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The Problem with Self Service

Beyond Philosophy

People like the convenience of self-service. More and more of your Customers believe access to self-service options is essential to their relationship with your business. Knowing this, it is critical that you plan your self-service options well. Clearly, more Customers want self-service options.

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Customer-Centric Self-Service

Contact Center Pipeline

The pandemic exposed two significant insights about the state of customer service: A poor customer experience coupled with pandemic-fueled emotions can push customers to the brink of tears; and Customers don’t have much faith in conventional self-service options.

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A Lofty Goal: Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company

ShepHyken

If I asked 10 people who they thought could be planet Earth’s most customer-centric company, I bet a majority would have the same answer. For now, you can guess. Cindy, from my office, had a customer service issue. I’ll share that company’s name at the end of this article.

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Contact Center Technology Finally Enables You to Be Customer Centric

CX Global Media

Have you ever experienced relief when that huge barrier preventing you from being more customer centric was finally removed? The irony of many legacy contact center communication platforms that are being used to serve customers often prevent you from doing it effectively. By default, you end up being more process focused.

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Study: The Health of the Contact Center

What does it take to engage agents in this customer-centric era? Download our study of 1,000 contact center agents in the US and UK to find out what major challenges are facing contact center agents today – and what your company can do about it.

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Amazing Business Radio: Rick DeLisi and Dan Michaeli

ShepHyken

Shep Hyken interviews Rick DeLisi and Dan Michaeli, authors of Digital Customer Service: Transforming Customer Experience for An On-Screen World. They discuss why customer-centric companies need digital transformation. Virtually every service experience starts as self-service.

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How will COVID-19 change customer behavior and habits?

Beyond Philosophy

Some of these will be driven by 1) the organizations’ response to the crisis and others will be driven by 2) changing customer habits and attitudes. It is in instances of trouble, problems and even more so – crisis, that the true nature and customer-centricity of organizations (and politicians) is shown.

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.