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Ensuring Quality in Anxious Times

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Ensuring Quality in Anxious Times

Is it time, in these times, to move away from manual processes?

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Using Decision Intelligence to Make Better, More Informed Decisions

Using Decision Intelligence to Make Better, More Informed Decisions Enhancing human decision-making through data-driven insights.

Integrating AI Into Your Contact Center

Integrating AI Into Your Contact Center Solid IT foundation needed to reap benefits.

How to Properly Serve Your Customers

How to Properly Serve Your Customers Getting back to basics through your contact center.

Solving the CX Calculation Discrepancy - Part 2

Solving the CX Calculation Discrepancy - Part 2 How to improve your reporting and results.

How to Clearly Hear Your Customers and Agents

How to Clearly Hear Your Customers and Agents Does your survey process need tuning?

How to Transcend Customer Expectations

How to Transcend Customer Expectations Customer service needs to align with brand values.

How to Lower Friction And Turnover

How to Lower Friction And Turnover Four digital tools to smooth out the agent experience.

Improving the Agent Experience

Improving the Agent Experience Here are several troubleshooting methods and tools.

When Technology is Both Panacea and Pitfall

When Technology is Both Panacea and Pitfall Here’s how contact centers can sort out these tools.

“WhatsApp”-ening With Surveys?

“WhatsApp”-ening With Surveys? How messaging apps can solve common issues.

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Solving the CX Calculation Discrepancy - Part 2

Solving the CX Calculation Discrepancy - Part 2 How to improve your reporting and results.

How to Clearly Hear Your Customers and Agents

How to Clearly Hear Your Customers and Agents Does your survey process need tuning?

Dissatisfied Customers, Unsatisfactory Responses? How best to pay attention to customers.

Elevate Your Contact Center to an Operational Powerhouse… A powerhouse of scalability, capability, and profitability!

Best Use Cases for AI in Contact Centers A sponsored article by Cognigy.

From Efficiency To CX Why and how data-driven contact center metrics have changed.

The Impacts of Data Decay And why contact centers need to adapt.

Solving the CX Calculation Discrepancy - Part 1 How to improve your reporting and results.

Building Ethical AI Practices A guide to Responsible AI for contact centers.

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How to Properly Serve Your Customers

How to Properly Serve Your Customers Getting back to basics through your contact center.

Solving the CX Calculation Discrepancy - Part 2

Solving the CX Calculation Discrepancy - Part 2 How to improve your reporting and results.

How to Clearly Hear Your Customers and Agents

How to Clearly Hear Your Customers and Agents Does your survey process need tuning?

Improving the Agent Experience Here are several troubleshooting methods and tools.

From Efficiency To CX Why and how data-driven contact center metrics have changed.

Moving Support With Digital Ridealongs Changing service direction from deflection to connection.

Wanted Customers: Unwanted Products How to handle customer service friction from retail returns.

Meeting Today’s Coaching, Training Challenges How to manage with generations, impatient customers, AI, and remote work.

10 Reasons Why WFM Deserves a Better Name WFM doesn’t tell what it really is or does.

The Keys to WFM Success What are, and how to execute, the core values.

Hire and Train to Retain - Part 2 New hire training can go wrong: OR go right.

Augmenting The Workforce How AI-powered next-gen automation is driving improved experiences.

The Descent of U.K. Customer Service There is the opportunity to get it right.

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Ensuring Quality in Anxious Times

Ensuring Quality in Anxious Times Is it time, in these times, to move away from manual processes?

Gracious Gratitude

Gracious Gratitude In spite of it all

Using Decision Intelligence to Make Better, More Informed Decisions

Using Decision Intelligence to Make Better, More Informed Decisions Enhancing human decision-making through data-driven insights.

How to Properly Serve Your Customers Getting back to basics through your contact center.

Solving the CX Calculation Discrepancy - Part 2 How to improve your reporting and results.

How to Transcend Customer Expectations Customer service needs to align with brand values.

“WhatsApp”-ening With Surveys? How messaging apps can solve common issues.

Dissatisfied Customers, Unsatisfactory Responses? How best to pay attention to customers.

Elevate Your Contact Center to an Operational Powerhouse… A powerhouse of scalability, capability, and profitability!

Best Use Cases for AI in Contact Centers A sponsored article by Cognigy.

The Impacts of Data Decay And why contact centers need to adapt.

The Secret Sauce for Contact Center Success How unifying customer data bakes in excellent CXs.

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Ensuring Quality in Anxious Times

Ensuring Quality in Anxious Times Is it time, in these times, to move away from manual processes?

Using Decision Intelligence to Make Better, More Informed Decisions

Using Decision Intelligence to Make Better, More Informed Decisions Enhancing human decision-making through data-driven insights.

Integrating AI Into Your Contact Center

Integrating AI Into Your Contact Center Solid IT foundation needed to reap benefits.

How to Lower Friction And Turnover Four digital tools to smooth out the agent experience.

Improving the Agent Experience Here are several troubleshooting methods and tools.

When Technology is Both Panacea and Pitfall Here’s how contact centers can sort out these tools.

“WhatsApp”-ening With Surveys? How messaging apps can solve common issues.

Best Use Cases for AI in Contact Centers A sponsored article by Cognigy.

The Secret Sauce for Contact Center Success How unifying customer data bakes in excellent CXs.

Building Ethical AI Practices A guide to Responsible AI for contact centers.

Revolutionizing the Service and Support Experience How AI is making a difference.

Adapting to Evolving Customer Expectations How this strategy can be successful.

The Critical Role of Data Analytics Why data analytics matters in CX.

The Re-Invention of the Telephone Center How embracing change has led the way.

Overcoming Five Contact Center Challenges Organizations need to focus on improving CX and EX.

Connecting With Anxious Customers The cases for careful deflection, supporting preferred channels, and proactive outreach.

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How One Agent Handles 20M Calls a Year

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Can Contact Centers Mitigate Fraud Risks?

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Work from Home Survey Results

Work from Home Survey Results Monitoring the Current Trends of Remote Work Programs.

2022 Challenges and Priorities Survey: A Triple Whammy of Challenges!

2022 Challenges and Priorities Survey: A Triple Whammy of Challenges! Trouble hiring? Workload increasing? High attrition? You are not alone!

What Is Your Customer-Centric DNA? Key findings from the 2020 North American Study on Customer Centricity.

Contact Center Challenges and Priorities for 2021: A Year Like No Other Findings from our sixth annual survey reveal the need for agility going forward.

Surveys Highlight Contact Center Opportunities Insights on resiliency, operations, technology and metrics highlight where we go from here.

Contact Center Challenges & Priorities for 2020: The Year of the Agent Findings from our fifth annual survey reveal a strong focus on the agent experience.

Special Report: Factors Leading to an Impactful Voice of the Customer Process Findings from the 2019 Voice of the Customer survey.

The Future of the Contact Center: Optimism with a Dose of Caution The results from our recent survey reveal enthusiasm for employee and customer impacts, but tempered expectations...

Contact Center Challenges & Priorities for 2019 Findings from our recent Contact Center Challenges & Priorities survey reveal noticeable movement in current...

2018 Contact Center Technology Survey Reveals Critical Needs Features/functions, obsolescence and reliability drive investment.

Contact Center Challenges & Priorities for 2018 The survey results are out! Let 2018 be the year to raise the contact center’s profile!

COVID-19 and the Contact Center: Horror, Heartache, Humanity and Hope

COVID-19 and the Contact Center: Horror, Heartache, Humanity and Hope Embrace the lessons learned during the current crisis.

How to Make Remote Training Work for New-Hires

How to Make Remote Training Work for New-Hires 10 strategies and tools to deliver efficient and effective virtual training.

Customer Service Team Appreciation in 2020

Customer Service Team Appreciation in 2020 Customer care leaders weigh in on celebrating Customer Service Week in the Year of COVID.

Meeting Today’s Coaching, Training Challenges How to manage with generations, impatient customers, AI, and remote work.

The New Trifecta of Contact Center Reliability Agent experience, proactive security, and network redundancy are key.

Why Software QA is Good for Business (to Business) Delivering excellent B2B CX depends on optimally-functioning solutions.

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Strategies for Managing Remote Call Center Teams – Part 2 How to handle challenges of agents working from home.

Can Voice Authentication Help Overwhelmed Agents? Experience with it says yes.

Where to Call and Contact? The New Normal, like WFH, has shaken up contact center site selection strategies.

Connecting With Remote Colleagues: In Writing Email has its flaws, so here’s how to make the best of it.

Strategies for Managing Remote Call Center Teams – Part 1 How to handle challenges of agents working from home.

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