Contact Center Management Research
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Customer Experience Exchange E-Zine: Issue 3
Sponsored by: TechTarget Customer ExperienceIn this third edition of the Customer Experience Exchange e-zine, Chris Maxcer delves into world of incorporating team-building activities into contact center agents' schedules, Vangie Beal discusses Dell's six-year investment in social media and Anna Fiorentino writes about why customer loyalty has dipped nearly 10%.
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SIP contact centers: Key benefits and potential challenges
Sponsored by: TechTarget SecurityLearn how Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), unified communications (UC) and contact centers fit hand in hand in this e-guide from SearchUnifiedCommunications.com.
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A more social contact center
Sponsored by: Salesforce.comIn this expert e-guide, you will discover ways that contact centers are using social media channels to manage customer contact volume and the 10 steps to creating a call center social media strategy.
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Use effective call centers to build customer loyalty
Sponsored by: Infor CRMThis tip guide features chapter 6 from Paul R. Timm's book, 'Technology and Customer Service: Profitable Relationship Building.' Access this resource now to learn how to align business process with customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives, tips for CRM strategy and how to effectively leverage the call center to improve customer loyalty.
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Apply the power of CRM to build customer loyalty
Sponsored by: Infor CRMThis tip guide comes straight from Paul R. Timm's book, 'Technology and Customer Service: Profitable Relationship Building.' Read on to learn how to utilize today's technologies for enhancing customer relationship management (CRM) strategies.
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The power of Call Centers and Customer Loyalty
Sponsored by: Infor CRMRead this e-guide from our award-winning editorial team to learn strategies for how to utilize innovative technologies to improve your customer experiences, retain customers and gain loyalty.
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Customer Experience Exchange E-Zine Issue 2
Sponsored by: TechTarget Customer ExperienceThis second issue of Customer Experience Exchange highlights the contact center. Often an overlooked facet of customer relationship management (CRM), the contact center is usually the first way a customer reaches out to a company and thus should always be considered in CRM strategies.
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Making WFM Work: Best Practices and ROI Model
Sponsored by: Calabrio, Inc.There has been tremendous innovation in contact center workforce management (WFM) over the past three years, with new vendors and offerings entering the scene. Find out how the new generation of WFM solutions are easier to use, improve agent satisfaction, enhance customer experience and cut costs.
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Pros and cons of WFM in the call center
Sponsored by: Infor WFM WorkbrainThe market for workforce management (WFM) software in the contact center saw double-digit growth last year, but the technology still needs work, according to experts. In this e-guide you’ll explore the pros and cons of WFM.
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Contact Center Security in the Cloud: Questions to Ask & Answers to Expect
Sponsored by: LiveOpsRead this white paper to learn what should be addressed when moving your contact center to the cloud including important security risks.
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Upgrading to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 6000
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.Learn how the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition enables your employees to collaborate in the office or on the road from desk phones, PCs or Macs, mobile phones, business tablets, or any combination.
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Six Solutions for What's Keeping Executives Up at Night
Sponsored by: Citrix Online- GoToAssistThis comprehensive white paper highlights six solutions to the issues support executives face on a daily basis.
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Upgrading to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 6000
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.Learn how the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition enables your employees to collaborate in the office or on the road from desk phones, PCs or Macs, mobile phones, business tablets, or any combination.Now through Oct.29th 2011, US-based customers can buy one eligible Cisco Unified IP Phone and get another free.
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Speech Analytics - The Power of Simplicity
Sponsored by: Calabrio, Inc.This overview examines the power of Speech Analytics technology to extend resources and expand knowledge.
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Making WFM Work: Best Practices and ROI Model
Sponsored by: Calabrio, Inc.There has been tremendous innovation in contact center WFM over the past three years, with new vendors and offerings entering the scene. Find out how the new generation of WFM solutions are easier to use, improve agent satisfaction, enhance customer experience and cut costs.
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Building a Business Case for your Next-Generation QA Solution
Sponsored by: Calabrio, Inc.This white paper shows you how to build your business case and obtain approval for a new or upgraded contact center quality assurance and recording solution.
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Speech Analytics: The Simple Definition
Sponsored by: Calabrio, Inc.What is "Speech Analytics," exactly, and why is it important? Find out how the latest wave of Speech Analytics offerings are used in call center communication today and what the benefits are.
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Best Practices for a contact center technology overhaul
Sponsored by: Contactual (Now 8x8, Inc.)Tap into the expert advice in this eBook to choose technology that will help you leverage multiple contact channels, effectively monitor agent interaction and deliver an excellent customer experience.
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CRM Buyer’s Guide – 2011 Edition
Sponsored by: TechTarget Customer ExperienceWelcome to SearchCRM.com’s Buyer’s Guide. This directory was designed to be a valuable resource for those getting started with research or evaluating vendors in the CRM market.
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Premise vs. Hosted Contact Center: Total Cost of Ownership Analysis
Sponsored by: inContactToday, the majority of North American contact centers today are supported by premise-based contact center and telephony systems. But there's another money-saving option for contact centers: third-party owned and operated hosted services. Before you decide which model to use, there's another factor you should consider: Total cost of ownership (TCO).
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Boosting Contact Center Capabilities with UC and SIP
Sponsored by: IBMUnified Communications and the contact center were once perceived as different, but these two business functions and technologies are linked. Today's IT and contact center architects can leverage UC applications capabilities and integrate Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and SIP trunking to create more proactive and reactive customer service.
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Contact Center Security: Moving to the True Cloud
Sponsored by: LiveOpsToday, Cloud is one of the most talked about trends in the IT industry. It’s a paradigm many believe will have a widespread business impact. However, while the term “Cloud”is relatively new, one of the core components, distributed computing, is well-established.
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Extra Space Storage Dials Up Sales with inContact & Salesforce CRM
Sponsored by: inContactThis paper describes the benefits Extra Space Storage experienced by combining inContact’s on-demand platform and integrated with customer CRM software from salesforce.com. Read on to learn more about these benefits and learn how your company can experience the same results.
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Eight Essential Steps: Moving the Contact Center Beyond Operational Efficiency to Business Effectiveness
Sponsored by: AspectThis paper explains how to move the contact center beyond operational efficiency to business effectiveness and provides best practices employed by businesses that already operate their contact centers as profit centers and touching on the technology that makes it possible. Read on to learn how to transform your contact center into a profit center.
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Integrated vs. Unified: Five Reasons Why Contact Centers Must Get Unified
Sponsored by: AspectThis paper presents the main differences between integrated and unified contact centers, and gives five reasons why it is imperative for contact centers to adapt a unified solution. Read on to learn how adopting such a solution can increase productivity, decrease costs, and enhance the customer experience, thereby increasing customer loyalty.
