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The Impact of Social on Today’s Traditional Contact Center

Joshua MarchMarch 26, 2015 Even 30 seconds is too long for today’s in-the-moment, always-engaged customer to wait, spelling trouble for the future of customer service through traditional channels like email and phone. The world is in the middle of the biggest shift in personal computing; the transition from desktop computers to smartphones and tablets requires … Continue reading The Impact of Social on Today’s Traditional Contact Center

Social Media Contact Centers: What New Teams, Training and Processes Will Be Needed?

Paul JohnsFebruary 11, 2015 Social media is rapidly maturing and has emerged as a major new customer support channel — one controlled by the customer, not your company. For some major brands, social media now makes up 10% of all inbound volume, and is still seeing swift adoption as most customers move to ‘social first’ forms of … Continue reading Social Media Contact Centers: What New Teams, Training and Processes Will Be Needed?

5 Ways Not Using Speech Analytics is Affecting Your Contact Center

Just seven percent of consumers report that the customer service they experience when dealing with companies exceeds their expectations. While 26 percent have experienced being transferred between agents without resolution of the problem they initially called about. That is abysmal. Without the proper monitoring tools in place, it is impossible to monitor agent and customer … Continue reading 5 Ways Not Using Speech Analytics is Affecting Your Contact Center