Author: James Glenn Gomez

A lot of people understand how vital content moderation is. Unfortunately, blunders like the GIPHY content moderation slip-up still happen. In March 2018, GIPHY, a popular online platform for sharing GIFs, faced a controversy related to a content moderation slip-up. The incident involved the discovery of racist and offensive GIFs within GIPHY’s library, which were […]

Facebook and Google are on the verge of a really bad breakup with global brand Unilever if they fail to moderate their content properly. Like an early Valentine’s date gone wrong, Unilever decided that it will bring its relationship with tech giants Facebook and Google to a halt if they fail to clean up the […]

The European Union’s (EU) new data security and privacy directive seeks to improve how businesses, including call centers, handle vital and personal data of the trade bloc’s constituents. This presents implications on how contact centers should process an EU citizen’s personal information. In early 2016, the EU signed into law its new data protection policy, […]

Is your call center equipped to fend off cyberattacks or to comply with new data security regulations? As technology continues to grow, the number of ways it can be exploited grows as well. With 2017 rife with huge data security breaches, it’s hard not to be worried for your call center’s security. After all, maintaining […]

Improving the quality of work life your call center agents experience can help enhance the customer experience. How often do you ask your employees how they’re doing? Aside from the typical stress that call center agents face, how difficult is it for them to execute their tasks? Have you ever asked them how they feel […]

How do you know if a call center environment is becoming unhealthy? Here are some signs of workplace toxicity that you need to spot. Within call centers, customer interactions remain constant. Because of this, it becomes inevitable that pressure increases from time to time. Unfortunately, this also gives rise to workplace toxicity. An unhealthy work […]

In the world of fast-paced communication and instant gratification, text messaging should’ve been passe by now. But SMS isn’t dead yet, and it still holds potential for customer service and for small and medium businesses (SMBs). In this month, 25 years ago, the first-ever text message was sent by then-developer Neil Papworth to Vodafone director […]

How will your business reach international customers in this ever-expanding global economy? Reaching out to international markets may be difficult, but it’s a crucial step in expanding your business on a global scale. However, instead of starting from scratch and investing in establishing your local offices in each country, partnering with multilingual call centers can […]

Put yourself in the customers’ shoes. How do you gauge the quality of service a company gives? What makes a customer experience an excellent one? Would you consider a normal, vanilla transaction a high-quality service? In whatever facet of customer service, it’s often advised for businesses to underpromise and overdeliver. Underpromising sets the bar of […]

Prevention is better than cure. But in customer experience, it may be the other way around. Why is this so? Have you ever had a less-than-stellar customer experience with a company’s service, only to be amazed by their efforts to make things right? This phenomenon, known as service recovery, plays a crucial role in maintaining […]