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Boston is famous for its meandering streets that seem to take the long way to where you need to go. Folklore tells of how the trails of aimlessly wandering cows were simply paved over. This may not be true, but it serves to illustrate a point. When we become complacent with inefficiencies they can become institutionalized. If you speak with any…

We talk a lot about “future-proofing” your business. It’s an important concept for any company considering digital customer service integration. You don’t simply want to plan for your current customer service needs. You’ll need a solution that can easily scale as business grows. Digital customer service is evolving quickly, and this change hopefully comes in tandem with important developments in your business…

The employment landscape for contact center agents is tightening: With unemployment hitting record lows at just 3.7%, contact center leaders must engage employees in personalized ways to drive performance improvements, reduce attrition and unlock greater ROI from their workforce.

What can you do when revenue targets keep increasing but your budget stays the same? It’s a challenge more and more companies are facing – and many of them are looking to their contact centers for solutions. Because progressive leaders understand a new CX strategy can transform corporate culture; turn customers into advocates; and boost revenue. Focus…

It is time to modernize your contact center. Your current software is showing its age, unable to keep up with customer expectations or add new capabilities like digital channels (like SMS or WhatsApp) or artificial intelligence (AI). But it may have been five years or more since you last evaluated technology options or vendors for call center…

The chatbot revolution is here, and having a bot that can talk to your customers online is key to your brand’s success and future growth. Chatbots scale quite easily and can handle hundreds of conversations at a time. This makes them the perfect candidates for tasks with a predictable and well-defined conversation flow. We’ve created a little cheat sheet with an essential…

We’ve heard lots about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is redefining customer service — and it really hit home for me last week while I was out enjoying dinner and a show with my mother. We’d just shuffled into the theatre, when I realized that my ATM card was missing. Maybe I left it in the restaurant? Never mind, the show was…