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Snapfish Finds Live Chat a Snap for Customers and Agents Photo-sharing site uses Live Person to help members with design projects. |
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The Changing Role of the Contact Center Agent With the proliferation of online self-help and new call center technologies, agents are being asked to resolve more challenging issues or to transform themselves into salespeople. But are current agents, who primarily respond to basic service requests, right for these new roles? |
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Answering the Call Everyone's had a bad experience with a call center. But now companies are investing in advanced technologies and at-home agents to connect with customers, not put them on hold. |
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Outsourcing -- Making the Right Call There are three main types of call center outsourcers. Which is best suited to your business? |
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Hot Spots You've decided to outsource your contact centers. Now the question is, to where? We evaluate the fastest growing nearshore and offshore options. |
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Yackety Clack Text chat is no longer exclusively for the tech-adept, buddy-list teen set -- it's picking up steam as an enterprise touch point to facilitate multichannel strategies for service and sales efforts. |
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Ovum Expects Home-Based Agents to Soar by 2017 The annual growth rate is twice that of the brick-and-mortar contact center outsourcing market. |
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The 2010 CRM Service Awards: The Service Elite - Drugstore.com RightNow Technologies is helping Drugstore.com get better at making its customers look good. |
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Delivering on its Promise CRM is turning call centers into profit centers. |
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Anybody's Bot Virtual agents, deemed the new concierge of the Internet, help customers navigate through ever-increasing Web site complexities. |
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Making a Clear Connection Integrating your multichannel operations can seem like a near-impossible feat, but it doesn't have to be. Follow these strategies to ease your integration process and maximize your multichannel potential. |
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inContact Releases New Version of Cloud Contact Center Software The company expands multichannel offering with Universal Queue, new agent interface, true inbound and outbound blending, and an API-driven cloud ecosystem. |
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Happy Agents, Happy Customers Increased agent productivity leads to increased satisfaction. |
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Have an Agent in Your Corner Buying a house is stressful enough without having to worry about whether you can trust the real estate agent you're working with. By using a dedicated buyers' agent, you can make sure your agent is working for you. |
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Telephone Call Centers: The Factory Floors of the 21st Century For most of the past century, the factory floor offered a path upward for Americans short on education. Now many low and semi-skilled workers must turn to a 21st century replacement: the telephone call center... |
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The Call Center: Talk About Issues! Three observations on keeping -- and cultivating -- agent talent |
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Call Centers In The Rec Room "Homeshoring" takes off as moms and others provide an alternative to offshoring. |
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How Can I Help You? Proactive businesses that utilize chat technology to engage Web visitors are seeing higher conversion rates. So why aren't you? |
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Chatty-Chatty Makes a Bang-Bang Online Experience Nationwide talks its way to a more successful automotive quote-and-buying process with nGenera CIM. |
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CRM Wake-Up Call How to transform your call center from a budget drain into a source of competitive advantage. |
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Across the Universe Contact center managers have begun to examine this idea of the universal agent, agents theoretically capable of handling any contact, via any channel. |
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A Matter of Time Within five days of introducing RightTime management solution from Intradiem, Vivint delivered 2,400 training and coaching sessions, all during idle time. |
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Web-Based Solutions Deliver on Agents' Tech Expectations Insurers can leverage agent portals and systems integration technology to streamline agents' workflow and improve efficiencies. |
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A Web of Support There has been an upturn in insurers' investments in Web-based tools that enable agents to work more efficiently and, through those efficiencies, sell more, increase commissions and make more money for the companies they represent. |
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Why Legacy Chat Doesn't Cut It How to better engage customers and enhance your brand in today's digital world where many buyers expect real-time engagement online. |
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Hello, Dolly! A virtual, Web-based call center helps this custom doll maker find made-to-order agents... |
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A Leap of Faith Sometimes implementing a CRM technology means taking a significant risk. |
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What Are the Primary Agent Business Models? Descriptions of the several types of agents in the telecom industry. |
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Higher-Tech Agents Leading experts in agent technology answer critical questions about the relationship between agents and technology. |
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Scheduling Tool Traction By implementing a new workforce scheduling application, agent hours have been reduced by 20% at Taction, a call center outsourcing company. |
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Agents Identify 7 Best Practices for Channel Managers Agents share their points of view on what can be done on a daily basis to ensure the best possible customer experience. |
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February 2010
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Stressed and Distressed Under-appreciated. Overworked. Underpaid. Here's a shock: Stressed-out customer service agents provide lousy customer service. We've got ways to reduce the tension - and raise satisfaction - on both sides of the call. |
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Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent A good agent can serve you very well -- so choose carefully. |
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Bigger Data vs. Smarter Data? Smarter Wins Mining customer interactions for compelling insights can drive big gains. |
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Staying In The Game An interview with Bob Winn, vice president of Capital Insurance Group about implementing a new policy administration system for commercial lines and converting the company's personal lines products to a .NET-based, Web-enabled format for agents. |
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Dedicated Call Center Agents Make a Difference Vision Improvement Technologies uses specialized telemarketers to stimulate sales results. |
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PHONE+ Asks: How Will Carrier Consolidation Impact the Agent Channel? Several agents weigh in on this question. |
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Pair Live Chat with HelpdeskCRM Software Combining the two can unlock both solutions' full potential. |
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Open Season On Outsourcers More Western software and services companies are snapping up Indian companies that specialize in back-office operations. |
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12 Ways to Boost Productivity From better knowledge bases and improved natural-language search engines, to workforce management strategies and business process reengineering, here's what's new in enhancing contact center productivity. |
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McAfee Automates Online Service McAfee turns to Citrix to leverage chat and remote assistance in the call center. |
