{"id":1124,"date":"2023-12-19T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contentguru.builtbytoast.uk\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=1124"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:28:28","slug":"proactive-cx-in-the-contact-center","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.contentguru.com\/en-gb\/resources\/whitepapers\/proactive-cx-in-the-contact-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer Contact for the Future: Why Proactive CX is the Next Step for Your Contact Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <section class=\"block-resource-hero toast-block no-margin no-padding\"> \n\n        \n\n\n    <div class=\"resource-hero\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                                                <div class=\"resource-type\">Whitepapers<\/div>\n                                <h1>Customer Contact for the Future: Why Proactive CX is the Next Step for Your Contact Center<\/h1>\n                <div class=\"publish-date\">Published: December 19th 2023<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n    <section class=\"block-columns toast-block no-margin padding-both\"> \n\n        \n\n\n<div class=\"columns-area\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                                <div class=\"main-column-grid grid\" style=\"grid-template-columns:repeat(2, 1fr)\">\n                                    <div class=\"col \">\n                        <h2 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Move first, move fast<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In a world of instant communication, simply being available to your customers isn\u2019t always enough. 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