Why Creating An Effortless Contact Center Experience Is More Important Than Wowing Your CustomerRead

  July 7, 2015 Earlier this month, I read the book The Effortless Experience, by Matthew Dixon and Nick Toman. The authors compiled some fantastic, real world research that challenged conventional thinking when it comes to the customer experience and customer service. The book provides data challenging traditional customer service and its effect on customer spending, loyalty, and recommendations. The […]

The Millennials Are Coming – Is Your Contact Center Ready?Read

  June 30, 2015 If you read about customer service or marketing, you already know that the millennial generation is here, and they have power. In Micah Solomon’s recent column, 5 Secrets of Selling and Serving 80 Million Millennial Customers, he stated, “The millennial generation of customers is about to take your business by storm […]

Prevent Fraud in the Contact CenterRead

  June 23, 2015 I called my bank yesterday to complete a wire transfer. After answering a couple of basic questions about my account and personal information, I was able to instantly transfer a considerable amount of money from my savings account to my retirement account.  Answers to my security questions could easily be mined […]

10 New Features in CIC 2015 R2Read

  May 13, 2015 Interactive Intelligence announced their new service release (2015 R2) in early March. With the new service release model, Interactive is including new features and bug fixes. With all these new features and product releases, many customers want to know one thing: whether or not they are beneficial to their environments. CIC […]

5 Contact Center Trends that Demand Your AttentionRead

  April 2, 2015 Much like contact center managers who are looking to set their budgets, consultants are often asked about what is new, where training dollars should be spent, and what areas of technology should be evaluated. Daniela, a blogger for Fonolo, recently posted a useful blog entitled 10 Important Contact Center Statistics for […]

Email Queuing Comes to Finesse in UCCX 10.6Read

  March 16, 2015 We recently talked about what was new in UCCX and whether or not the upgrades are worth it. One of the biggest features in UCCX 10.6 is the ability for agents using the Finesse Agent Desktop to handle routed emails using the new email gadget. This feature, alone, may be enough […]

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