For many companies, making outbound calls and texts to customers makes up a large volume of everyday work that their live agents handle today. Outbound calls and texts are used in a variety of ways, such as to preempt situations or to keep customers up-to-date. They are often used to remind customers about important or upcoming appointments,...

The biggest challenge facing every contact center is agent churn. Many agents are bored, unengaged, and generally unhappy, and they churn at a rate of 33% across all industries. As a contact center leader, you work extremely hard to mitigate these challenges, but because you are pulled in many different directions, it is tough to keep your...

When it comes to reducing expenses within contact center operations, one of the best ways to do so is to reduce the amount of time that live agents spend on the phone. With that being said, one of the biggest time-consumers of live agent minutes comes from repetitive and tedious data gathering. This happens on virtually every...

With all of the new improvements and changes in modern day customer service technology, it’s no surprise that customer expectations have evolved to follow suit as well. Customers want better and faster self-service options, especially in the voice channel thanks to the popularity and increased adoption of conversational home/personal assistants. Since a dial-tone IVR is not be...

This series has focused on the specific ways to transform your call center with a sound self-service strategy. The success of your overall program, however, relies on the balance between realistic expectations and effective communication to all stakeholders: organization, agents, and customers. In this way, you will meet and even exceed the goals you set for your...

You have begun to transform your call center by identifying ideal self-service processes, mimicking live agent workflow, and exploring a strong omnichannel offering. But you still need to consider the preferences of the customers you serve, particularly when it comes to “who” they prefer to engage with and for what reason.Some customers – even when presented with...

The last entry detailed how designing your automation based on existing live agent behavior is essential to a consistent and efficient customer experience. We all know that in this age of digitization, however, your company’s self-service strategic plan has to consider more than just the voice channel. This post details the importance of omnichannel, and how to...