Top 5 Ways to Leverage Generative AI in Customer Service

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Read Time: 12 minutes Table of Contents Intro Imagine having a brilliant assistant who can tell you anything you want to know and solve problems simultaneously. Eventually, this assistant starts picking up patterns to tailor a response whenever you ask a question. But what if this assistant wasn’t an actual person but a powerful AI […]

6 Customer Service Goals That Matter Most in 2025

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18 Minute Read Table of Contents Introduction To keep your team aligned around the common cause of creating an excellent customer experience, it’s extremely valuable to set effective customer service goals. Today we’ll dive into the process of setting goals for customer service teams, and explain how to do so in a way that sticks. […]

What Is a Contact Center? Definition and Benefits

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Read Time: 16 minutes Table of Contents Introduction Looking to retain customers? While incredible products and competitive prices help, studies show that high-quality customer care makes people 3.5x more likely to return. Whether scaling up or turning one-time buyers into loyal patrons, exceptional service is key. In this article, we’ll explore what contact centers are, […]

Best Practices in BPO Vendor Management

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Deciding to partner with a business processing outsourcing (BPO) vendor is a strategic move for companies of all sizes. It streamlines processes, saves money, and improves the overall quality of customer service. While outsourcing BPO services provides a host of benefits, it also comes with the challenges of managing a third-party relationship. Today, we’ll explore […]

Outsourcing Tech Support: Meeting the Challenges of Remote Work

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Since the pandemic, the option to work remotely—or at least hybrid—has become an increasingly common expectation among employees. And it makes sense: Remote work is known to reduce employee stress, boost productivity, and produce higher job satisfaction. But it also means employees are now scattered all over the world. That makes it incredibly challenging to […]

How to Evaluate and Choose a Help Desk Service Provider

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Today’s customer expectations are higher than ever, and that’s just as true when it comes to help desk support as general customer service. As a result, more and more companies are turning to outsourcing to manage their help desk service. And doing so is a great idea. Outsourcing your help desk can deliver massive benefits, […]

Your Guide to Navigating the World of Customer Service Outsourcing

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Customer service outsourcing is a huge industry, resulting in approximately $525 billion dollars of spend every year, in fact. But if you’re not outsourcing your customer service yet, it may seem like a big project that’s not necessarily worth the investment. For example, many companies who haven’t outsourced customer service before wonder: How can I […]

The Impact of Help Desk Outsourcing on Customer Satisfaction

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Can help desk outsourcing really make a difference on customer satisfaction? Help desk requests may seem like a small (although often bothersome) task. Whether you get tons of help desk requests or just a few, dealing with them often causes a lot of frustration to your customers—which is compounded if they can’t get quick and […]

How Customer Analytics Drives Informed Decision-Making

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Today’s companies collect more customer data than ever. Unfortunately, many companies still aren’t using it for its full effect.  Customer analytics allow you to take the customer data you’ve collected and assess, aggregate and analyze it to understand trends, make forecasts and better understand your customers. In doing so, you can develop actionable insights that […]