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One of the hottest contact center topics in 2020 will be hybrid human and AI workforces, according to the State of Customer Service 2020 report by the Incite Group. Contact centers are increasingly...

Whether it be politics, athletics, or business, what happens in the backlines is just as important as the front. An organization’s back office services work, which includes non-customer...

What is sales outsourcing? Sales outsourcing allows you to take advantage of untapped opportunities by leveraging additional salespeople through an outsourcing partnership. From a sales perspective...

As GDPR, technological advances, and digitalization continue to reshape the landscape, it’s safe to say that finance will never be the same. Organizations need to meet the new expectations of...

New research from Forrester finds that the quality of customer experiences is largely at a standstill. Forrester’s 5th annual U.S. Customer Experience Index report found that the overall quality of...

Consumers today live in an omnichannel world. They expect to be able to engage with businesses through the channel of their choice at any time and receive a consistent experience across channels....

Capturing customers’ expectations, aversions, and preferences—i.e. listening to the voice of the customer (VOC)—is table stakes for most organizations today. It has proven to help...

Marketers, if your B2B website was on a “first date,” would it get a second one? For many websites, the answer is probably “no,” according to recent research by Forrester....

This blog was excerpted from the upcoming Summer/Fall 2019 issue of the Customer Strategist journal. Subscribe today to get the whole story, delivered in September. Whether riding a bike, acing...

Customer Contact Week -- a conference focused on customer experience and customer care technology and trends -- recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in Las Vegas. So, how has the customer...