Virtual Call Centers – A Need for Today: Blog Series [3/7]

Why Opt for a Cloud Hosted Call Center

In the previous post, we saw the arrival of virtual call centers in the call center environment and the major changes they brought. The effective features they carry, can not be avoided according to the current customer needs. Now, we’ll see why the cloud is a great assistance to the call centers and why you should choose to host it on the cloud.

The cloud hosted call centers are making the most of the available resources in a given time. And what make a cloud hosted call center more productive are those forward-looking features of cloud technology and its presence in the call centers.

Still, for some service providers, it is tough to walk towards virtual ways of call centers, because of the work methodology they have followed so far with traditional call centers. The virtual ones have more autonomy and more success. Let’ look at the scenario with various perspectives.

Cloud is the Future

Cloud has made its presence felt in all the fields that have data in it. Why is it so? Because cloud technology is forward-looking, robust and user-friendly to a large extent. The benefits of cloud have various touch points that are needed to carry a flawless execution of the work. The ideas related to the cloud are always customer centric and the customer is always in the focus.

A research done by Call center IQ suggests that by the end of 2016, 76% of the organizations will be investing in the cloud contact center solutions.

This result clearly shows that the cloud hosted call centers are going to be prominently visible in the future and service providers are going to bank on it for better results. Cloud will witness more technological advancements in the future.

Customer Data that you can not Ignore

You have to be very attentive about the cues you get from your customers about the services and as a service provider the onus is always on the service provider to zero in the points and give your service a better shape whenever there is a need. In other words, you just can’t ignore the customer data.

And to consolidate the same fact cloud is strengthening the current scenario of the data-oriented customer process. The fact that data is everywhere and it becomes really essential to collate and deduce the meaningful results.

Cloud hosted call centers work based on a call center software and it has various features of deducing results from the customer data and zeroing in the promising customers to be accessed, fruitfully.

The core idea is a better Customer Experience

The experience a customer has decides how long he is going to stay with your service. There are various factors that play big roles in getting a better result, one of them is time. If the customer’s time is valued in an efficient way then it is easier to get an individual customer into the loyal customer base.

In the same reference, it is necessary to engage the customer in a meaningful manner with promising benefits. Cloud hosted call centers give the agents autonomy in various aspects as the call center software has various features that help the agents to cater the customer service process, effectively.

Cloud gives the customer support process a strong perspective, as agents have the strength of data usage and they can speak to the experts in case the agent doesn’t have a satisfactory solution for the customer’s problem.

The use of data gives a personal touch to the agent- customer conversation, that further gives the customer a feeling of being understood well by the service provider.

Your data is in safe Hands

Cloud preserves your data safely and the measures it takes, ensures a consolidated safety. A team of experts keep track of any security breach and take everything to prevent it.

The storage and retrieval of data remain very easy and prompt. The traditional call centers do have a threat of losing the data and possibility and further retrieval of data remain very thin.

Every customer conversation creates a history that is stored in the form of data and analyzing this history gives you many points to redesign your data, effectively. Gradually, you have a big storage of data and that can be very helpful to give a new shape to your business.

Cost Benefits with Cloud Call Centers

A cloud hosted call center does not need an infrastructure to carry on the customer support. It needs just few equipment, a good internet connection, and the customer service can be executed.

The agents can work from home and can be located in various countries. The call center software, that should be chosen according to the need of your business provides an intelligent interface to interact with the customers.

Another best feature that is very helpful is you can always choose a plan that is according to your need. You don’t have to pay for those unwanted features that you are not in need of. You can always choose a plan that is according to your business needs.

Cloud has the best Call Center Solutions

As we saw cloud has proved its potential in every field that has data in it. Call centers are not far away from it. The contemporary call center scenario needs to focus on the customer in an effective manner and because of the same reason it becomes necessary to keep it in tandem with the customer’s inclinations. Customers are learning on a daily basis and so to keep up with the customer’s needs, the cloud has all the solutions that are needed.

In the next post, we will be discussing “How Call center Environment has become better with cloud”