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Tag: call center
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Deluged by Customer Contacts? Every Agent Counts
When workloads are heavy, every agent makes a big difference. Learn about the power of one.
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What Happens When Customer Support Works From Home?
Many customer service operations have had to go from centralized to distributed operations — but relying on people working from home brings specific challenges.
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The Humanoid Touch: How AI is Changing Customer Experience
Contact centers need to understand how they can improve the flow of customer engagement to reap the benefits of AI-infused approaches
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Avaya Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Looks Ahead
It's underlying business is just fine, CEO Kevin Kennedy says -- it is just its financial structure that needs a reboot.
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Call Center Employees: The Superheroes of Customer Experience
Call center employees are the secret superheroes of every brand. These agents wield incredible power when it comes to customer experience, with the ability to build long-term brand loyalty and shape the customer journey. Positive outcomes for every customer interaction is critical.
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How to Shush Your Customers' Twitter Complaints
Simultaneously with Twitter's announcement, Salesforce reports it will support integration with these new tools.
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Enjoy Your Labor Day, Now Go Answer Your Phone
Whether your company outsources to a local or international call center or just assigns a few staffers to answer the phone, get ready. Your team members may want to do some vocal exercises today to make sure they’re ready for what will come tomorrow. Seattle-based Marchex, a mobile advertising
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A Promise to Call You Back
A Richmond, Va.-based call center software company claims its product is unique — and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) agrees. USPTO today issued CallPromise a patent for its virtual queuing technology, which gives customers the option to receive a return call rather than wait on hold.
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Would You Run Your Call Center on Chromebooks? Avaya Thinks So
Avaya claims its Call Center services power a significant share of big call centers. Among customer call centers with more than 400 agents, it estimates a 63 percent market share. Among call centers with more than 1,000 agents, it estimates a 70 percent share.
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Cisco to Salesforce: Can You Handle Our New CRM Solution?
In the clearest sign to date about the blurry line between a communications service provider and a customer service software firm, Cisco today announced a sweeping reform of its Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE) product.
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Modern Customer Service: Are You There Yet?
Although most executives think they’re doing a good job in delivering the best service to their customers, there is plenty of room for improvement.
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Personality Matters in Customer Service
Mike Ashe has a philosophy about CRM: “If we’re right more often than we’re wrong then we’re going to beat random.
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The Customer Intent Wake Up Call
Companies aspiring to be customer-aligned add a few more dials to the conversation -- what should the chief customer officer be measured on, beef up the customer success team, invest in employee engagement / culture initiatives, innovate their customer engagement strategy, and/or shift from a product-feature-pushing sales model to a
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Kana Blends Analytics Into Its Customer Engagement Suite #Connect2014
Since Verint bought KANA earlier this year for $514 million, the question has been how the business analytics company would blend KANA's customer experience services into its suite of employee services.
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