contact center
“Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza” Customer Experience and Cisco Context Service
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Due to a middle school crush, I became a fan of Elton John during the most prolific point in his career, releasing a series of records I still...
Enterprise Connect 2015 – it’s about communication, not technology
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Let’s step into the “way back machine.” It’s 1985, and my friends and I are waiting in a long line to purchase U2 concert tickets. We are beyond excited; they are coming to the Worcester Centrum and we are determined to score tickets for this momentous event! It’s a very, very long line at the […]
Track the Customer Journey with Cisco Context Service
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I was on a weeklong business trip to London last month, and as I made my way to purchase a ticket for Heathrow Express train, I realized that I had left my corporate credit card at home. It was close to midnight in London, and Heathrow Express was the perfect option because I was going […]
Context is Everything in Customer Care
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“Let’s eat grandma!” “Let’s eat, grandma!” Punctuation makes a difference, doesn’t it? So does context. If you’re a basketball fan with March Madness on your mind, “Drive the lane!” might make you think of something a coach yells to his players. On the other hand, if you’re teaching your teenage son to drive, it means […]
Context Matters: Announcing Context Service for Better Customer Care
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“Hello, Mr. Famous, and thanks for calling 1-800-WeCanHelp! I see you bought three items from us last week, and you IM’d with our agent Chet yesterday when you had some...
Championing the Case for Contact Center Analytics!
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Contact centers have always been awash in data and data crunchers. But based on progress in data science, there is a renewed focus on analytics and how you can use it to differentiate your customer engagement strategy. When competitors offer similar products and use comparable technologies, your customer service strategy can offer meaningful advantage to […]
The Steely Dan Contact Center: When “Do It Again” Isn’t a Hit
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In 1973, the group Steely Dan burst onto the music scene with two hits from their first album “Can’t Buy A Thrill.” Setting the standard for obscure lyrical...
Back to the Future in 2015: Marty McFly’s Contact Center
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In the 1989 movie Back to the Future II, Michael J. Fox’s character Marty McFly travels to the year 2015. He sees a future with hover boards, holograms, flat-screen TVs, and video calls. Not bad for predictions made over 25 years ago! But the movie didn’t give us a glimpse of what a contact center […]
“Who Can it Be Now?” is No Longer a Legitimate Question in the Call Center
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In 1982, the Australian group Men at Work reached the #1 spot on the Billboard music charts...
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