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The Real-Time Contact Center: Strategies, Tactics, and Technologies for Building a Profitable Service and Sales Operation (Hardcover)

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Key Phrases: contact center investments, contact center infrastructure, contact center market, United States, North America, Witness Systems (more...)

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Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: AMACOM; illustrated edition edition (August 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814472567
ISBN-13: 978-0814472569
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

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contact center investments, contact center infrastructure, contact center market, small contact centers, center performance management, center infrastructure providers, agent attrition rates, contact center systems, large contact centers, contact center agents, contact center staff, contact center activities, contact center managers, agent talk time, contact center management, universal queue, speech analytics, contact center environment, contact center solutions, liability recording, average talk time, surveying software, share customer information, agent productivity, customer insights

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United States, North America, Witness Systems, Cisco Systems, Concerto Software, Nortel Networks, West Corporation, British Telecom, Chordiant Software Inc, Envision Telephony, Global Services, Magnetic North Software Limited, Siebel Systems, Wygant Scientific

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5.0 out of 5 stars Strategy and Operations Both, September 9, 2005

By	Margaret Schroeder - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having been involved in the call center industry since the 1980's, I've read lots of books on call/contact centers. While most have provided nuggets of valuable information none have been able to effectively cover both the strategic and operational issues in such a comprehensive, easy-to-understand manner as Real-Time Contact Center. Every chapter of the book is well written with lots of valuable information. I thought it was so exceptional that I ordered copies for each member of our management staff around the world. Their feedback matches my assessment. Read it yourself, I'm sure you'll agree too.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Your competition does not want you to read this book, August 11, 2005

By	Mei Lin Fung "CRM Pioneer" (California, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Imagine if you could really get the service you would like to get:
Your request or inquiry quickly and comprehensively serviced.
And it happens time after time after time.
And it's useful, valuable and believe-it-or-not personally enjoyable to be in touch with the companies who enjoy your business.

One day it will come to pass.

Donna Fluss paints a new world in which person-to-person contact rules!

Sure there's automation but only when its faster and more convenient.

And it all starts with the up-to-this-point lowly call center.

The rules of business are changing drastically. To keep up with the pack:

1. Read this book
2. Then think about what it means if your competition reads it and acts quickly to get a real time contact center underway.

How can your business possibly respond to this double-edged sword, both a threat and an opportunity?

As a customer, I can't wait for that day to come to pass!

Read this book. Please!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Everything You Wanted to Know About Contact Centers and Were Afraid to Ask, September 10, 2007

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When someone sent me a copy of this book a year ago, I thought it was going to be light reading for a technologist's coffee table. Then I started to read it. This book truly runs the gamut of all the issues that customer service contact centers face today. The book provides a great introduction to contact centers, their technology and both the business and people issues that contact centers face in the 21st century.
People complain with increasing frequency about poor customer service. With great dissatisfaction about call center jobs moving overseas, and service suffering, this book examines all those issues and each chapter gives a list of helpful steps to take to overcome all the obstacles to good customer service.
This is a must read if you need to know about these issues or are working in any part of this exploding industry and need to do your job better.

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