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The Rise of Omnichannel Call Center Solutions

The Rise of Omnichannel Call Center Solutions

Technology shifts are common in all industries and call center is not an exception here. In the past few years, many changes and shifts have occurred and we are going to talk about one of the major shifts in this industry.

The omnichannel call center solutions have risen like anything in the past few years. There is a rapid increase in its use and its demand is going to rise in the upcoming years.

There are many reasons behind the clear rise of this type of call center solution. Let’s explore some of them:

1. It puts customers at the center of everything

A major goal to be achieved for any call center is clearly increasing customer satisfaction and buyer’s experience. A majority of call centers work with this fundamental objective. A call center solution is used to provide the required support to customers.

The omnichannel call center solution helps call centers to put customers at the center of everything and help call centers achieve their goals. Customers are free to connect to the customer support agent via their preferred mode of communication. They do not need to wait in the long call queue. They can have a conversation on the go via WhatsApp or instant messaging. They can also request a callback. The omnichannel call center solutions have a range of client-centric features to offer to its customers. This is increasing the demand and popularity of an omnichannel call center solution among call centers for which customer experience is very crucial.

2. It increases sales by reaching prospects effectively

Some call centers run campaigns to reach prospective customers to increase sales. These campaigns can be cold calling or telemarketing or the calls can be related to cross-selling and upselling. In sales of any sort, timing and medium are really important. It is necessary to reach prospective customers at the right time using the right medium. An omnichannel call center solution allows call centers to achieve that. It has auto dialers like a predictive dialer, which can make sure the agents reach out to the customer at the right time. It also supports unified communication channels, so agents can reach prospective customers via the preferred communication channels of the customer. Moreover, agents can use multiple communication channels to engage prospective customers in the conversation and increase sales. This is another reason behind the increasing popularity of this software.

3. It increases ROI

The omnichannel call center solution comes up with various features, which let call centers save a lot of time, money, and other resources. Not only this, but it also helps agents to perform more productively and efficiently. In addition to that, this software also helps in automating many tasks. In a nutshell, this software is capable to increase productivity and customer satisfaction. On the other hand, it saves money. Ultimately, it increases ROI.

These are the top reasons the omnichannel call center solutions are so much in demand and continue to rise. Contact us to know more about the omnichannel call center software.

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Call Center WhatsApp Integration for Collection Agencies

Call Center WhatsApp Integration for Collection Agencies

Collection agencies often look for strategies to improve their productivity and other important metrics. Technology can help collection agencies similar to many other industries. We, Elision, have developed a collection module with a payment utility. It helps in reducing a lot of manual work, which helps collection agencies to reduce their workload and focus completely on complex cases.

You can know more about the collection module developed for collection companies, here.

Along with integrating the collection module into the call center solution, collection agencies can also adopt more technology tools to improve major KPIs. Call center WhatsApp integration is one of the technological boons that collection agencies can adopt. There are many amazing benefits of using this integrated solution.

Let us share more details about call center WhatsApp integration and how it is beneficial to collection agencies:

What is call center WhatsApp integration?

We integrate WhatsApp business into the call center solution of collection agencies. This integrated solution lets collection agencies use all features of the WhatsApp web such as:

  • Two-way chat
  • File share
  • Image share
  • Document and PDF share
  • And more

There are many benefits and use cases of using a call center solution with WhatsApp as an added communication channel in any collection company. Let me share the top benefits of using WhatsApp in collection agencies.

Save time

One of the major tasks of collection agencies is calling customers to give reminders related to their upcoming EMI dates. There are many customers that need a single reminder. For this type of customer, sending a WhatsApp message can be even more time savior than calling individually. One can also use the Smart WhatsApp tool, which allows WhatsApp broadcasting. This saves time even further. The customers with queries and concerns will revert to the WhatsApp messages. Agents can respond to these customers without leaving the window of their call center solution.

Give quick responses

Often customers come up with some small issues and queries related to EMI and its payment. Calling a customer support center and waiting for an agent to attend the call can be a lengthy process for them. It also keeps an agent occupied to handle the customer and then complete the disposition and other wrap-up processes. Unlike that, WhatsApp can speed up this whole process. Customers can ask their queries on the go and get a response within a few minutes. Agents also don’t need to invest time in the wrap-up process, plus, agents can handle multiple WhatsApp chats in parallel.

Provide rich communication via customers’ preferred communication channel

WhatsApp is a preferred mode of communication for many. With call center WhatsApp integration, a collection agency can make sure that it offers the required support to the customer via their favorite communication channel. It also lets agents use rich communication features like emoticons, file exchange, etc. to improve client satisfaction.

We offer call center WhatsApp integration as well as a smart WhatsApp tool to collection agencies. If you want to know more about these services or how we can help your collection agency, contact us.

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Elision Launched Smart Grievance Management System for Smart Cities

Elision Launched Smart Grievance Management System for Smart Cities

We, Elision Technologies Pvt. Ltd, have been offering smart city solutions. Some of the well-known smart cities in India use our smart city solutions like GMDA (Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority), Agra smart city, etc. Along with these smart cities, many businesses and enterprises also use our one or more smart city solutions. We are launching a comprehensive grievance management solution for smart cities, which can also be used by any company or organization. (more…)

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Which Are Must Have Tools for Agents Working from Home?

Must Have Tools for Agents Working from Home

The pandemic has started taking a turn and the new strain of the Coronavirus has proven to be more dangerous. It is spreading the disease faster and there is much happening across the world because of COVID 19. Many countries have started shutting down their borders and many businesses have again switched their operational models to remote. If you are running a call center and going to operate remotely, then there are some tools, which your agents need to work productively.

In this blog, we will share major tools that are must to support agents working from home.

1. Hassle-free access to the call center solution

This is the fundamental need of agents as they need to work from home. The dialer aka call center solution should be easily accessible, so they can log in and work using it. The cloud call center solution is one option, which offers secure access to the call center software to remote agents. If you have on-premises servers, on which the dialer software is hosted, then you might not want to move it to the cloud. In this case, you can use the “Work from Home” add-on. This add-on can help you in accessing the call center solution from remote locations without compromising security. It also lets agents work in any condition.

To know more about work from home add-on, click here.

2. Flexibility to work without or with low bandwidth internet

The call center solution usually gets accessed via a web-based user interface. Therefore, agents need to have an internet connection to work on it. Moreover, the calls get carried out via an internet connection. This increases the need of high bandwidth internet. All agents might not be able to arrange high bandwidth internet. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on other options that let agents work even with no internet or a connection with low bandwidth. The option here is the “Work from Home” add-on. It lets agents work in both conditions using low bandwidth or no internet connection.

3. Mobile app of the call center dialer

Some agents might not have a laptop or a computer. In that case, they need to use their smartphones to operate remotely. The agent panel of the call center solution has to be mobile-friendly, so agents can access its features with ease on mobile devices. Other than that, a more important thing is, a call center should have a mobile app to simplify the access of the dialer using smartphones. For example, our DialShree Mobi is a perfect solution that can be used to access all features of the agent panel via the app and work productively.

4. Collaboration tools

When agents work from home, they may need more encouragement, engagement, and motivation. All this is possible with the collaboration tools. The call center solution offers internal chat and WhatsApp to communicate internally to assure the work goes seamlessly even with the work from home model.

If you do not have a call center solution or if you need any of the tools mentioned in this blog, contact us.

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Top Reasons to Upgrade to the Best Call Center Solution

Why Upgrade to the Best Call Center Solution

Call center solutions have been in use by call centers and similar businesses for many years. Some use proprietary and some use open source call center solutions to handle various campaigns. Similar to any other tool, it is necessary to upgrade a call center solution from time to time.

If you are still using a call center solution with the same features, which you had bought in 2015 or 2017, then this is the time to upgrade. You must upgrade your call center solution with the latest version and features available in the market. If your vendor is not upgrading the features, then you should switch to another vendor to make sure you have the most advanced version of the call center dialer software.

If you are thinking about whether it is necessary or worth investing in a call center solution upgrade or not, then read on this blog. This blog shares why it is necessary to keep upgrading your call center software.

1. To stay competitive

Whether you upgrade your software or not, but your competitors will upgrade their tools. The call centers using a call center solution with the latest features and functionalities will definitely have more to impress the customers. This can cause major roadblocks to you if you are still using the ages-old features. Thus, to stay competitive or stay ahead of your competition, you have to upgrade to the advanced version of the call center dialer solution.

2. To delight and retain customers

You need the best tools along with experienced agents to delight your customers. For this, upgrading your call center solution is one of the important aspects. For example, WhatsApp is one of the leading communication channels. If you do not invest in call center WhatsApp integration to let customers contact you using that mode of communication as well, then you might be losing their interest. To delight your customers, so you can retain them, you need the best call center solution with advanced features and unified communication channels.

3. To improve resource utilization

The advanced call center solutions offer various features, which increases call center automation. The automation not only helps in delighting customers by reducing call waiting and call hold time, but it also helps in preserving resources. The resources can be utilized for improved performance. For example, agent hours can be saved from giving repetitive answers. The saved manpower can be used in attending calls that need agent assistance.

4. To increase ROI

The delighted customers assure steady revenues from repeat business. Delighted customers also help in bagging more references, business, and word-of-mouth publicity. This will increase your revenues. On the other hand, the best call center solution will assure that expenses are reduced and productivity is increased. This ultimately will increase ROI (Returns over Investment).

If you are looking for a call center solution that has the most advanced features and modules, then contact us.

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How Call Center Solution Improves Vital Call Metrics?

Tips to Improve Call Center Metrics

Communication is a vital aspect, for all businesses belong to diversified industry verticals. Each piece of communication may have some goal to convert, whether it is resolving a customer concern or increasing customer interest in purchasing.

The call center solution can play an important role here with its amazing features. It can help call centers or any other organization using this software to improve vital call metrics. Let me share the top metrics, which a call center solution can improve.

1. Call hold time

Whether it is an incoming customer call or if an agent has called a customer, hold time makes a difference in customer experience. If a customer or prospective client is put on hold for a longer time, then it would cause a negative impact on the customer. This may increase frustration or result in lost interest in the offerings of your company. Therefore, reducing call hold time is necessary.

The call center solution will show call hold time on an average and per call or per agent basis. This information can help supervisors in taking the required steps to reduce the call hold time. Moreover, the call center solution will have the required information to show to agents, so the agents can reduce call hold time by quickly fetching the required information.

2. First call resolution

Anyone calling to get the required support for their concerns or queries would be expecting a quick and satisfactory response. Getting resolution within the first call is called the first call resolution. It definitely increases customer satisfaction.

The call center solution can show the required information to agents about the customer, so quick information can be delivered. Moreover, one can also integrate other systems like CRM, database, etc. to show more information to agents and increase first call resolution.

3. Total call duration

Many call centers define the total call duration differently. The most common definition of total call duration is the time from the customer’s call is connected to the call center, whether he/ she listens to an IVR or directly gets connected to the agent, to the time when he/ she hung up the call is total call duration.

As we all understand, time is one of the rare resources people have. Nobody has a lot of time to stay on the line to get the resolution for their issues. Therefore, call centers or any other organization offering support for customers’ issues or prospective customers’ questions must make sure that the call duration can be minimized.

Adding self-serving options, unified communication channels into the call center solution can reduce the total call duration. Call center CRM integration can also contribute to reduced call duration by showing detailed information about the customer.

These are the major 3 metrics that a call center solution can help in improving the value. Other than these, call center occupancy rate, abandoned rate, calls per hour, and many other vital metrics can be improved by using the right call center solution.

We offer the best call center solution. Contact us for more details.

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Top Reasons to Use Predictive Dialing

Top Reasons to Use Predictive Dialing

A call center solution in the 21st century often comes with amazing features to make sure call centers enjoy elevated returns from their investment in the software. Predictive dialer is one of the most advanced features available in modern call center solutions. Your call center solution must have this feature and if it does not have it, you must get a call center solution with a predictive dialing feature.

There are many reasons to have this feature in your call center dialer and use it at its best. Let us share major 4 reasons to use predictive dialing using a predictive dialer in your call center.

1. Boost agent confidence, skills, and productivity

The predictive dialing does not differentiate agents based on any criteria. For this dialer, all agents hold the same skills. It routes the calls to each agent with the same speed and in an equal quantity. As soon as an agent is available to attend the next all, the predictive dialer will transfer the next call to the agent. This first of all increases the confidence in the agents as they get equal treatment.

They also get equal opportunities, so they can have enough scope to grow themselves as the best performers. Practice makes the man perfect. As agents receive a high number of calls, their skills get sharpened. The developed skills and confidence will improve the overall performance of all agents and will also reduce the overall call duration. This will further assure that agents can handle more calls and the overall productivity gets boosted. When a call center can receive so many benefits by using this auto dialer feature of the call center solution, it becomes a must to use this feature.

2. Reach the customers at the right time to increase sales

Usually, the predictive dialer is used to run sales campaigns or cold calling campaigns. The predictive dialer feature available in the advanced call center solutions like DialShree can predict which customer or lead is more likely to pick up the call at this moment. This helps in assuring that agents connect to the customers at the right time, so the chances of goal conversion increase. As mentioned above, the common goal to be converted is sales, and therefore, sales get boosted using this dialer.

3. Better resource utilization

As this call center dialer hands over the next call as sooner as the agent shows availability, it makes sure the agents work productively. This assures that with minimum manpower maximum productivity can be achieved. Along with the agents, other resources can also be well utilized in the call center. This is another amazing reason to use the predictive dialing feature.

4. Reduce expenses and increased ROI

As productivity will be increased and resource utilization will be improved, the expenses will be reduced themselves and ROI will be boosted.

These are the top reasons to use predictive dialer. Contact us to know more and to get a call center solution with a predictive dialer.

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Benefits of Custom Call Center Integration

Custom Call Center Integration Benefits

A call center solution comes with a wide array of features. This solution with its basic and advanced features is good enough to handle multiple operations and tasks. It can help in increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty. It can also be used to assure better resource utilization and maximum productivity.

However, often call centers using a call center solution using more than one solution. Moreover, there are some more custom call center integrations a call center may need for one or more reasons. Some of the common call center integrations required by the call centers are listed below:

  • Call center CRM integration
  • Call center communication channel integration (WhatsApp, SMS, Video, Email, Live Chat, Social Media, Fax, etc.)
  • Call center IP PBX integration
  • Call center 3rd party API integration

There are many benefits of investing in the custom call center integrations such as:

Save time and increase productivity

The custom call center integrations benefits call centers in saving time and increasing productivity. Let me share how.

  • Believe it or not, but nowadays, only voice calls are not enough to deliver the best customer support and services. Therefore, call centers need to use at least some of the preferred modes of communication of their customers. If these additional communication channels are not integrated into the call center solution, then agents need to handle multiple applications along with the call center solution. This would not only waste a lot of time, but also make quality monitoring difficult.
  • However, call center WhatsApp integration or any other communication channel integration into the call center solution assures all communication channels can be accessed within the call center solution. This will save time as agents will not need to move back and forth. It will save time and increase productivity. This will also help in assuring the quality of service.
  • Adding other solutions into the call center software also save time otherwise spent in data entry or switching back and forth.

Improve customer satisfaction and retention

When your agents don’t take too long to respond to customers and deliver the quality of services, the customers will be delighted. When customers will be catered to via their preferred mode of communication, customer satisfaction will be improved. Also, when customers will receive personalized responses from agents, they will feel valued. All these will help in increasing customer satisfaction and retention.

Better record management

When other communication channels and call center solutions will be integrated into the call center solution, record management would be easier. The change of record in one system will automatically update the record in another system. This will assure that all the time, all systems have the most accurate information and records.

These are the top 3 benefits of using custom call center integrations. There are several advantages of using an integrated system. We offer a call center solution as well as custom call center integrations. If you are interested in any of the services or solutions, contact us.

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How WhatsApp Can Engage Customers in E-commerce Industry?

WhatsApp to Engage Customers in E-commerce Industry

Everyone knows the fact that WhatsApp is the most popular mobile messaging app. There are 2 billion active users in around 180 countries. This clearly proves the worth of adding WhatsApp as a communication channel in any business. The stats related to WhatsApp as a business communication channel show a high urge of using it in all industries.

In fact, many industry verticals have already started using this software. The e-commerce industry is one of the industries that can use this mode of communication to improve customer satisfaction and engage customers and prospects.

Usually, eCommerce stores use a call center solution to provide the required customer support and they use social media marketing to generate sales and attract more buyers. Some of the online stores also use the live chat feature to answer the quick questions of customers and online shoppers.

WhatsApp can be used in providing customer support, increasing sales, and nurturing customer relationships. Call center WhatsApp integration integrates WhatsApp into the call center solution, so agents can use all WhatsApp web features without leaving the screen of the call center solution.

WhatsApp can be used in multiple ways in the eCommerce industry to engage customers, let me share some of them briefly.

Share the latest offers and coupon codes to increase sales

Personalized marketing is a great way to increase sales. Unlike social media marketing, which broadcasts marketing messages, WhatsApp marketing is a personalized way of communication. Also, people check WhatsApp messages at the earliest possible, unlike social media marketing posts, which may not reach all prospects and customers you have in the list. Therefore, the first approach of using WhatsApp for the eCommerce industry is sending the latest offers and coupon codes. Some smart WhatsApp tools can be used for smart WhatsApp marketing.

Answer queries to increase online shopping

Customers might have some questions to ask before making a purchase. The omnichannel call center solution with a live chat and WhatsApp as communication channels can be a great tool to provide the required support. Giving quick responses to online buyers in real-time increases revenues and enhances buyer’s journey.

Customer support to delight customers

Customers sometimes face post-sales issues and providing the required support to resolve those concerns is necessary. Usually, the customers call the customer support centers to get a resolution of their concerns. The call center solution is an amazing tool here to attend the calls of customers to attend concerns and queries, but WhatsApp can also be an added channel to provide customer support.

WhatsApp can be used to send quick updates, documents of invoices, manuals, etc. It can make sure your customers are aware that you are working on their issues and offering better services. Here, call center WhatsApp integration is necessary to provide the right customer support via WhatsApp and other communication channels as well.

These are the major ways WhatsApp improves the engagement of customers in the eCommerce industry. If your eCommerce store needs WhatsApp integration or a call center solution, contact us.

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Omnichannel Call Center Solution Empowers Small Businesses

Omnichannel Call Center Solution Empowers Small Businesses

Many people think omnichannel call center solutions are developed for enterprises, large-scaled call centers, and MNCs. However, this is not the fact. The omnichannel call center solution can be used by any business and enterprise. There are many advantages of using an omnichannel call center solution even for a small business or a startup call center.

In this blog, we are going to share more details on how an omnichannel call center solution empowers small businesses.

1. Unified communication channels to reduce call volume

A call center solution is used to handle calls related to customer care or run sales campaigns. An omnichannel call center solution adds several other communication channels into the call center software such as:

This makes sure that the customers can use more than one communication channel, which reduces the call volume. This helps in managing customer requests or sales campaigns even better.

2. Automation to reduce the workload

The omnichannel call center software comes with amazing automation features. The call center automation introduces some self-serving options as well as automates multiple other tasks such as calling back at the requested time, automatically dialing the number, etc. All these features make sure that the repetitive and common tasks get automated and the workload of executives of small businesses gets reduced. This helps small businesses achieve more productivity with less manpower.

3. Enhanced communication features to improve customer satisfaction

The omnichannel call center solution supports multiple communication channels. Along with the unified communication channel support, this software also has amazing features to offer to enrich communication such as:

  • Call forwarding
  • Call script
  • Blind call transfer
  • Attended call transfer
  • Call snooping
  • Call routing rules
  • Auto dialers
  • And more

All these and many more features available in the omnichannel call center solution make sure that customers are delighted with the use of better and advanced communication features.

The professional and quick responses as well as the flexibility of using the preferred communication channel to reach out for customer care or sales request improve customer satisfaction.

4. Reduced expenses to increase ROI

An omnichannel call center solution is a system made of software. It is also a cloud solution as it can be installed on the cloud to reduce on-premises hardware. It means it minimizes the use of hardware. Moreover, it increases staff productivity, so it assures with limited manpower better productivity can be achieved. Overall, it reduces expenses, so small businesses can enjoy higher ROI.

Conclusion

Small businesses can leverage multiple advantages from an omnichannel call center solution: from improved customer satisfaction and productivity to reduce expenses. Therefore, using this software can be really beneficial for businesses.

Small businesses can use hosted call center solution to get this feature-rich software with minimum investment. We offer hosted and perpetual omnichannel call center software. Contact us for more details.

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