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Customer Service/Call Centers/Contact Centers

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) helps organizations deliver exceptional customer service and support. Good CRM tools and strategies enable call centers, contact centers, and customer support teams to be their most effective and ensure that all customer inquiries end with the best possible customer experience. Explore our latest news, analysis, and advice for customer service professionals at all levels.

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Who Owns the Customer Experience?

The CRM tech stack is coming together, which complicates the ownership debate.

Why Branded Calling Is Critical for Outbound Outreach

Here's how to implement it and restore your ring's reputation.

Ready or Not, Digital Doubles Are Here

Can your CRM handle agent-to-agent commerce?

White-Glove-for-All Is the Future of Customer Care

Providing a premium, highly personalized level of care to every customer is the new norm.

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Your Call Center Is Sitting on a Goldmine of Intelligence, if AI Is Allowed to Act on It

The challenge now is to identify use cases where agentic systems can produce measurable improvements in productivity, quality, and customer experience.

The Four Pillars of AI-Driven CX: Turning Technology into Trust

Here's how to deliver faster, smarter, and more empathetic customer experiences that drive measurable business outcomes.

Generative Video Can Be CX's Sharpest Tool

Generative video can show customers exactly what they need to see, assembled from their product or account state, to solve their particular issue.

Why AI Pilots Rarely Scale, and How Design Discipline Can Fix That

The gap between experimentation and impact remains wide. Here's how to move from pilot to performance.

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A Vertical Focus Is the Key to AI Adoption

Success relies on speaking the customer's language and addressing their specific needs.

AI Propels KM to Center Stage

Knowledge management is no longer confined to contact centers or tech support.

CX Solutions of the Future Will Have a Mind of Their Own

Agentic AI won't just think but act.

I Own My Own Experiences

No one department should have exclusive responsibility for the customer experience.

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