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March 9, 2023

Can agents get work done between customer contacts?

I know, I know. It’s busy out there. The demand for agent-assisted service is relentless (wasn’t that AI-driven chatbot going to reduce workload?). Your team...

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January 24, 2023

Building the “Frictionless” Organization—an Interview with Bill Price

Bill Price is a longtime friend and industry colleague in the customer service space. Bill...

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January 19, 2023

Forecasting the Contact Center Workload

Everything to do with getting resources right in a contact center begins with forecasting, predicting what the workload will be. Workload is what leads to how many agents...

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February 9, 2022

Three Immutable Laws of Contact Centers

There are three immutable laws at work in contact centers that you must keep in mind. They’re always present. Understanding them will help you establish...

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November 11, 2021

The Pros and Cons of Virtual Queues

Many contact centers are grappling with labor shortages, surging workloads, or a brutal combination of both. The resource mismatches have resulted in long wait times...

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February 4, 2020

The Contact Center’s Role in Building Self-Service

Many organizations are learning firsthand that contact centers play a central role in encouraging and supporting low-cost access channels. For example, the contact center can...

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January 8, 2020

GM Leverages AI in Social Customer Care

GM, America’s largest automobile manufacturer, has more than 17 million social brand mentions and engages in more than 400,000 customer care conversations each year. GM...

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September 19, 2019

Contact Center Future Shock: Channels May Become Part of Our Past

Recently, I was reminded of this brief interview that I recorded with Jim Rembach of...

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August 2, 2019

Article on Customer Service Trends

Sam Del Rowe recently wrote an article for www.destinationcrm.com titled “The Top Customer Service Trends: Building Better Service Beyond Voice.” In the article, Mike de...

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February 21, 2019

5 Secrets of Accurate Scheduling in Today’s Contact Center

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February 14, 2019

The Best Managed Contact Centers: #7 – They View the Contact Center as a Total Process 


Contact centers that consistently get the best results view the operation as a total process....

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October 3, 2018

Communicating Access Alternatives to Customers

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