Companies who want to save money for their call center, employ at-home workers. But, they should also take into consideration about the security aspect of the company. A cloud-based call center will combat security concerns. To know more about call center security, follow: http://www.blogher.com/ins-and-outs-call-center-security?wrap=blogher-topics/news-politics/technology&crumb=29
AdvaTel, an Australian software company, developed BestTime, a product which improves productivity and also enhances customer experience. With the help of BestTime, potential callers can choose to receive a reminder via SMS or web page notification when the call waiting time is lower and it also helps in better management of a call center. Read more at: http://www.contactcenterworld.com/view/contact-center-news/totally-new-concept-in-call-center-management.aspx
The most recently developed modern call center has emerged with so much of technology usage from cloud to Customer Relationship Management and Integrated Voice Response with new phrases catching up on people’s minds. It can be compared to an Oxford dictionary which gets 1000 new words added almost every year. There is always a need of new word to describe an innovation, idea or technology. These new words lead to puzzling communication. Thus the need of the hour is a jargon busting guide. Some examples are COLO which stands for Colocation. It refers to the service where data can be stored by a host company in a third party data center. For access to the whole guide visit: http://www.newvoicemedia.com/blog/understanding-the-modern-call-centre-our-jargon-busting-guide/#colo
Customer contact centers fulfil different functions according to the organization they serve and the industry that they function in. Regardless of their objectives, the focus should be on the customer - meeting expectations, enhancing service levels and improving satisfaction. Contact centers are finding it necessary to add more communication channels to their platforms in order to get in touch as easily as possible. Customer satisfaction and performance levels remain among the most important tenets of any call center and the market is changing to address customer communication needs. Technologies like unified communications will be playing a greater role in going forward.
To know more about this aspect, read the article by Mike England, content director of Imago Techmedia, follow http://www.callcentrehelper.com/customers-driving-unified-communications-55759.htm
Outsourcing has turned up as the most competent business strategy for getting non-core business functions taken care of by experts. India has captured the position of unchallenged outsourcing hub of the world. Some of the reasons behind the increasing demand are:
1. Low cost solution
2. More profits for businesses
3. Availability of talented resources
4. Favourable government policies
To gather more insight on each of the reasons visit http://www.callcentersindia.com/displaynews.php?idnews=319_Why_Outsourcing_Call_Centers_To_India_Is_In_Demand
Nowadays businesses are adopting cloud computing technology to enhance customer satisfaction in call centers. This technology helps the employees by providing updated information about the customers which allow them to easily manage customer needs. A cloud based call center also offers better return on investment. The employees can access the cloud from anywhere with an internet connection which helps in reducing costly on-site installations.
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https://www.fonality.com/industry-news/what-are-benefits-moving-call-center-cloud
Laura Noonan, Marketing team lead at CallFinder, talks about how important it is to monitor the call center agents for providing customer satisfaction. She also emphasized that the companies must also provide equal priority to employees, ensuring the satisfaction with their role. She also speaks about the different advantages of monitoring calls between the customers and agents.
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An article by Omar Zaibak, Head of Marketing at VoiceTrust specializing in B2B demand generation, talks about the latest trends of the call center industry which will help to improve customer experience. Some of them are – Social Media, Voice of the Customer, Cloud Migration, Voice Biometrics.
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http://www.voicetrust.com/blog/top-10-call-center-trends-2014/
Tom Christenson, President of Contact Center Solutions, CGS (a global provider of technology-enabled business solutions), talks about why and how social media can be used with call centers to improve customer services.