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Recovery and emerging trends  As organizations begin to think about the recovery phase from the COVID era, businesses that were digitally enabled and able to innovate fared better. Companies that were previously resistant to change were suddenly faced with the choice to accelerate digital innovation or risk their survival. At Twilio’s annual conference Signal 2020, […]

Contact Centers are a traditional aspect of companies and historically where and how those companies seek to interact with their customers. For years the chief expectation for these interactions was primarily via the phone or voice channel. Though as consumers embraced the internet and mobility, newer channels emerged. As this continued, along with businesses’ desires […]

It’s the week after Signal 2020, Twilio’s annual developer conference. I wanted to recap some key announcements and impressions from various sessions and product news. After several attempts to schedule due to the pandemic, Signal re-invented itself this year as a completely virtual experience. I was fortunately enough to be asked to speak at a […]

Whether you work in big tech or the service industry, you are retired or grudgingly buying your pre-teen their first smartphone, let’s face it, texting has become the most used communication tool in your daily life.  SMS (Short Message Service), aka “Texting”, enables many to skip voice communication altogether and opt for the instant power […]

In “Contact Center Analytics – Global Market Trajectory & Analytics”,  a recent report by Research and Markets, the global market for Contact Center Analytics is projected to reach US$2.6 Billion by 2027. This projection comes as a revision of the prior estimate, which was capped at US$963.7, representing a growth of more than 15% over […]

Twilio’s biggest conference is going virtual this year. SIGNAL 2020 kicks off September 30 and features breakout sessions, keynote speakers, and technical training classes led by industry experts. Joining an awesome lineup of speakers including President Barack Obama and Bill Nye are our own Christine Livingston and Curtis Swartzentruber. About Our Session Christine Livingston and […]

Times of upheaval like this bring constant challenges that often have to be dealt with in a timely fashion. It’s also a great time to think about innovation. You probably see the pain points for both your contact center and your customers more clearly than ever. You can find plenty of blogs and articles discussing […]

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the reality quickly became apparent that many healthcare organizations were ill-equipped to fight the COVID-19 battle. Healthcare has been stretched to new limits in inpatient volume, equipment shortages, and the sheer number of calls, emails, and inquiries coming from the patients/members, media, and government. So what has helped healthcare clients […]

Twilio Flex, Twilio’s cloud-based contact center platform, offers the ability to create a truly omnichannel customer service experience. In addition to voice-based tasks, messaging channels such as SMS, live web chat, and WhatsApp can be easily integrated into the same Twilio Flex environment.  Although email is not a native digital channel in Twilio Flex, our team of […]

COVID-19 appears certain to be a long-term challenge, with successive, overlapping waves of surge and retreat. Healthcare providers and payors remain immersed in the pandemic. Deaths and hospital admissions are well above normal levels, requiring emergency response measures to manage and care for thousands of patients. Many questions, nuanced by geographic and demographic considerations remain: […]

One of the key advantages of Twilio Flex, Twilio’s cloud-based contact center platform, is that it is highly customizable. Organizations have a high degree of control over the customer, agent, and supervisor experiences. Many customers want to accelerate migration of their contact center operations to Twilio Flex with a robust suite of features. This is particularly […]

In our previous posts, we discussed the increasing popularity of curbside pickup and click and collect as a retail channel and demoed a pickup solution powered by Twilio Flex, Twilio’s cloud-based contact center platform. Twilio’s powerful platform can also be used to create a curbside pickup operation where customers, workers, and supervisors all interact via […]