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DEFINITION - A contact center (also referred to as a customer interaction center or e-contact center) is a central point in an enterprise from which all customer contacts are managed. The contact center typically includes one or more online call centers but may include other types of customer contact as well, including e-mail newsletters, postal mail catalogs, Web site inquiries and chats, and the collection of information from customers during in-store purchasing. A contact center is generally part of an enterprise's overall customer relationship management (CRM).

A contact center would typically be provided with special software that would allow contact information to be routed to appropriate people, contacts to be tracked, and data to be gathered. A contact center is considered to be an important element in multichannel marketing.

LAST UPDATED: 05 Mar 2007

Read more about contact center:
- At SearchCRM.com, Bryant Downey differentiates a contact center from a call center.
- At Direct Magazine, Michael T. Capizzi discusses multichannel marketing in "Customer Relationship Management: There's Only One Customer."


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