Agents and Call Centers
Listing use cases for artificial intelligence (AI) is like describing how to use the internet — the AI implementation examples are nearly infinite, constrained only by the inventive minds behind the wheel. AI is being implemented in business practically everywhere, from personalizing sales...
51 Tried and Tested Generative AI Prompts for Customer Service Agents Agents at all levels can apply these Generative AI prompts right now to enhance efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Ecommerce sales around the globe are expected to account for over a fifth of all retail sales by the end of 2022—which means support teams must handle a huge volume of calls in Q4 and Q1. No matter what business you’re in, peak season can make or break your customer experience if agents can’t...
Your call center agents are your organization’s frontline responders – the first point of contact between your organization and the customer (or, in some cases, potential customer). To the caller, the person on the other end of the phone line represents your company as a whole. It’s no...
Building an Agent Improvement Plan? 5 Tips for Contact CentersBefore you build an agent improvement plan, ask yourself: why spend time recruiting and training new agents if you don’t have to? Most contact centers planned for growth this year, but hiring great talent has been challenging. Companies like xtDirect had to reduce their agent count by 25% due to...
How can you improve agent productivity? You have access to so much technology as a customer support leader these days, yet studies show frustrated customers complain most about things like ineffective and slow customer support agents. If customer support technology is so good—the platforms, IVR...
Leaders across all departments—including the contact center—are now dealing with hiring challenges AND problems with legacy technology just a few years removed from the 2020 pandemic. More contact center agents are working remotely than ever before, managers are struggling to boost agent...
This article was originally published in Contact Center Pipeline, the magazine for contact center professionals. Already experiencing pandemic change, contact centers can expect even more in 2021, at a more rapid pace. Call and ticket volumes continue to rise, and the remote workforce will...
2020 is certainly one of the most fast-paced and challenging times for businesses and contact centers. In fact, things are changing so fast that failing to keep up or simply following a pre-established plan can actually lead to falling behind the pack. In just a few short months, the ‘new normal’...
The term “AI initiative” is often met with curiosity, and hostility. Companies and contact centers that have tested the waters know that an AI initiative is like an iceberg – with benefits peaking above the waterline, while a mountain of painstaking work hides underneath the surface. Time,...
This post was updated on May 27, 2022 to reflect industry best practices. It’s a hard pill to swallow, but the pandemic was one of those events that divided a lifetime into pre-COVID and post-COVID periods. As a result, companies were forced to innovate, forced to learn how to support employees...
Chatbots are quickly becoming an essential part of delivering customer service. According to a study by IT experts Spiceworks, up to 40% of businesses with 500 or more employees will have active chatbot or AI assistants by the end of 2019. These businesses have discovered the incredible benefits...