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The Problem with Self Service

Beyond Philosophy

People like the convenience of self-service. More and more of your Customers believe access to self-service options is essential to their relationship with your business. Knowing this, it is critical that you plan your self-service options well. Clearly, more Customers want self-service options.

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At A Fork In the Road: As a Customer Relationship Driver, Where Is Branch Banking Headed?

Beyond Philosophy

Are they technology centers, with increased reliance on self-service devices, speed, and with minimal customer interface? Are they central, and primary, points of contact and interaction, where well-trained branch staff can build relationships and long-term value? Are they both? Are they neither?

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Making it Easy to Do Business the Way Customers Prefer

HGS

Self-service platforms are gaining in popularity because they allow consumers to take control of solving their own problem. According to the January 2014, McKinsey Quarterly, 75% of surveyed consumers said they would prefer to use online support if it were reliable and provided accurate and complete information. LEAVE A COMMENT.

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Guest Blog: Moving Past The Fairy Tale – 5 Examples of Great Service

ShepHyken

To compound all this, traditional service – which waits until customers called the contact center before addressing a problem – has become much less effective. Service leaders have been forced to provide self-service channels, mitigate risk with pro-active initiatives, and consistently channel customers into more cost-effective mediums.

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A Mash of Monthly Mashes

Customers That Stick

__. Volume 37: November 2014 – The Sympathetic Holiday Shopper: To be open or not to be open on national holidays. Volume 36: October 2014 – The Omnipresent Customer: Customers want to talk with us where they want to talk with us, and they want the experience to be seamless across channels. Give them what they want.

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100+ Customer Experience Stats to Prepare for 2023

CCNG

(Adobe, 2022) 75% of marketing & CX practitioners have observed a surge in existing customers using digital channels (Adobe, 2022) 74% of CX professionals say creating a seamless customer journey across assisted and self-service channels is “important” or “very important.”

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The 7 components of superior self-service systems

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 The 7 components of superior self-service systems. This is putting a major strain on the resources within customer service departments and can lead to lengthening response times, upset customers, lost revenues and rising costs. Self-service systems provide the answer.