ByJana Debusk
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Like most of you, I’ll never forget where I was the night the world shut down. I was performing at a jazz club and one of my students, Tommy, came to my show. It was my first semester teaching music as an adjunct professor at Purdue University Fort Wayne, and I was thrilled to be…
ByNikki Quinn
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In a world where customer experience is a key to business success, contact center agents play an important role as brand ambassadors of your organization. By the time a customer reaches an agent, they’ve likely tried all self-service options and want someone who can talk with them, understand their problem, and quickly resolve it. A…
ByPlayvox Team
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Making optimal use of your contact center workforce is one of the biggest challenges for any contact center leader. Balancing the needs of your company, your customers, and your agents is a time-consuming, stressful effort — especially if you’re doing it manually. Compounding the issue is that unpredictable events — from unexpected sales growth or…
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The right WFM tools can mean the difference between a business that flourishes and one that flounders. While it may sound like a bold claim, the truth is the benefits of workforce management are big, and they have far-reaching effects—not only inside contact centers, but throughout organizations and straight to the bottom line. That’s because,…
ByPlayvox Team
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How to Know if You Need a Workforce Engagement Management Solution: Answer These 12 Questions A spring 2021 article on SHRM references the turnover “tsunami” that’s on the horizon, given that more than half of employees surveyed say they’ll look for a new job in the next year. With turnover rates for contact centers already…
ByPlayvox Team
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Adherence. AHT. ATA. EWT. FCR. The contact center industry is full of specialized terminology, jargon, and acronyms. Whether you’re an experienced contact center leader or a newly hired call center agent, it’s challenging to learn and keep up with the latest workforce management (WFM) terminology. To help you make sense of your work life (or…
ByPlayvox Team
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Let’s face it. Spreadsheets were made to manage numbers, not people. For scheduling and managing the complexities of a high-demand agent workforce, spreadsheets do not cut it. In fact, they can be a detriment to the effective operations of your contact center. If you’re struggling with forecasting, scheduling, and monitoring your workforce in real-time, you’re…
ByKristyn Emenecker
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Are your customer service representatives (CSRs) cross-selling and upselling relevant products and services to your customers? If they aren’t, you’re missing out on a great opportunity to offer a better customer experience and generate extra revenue. As more contact centers explore implementing cross-selling and upselling, they’re finding very little information on how to do it…
ByPlayvox Team
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Workforce management software isn’t exactly a magic pill for contact centers helping to drive business success, but it’s definitely a smart place to start. While strong products will always be essential to the success of large and mid-size businesses, it’s the customer experience that keeps people (and revenue) coming. Contact centers are at the heart…
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For anyone asking, “What is workforce management?” there’s never been a better time to understand—and turn up—its power to transform and optimize your business. Workforce management is the critical link between today’s top-performing contact centers and thriving brands—across every industry. And it’s increasingly top-of-mind for customer experience leaders who want to help reduce costs and…
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Transforming Customer Experience: The Impact Of AI On Contact Centers
We’re excited to announce that Playvox has joined NICE, a global leader in AI-powered contact center solutions. Together, we’ll strengthen our commitment to optimizing customer service with innovative workforce engagement tools. Stay tuned at NICE.com for more updates as we integrate and expand our capabilities to serve you even better.