Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets. Published on: January 06, 2016.

Customer Experience 50

Customer Experience Multichannel Self service Contact Center 50

Eptica

AUGUST 14, 2015

Date: Friday, August 14, 2015 The 10 steps to digital customer experience success in banking. Published on: August 14, 2015. This changing banking landscape, combined with continued low interest rates, means that the customer experience is now central to being successful in the market. Make it mobile-first.

Banking 85

Banking Multichannel Customer Experience Finance 85

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

By leveraging new technologies such as computer vision , virtual visits and self-service AI-driven solutions, companies have a huge opportunity to turn customers into brand advocates. This list is an homage to the business leaders and influencers pushing the envelope when it comes to innovation in customer experience.

Customer Service 251

Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Consulting 251

Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. However, not every retailer will have felt the benefit, as consumers focused on those that provided the right combination of customer service, price and stock availability. Published on: January 08, 2016.

Customer Experience 49

Customer Experience Multichannel Self service Contact Center 49

TechSee

JANUARY 29, 2019

Visual engagement is the key to an optimal customer experience, and computer vision is well positioned to take visual engagement to the next level using the power of automation. Computer vision is relevant across the entire customer journey, including sales and commerce, marketing and customer service.

CRM 164

CRM Personalization Self service Sales 164

Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

In the customer service trends handbook published by Microsoft , “90% of consumers say they expect consistency and continuity from a brand across channels.”. Yet, relatively few contact centers have focused on providing a consistent customer experience. Your customers want to help themselves.

Omni-channel support 47

Omni-channel support Customer Experience Customer Service Multi-channel support 47

TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

Bombarded with buzzwords, and ever-conscious of meeting their KPIs, customer experience managers must choose between a dizzying range of automated solutions that all promise to reduce average handling time, motivate agents, improve first time resolution rates and enhance customer satisfaction. Computer Vision AI Comes of Age.

Contact Center 174

Contact Center Average Handle Time B2C B2B 174

Win the Customer

DECEMBER 15, 2015

According to research by Gartner, 89 percent of executives are betting on customer experience as their primary mode of competition before the end of 2016. The ability for customers to file a help desk ticket, call in or go to customer chat and still have a seamless experience became paramount during 2015.

Omni-channel support 72

Omni-channel support virtual call center Customer Experience Virtual Agent 72

TechSee

DECEMBER 5, 2017

According to Walker , a customer intelligence consulting firm, by 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator for B2B. This customer-centric focus has resulted in 72% of businesses reporting that their top priority is improving the customer experience, according to Forrester.

Contact Center 116

Contact Center Technology Self service Call Center 116

Avaya

DECEMBER 6, 2016

It has the power to course-correct potentially devastating outcomes, and it’s become a necessity for continually refining the customer experience. If you ask us, though, the best customer experiences today are supported by customer journey analytics. The Need for Customer Journey Analytics.

Big data 66

Big data Customer Experience Analytics Self service 66

Talkdesk

JANUARY 22, 2015

Especially your resolutions related to customer-centricity. Because 2015 is the year of the customer. In fact, in 2015, your company’s success will literally be dependent on how well you can meet your customers’ needs. In 2015, consumers are busy, well informed and tech-savvy. Self-service IVR.

Customer centricity 50

Customer centricity Interactive Voice Response Self service call center software 50

Eptica

AUGUST 19, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Robots – the future of customer service? Published on: August 19, 2015. Author: Derek Lewis Recent Forrester research pointed out the importance of understanding customer emotion and creating empathy with consumers if brands are going to deliver a successful customer experience.

Customer Service 85

Customer Service Wireless Self service Customer emotions 85

Avaya

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Earlier this month, the CFI Group, which issues the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index, issued the Contact Center Satisfaction Index (CCSI). Here are some of the key findings : The index shows a four-point decrease in customer satisfaction from 2015 to 2016, sliding to the lowest score in the nine-year history of the report.

Customer Experience 69

Customer Experience Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Self service 69

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 What the latest Apple launch tells us about customer service. Published on: September 11, 2015. As technology gets more complex, and consumers look to connect it all together, the importance of the customer experience becomes ever more vital.

Multichannel 76

Multichannel Customer Service Banking Self service 76

Eptica

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 How to prevent utility customer service delivering a shock. Published on: October 06, 2015. Author: Michael Cheung Recent research from charity Citizens Advice found major differences between how UK utilities handle customer service. Here are six areas to focus on: 1.

Customer Service 75

Customer Service Multichannel Self service Contact Center 75

Eptica

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 What’s the best channel for U.S. retail customer service? Published on: November 04, 2015. So at Eptica we thought it would be a good time to look at how they perform when it comes to the customer experience. You can also see more of the findings in this infographic.

Customer Service 76

Customer Service Multichannel Self service Advertising 76

Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This year, one of the customer experience (CX) predictions for 2023 falling into that category is that ‘Personalization will get More Personal’. For nearly a decade now, we’ve talked about our virtual agents and chatbots delivering a personalized self-service experience – with no marketing spin required!

Personalization 105

Personalization Virtual Agent Chatbots Self service 105

Kayako

JANUARY 7, 2016

We looked back with our best posts from the customer support community in 2015, now we’re looking forward with predictions for 2016. We’ve asked support pros from Kayako and beyond what they think the biggest trends in customer support will be in the next 12 months. Customers expect support to be available 24/7.

Customer Support 63

Customer Support Self service Consulting Consulting 63

Eptica

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 The state of UK email customer service. Published on: November 18, 2015. Email usage by sector Contact Babel’s research, which was carried out with UK contact centre managers, found that email makes up an average of 17% of incoming queries from customers.

Customer Service 75

Customer Service Multichannel Transportation Self service 75

Eptica

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Date: Monday, October 26, 2015 Christmas is coming – is your customer service ready? Published on: October 26, 2015. As part of this work, retailers will have focused on the customer experience they provide , whether instore, online or on the telephone. It isn’t too late to achieve this.

Multichannel 88

Multichannel Customer Service Contact Center Self service 88

Fonolo

JANUARY 29, 2019

With the “era of the customer” in full swing; the increase in customer expectation for omnichannel communication; and the never-ending developments in communication methods through AI-powered self-service; it is easy to overlook the importance that the call center plays in the customer experience.

Call Center 85

Call Center Airlines Contact Center Self service 85

Vonage

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The days of winning over your customers’ hearts and minds based solely on the quality of your product or service are over. This leaves delivering a speedy, personalized and friendly customer experience as the best way to differentiate your business from its competitors. Customer service centers need updating.

Multichannel 87

Multichannel Self service Contact Center Advertising 87

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Why customer service is still vital in the supermarket price war. Published on: September 23, 2015. This gap between best and worst replicates Eptica’s findings in the 2015 UK Multichannel Customer Experience Study. Share this page on: Tweet.

Multichannel 76

Multichannel Customer Service Brand ambassadors Self service 76

Revation Systems

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

And now, the focus is shifting to customer experience. According to Forrester , 72 percent of today’s businesses say that improving customer experience is a top priority. Similarly, research by Walker predicts that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the main differentiator between companies.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Chatbots Self service Banking 48

Eptica

JUNE 24, 2016

Date: Friday, June 24, 2016 The ROI of improved customer experience. Author: Chris Eideh Businesses understand that improving the customer experience has a direct impact on revenue generation. Happier customers are more loyal, will spend more and recommend your company to their friends. Published on: June 24, 2016.

Customer Experience 50

Customer Experience Multichannel Airlines Self service 50

Eptica

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 3 ways of reducing customer query volumes. Published on: October 21, 2015. This rising volume of customer interactions, covering everything from questions about products and post-sales queries, to complaints and positive feedback , threatens to overwhelm many organizations.

Multichannel 74

Multichannel Self service Contact Center Morale 74

Eptica

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 6 ways of delivering successful knowledge management projects. Published on: October 28, 2015. Such systems can also understand the context of where a consumer is on the customer journey on the website and provide context-specific help and answers to enable them to move forward.

Management 78

Management Multichannel Self service Contact Center 78

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Published on: September 28, 2015. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Multichannel Customer centricity Abandon rate 81

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Why aren’t organizations embracing digital customer service? Published on: September 16, 2015. Author: Steve Nattress The spread of digital customer service channels, from email and chat to social media , can provide organizations with significant benefits.

Customer Service 76

Customer Service Multichannel Upselling Self service 76

Fonolo

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The reports on today’s list are focused on more specific topics within the realm of the call center such as agent management, journey mapping and self-service. Methodology: CCW Digital surveyed customer experience, contact center, marketing, customer care, IT, and operations professionals in February and March 2017.

Call Center 117

Call Center Journey mapping Self service Interactive Voice Response 117

Kayako

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

GetFeedback (@GetFeedback) February 3, 2015. As a self-diagnosed busy person, I barely read half the words in any email I’m sent. Taking the example above, the customer doesn’t have to wait until Monday morning for a response. Self-service is effective and efficient any time of the week. Structure your emails.

Self service 96

Self service Customer Support Best practices Personalization 96

ProProfs Blog

APRIL 16, 2020

Do you contact customer service vs. technical support ? Let’s not get into the debate of which one is more apt in these situations because you start by trying the self-servicing options first. Left with no choice, you try getting hold of a customer service agent on the phone. Census records.

Customer Service 144

Customer Service Self service Customer Support Technical Support 144

Avaya

DECEMBER 1, 2016

While many of these purchases are simply one click and a check off of gift lists, the customer probably made several decisions well before the submit-order button was activated. Whereas item and price have been the primary drivers of purchasing decisions, the customer experience is increasingly the new battleground.

Customer Experience 57

Customer Experience Multichannel Interactive Voice Response Contact Center 57

HGS

MAY 27, 2015

In a recent article, Vicki Jenkins , principal analyst at Nelson Hall, referenced how HGS’s Customer Excellence Centre London is delivering customized customer support programs capitalizing on location and demographic advantages. Wed, 05/27/2015 - 14:41. Customer Service. Contact Center. outsourcing.

Contact Center 100

Contact Center Multi-channel support Complaint resolution outsourcing 100

Eptica

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Date: Friday, November 6, 2015 5 key customer service skills – and how technology can help improve them. Published on: November 06, 2015. Author: Anne-Merete Jensen Recruiting and retaining high quality customer service staff is one of the cornerstones of keeping consumers happy and loyal.

Technology 76

Technology Customer Service Multichannel Self service 76

Eptica

MARCH 14, 2018

Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 How do UK banks rate on customer experience? Government legislation is committed to making it easier than ever for customers to change banks and interest rates remain low, meaning that service is a primary differentiator between companies. Published on: March 14, 2018.

Banking 49

Banking Customer Experience Multichannel Government 49

Eptica

MARCH 31, 2016

Being able to find answers to their questions quickly is therefore a vital part of the customer experience. According to the latest Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study , the good news is that most companies understand this, with the web remaining the strongest channel for providing accurate answers to consumer queries.

Multichannel 49

Multichannel Entertainment Customer Service Banking 49