsourcing takes a more central role in your go-forward plan?

Insights 156

Insights Contact Center Culture Customer Journey Mapping 156

BlueOcean

JUNE 17, 2021

We also took a look at how outsourcing your customer care to the right contact center partner may enable your organization to circumvent these obstacles without sacrificing commitment to your customers. The challenging part of business continuity in the contact center is just how many variables there are.

Contact Center 177

Contact Center Customer Care Measurement 2022 177

TechSee

JULY 18, 2019

You hunt for the customer service number in the user guide to see if they can help, wait on hold for 22 minutes and then have the Tier-1 support agent walk you through a series of steps that you’ve just finished trying yourself based on the troubleshooting instructions. Customer effort matters.

Customer Experience 207

Customer Experience Contact Center Wireless Loyalty 207

BlueOcean

AUGUST 9, 2021

Contact center technologies are certainly in the mix of acceleration. In fact, many recent developments promise to reshape the landscape of customer service completely. The most recent publication from Ryan Strategic Advisory surveyed contact center leaders about the state of the industry.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Technology 2024 Healthcare 156