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Is There a Place for Video in the Contact Center?

By: Jabra | Published: May 25, 2022

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Why WFH Contact Center Agents Should Acknowledge Background Noise

By: Craig Idlebrook | Published: May 24, 2022

In the chaos of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I had decided to cancel my subscription to Major League Baseball’s streaming service. After all, the season was suspended, so why... Read More

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5 Reasons Why Contact Centers Shouldn’t Offer Video Calls

By: Rob Dwyer | Published: May 23, 2022

For the last two years, many of us have gotten intimately familiar with Zoom, Teams, Meet, WebEx, and a myriad of other video-enabled conferencing solutions. These solutions can approximate (and in some... Read More

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What is Needed to Make a Hybrid Contact Center Model Work?

By: The Editors | Published: May 18, 2022

For the past two years, many in the contact center industry were forced to improvise to maintain day-to-day functions with a remote workforce. Now, as the remote or hybrid models of work... Read More

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Here are Some Ideas for Driving Change Management in a WFH Environment

By: Vicki Brackett | Published: May 17, 2022

Change is constant in business today, and when companies can’t successfully drive effective change management, their workers can become disengaged and unproductive. The quality of work can even suffer. When leaders can’t... Read More

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Why Average Handle Time Matters

By: Rob Dwyer | Published: May 16, 2022

Many years ago, an agent who I had trained needed to vent to me about the Average Handle Time (AHT) target. We both worked in the retention group for a large telecom... Read More

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Don’t Bluff Customers to Get Them Off the Phone

By: Craig Idlebrook | Published: May 11, 2022

The pandemic has thrown so many consumers into new and unchartered territory, and we often must try to navigate it the best we can. That’s why it’s vital for the contact center... Read More

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Where AI Adds the Most Value in Contact Centers

By: David Myron | Published: May 09, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) is appearing in many new contact center solutions, and vendors are adding new AI capabilities at a rapid pace. In response, enterprises are racing to test and deploy these... Read More

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5 Ways to Increase CX Tech Adoption and Improve Customer Service

By: Hailey Corr | Published: May 09, 2022

Technology is a game-changer for customer service. But a recent study by Vistio found that one of the most challenging aspects of managing a contact center’s existing technology tools is getting agents... Read More

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It’s Time to Rethink the Culture of Hiring

By: Bob Azman | Published: May 04, 2022

Recently my financial institution requested that I sign and return a document to them, via Fax. I laughed out loud when I read their request. Fax? Who uses faxes anymore? I sent... Read More

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