Scientifically proven learning methods, such as spaced repetition, are proving successful at increasing contact center agents' product knowledge, helping deliver exceptional customer service across industries.
Posted March 23, 2020
Digital interaction technologies can protect companies during the current crisis and future-proof them for events down the road.
Posted March 16, 2020
Artificial intelligence and chatbots are among the key trends set to dominate contact centers in the coming decade.
Posted March 09, 2020
Skilled customer service agents and technology together will be the winning combination in 2020.
Posted March 03, 2020
New technologies are making for an exciting time in which technology anticipates our everyday needs rather than simply reacting to them.
Posted February 25, 2020
Customers who aren't delighted with your products or services highlight the best opportunities for change.
Posted February 18, 2020
Contact centers come up short due to a lack of timely access to relevant data and the inability to derive real-time insights from it.
Posted February 11, 2020
Live chat can help you meet rising customer expectations and set your company apart from the competition.
Posted February 04, 2020
Here's how customer experience teams can determine the best CX metric(s) that best explains the customer behaviors they are trying to motivate and the business outcomes they want to drive.
Posted January 28, 2020
There are many aspects to tapping into voice data's capability. Here are a few ways to unlock the value.
Posted January 20, 2020
AI-based knowledge management solutions can quickly and accurately respond to critical questions.
Posted January 13, 2020
Eight steps to help calls get through to consumers who are leery of businesses' outbound activities.
Posted January 06, 2020
Here's a peak at what's in store for artificial intelligence in customer service in 2020.
Posted December 16, 2019
Successful customer feedback programs programs should include solicited and unsolicited comments across channels.
Posted December 10, 2019
Traditional business models are evaporating, and businesses must adapt or be left behind.
Posted December 02, 2019
Getting customer service right requires the right mix of real-time speech analytics, dynamic content management, and live agents.
Posted November 25, 2019
Leading companies are applying artificial intelligence to voice conversations, not just to text-based interactions.
Posted November 18, 2019
Keeping customers happy is the key, and the only way to do that is by empathizing with them and responding how you would want to be treated.
Posted November 11, 2019
Asynchronous messaging apps will help your business retain customers and preserve your agents' sanity.
Posted November 05, 2019
Online communities can be the key to richer customer success, but they need to be active. Here are a few ideas to help make that a reality.
Posted October 29, 2019
While social media success is often defined in marketing terms, benchmarking your social channels can reveal how the platforms are impacting the customer experience beyond just engagement and reach.
Posted October 21, 2019
Empowering agents to go off-script can lead to happier customers and employees.
Posted October 14, 2019
Companies need to look at what's important to their customers to improve their customer experiences.
Posted October 07, 2019
Insights from 75 million issues & 71 million bot interactions reveal how automation trends are driving customer service forward. Download this report to learn about the impact of customer service bots on standard contact center KPIs.
Posted October 01, 2019
Agents need to be better trained in the wake of more specialized questions and problems that will come as customers turn more often to self-help.
Posted October 01, 2019
As customer service channels blend, agents need to be trained on multiple channels and information needs to be carried from one channel to the next.
Posted September 23, 2019
Dialers can increase agent productivity by reducing idle time.
Posted September 16, 2019
The latest VoC solutions offer a new value framework that increases the amount of insight they can provide.
Posted September 09, 2019
As customers move across channels, most contact centers aren't equipped to bring the context with them.
Posted September 04, 2019
Hire from a team, not an individual perspective,
Posted August 27, 2019
Start-ups don't necessarily think first about customer support, but they can't afford to ignore it.
Posted August 19, 2019
Research shows that thoughtful design changes can positively impact employee morale and productivity. Here are 5 ideas to consider for your call center.
Posted August 12, 2019
To make chatbots better at customer interactions, take them away from the IT team.
Posted August 06, 2019
Companies can't wait until a crisis to create better customer experiences.
Posted July 29, 2019
Companies have a real opportunity to stand out with convergence, analytics, and personalization.
Posted July 22, 2019
Suggestions for driving positive customer experiences and improving brand loyalty with social media customer service.
Posted July 16, 2019
As the adoption of chatbots for customer support continues to rise, agents and contact centers will still be important.
Posted July 12, 2019
Here are three things to consider as you prepare for a successful virtual agent deployment.
Posted July 08, 2019
Modern customer support demands that team members all work from the same playbook.
Posted July 02, 2019
Advanced analytics are helping companies develop a deeper understanding of how best to approach customers when they are having problems.
Posted June 24, 2019
11 reasons chatbots fail and what you can do to avoid the same mistakes.
Posted June 17, 2019
Customer service centers have a significant business opportunity to tap into insights in voice data, yet most organizations are not equipped to do so properly.
Posted June 10, 2019
Video can streamline customer support interactions when issues get complicated or highly technical.
Posted June 03, 2019
Modernizing your service organization requires a data-driven mindset.
Posted May 28, 2019
Cloud-based communications are undergoing constant changes, especially in this emerging anything-as-a-service age. Communications service providers are working to reposition themselves by offering cloud-based innovations of their own.
Posted May 20, 2019
Creating a top-notch contact center staff requires the right set of skills and technologies.
Posted May 13, 2019
AI needs to be something that agents accept, not something they fear will replace them.
Posted May 06, 2019
Keep the human touch when implementing intelligent automation in your contact center.
Posted April 29, 2019
Here are three ways that employee monitoring can improve customer service and ensure data privacy.
Posted April 22, 2019
Motivated contact center agents improve customer and company outcomes, and gamification is a great motivator.
Posted April 15, 2019