Susan Preiss

This Call May Be Recorded: How Conversation Intelligence Is Transforming the Contact Center Industry

by Susan Preiss in Artificial Intelligence, Conversational Intelligence, Customer Experience, Susan Preiss

Customer care QA processes are moving from limited sampling to real-time, holistic analysis thanks to emerging conversation intelligence technologies that impact every corner of the contact center for the better.   At a recent industry conference, the session on quality assurance began with the keynote speaker taking the mic, and boldly announcing: “when it comes […]

 

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What’s Everyone Talking About in Customer Experience Today?

by Susan Preiss in Customer Service Trends, Susan Preiss

  Customer experience is pretty much the hottest topic in the contact center and customer care space these days. We’ve been focused on designing and delivering best-in-class experiences for decades, but customer experience is an expansive, evolving topic, and staying current on trends and the latest thinking in customer experience is always a challenge. In […]

 

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Comparing the Online vs In-Person Customer Experience: A Personal Story

by Susan Preiss in Customer Experience, Measuring Customer Service Performance, Susan Preiss

In this article, we share a first-person experience from our Vice President, Client Services, Susan Preiss. She explores the tale of two customer experience scenarios, comparing online versus in-person customer experiences in the quest to buy a new car. The takeaways for the world of customer care are tangible and actionable. Read on! Vehicle Shopping: […]

 

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Unraveling the Tangled Vines of Omnichannel Customer Care

by Susan Preiss in Contact Center Outsourcing, Customer Service Outsourcing, Omnichannel Customer Service, Susan Preiss

Competitive pressures, customer expectations, and emerging technologies are some of the key factors pushing leaders to elevate and evolve their customer service approach. We often talk about omnichannel as the ultimate goal for any and every customer service solution. But there’s a lot to unpack when it comes to creating and sustaining an effective, elegant […]

 

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How to Ease the Pain of Scaling Your Contact Center

by Susan Preiss in Contact Center Outsourcing, Customer Service Outsourcing, Strategic Partnership, Susan Preiss

Business is booming? Great! There’s nothing we love more than a good growth story. Your revenue is skyrocketing, which usually means your customers are buying more and you’re gaining more customers. Of course, growth spurts often go hand-in-hand with growing pains. Have you also noticed more customers calling or messaging with questions and concerns? Higher […]

 

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The True Cost of Losing a Customer

by Susan Preiss in Contact Center Outsourcing, Customer Retention, Customer Service Outsourcing, Susan Preiss

Too tired to read? Listen to the audio via our podcast here: One negative customer experience may seem like a drop in the ocean of all your customer interactions, but it’s never that simple. Consider these statistics from a recent survey from NewVoiceMedia: After experiencing poor customer service: •  37% of customers would change their […]

 

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Deck the Halls: Coping with Peak Season Holiday Spikes in the Contact Center

by Susan Preiss in Customer Service Outsourcing, Customer Service Trends, Holiday Customer Service, Live Chat, Susan Preiss

Several years ago, we reported that Americans would spend a forecasted $600 billion during the 2014 holiday season. Fast forward a few years, and that number has skyrocketed to a massive $1.1 trillion, according to data from Deloitte, which is more than a quarter of annual retail sales. Of course, greater retail sales inevitably lead […]

 

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