{"id":266087,"date":"2020-04-03T08:52:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=266087"},"modified":"2020-04-03T08:52:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:52:01","slug":"putting-your-customers-and-employees-first-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/blog\/post\/putting-your-customers-and-employees-first-during-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"Putting Your Customers and Employees First During COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The COVID-19 pandemic is no doubt one of the most significant moments in our history. People across the globe are experiencing the same adversity \u00a0\u2014 and we\u2019re all in this together.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the unexpected changes, we\u2019re trying to continue our lives as normally as possible. Educational institutions, government agencies, non-profits, employment agencies \u2014 they\u2019ve all seen the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/blog\/post\/covid-19-prioritising-health-and-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new ways to stay connected<\/a> with their customers, clients, students and citizens \u2014 from teachers and professors who\u2019ve adopted virtual techniques to continue their curriculum to customer service agents working remote to answer our urgent questions. Digital transformation is critical because of COVID-19 in order for companies and teams to communicate and collaborate effectively to drive productivity forward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/company\/newsroom\/announcements\/genesys-helps-organisations-manage-increased-customer-service-demands-and-establish-remote-workforces-during-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genesys is doing its part<\/a> to enable companies to meet immediate needs and protect employees, customers and the community during the COVID-19 pandemic through our rapid response program. Right now, we\u2019re offering our flagship cloud contact center product <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/emergency-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free for 90 days<\/a> and up in 48 hours to help businesses continue operations while adhering to public health guidelines and restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Genesys Cloud platform, users can extend their capabilities with add-on applications from the AppFoundry Marketplace during the trial period. Several of our most popular AppFoundry vendors already offer free trials, and we\u2019re proud that they\u2019ve pledged to extend their trial periods to align with the Genesys Rapid Response Program.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage you to experiment with our curated selection of free trial offerings. Whether you\u2019re looking extend the Genesys Cloud platform into your CRM system, tap into the Voice of the Customer, monitor contact center metrics or keep your agents engaged, AppFoundry has offerings that remove any technical hurdles so you can maintain business continuity.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d like to thank the following <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AppFoundry partners<\/a> who are extending their free trial offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Auvious <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/46aa64ed-a3ba-4db7-99db-16a1d4892ceb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video Counselor<\/a> is a seamless, secure, state-of-the-art video conferencing for the Genesys Cloud platform.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avtex <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/5064d8d3-2051-44ca-9f6b-dd49838f7681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">InteractionSync<\/a> integrates the Genesys Cloud platform with Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications, linking all customer communications within the golden record of the customer data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brightmetrics <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/3c574f79-d2c1-42d5-a479-e6459c449749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brightmetrics<\/a> enables your team with critical insights and empowers them to drill down from summary reports or visualizations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Contact Dynamix<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/#\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/4b0589e5-3d7a-41f9-9699-1ee12e4504db\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Survey Dynamix<\/a> is intuitive web-based interface that allows users to create and conduct highly flexible surveys automatically.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ideal Systems <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/#\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/c93cec22-74ff-4dad-808d-e6972d4d0688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mobile Office<\/a> will let your agents or anyone in your company handle Genesys interactions from any place (including home) using a simple mobile device. Genesys will still record, control and manage the interactions the same way it is done in your contact center.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outleads<\/strong> \u2013Captures Google Analytics for <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/#\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/a6e5b78b-ac2b-4c6f-bc62-055dca8bfafc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact centers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/#\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/d655b256-b493-4617-b7c4-7d30f8f918c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">marketing<\/a> to enhance the customer experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PureInsights <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/1f3df1a1-1aae-4439-b235-376062fc0b14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Configurable Dashboard<\/a> displays popular stats for contact centers real time, with alerts, from a browser.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smoke Customer Intelligence<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/b6fc9457-b643-4b3c-96e5-80132b815420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eyerys<\/a> is a pre-designed Voice of the Customer survey solution that\u2019s plug and play into the Genesys ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Softphone<\/strong> \u2013 CRM Connectors integrate all Genesys Cloud channels to <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/#\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/433db7e1-114c-439d-9d2f-a4a5614a6937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dynamics 365<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/#\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/23448f74-e675-4c35-ae39-817e0094b675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ServiceNow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/c4b5b344-3992-4db3-8803-f2eb8f0d43b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sugar CRM<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/2291998d-f6a8-4ef5-9ce6-23c7b0ffa854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oracle Service Cloud<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Virtuatell <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/5a167feb-9e83-4d6d-b53b-7f36f39560cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Synaptum<\/a> is an automated customer experience feedback survey available via phone, email, web, chat and SMS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>VideoEngager<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/filter\/purecloud\/listing\/48826464-7b5c-43ad-9a54-7baf1b569555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SmartVideo<\/a> allows for customer-agent escalation from chat, email, voice, SMS and social media to live, interactive video chat to enhance the customer experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Genesys Cloud users can easily search for more free trial apps through our new tagging capability. <a href=\"https:\/\/appfoundry.genesys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the AppFoundry Marketplace today<\/a>. 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