ShepHyken

APRIL 2, 2021

This week we feature an article by Hannah McCabe , Director of Demand at Stella Connect by Medallia. She shares common misconceptions about customer service and offers ways to fight them in order to provide great customer experiences. Misconception #2: Customers only want self-service options.

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Interaction Metrics

APRIL 24, 2025

Customer Effort Score (CES) measures how hard it is for your customers to get help from your customer service teams. You clicked through five help articles, waited on hold for 20 minutes, and answered the same question twice. Thats where Customer Effort Score (CES) comes in. They have options.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

This week we feature an article by Pascal van Opzeeland who writes about the quality of customer support and what it takes to provide great customer support. – Shep Hyken. What makes a customer support interaction good or bad? Consider the number of actions customers have to take to get in touch.

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Mindtouch

APRIL 11, 2018

If your customers want to pump their own gas, you let them. The same goes for self-service. If your customers prefer to solve issues on their own (as it turns out, they very much do ), you need to enable them to do so. Executed well, a web self-service experience can be your 24/7 customer support department.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 19, 2022

In each case, it’s easy to see how a customer might feel they have to try too hard to do business with you. High customer effort often means bad customer experience. Bad customer experiences obviously damage existing customer relationships, but they can also endanger potential opportunities and erode your bottom line.

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delighted

MAY 4, 2022

If they turn directly to your support team, then you’re missing out on an opportunity to ease customer pain and save your team time through customer self-service. What is customer self-service? Why is customer self-service important? Customers prefer self-service solutions .

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 13, 2025

These applications deliver a persistent and consistent user experience across all touchpoints to reduce customer effort and enhance the customer experience (CX) while increasing self-service automation. without the help of a live agent, salesperson, or other employee.

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Mindtouch

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

If you’re banging your head against the wall, wondering what the cause of your lackluster customer effort scores (CES) is, good on you. You care about your customers! The answers you’re looking for, though, could be hiding in a place you haven’t thought to look: your self-service strategy.

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Nicereply

JUNE 24, 2021

Customer Effort Score seeks to quantify and highlight these very difficult conversations, so that customer service teams can avoid them in the future. Created in 2010, the Customer Effort Score is fairly new to the scene but is becoming increasingly more popular. What is Customer Effort Score (CES)?

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

This week we feature an article by Pascal van Opzeeland who writes about the quality of customer support and what it takes to provide great customer support. – Shep Hyken. What makes a customer support interaction good or bad? Consider the number of actions customers have to take to get in touch.

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Toister Performance Solutions

MAY 7, 2020

They did find one thing that creates more loyalty: reducing customer effort. Dixon co-authored a book called The Effortless Experience that details this research and shares practical ways companies can make it easier for customers to do business with them. Why is preventing service failures so important?

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

With that mission in mind, we’re sharing five of the best articles we’ve discovered recently that are on the top of our minds. The Digital Challenges of Achieving Stellar Customer Experience. Making the Business Case for Customer Experience. The Impact of Customer Effort on Customer Experience.

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ProProfs Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

In this article piece, we aim to learn: What are customer expectations. Their great customer expectations from you. Accurate Information Via Self-Service. One of the things that have gained importance in the customer service expectation list is self-service. But worry not.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 28, 2025

Delays frustrate customers and negatively impact satisfaction. Customer Effort Score (CES) : Reflects how easy it is for customers to interact with your business. Related Article How To Build an Exceptional Customer Support Service For Your Business? The simpler the experience, the higher your CES.

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Mindtouch

MARCH 16, 2020

Failing to empathize with your customers can end up being counterproductive, especially for the managers and directors charged with keeping tabs on customer journey KPIs within the contact center. Examining the journey through the customer’s eyes . Customer Effort Score (CES). Download the free ebook.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 31, 2022

Reducing customer effort is key to keeping your customers happy. If they have to put in a lot of effort to get what they want, they will be less likely to come back. In this article, we will discuss ten easy tips that you can use to reduce the amount of effort your customers have to put in.

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Global Response

MARCH 12, 2025

Read Time: 12 minutes Table of Contents Introduction Looking to understand and use contact center analytics to boost efficiency and build customer loyalty? Benefits for business: Tracking analytics can increase customer satisfaction, employee performance, and business efficiency. Youre in luck!

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Mindtouch

MARCH 15, 2018

These days, the definition of customer education is expanding. More specifically, customer preferences are shifting —across the entire customer journey—toward self-service. What Is Customer Education? Why Self-service Is So Important. Think knowledge base articles, FAQs, and customer stories.

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Kayako

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Your customer wants quick, easy answers to their simple questions. CEB, the insight and technology company that investigates customer loyalty best practices, reported that 67% of customers prefer self-service over talking to your team. So how can we meet our customer’s self-service demands?

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Nicereply

JULY 18, 2022

You can improve your customer experience without breaking the bank. These easy ways to reduce customer effort are a great place to start. Your customer experience needs an overhaul, but you don’t have the budget or developers to make it happen. Why customer effort matters.

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Mindtouch

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The obvious answer is that informational content has inherent value as a low-effort, low-cost way to support customers through self-service. Sure, if they’ve found what they needed and moved on, then your self-service content has served its purpose. Why is that? Create continuity and logical click paths.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A key performance indicator (KPI) and strategic metric for any business is the Customer Effort Score (CES). It’s one of the significant drivers of brand loyalty because satisfied customers are more likely to make repeat purchases or talk to your customer service. How can the Customer Effort Score be measured?

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A key performance indicator (KPI) and strategic metric for any business is the Customer Effort Score (CES). It’s one of the significant drivers of brand loyalty because satisfied customers are more likely to make repeat purchases or talk to your customer service. How can the Customer Effort Score be measured?

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24-7 InTouch

JUNE 15, 2021

Prioritizing metrics that matter most to your brand should not only be based on company culture and operational style, but also on today’s digital customers. As consumers change how they live, work, and purchase, brands’ customer service metrics need to adjust accordingly. . Customer Effort Score.

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Mindtouch

MAY 15, 2018

Reducing customer effort has become a high-priority objective for most companies. Central to improving customer effort scores is useful and timely content. This increases customer effort by making it difficult for customers to find information. But Google itself is not the problem.

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Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

This article delves into how to evaluate call center agent performance effectively, outlining key call center agent metrics and exploring innovative new techniquesas well as too-often-overlooked onesto elevate your team’s success. Why it matters: Reflects reduced (or increased) customer effort.

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Kayako

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

You’re missing out on the benefits of self-service. FAQs are a form of self-service, and most people, if not all, prefer to resolve their issues than to wait and interact with a customer service rep. The good news is that companies are quickly realizing the benefits of creating self-service content.

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HGS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

A big part of this responsibility falls to the front line customer service team. Strategies for remedying customer concerns. It also means minimizing the amount of customer effort to rectify the situation. Make sure you’re prepared. Escalation plan.

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Kayako

MARCH 3, 2016

Self-service metrics. Customer support productivity metrics. Use these metrics to see if any further training is needed to keep your customer support team from repeating the same problems over and over. The longer customers have to wait, the more time it takes for their issue to be resolved, which means more effort.

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ProProfs Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

77% of customers end up using a self-service support portal to get a solution to their problem faster.”. However, 12% of them fail to find the solution they need through these service portals. In a nutshell, a good FCR performance is not just for your brand but also for your customers. A study suggests that. “77%

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Inbenta

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Our Messenger module inbox centralizes all communication channels and enables your customer service team to have full visibility of each contact and their history of touchpoints with your brand, making it easy to personalize how you support and delight them. Benefits of automating customer interactions management. Increase ROI.

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Tethr

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Here at Tethr, we talk a lot about reducing customer effort. After all, research shows that minimizing effort is critical to customer loyalty and improving the overall customer experience. And when done well, great self service options make customers happier.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

In a world where customer service is constantly evolving, there’s a rising star that’s transforming the game: self-service. Picture a scenario where customers have the power to find answers at their fingertips, without relying on customer service agents.

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Inbenta

MAY 11, 2020

Customer interaction management to the rescue. Self-service tools such as chatbots, knowledge management, and search engines have become very common and most customers are now used to interacting with these online. Applied to customer interaction management solutions, NLP can do wonders.

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Nicereply

OCTOBER 12, 2021

However, these important use cases should be supplemented with preparing your support team to provide a better customer experience. In this article, let’s explore what data can help support be more effective and how to get that data to your agents. Choosing the data your support team needs. Automated Context.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This tenant-first philosophy applies to both the private and public housing sector and requires the creation of a new kind of digital tenant experience – everything from live chat and online knowledge resources to self-service portals. They’re flying blind. The Knowledge Gap.

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Mindtouch

AUGUST 21, 2019

A knowledge base is a self-serve repository of organized information that users can access through browse and search functions. Well-executed, a knowledge base can empower customer self-service and minimize inbound calls, thus promoting customer success. Article linking, creation, reuse, and quality.

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