Tricia Morris

APRIL 8, 2016

As any brand or organization that’s implemented a customer self-service offering knows, build it and they will come. Forrester estimates that an average of $22 million is spent annually in unnecessary service costs due to channel escalation – and this is in the retail industry alone. Satisfied when they leave?

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Self Service Report Retail Survey 40

Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

In recent years, consumers have placed greater importance on the quality of customer service than on the price and quality of products alone. As we enter 2016, it appears that this consumer behavior trend will continue through 2016 and beyond. These days, consumers expect easy access to customer service in every way possible.

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SuiteCX

JANUARY 2, 2017

As 2016 rapidly draws to a close, Customer Experience continues to be a “hot topic” on everyone’s agenda, but companies are having trouble making progress. Smart self services should always be accompanied by a high touch option or a person to person touch. Customer Integration. Customer Integration involves 2 things.

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Customer Journeys Self Service Customer Insights Survey 100

SuiteCX

JANUARY 2, 2017

As 2016 rapidly draws to a close, Customer Experience continues to be a “hot topic” on everyone’s agenda, but companies are having trouble making progress. Smart self services should always be accompanied by a high touch option or a person to person touch. Customer Integration. Customer Integration involves 2 things.

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Customer Journeys Self Service Customer Insights Survey 100

Vonage

AUGUST 15, 2016

Forrester’s recent “ Top Trends for Customer Service ” study found, for example, that web self-service surpassed contact center voice calls for the first time ever in 2014. As featured on the Salesforce Blog. Using Salesforce CTI to connect customer data to the sales and service experience. What do customers want?

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Self Service Contact Center Trends Connections 120

Kayako

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Last year, we rounded up the best blog posts of 2014 and saw some trends on hiring, job policies and communication. A lot of posts have centered around studying the very metrics that you should consider in building your self-service tools, and studying the metrics of how you use your helpdesk. Now onto the best of 2015!

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Self Service Omni-Channel Net Promoter Score Multi-Channel 72

Kustomer

JUNE 27, 2022

Spanning multiple channels, across both brick-and-click locations, customers want immediate answers to product questions, swift resolution to their problems, and personalized brand interactions. Selecting customer service software can feel overwhelming and the software market is teeming with options, information and opinions.

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Software Tools Customer Service Self Service 98

Forcivity Salesforce

APRIL 1, 2022

“To build trust and meet customer expectations, personalization is a must-have” in today’s financial services industry, says Salesforce Senior VP of Financial Services , Rob Seaman. Controlling the customer experience is all about controlling the interactions customers have with your brand throughout the customer lifecycle.

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Financial Self Service Customer Experience Multi-Channel 52

Alida

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Earlier this week, more than 400 professionals in marketing, customer experience, innovation and research gathered in Chicago for the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit. Eliza (@eliza_jacobs) September 20, 2016. Vision Critical (@visioncritical) September 20, 2016. Amanda White (@iamAMLW) September 20, 2016.

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Calabrio

JANUARY 6, 2016

CEO of Calabrio shares his predictions for the Contact Center, for 2016 and Beyond. Here are my 7 predictions and key advice on where the contact center is going in 2016 and beyond. It’s a relatively new model, equipped with sophisticated sensors that automatically alert the manufacturer if the appliance needs service.

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Customer Engagement Omni-Channel Engagement Self Service 133

Kayako

DECEMBER 22, 2015

For external content—that is, our self-service—a strict information architecture is key. Same goes for self-service. Favorite blog features the perfect local products for my coworkers? Those are the topics to focus on in your next round of self-service edits. One KB article.

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Self Service Management Tips Customers 120

Solvvy

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Replacing human customer service agents with IVR technology: Bad idea. One of the earliest forms of AI customer service to come mainstream is interactive voice response (IVR) technology, in which a computer recognizes the customer’s natural speech or touch tone and uses it as a prompt for their next action.

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Self Service Customer Service Chatbots Knowledge Base 48

Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Published on: January 06, 2016. Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Self Service Customer Experience Social Media Insurance 48

Tricia Morris

JANUARY 26, 2016

As we start talking about self-service, virtual assistants and artificial intelligence in more and more customer service conversations, we have to talk about where human-to-human interaction will continue to make an impact, and why many customers have turned to more.

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Self Service Customer Service Trends Customers 49

Wootric CX Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

CX managers first determine what a positive customer experience entails for their target clients, theorize and implement changes they believe will have the most impact, and use results to optimize each customer interaction. With new technology and social media, we have more ways than ever before of interacting with our customers.

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NPS Net Promoter Score Metrics Effort Score 122

Comm100

JUNE 13, 2018

According to a study by Inmar , 72 percent of coupons used in 2016 affected purchasing behavior , usually by encouraging shoppers to buy a product they otherwise would not have. Enable and Encourage Self-Service. There are many ways that e-commerce companies can use self-service to their advantage during the shopping season.

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Tips Self Service e-support Social Media 136

ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Shital Shah, writes about how with the right combination of technology and human touch, customer service doesn’t have to be difficult. She shares four excellent solutions to help manage your customer service more effectively. Shep Hyken. It’s a must-have.

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Chatbots Technology Customer Service Management 48

Tricia Morris

MAY 2, 2016

Increasingly rare is the employee who holds a wealth of corporate, product, service and customer knowledge in his or her head gained through years of training, learning and experience. Employee Self-Service. Learn More About Employee-Self-Service Here. The post Should Customer Service Agents Know All the Answers?

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Self Service Customer Service Banking Customers 40

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Date: Friday, September 9, 2016 Can you afford to lose half your customers? Published on: September 09, 2016. Author: Neil Cox Recent research highlighted by customer service guru Shep Hyken demonstrates the importance of delivering an experience that meets the needs of your customers.

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Self Service Knowledge Base Poor Customer Service Social Media 48

Tricia Morris

JULY 25, 2016

In Microsoft’s 2016 State of Global Customer Service Report , 44% of the 5,000 respondents across Brazil, Germany, Japan, the UK and the United States said they feel it takes them, the customer, more effort to resolve their customer service issue than it does a brand. Get the 2016 State of Global Customer Service Report.

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Poor Customer Service Self Service Consumers Brands 40

Team HGS

JUNE 14, 2017

Earlier this year, HGS released a whitepaper on this year’s top 10 trends in customer service. Over the next few months, we’ll dedicate a blog to each of these CX game changers. In 2016, customer service professionals continued to work hard to figure out how to best integrate and connect all of the disparate communication channels.

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Self Service Trends Multi-Channel Effort Score 52

Avaya

JUNE 14, 2016

My first exposure to self-service IVR application development was back in the early 1990s. In fact, a study by Marchex released earlier this year estimated that I and my fellow Americans will be on hold in 2016 for more than 900 million hours. That’s a lot of wasted time. So what do I end up doing?

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Innovation Self Service Knowledge Base Contact Center 40

Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Only 10% of contact center professionals surveyed for the 2015 Call Center IQ Executive Report on the Omnichannel Contact Center identify their contact centers as omnichannel capable (compared to 68% multichannel and 22% neither) – 25% said achieving omnichannel capabilities will be a priority in 2016.

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Self Service Customer Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 40

Tricia Morris

MAY 13, 2016

In today’s world, customer service is changing rapidly with greater expectations for reduced customer effort and brand transparency, as well as increasing preferences for digital customer experiences including online self-service. Here are six ways that communities can complement customer service: 1.

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Self Service Customer Service Knowledge Base Consumers 40

Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Customer service knowledge comes in many forms from customer self-service knowledge to agent-facing knowledge, and many formats from video, to knowledge base articles and more. This metric should not be used as the only measurement for customer service knowledge effectiveness. calls, emails) should decrease.

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Metrics Measurement Self Service Customer Service 40

Comm100

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

This blog post is dedicated to helping you calculate the return on investment (ROI) that Chatbots will bring your company, and how much money Chatbots can save you. Chatbots are like evolved self-service portals or advanced knowledge bases. Why Chatbots? They help customers quickly and easily find the answers to simple queries.

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Chatbots Self Service ROI Contact Center 133

Avaya

OCTOBER 7, 2016

With so many devices on their hands, and so many channels to engage with brands, customers also expect agents to know the history of their past interaction, regardless of whether it is an email, a phone call, or a visit to a branch or store. In short, the contact center of today must be demand based and software driven.

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Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Omni-Channel 81

Bold360

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In 2016, the customer experience became the focal point of marketing, acquisition, onboarding, UX design, and many other core business functions. “I have learned in 2016 that our customers (aged 18-24 years old or the millennials) spend most of their time…” On their mobile devices. than by email or phone.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Omni-Channel Social Media Self Service 40

OpinionLab

AUGUST 29, 2017

You probably got it before you even started reading this blog and, if not, you’ll have got it by now: delivering seamless and superior omnichannel customer experience is becoming ever more important but is extremely challenging to perfect. Learning 1: Human interaction remains super important as part of broader omnichannel CX “package”.

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Natalie Petouhof

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Microsoft’s customer engagement solution, Dynamics CRM 2016, will be available worldwide. In addition, Dynamics CRM 2016 is also delivering significant enhancements in productivity, mobility and customer service: Productivity – Capabilities in CRM 2016 are seamlessly embedded into productivity tools, including Office 365.

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Conference CRM Self Service Innovation 40

NobelBiz

APRIL 25, 2023

Implement Call Deflection Strategies Call deflection strategies, such as using self-service options like IVR (Interactive Voice Response) systems and chatbots, can help reduce call volume and call center costs. The average customer service rep salary in the US is around $35k per year. According to Gartner, Inc.,

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Call Center Contact Center Strategy Average Handle Time 52

ijgolding

JANUARY 19, 2016

So when I confirmed that I would be travelling to Florida in January 2016, I immediately sensed an opportunity to put my personal theories to the test! As I boarded my American Airlines flight back to Heathrow, I was almost disappointed – disappointed that I had not really encountered a ‘Ritz Carlton’ like ‘Magic Moment’ to share in my blog.

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Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

From brand messaging to product and service information, the goal is to have all employees unified in what they present and represent, but in customer service, as well as across the organization, there’s typically an essential base or glue missing to achieve that consistency – and that’s knowledge. A House Built Upon the Sand.

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Self Service Effort Score 40

Eptica

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Régine, you gave a fascinating speech at the Eptica 2016 Customer Day , looking at how digital transformation is impacting consumer behavior and expectations. For the benefit of blog readers, can you give us some more detail on what you are seeing happening in the market? Eptica: How do digital technologies change consumer behavior?

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Technology Multi-Channel Self Service Consumers 48

Tricia Morris

MAY 31, 2016

In every interaction that you have with the customer, do it with an experience mentality, not a task mentality. Pombriant notes that McKinsey recommends automation, proactive personalization, contextual interaction and journey innovation as four key pillars to achieve customer loyalty.“ ——————-.

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CRM Customer Experience Self Service Conference 40

Clicktools

MAY 24, 2017

Customer engagement simply describes a customer’s interaction with a brand, whether digitally or at a physical location. Community engagement takes customer engagement and adds value by allowing customers to engage with one another —not just with brand representatives—in self-serve, consumer-driven online forums or other communities.

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Engagement Customer Experience Self Service Social Media 45

Avaya

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The financial services industry ranks as one of the top markets to experience massive digital disruption in the coming years. In 2016, Ernst & Young introduced its Banking Relevance Index (BRI), designed to measure the importance of traditional banks to customers’ lives. So, how will the bank branch be impacted?

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Banking Omni-Channel Multi-Channel Self Service 40