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The Problem with Self Service

Beyond Philosophy

Source: North American Consumer Technographics Customer Life-Cycle Survey 1, 2014, Forrester.com.). 19 March 2015. 30 March 2015. While call center usage is about the same, use of FAQ pages increased from 67% in 2012 to 76% in 2014, according to Forrester. Clearly, more Customers want self-service options.

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Customers Want Better Customer Service…or Else!

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According to the 2015 U.K. According the report, the common complaints from those Customers surveyed included: Feeling Hassled: Feeling passed around between different agents during an interaction (23%). Needing to contact a company several times to resolve a single issue (23%). In the U.K., How are companies blowing it?

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3 Things Great Companies Do for Customers

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They also created a survey on their website that allows Customers to submit feedback any time of day—without even the five-minute wait of the Call Center. If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: Philosophies To Improve Your Customer Experience in 2015. Why do they staff this way?

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5 Changes to the CTS Blog in 2015

Customers That Stick

Happy New Year, and welcome to the first Customers That Stick TM blog post of 2015! You will find even more helpful resources posted as 2015 progresses. One thing that will help fill the void left by the retirement of The Monthly Mash is a lot more video content for 2015. More Surveys. Retirement of The Monthly Mash.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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Your ‘Must Have’ Features For Successful Online Shopping

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billion in sales, representing 12% growth for Cyber Monday sales in 2015. A survey by CFI group , global leaders for providing customer feedback, conducted a holiday retail report sponsored by Radial, an Omni channel commerce technology and operations provider. Per USA Today , this year’s Cyber Monday booked $3.45

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Ryanair: Profits Do Not Equal Loyalty

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In a survey published by UK branding company Siegel+Gale, the airline’s app (where you can download your boarding pass and save $69 in “airport check in fee) was singled out as a “major headache.” He said also that 87 million people (presumably the estimated number of passengers that flew Ryanair) said the survey was wrong.

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