Contact Center Pipeline Top 5 Blog Posts

Top 5 Posts in October

Welcome to October's Top 5 Blog Posts. To begin, Pablo explains how to successfully implement AI in our centers, where the first big step...
Meeting Digital-First Customer Expectations

Meeting Digital-First Customer Expectations

In an era where digital convenience is a default expectation, customers engage with brands across more channels than ever. From websites to mobile apps...
Gamification or Gimmick?

Gamification or Gimmick?

Gamification has been one of the most talked-about trends in the contact center industry over the last decade. At its core, the idea is...
Doubling Down on Digitization

Doubling Down on Digitization

For decades, the call center has been the heart of customer service beyond the in-branch or in-store experience. As new digital options to interact...
Navigating the Future of BPO

Navigating the Future of BPO

For decades, global trade has thrived thanks to reduced tariffs and the promotion of free trade, largely shaped by the General Agreement on Tariffs...
Why Recession Planning Should Start in the Contact Center

Why Recession Planning Should Start in the Contact Center

Recent developments — including a new wave of tariffs on goods from China and other nations — have sharply increased the likelihood of a...
Charging Back at Chargebacks

Charging Back at Chargebacks

Chargebacks, where merchants must electronically return funds to customers for successfully disputed transactions, are an inevitable part of business. In many cases, chargebacks arise from...
AI Agents and Human Agents – Better Together?

AI Agents and Human Agents – Better Together?

AI is well on its way to transforming the contact center, but no more so right now than with Agentic AI. I was the...
The Case for Voice IVR

The Case for Voice IVR

I’m from Ireland. And growing up there, I remember many great times hitchhiking around the countryside as I came into my late teens. Occasionally,...
Making Connections Amidst Disruption

Making Connections Amidst Disruption

We appear to be in “the Age of Disruption”: in society, commerce, government policies, environment, and technology, notably AI like Agentic AI. As a, if...
Rethinking Outbound

Rethinking Outbound

The relentless surge of robocalls has inundated Americans to the point of exhaustion. In 2024 alone, we estimate that Americans received more than 70...
Tapping the Power of Culture – Part 2

Tapping the Power of Culture – Part 2

Understanding and adapting to the cultures of customers is essential to providing excellent customer experiences (CXs) to them. In Part 1 of this article...
Tapping the Power of Culture – Part 1

Tapping the Power of Culture – Part 1

It was a typical afternoon shift at the call center when my sister Andy, a trainee agent, answered a call from a concerned father...
Managing The Data Fuel

Contact Center Pipeline Magazine: Inside Our October 2025 Issue

It is finally here...Customer Service Week arrives next week. Enjoy your celebrations. If you are still looking for a few ideas for next week...
Are You Ready for Bots to Call?

Are You Ready for Bots to Call?

Tech giants like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft are racing to give their AI agents real “agency”: the ability to reason, plan, and act on...
Contact Center Pipeline Top 5 Blog Posts

Top 5 Posts in September

Starting off our top 5 blog posts in September, Chris shows us how enterprise browsers improve your agents' workflow, resulting in both happier agents...
How To Avoid Repeats…Repeats…

How To Avoid Repeats…Repeats…

If there’s anything a customer hates, it’s when a company disrespects their time. There are many ways this can happen. But in customer experience...
The Journey to the New World of AI

The Journey to the New World of AI

In an era where AI is reshaping the landscape of customer service and personalization, the industry is undergoing a profound transformation to adapt to...
The Personalization Imperative

The Personalization Imperative

AI is everywhere. But what kind of impact can companies really expect from this technology, and most importantly, how can they leverage it to...
Supreme Telemarketing Changes?

SPECIAL REPORT: Supreme Telemarketing Changes?

U.S. telemarketing laws are being disrupted thanks to a series of critical court decisions that will very likely affect how contact centers manage contacting...
Decoding Customer Desires

Decoding Customer Desires

Understanding why customers reach out is no longer a luxury: it’s a necessity. As organizations strive to deliver exceptional customer experiences (CXs), call intent...
Extra! Extra! Advanced Tech Helps Newspaper!

Extra! Extra! Advanced Tech Helps Newspaper!

Newspapers and contact centers may seem like old-school communications. But both media, when applied correctly (apologies for the forthcoming bad pun), keeping with and...
Why Contact Centers Must Embrace Enterprise Browsers

Why Contact Centers Must Embrace Enterprise Browsers

For many organizations, contact centers function as the face of the company, serving as the primary avenue for customer interactions. Agents are the frontline...
How to Deliver Excellent CXs

How to Deliver Excellent CXs

As we go through 2025, one thing is clear: the relentless focus on a constantly improving customer experience (CX) isn’t going anywhere. While CX...
Can AI Help Speak Customers’ Languages?

Can AI Help Speak Customers’ Languages?

The March Feature, “Speaking the Customers’ Language(s)” touched on AI-driven automation to help engage with U.S. and Canadian non-English/non-French primary speakers through the contact...
Are Customers (and Agents) Truly Different?

Are Customers (and Agents) Truly Different?

Personalization is key when attracting both customers and employees for a very simple reason. Selling and recruiting is about them, and their wants, not...
The CX Buzzword Hall of Shame

The CX Buzzword Hall of Shame

Customer experience (CX) has become a breeding ground for overhyped buzzwords and exaggerated claims. Unlike industries where technical jargon is necessary (e.g., medicine or...
Answering the Challenges

Contact Center Pipeline Magazine: Inside Our September 2025 Issue

Our September issue of Contact Center Pipeline is now available. Personally, I think this is a fabulous issue. Some of the best industry voices...