ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Improving Customer Experience with a Customer Centric Culture by Mansi Bhatia. CustomerThink) Customer experience (CX) has gained a newfound glory in today’s industrial landscape. CX along with employee engagement are the focal points for companies who are looking to improve brand loyalty and customer engagement.

Customer Service 37

Customer Service Chatbots Customer centricity Benchmark 37

CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Less than half of CX execs trust their company's ability to deliver great experiences. Here are over 100 customer experience stats and trends for you to discover. 99% of Customer Experience and Success leaders believe CEM has a positive impact on their business. Only 8% of their customers agreed.

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Customer Experience Journey mapping Metrics Surveys 195

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Customer experience (CX) industry leaders understand this — and must create this value for customers as well as their employees. My Comment: This short article reminds us of something very important: The best customer service is typically driven by human interaction. Customers want it and are expecting it.

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Customer Service Personalization Chatbots Self service 189

CX Global Media

JULY 1, 2017

This was the buzz at the 2017 ICMI Contact Center Expo. This event was in Long Beach, California last year and moved to Orlando, Florida for 2017. This was the buzz at the 2017 ICMI Contact Center Expo” Click to Tweet. Justin Robbins share a preview and insight into the 2017 ICMI’s Contact Center Expo Conference.

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Contact Center Agent burnout Interactive Voice Response Chatbots 13

ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Chatbots Make There 3 Customer Experience Improvements Possible by Rose de Fremery. SmarterCX) The chatbot age is here. Modern Thinking for Customer Experience Indexes by Lynn Hunsaker.

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Customer Service Chatbots Customer Experience Personalization 250

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 12, 2016

My Comment: Personalization is becoming one of the best ways to deliver a better customer experience and artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a big role in helping companies deliver that better experience. Creating Moments of Wow Predictions for 2017 and Beyond by TeleTech.

Customer Service 270

Customer Service Chatbots Contact Center Metrics 270

ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2017

(CustomerThink) What does your B2B marketing program have to do with your customer retention strategy? Let’s look at three ways you can use marketing and customer experience to engage your customers. I especially love number three… that prospective customers watch how you treat current customers.

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Customer Service Self service Customer retention B2B 149

ShepHyken

JUNE 30, 2017

This week we feature an article by Shaista Haque who writes about the top technology trends of 2017 that she believes will disrupt customer experience benchmarks. Also, the smart customers are becoming more inclined towards the online mediums of interactions like live chat, social media or even email. Shep Hyken.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

COVID-19 led to new realizations about how call centers need to operate, including a shift to remote work , system-wide stressors and important shifts in customer experience and service expectations among consumers. For instance, when they go from email support to calling the customer service team. “A Attention to Detail.

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Call Center Technology Banking Contact Center 376

ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

Customer service and experience are more important than ever, and that is a trend that will continue. LinkedIn) So the first question you might be asking is: what in the world is a cheese monger and what could they possibly teach me about retail, marketing and customer experience? Chatbots: Should you waste your time?

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Customer Service Chatbots Customer Care B2B 150

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The customer experience really starts on the inside of an organization with the employee experience. 5 Questions to Ask in Building a Customer Experience Strategy for 2022 by Phil Britt.

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Customer Service Chatbots B2C B2B 225

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Baphira Wahlang Shylla, a digital marketer at Knowmax , a SaaS company that provides knowledge management solutions for various industries that are seeking to improve their customer service metrics. She shares how BPOs can enhance your customer experience.

Customer Experience 165

Customer Experience Scripts Self service outsourcing 165

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Until recently, contact centers were playing a passive role in customer service by responding to basic queries, but not necessarily playing any major role in the strategy for customer experience (CX). Adopt a contact center technology which empowers the customers. Use Technology for Self Service.

Contact Center 113

Contact Center Customer Service Virtual Agent Chatbots 113

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Can awful airline customer service be overridden with AI and analytics? This article by Scott Kendrick of Callminer is about how the airlines are using (or should be using) AI to support their customers.

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Airlines Customer Service Chatbots Analytics 195

ProProfs Blog

JULY 19, 2019

The importance of customer experience is something that cannot be stated enough. If you make customers unhappy on the internet, they can each tell 6000 friends.”. Read on to learn about the importance of customer experience in retail and tips on how to improve it. The Importance of Customer Experience.

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Customer Experience Airlines Employee engagement Surveys 140

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The focus on enhancing customer experience has gained traction in recent years. As businesses recognize its value, the shift from a product-centered approach to a customer-centric one continues. Actionability is also, as we believe, one of the essential aspects of customer experience management.

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Customer Experience B2C Journey mapping B2B 167

ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2018

Gartner also reported that by 2020, 72% of customer interactions will involve an emerging technology such as machine-learning applications, chatbots or mobile messaging, up from 11% in 2017. This type of technology is still very juvenile and even the top tech giants such as Facebook were receiving high failure rates during 2017.

Customer Service 189

Customer Service Chatbots Advertising Technology 189

CX Global Media

JULY 2, 2018

Too often the inside view on contact center technology is about cost reduction and Customer Experience. However, the reality is that if agents and supervisors are given a difficult to use set of tools it negatively impacts the customer experience and costs more to use. It’s been around since VoIP was established.

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Contact Center Coaching voip contact center solutions 188

ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Chatbots Make There 3 Customer Experience Improvements Possible by Rose de Fremery. SmarterCX) The chatbot age is here. Modern Thinking for Customer Experience Indexes by Lynn Hunsaker.

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Customer Service Chatbots Customer Experience Personalization 156

TechSee

APRIL 17, 2018

With all the AI hype in 2017, the customer service industry expected smart machines to truly transform the customer experience. Today’s AI-based customer service chatbots still require human intervention to help provide that context, enabling a better understanding of the bigger picture.

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Chatbots Customer Service Customer Care Customer centricity 95

Avaya

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

One of the key themes of the show is Artificial Intelligence, something that shouldn’t really be a surprise considering the technology is fast becoming a reality in the enterprise, with chatbots, predictive intelligence and robot PAs. Well let’s look at the Avaya chatbot as an example. Don’t believe me?

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Enterprise Chatbots SaaS Self service 76

Fonolo

JANUARY 17, 2023

Gartner reports that AI chatbots alone can save the contact center industry up to $80 billion in annual labor costs by 2026. Along with huge cost savings, AI will be a tremendous boon to customers longing for better self-service, and agents who need relief from repetitive taskwork. What Do Customers Value in CX? Convenience.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Chatbots Average Handle Time 154

Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices. Customers want you to know them.

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Customer Experience Big data Customer centricity Technology 133

Revation Systems

JUNE 18, 2018

As innovative technology continues to burst into every marketplace, customer experience has become a primary focus for many organizations. Blake Morgan, an MBA professor at Rutgers University and author who focuses on customer interactions, defines customer experience as the perception that customers have of your brand.

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Chatbots Customer Experience Self service Surveys 48

Avaya

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

At the recent Monage Conference , where Jeff Pulver invited me to speak, I talked about chatbots and shared how they can transform customer experiences for large enterprises. It was a perfect topic for the mix of customers and entrepreneurial chatbot developers in attendance. The Avaya Solution.

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Chatbots Enterprise Customer Experience Contact Center 57

Customer Service Life

JUNE 26, 2017

This article was originally published on the FCR blog on June 9, 2017. I had a fantastic time at the 2017 Contact Center Expo and Conference in Orlando, Florida. And this doesn’t have to be a home run on every call, but instead an experience that’s consistently above average every time. Click here to read the original.

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Contact Center Journey mapping Entertainment Chatbots 68

Eptica

MARCH 14, 2017

Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Chatbots and bots - what they mean for customer experience. Published on: March 15, 2017. But what do the terms bot, chatbot and artificial intelligence actually mean – and how can they improve your customer experience? There is a difference.

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Chatbots Customer Experience Self service Marketing 50

Customer Service Life

MARCH 24, 2018

So what did I do to come up with three lessons for 2017? I went through my last year of blog posts and found the experiences that taught me something, and in some cases continued to gnaw at me throughout the year. They promise to help customers connect with answers to questions faster, more accurately, and with less effort.

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Coaching Contact Center Chatbots SaaS 60

TechSee

MARCH 13, 2018

Artificial Intelligence was the talk of 2017. The customer service industry, in particular, pinned high hopes on AI, expecting that upon its introduction to the market, smart machines would truly transform the customer experience. A major driver for the chatbot disappointment in 2017 was the inflated expectations.

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Customer Service Chatbots Virtual Agent Technical Support 95

RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report, Dimension Data 2017. The The 2017 Global Benchmarking Report (pdf) suggests that the top trends are: CX as the differentiator (82.%). connected customer journeys with 9 channels in most contact centers. Donna Peeples , Customer Experience Strategist. of companies.

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Contact Center Technology Benchmark Chatbots 64

Solvvy

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The importance of eCommerce experiences have never been greater than in the age of social distancing. Chatbots and automated support are crucial to ensuring exceptional customer experiences. Solvvy’s complete chatbot creates opportunities for eCommerce companies to serve their customer’s needs.

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Chatbots Customer Experience Self service Analytics 48

Aspect

DECEMBER 22, 2017

As we prepare to head into 2018 we wanted to take some time to look back on what resonated with our readers in 2017. From building chatbots to improving agent engagement, there was a wide variety of topics covered and read over the year. How Much Can a Chatbot Save Your Contact Center. 10 Steps for Chatbot Creation.

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Chatbots Coaching Contact Center Self service 48

Aspect

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

It was mid-July 2017 when I got an email from a sales colleague about a potential chatbot opportunity with a short window to respond. The prospective customer was the UK branch of supermarket chain Lidl. I was the first to test out Lidl’s new AI-powered wine expert chatbot – it was scarily good too [link].

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Chatbots Interactive Voice Response Self service Contact Center 102

Interactions

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

While the chatbot may be having its 15 minutes of fame, they’re definitely not as efficient as they’re hyped up to be. Sure, the idea of talking to a bot online seems like it would be a quick and efficient way to solve your customer care inquiry, but is that really the case? When it comes to your customers, time is money.

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Chatbots Analytics Enterprise Surveys 54

Avaya

MARCH 28, 2017

I recently attended Jeff Pulver’s 2017 MoNage conference to get the latest views on chatbot usage and expectations for serving customers. Jeff says that “as chatbots get better and better, there may be less of a need to visit a business website.” Chatbots enable a customer to answer questions via text.

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Chatbots Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Self service 62

TechSee

MAY 1, 2018

Utilities recognize that in the short-term, investment in AI can deliver the highest ROI in terms of improving speed and efficiency, enabling better data processing and analytics, and enhancing the customer experience (CX). According to Priori data, the global smart thermostats market grew 56% between Q2 2016 and Q2 2017 to $218.5M.

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Analytics Call Center Chatbots Self service 132

Aspect

MARCH 6, 2018

In fact, Aspect’s 2017 Customer Experience Index contact with customer service via talking to a live agent has declined 10% in the past 2 years. Give me an option for web chat or SMS messaging and you’ll likely have me as a customer for life. Providing a self-service option, like a chatbot is an even better option!

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Chatbots Self service Technology Customer Experience 48