Playvox Leads G2 Grid Report for Contact Center QA for the Seventh Straight Quarter

Playvox Leads G2 Grid Report for Contact Center QA for the Seventh Straight Quarter

It probably comes as no surprise that customers are at the center of all we do at Playvox. We love when our customers have the systems, processes, and tools they need to delight their customers. Every interaction our workforce engagement management (WEM) software enables helps agents love their job and encourages customers to love their…

How Retirees Returning to the Workforce Benefits Your Contact Center

How Retirees Returning to the Workforce Benefits Your Contact Center

If the labor shortage has left your contact center scrambling for staff, you might have overlooked a potential goldmine of knowledgeable, eager future team members: retirees. According to research by Goldman Sachs, five million people have left the workforce since the beginning of the pandemic, and most were over age 55 (3.4 million). Researchers say…

How eLearning Solves Your Contact Center’s Training Challenge

How eLearning Solves Your Contact Center’s Training Challenge

If your contact center doesn’t have effective eLearning capabilities, you’re missing an opportunity to optimize agent performance.  One of the biggest training challenges contact centers face is keeping agents’ skills sharp following onboarding. New hire training is typically thorough enough to get agents up and running, but what about ongoing training that reinforces skills and…

How to Drive Engagement with Gamification in Your Contact Center

How to Drive Engagement with Gamification in Your Contact Center

Are your employees excited to come to work each and every day? Or are they disengaged, disinterested, and lacking motivation? Employee engagement is one of the most challenging aspects to master in the contact center. That’s why many organizations are putting increased emphasis on improving their company culture in order to improve employee morale. One…

ContactBabel Report: The 2022 U.S. Contact Center Decision-Makers’ Guide

ContactBabel Report: The 2022 U.S. Contact Center Decision-Makers’ Guide

As contact centers around the world grapple with the realities of hybrid work, the Great Resignation, heightened customer expectations, and supply chain woes, many are turning to industry research and data that can provide guidance, perspective, and clarity to help them maintain and grow their CSAT and NPS scores.  Enter ContactBabel.  As a leading analyst…

Why You Need to Measure Customer Experience in Your Contact Center

Why You Need to Measure Customer Experience in Your Contact Center

Delivering exceptional customer experiences is the new competitive advantage. In fact, it’s now the last remaining way to gain a sustainable edge, since traditional sources of differentiation – including price and product – quickly erode with the rapid pace of digital information flow. While it’s hard to argue against the importance of delivering great CX,…

Cloud Contact Center Best Practices You Should Use In 2022

Cloud Contact Center Best Practices You Should Use In 2022

The shift to the cloud only seemed to accelerate when the pandemic sent many workers home in the spring of 2020. And now, with more companies embracing a hybrid work environment, cloud-based solutions no longer seem optional but rather, business critical.  While many in the contact center industry are slow to transition away from on-premise…

Is Your Organization Ready for the Top Contact Center Trends of 2022?

Is Your Organization Ready for the Top Contact Center Trends of 2022?

If your contact center is planning for the future, be sure to make employee experience and getting the right technology in place top priorities. We recently participated in a discussion with two industry experts that focused on megatrends that will impact contact centers in 2022. The conversation identified several contact center trends that, if addressed…

How to Enhance the Agent Experience for Your Hybrid Contact Center Team

How to Enhance the Agent Experience for Your Hybrid Contact Center Team

Employees today have more choices and flexibility about where and when they do their jobs. While working from anywhere has its advantages, it also means leaders have the extra challenge of managing contact center agents in multiple locations.  Working differently means that leaders must also think expansively about the agent experience and how to keep…

3 Performance-Boosting Benefits of Contact Center Gamification

3 Performance-Boosting Benefits of Contact Center Gamification

Is gamification the right choice for your contact center? Are your employees excited to come to work each and every morning? Or are they disengaged, disinterested, and lack motivation or drive? Employee engagement is one of the most challenging aspects to master in the contact center. That’s why many organizations are putting increased emphasis on…