Customer Experience

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10 Oct, 2022
National Customer Service Week 2022

We absolutely loved celebrating National Customer Service Week.  It’s always a good opportunity for our Teams to take a step back and recognise their achievements and just how far they have all come as well as share their expertise and advice. Our celebrations have kept us busy, with a selection of insight around technology, statistics and top tips, through to shining the spotlight on our internal service teams.  Here’s a recap: Monday 3rd October - The Human-Tech Interface We kicked...

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05 Oct, 2022
Agent burnout is a real challenge. What can you do to fix this?

*Written by our very own Shaunna Wilson - WEM ConsultantPoor mental health is costing contact centres almost £1 billion each year. Agent burnout and motivation is an ongoing concern, and something which is repeatedly being mentioned in conversations I am having with clients. If you’re struggling with agent burnout, here are my top 3 pointers to help overcome this. 1. Speak to your agents I hosted our first Calabrio Community Forum of 2022 a few months back. Not surprisingly, hybrid...

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30 Jun, 2022
To EV or not to EV? Could CX be the answer?

In Europe alone, the number of Electric Vehicles (Battery electric + Plug-in hybrid electric) for 2030 is estimated to be around 29 million. The EV industry has officially taken off, and if you’re in the market considering the switch to electric, the choices are endless. But what would help push you over the line when choosing which brand to go for? Could a good customer experience (CX) be one? The Power Behind a Good Customer Experience Research states that 86%...

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17 Feb, 2022
The Journey Behind Customer Experience (CX) Transformation

To meet the needs of today's empowered consumer, organisations need to embark on a customer experience (CX) transformation journey. A Haven to Share CX Challenges To help organisations along this journey, we’ve been running exclusive CX transformation led networking events. By sharing challenges and best practice methodologies, we’ve created a ‘safe haven’ for thought leaders within the contact centre space. A space to share CX insight, drive efficiency and connect with like-minded peers. Attended by Customer Experience and Contact Centre...

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09 Feb, 2022
5 Customer Experience Trends for 2022

The Pandemic has accelerated digital adoption For many years contact centre experts have talked about the idea of cloud contact centre technology being the solution for true omni-channel customer experiences as well as a solution for remote working. However, 2021 was the year we really saw organisations putting their money where their mouth is. The reason for organisations doubling down on digital innovation has mainly been due to the unprecedented events of the pandemic. Amongst all the changes we’ve had...

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02 Sep, 2021
How AI has impacted the call centre

In the early 2000s when automation first started gaining momentum, call centres businesses saw it as an opportunity to reduce costs and improve agent efficiency and less about improving customer experience. However, this business logic has changed over the years as businesses now deem customer experience as the most important reason for investing in call centre automation. The change of mindset has been a result of two megatrends that have reshaped the business world for good. Firstly the widespread adoption...

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10 Aug, 2020
Top 4 Benefits Of A Cloud Contact Centre

The chaos of the worldwide pandemic has pushed us to the verge of another cloud migration . We’ve seen it with data storage, and we will now witness the same evolution in the contact centre industry, moving from the on-premise call centre solution to a cloud contact centre. Why implement Cloud Contact Centre technology? It’s a reality that COVID-19 caused contact centres worldwide to struggle as they attempted to implement efficient remote-working solutions for their contact centre agents. Implementation needed...

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10 Jun, 2020
Navigating & Adapting Your Contact Centre For the Future

As the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions slowly start to ease, businesses are now turning their attention to reopening and looking forward. Organisations, particularly contact centres are now operating in a world that already looks different to the one we left a few months ago.It’s an everchanging landscape, where contact centres now need to be thinking strategically rather than tactfully, so we thought it timely to team up with our partners NICE inContact, to deliver an insightful webinar on how you can...

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28 Apr, 2020
Top Tips for Combating Challenges In The Contact Centre During COVID-19

Our latest webinar, ‘Top Tips for Combating Challenges in The Contact Centre’ was packed with an array of knowledge, best practice techniques and even a very good list of suggestions on what to watch next on Netflix, thanks to our audience contributions! (Tiger King it is then!). To catch this webinar on-demand, check out this link:Top Tips for Combatting Challenges In The Contact Centre During COVID-19 Here are the top takeaways from the day: Demand V Customer Service COVID-19 has...

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22 Nov, 2019
Top 4 Financial Services Customer Experience Trends in 2019

In order to stay one step ahead, financial services organisations are shifting their focus to the customer experience (CX). Although operational efficiency and profitability are still top of the list, rising customer expectations and pressure from the competition has meant CX and everything that goes with it, needs to be heavily considered from a strategic perspective.The meaning of customer experience can be defined in many ways. We think Gartner’s explanation hits the nail on the head. According to Gartner, the...

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07 Jun, 2017
5 Ways to Get More Out of Your Agent Training

When trying to meet and improve service level agreements, reviewing agents’ performance and providing adequate agent training is imperative for success. Unfortunately, making time for training doesn’t always seem possible. Contact centers are notorious for being extremely busy and agent time is closely monitored to ensure that customers’ calls are promptly answered. There are a few things that you can start implementing immediately to help meet training needs while investing less time and effort and improving your outcomes... The rest...

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03 May, 2017
Speech Analytics for Banking and Financial Services [2019]

The mis-selling of Payment Protection Insurance was the first to highlight a need for banks to improve monitoring of customer-agent interactions to ensure compliance was being upheld. Moreover, after the 2008 global financial crisis, consumers have became more aware and open to complain about the service being delivered when and if they feel they are being miss-sold too. Figures published by the FCA regarding consumer complaints in 2018, show how important it is for banks to re-engineer the way they...

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