TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

And with 51% of Americans now preferring to shop online, the pressure on customer support operations is about to increase exponentially. The explosion in connected devices and the prevalence of online shopping mean that millions of products are now shipped daily, With online commerce projected to pass the $3 trillion mark in 2019.

Contact Center 174

Contact Center Average Handle Time B2C B2B 174

Provide Support

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In spite of all the tech advancements available for businesses today, many still operate under the presumption that their customers prefer the “good old days” of picking up the phone and relying on a human agent for all their customer support needs. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Read more.

Self service 77

Self service Customer Support Customer Service 77

Mindtouch

MARCH 29, 2018

In April 2015, Google drew a line in the sand. A paradigm shift toward mobile-friendly content, one that coincides with another milestone that happened the same 2015: mobile searches surpassed desktop searches. It’s easy to see how micromoments extend into the world of self-service. The Google Micromoments That Matter.

Customer Support 59

Customer Support Self service Engineering Customer Experience 59

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

Kayako

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

There is a little irony that those of us in the customer service space have been observing since customer support first went online: Customers have become more impatient. Initially, customers wanted to be able to resolve their issues over email. GetFeedback (@GetFeedback) February 3, 2015.

Self service 96

Self service Customer Support Best practices Personalization 96

Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

engagement with the customer. This can be applied to marketing, sales, and customer support. Personalizing the customer’s experience can mean a lot of different things to different companies and in different scenarios. I was reminded of this last week when I received an email from Amazon with a product recommendation.

Personalization 105

Personalization Virtual Agent Chatbots Self service 105

Vonage

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

However, as this statistic illustrates, 60 percent of customers don’t tolerate poor service under any circumstances. According to The 2015 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report , expectations around customer service are increasing. Consumers expect self-service customer support options.

Multichannel 87

Multichannel Self service Contact Center Advertising 87

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.

Contact Center 100

Contact Center Multi-channel support Complaint resolution outsourcing 100

Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

According to Forrester Research , “only 36% of contact centers have implemented multichannel integration to provide consistent experiences; 70% do not train agents to support multiple channels, and 56% do not offer an agent-facing knowledge management solution”. Your customers want to help themselves. What goes into good self-service?

Omni-channel support 47

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

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

Inbenta

JULY 29, 2021

These situations call for superior airline customer service. Quality of attention needs to be higher than ever, but at the same time scalable enough to make it manageable with the uptick in customer support requests. . Achieving top-notch airline support with chatbots. Conversational check-ins.

Airlines 88

Airlines Chatbots Upselling Self service 88

Provide Support

AUGUST 18, 2015

There are so many tips online on how to boost customer satisfaction that sometimes one can get lost in the flood of information. Recent CX Act research 2015 “ Omni-Channel Customer Care Study ” revealed that there are 3 most important drivers of customer satisfaction. First contact resolution.

Customer Service 89

Customer Service Customer Care Self service Personalization 89

Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A roundup of the best customer service articles from 2022—to help you learn something new, revisit long-standing topics, or simply enjoy. Achieving stellar customer support is a moving target, involving a mix of strategy, processes, policies, analytics, and even a little art. 2022’s top customer service blogs.

Customer Service 97

Customer Service Complaint resolution Agent burnout Customer centricity 97

Mindtouch

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Your help content is one of the most valuable things you have to offer your customers. It can make the customer support experience more efficient, enable customer self-service , and even build brand awareness. But customers are savvy these days. Applying the Hemingway Iceberg Theory to Help Content.

Self service 71

Self service Entertainment Sales B2B 71

Provide Support

OCTOBER 7, 2015

It appears that the customer service sun is starting to rise and shine to both customers and companies around the world. The recent stats from 2015 U.S. There are a few studies which confirmed that most customers don’t like being on hold for more than one minute and rather prefer a call-back.

Customer Service 89

Customer Service Self service First call resolution Feedback 89

CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

(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.” Short answer: YES!

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Journey mapping Metrics Surveys 195

Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

A recent Vision Critical study shows that 84% of CIOs of customer-centric companies are focusing on improving mobile customer experiences. According to Forrester Research , 42% of the global population will own a smartphone by the end of 2015. Self-Service Tools – Good for Everyone. billion PC users.)

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Self service Advertising Airlines 0

Clarabridge

AUGUST 28, 2015

Twitter and Facebook are always on putting customers just one click away from being able to reach out with complaints, questions, etc. However, for quite a number of brands, it’s not possible to ‘always be on’ with 24/7 customer support. Still not sure whether you need to provide customer support during the weekend?

Customer Service 75

Customer Service Customer Care outsourcing Self service 75

Solvvy

DECEMBER 17, 2019

AI brings real, tangible benefits to businesses and customers alike and has been identified by Gartner as one of the top 10 strategic trends every year since 2015. But how is AI being utilized in customer experience today, and how will it be utilized moving forward?

Self service 62

Self service Banking Chatbots Customer effort 62

Netomi

MARCH 27, 2022

The metric measures sentiment towards your product, service or a specific interaction. Companies often take a pulse after key milestones in the customer lifecycle. For example, after a first purchase, prior to the renewal or following customer support interactions. Improve your customer satisfaction. CSAT vs. NPS.

Airlines 93

Airlines Benchmark Surveys Customer Support 93

Fonolo

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

First, to be clear, I’m not talking about chat- bots , i.e. automated self-service, I’m talking about a conversation with a human agent via some form of text-based channel. between 2015 and 2016.” [ source via here ]. This is a harder question to answer than you might think. Flaw: Doesn’t translate directly into usage.

Customer Service 84

Customer Service Contact Center Chatbots Call Center 84

Creative Virtual

JUNE 2, 2020

Newer channels, such as messaging apps, have entered the mix and preferences are shifting more and more towards digital self-service as a first choice. Yet even with these changes, customers still sometimes want or need to reach out to a human agent in the contact centre.

Virtual Agent 52

Virtual Agent Self service Surveys Chatbots 52

Solvvy

JULY 5, 2018

They became a public company in 2015, and they’ve continued to grow. In a single quarter in 2017, the company added more than 4,000 new customers. Most software companies would be lucky to add that many new customer in an entire year. The second piece of Atlassian’s success is their strategy for automating customer engagement.

Self service 48

Self service Virtual Agent Sales Upselling 48

Taylor Reach Group

JUNE 11, 2018

Phone is the customer service channel used most in the US, more often than email, in-person, live chat, mobile app, self-service, search engine, social media, online community, text message, or Chatbot. 89% of customers get frustrated because they need to repeat their issues to multiple representatives. Forrester).

Contact Center 50

Contact Center Self service Scripts Call Center 50

Comm100

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Omnichannel customer service software connects every digital channel into a unified platform, bringing improved efficiency and CX, to name a couple of its many benefits. If you’d like to learn how omnichannel customer support can transform your operations, this guide is the best place to start. Eliminating data silos.

Customer Service 98

Customer Service Multichannel Chatbots Healthcare 98

Interactions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Leaders in Conversational AI for the past decade, Lindsy and Ed discussed their roles and how they see CX in the utilities space, their relationship with Interactions and best practices for improving CX and increasing self-service. Our team oversees all self-service components of our business.

Interactive Voice Response 48

Interactive Voice Response Self service Best practices Contact Center 48

CSM Magazine

MARCH 13, 2022

Danish customer support innovator Dixa has announced the acquisitions of analytics leader Miuros, and automation pioneer Solvemate. Underpinned by Dixa’s data-rich foundation, service leaders will be able to make stronger, data-informed decisions, such as spotting and acting upon trends in agent productivity and sentiment.

Chatbots 52

Chatbots Self service Analytics Customer Service 52

Comm100

JUNE 13, 2018

Enable and Encourage Self-Service. There are many ways that e-commerce companies can use self-service to their advantage during the shopping season. Self-service takes the pressure off of busy customer service channels, and empowers customers to get answers to their questions and complete processes without help.

Self service 74

Self service Chatbots Advertising Sales 74

RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

self-service. connected customer journeys with 9 channels in most contact centers. According to Teresa, contact centers will need to: move beyond supporting all channels (omnichannel) seamlessly to becoming a hub of customer interactions for the enterprise. Self-service. of companies. omnichannel.

Contact Center 64

Contact Center Technology Benchmark Chatbots 64

Insite Managed Solutions

MAY 23, 2013

Top 10 Technological Contact Center Trends Cloud: Cloud-based infrastructure is the fastest growing area in the call center industry, which DMG predicts will almost double between 2013 and 2015. Improving Workforce Management to Optimize Service Levels. Top 5 Self-Service Pitfalls. Why is Training Discretionary?

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Technology Gamification call center workforce 40

Natalie Petouhof

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The Telligent Community social software platform— which is available in SaaS, on-premises and now CaaS deployment models—enables customer service and digital marketing organizations within a business to create compelling, online, branded communities for customers, partners and employees to collaborate and engage.

APIs 40

APIs Self service SaaS Analytics 40

JivoChat

JULY 20, 2021

Enable Customers to Self-Service. One of the best forms of customer support is a “hands-off” approach. By empowering your customers to take charge of solving their own problems, you remove the frustrations they might encounter when they contact your company for help. Create an Onboarding Program.

Customer retention 52

Customer retention Gamification Education Self service 52

LiveChat

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

From a support perspective, you could offer pro-active help to users who already seen your self-service materials like knowledge base or FAQ and still can’t find their way on your website. Set specific KPIs (key performance indicators) you want to keep for response time, handle time and customer satisfaction.

Sales 34

Sales Self service Customer Service Analytics 34

Comm100

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

83% of customers now expect immediate engagement with someone when contacting a company, up from 78% in 2019. Customers now often rate the quality of a response based on how fast the response is. When asked how important an immediate response is for customer support, 90% rated an immediate response as “important or very important”.

Chatbots 52

Chatbots Wait times Healthcare Banking 52

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

“Expect to see more focus on digital and self-service, less brick and mortar, more efficiency-builders for company and customer, and an increased call for the return of voice to handle the challenging stuff. According to recent surveys, 18% of call centers moved to a cloud-based solution by the end of 2015.

Contact Center 176

Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

ijgolding

MARCH 22, 2017

A study by CEB states that customers feel that they can easily find an alternative product for at least 90% of the products available on the market. This has forced the businesses to provide differentiation at various touch points of customer journey, especially customer support.

Customer Experience 81

Customer Experience Interactive Voice Response Contact Center Contact center software 81

aircall

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Amazon consistently tops the polls when it comes to great customer service. Their omnichannel customer service system offers immediate and full refunds, no questions asked. Customers can also look to self-service, via the forums or Amazon Co-Pilot. Sara Haider (@pandemona) 23 novembre 2015.

Customer Service 74

Customer Service Advertising Transportation Customer Support 74