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Its a common misconception – those tools may store information, but they fall short in delivering the right answers, actionable processes, and feedback loops for multi-channel support for both employees and customerself-service. Whats the Confusion? Lets clear it up.
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Recently CCNG members and area contact center professionals were invited to the Alcon North America CustomerService Operations Center in Fort Worth Texas for a group discussion into Alcon's journey of digital transformation over the years. For more information on CCNG member hosted events, please visit CCNG.com/Events.
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With some of the frustration I’m hearing, you might assume that customerservice is taking a hit – particularly when there are daily reports of inflation, an oncoming recession, and the need to cut costs constantly. These same companies found themselves having slow growth and customerservice and customer retention issues.
Limitations and roadblocks Without tools to track customer interactions, you’re left with random, winding customer journeys. This creates a seamless customer journey. Customerservice that’s built on a voice-centric call center infrastructure can’t meet current demands. You have to anticipate customer needs.
Most organizations support customers in multiple generations, each with their own preferred way of obtaining assistance - from traditional voice calls, to chat, and even selfservice options. Unless the customer does not have an option, they will tend to find a company who communicates using their preferred channel.
Omnichannel technologies, defined as those which provide a seamless customerservice experience across channels, have seen major growth in popularity over the past few years. We asked executives to rank how often they use certain customerservice channels today and how often they expected to use them in 10 years.
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Interact - Chatbots and virtual assistants should be able to deflect inbound customer interactions and automate processes and repetitive tasks. Answer - Bots have the ability to unlock knowledge, to recommend answers to complex customer requests via self-service options.
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Call center executives track strategic metrics and KPIs to make a business case for good customerservice on behalf of their clients. That said, every customerservice and support channel will have the basics of Quality Assurance, Service Level, CSAT, FCR, and ACW. It's a derivative of AHT.
(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.” Temkin, 2018).
Dale is an active member and conference speaker at SOCAP, ICSA, and CCNG. Are you reaping the rewards of your “always on” customerservice investments? This is a clear sign that brands should provide things like online FAQs, work towards lowering the barrier to self-service and not underestimate product reviews.
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