NICE inContact

JUNE 19, 2019

In today’s omnichannel customer service environment, savvy organizations offer their consumers multiple ways to interact with them, including agent-assisted and self-service methods. And do companies understand consumer perceptions about their actual experiences? Here’s what we found out. Get your copy today!

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Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Customer Centricity 138

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Consumers value choice. Customer service is no different. Much has been written about the growth of self-service technologies, like mobile apps and chatbots. Much has been written about the growth of self-service technologies, like mobile apps and chatbots. But what options should businesses offer?

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Self Service Contact Center Social Media Chatbots 121

NICE inContact

APRIL 29, 2019

consumers at 38 according to the recent NICE inContact CX Transformation Survey. As consumers become increasingly dependent on their mobile phones for all types of interactions, businesses need to be able to support this growing and important medium – ensuring customers can reach them when and how they prefer. So, why not?

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Contact Center Self Service Net Promoter Score Call Center 149

NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2019

In our NICE inContact CX Transformation Benchmark , chat has the highest satisfaction of all channels with 47% of consumers saying they were very satisfied with chat, as it provides convenient, quick, and helpful service. Consumers have already accepted chat! appeared first on NICE inContact Blog. What’s the point?

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 11, 2019

An omnichannel experience – consumers expect it and businesses admit they aren’t great at delivering it, so why aren’t they investing in improving it? The surveys were administered as part of our latest research project, the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Meeting Contact Center 121

ShepHyken

JUNE 28, 2019

Airline agents are still at check-in counters to guide passengers after self-service kiosks and to arrange complicated ticketing. The World Bank finds in its 2019 examination of the workforce that while technology is indeed changing how people work, it’s also creating new opportunities. Technology replacing humans.

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Contact Center Self Service Banking Airlines 111

NICE inContact

MAY 23, 2019

Emerging technologies and changing consumer demands fundamentally have shifted the way businesses interact with their customers. Businesses still are working out the kinks with some of the newer capabilities, and some consumers just aren’t ready to embrace these yet. appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

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Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Chatbots 138

Eptica

JANUARY 9, 2019

Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Author: Anne-Claire Bellec - Marketing Director Reviewing 2018 – our top 10 blog posts from the year. Published on: January 09, 2019. GDPR – 6 months on The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was a key topic for every company selling to European consumers or operating in the EU.

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Average Handle Time Self Service Chatbots ROI 89

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The latest results and analysis appear in the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark. Both self-service and agent-assisted channels are being improved in the upcoming year, reflecting ongoing consumer demand for many options. Interested in learning more? Download your free copy today.

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Self Service Omni-Channel Contact Center eBook 150

NICE inContact

MAY 8, 2019

The 2019 business wave of the NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark explores many of these questions at a global level. Then we compared these findings to what consumers said in our 2018 consumer study. The results? The research reveals significant discrepancies in several areas.

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Self Service Contact Center Chatbots Omni-Channel 136

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) completely transform the consumer experience and bring contact center software out of the dark ages? Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), conversational chatbots , self-service and digital channels all contribute to an improved customer experience – but what kind of risks come with adopting AI?

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Customer Care Contact Center Software Self Service Contact Center 137

Eptica

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager National Customer Service Week 2019: The 3 key factors behind successful customer service. Published on: October 09, 2019. 79% of consumers that lose trust will leave a brand – with 49% doing it immediately.

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Customer Service Self Service Contact Center Customer Centricity 60

Eptica

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Author: Olivier Njamfa - CEO & Co-Founder The importance of trust to customer experience in 2019. Author: Olivier Njamfa - CEO & Co-Founder The balance of power between brands and consumers is shifting, with customers now wielding greater influence and control. Published on: December 05, 2018.

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Customer Experience Self Service Consumers Social Media 77

Bold360

APRIL 15, 2021

Looking back, it’s clear that FSIs that had invested in digital (service) transformation prior to the pandemic tended to outperform their more flat-footed rivals. Even before the pandemic, customers preferred the convenience of digital-first service provision. Give customers (self-service) options. The post What Now?

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Self Service Customer Engagement Engagement Knowledge Base 52

NICE inContact

JUNE 20, 2019

In our newly released business wave of the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark , we asked more than 900 contact center leaders how satisfied their own customers are with channel-specific experiences — across both agent-assisted and self-service methods of communication.

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Chatbots Contact Center Self Service Social Media 175

Eptica

AUGUST 29, 2019

Date: Thursday, August 29, 2019 Author: Pascal Gauvrit - CTO Why customer service is key to building brand trust. Published on: August 29, 2019. Organized in the UK by the Institute of Customer Service , the 2019 program is built around five key themes.

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Self Service Brands Customer Service Consumers 67

ClientSuccess

JULY 23, 2019

CRM and service automation platforms deliver on this critically time-sensitive expectation. Be it a round-the-clock self-service portal, help center or chatbot, automation is a cost-effective way to give customers exactly what they want. More Self-Service Offerings. Helpdesk solutions help streamline self-service.

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Self Service Trends Customer Service Social Media 40

Bold360

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Lower level employees, meanwhile, can play a strategic role in understanding (based on the data from customer-bot interactions) what customers need and where the self-service customer experience can be improved. It’s easy to understand the fear that bots will drive human customer service agents into extinction.

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Self Service Chatbots Fashion Metrics 40

UJET

DECEMBER 17, 2019

According to Gartner ’s 2019 Strategic Roadmap for Customer Service and Support Technologies (May 2019), “an organization’s CSS technology stack is often composed of disparate overlapping systems, leaving both customers and employees with a disjointed experience.” But Why Were Customer Support Tools Left Behind?

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Self Service Customer Service Customers Connections 74

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 20, 2022

The latest ACSI report says that from 2010 to 2019, 70 percent of companies tracked by ACSI either declined or had flat results. VanAmburg says that our society was changing to a self-service economy, with things like self-service checkout lanes at supermarkets and ordering plane tickets yourself instead of through a travel agency.

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Self Service Customer Experience Effort Score CRM 78

NICE inContact

MAY 21, 2019

In a way, self-service in the contact centre is kind of like a buffet: You need a strategy, or you might overeat or miss all the best dishes. It seems like self-service options are everywhere these days. And I know I am not the only fan of faster self-service. What’s your strategy? Many Options.

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Self Service Strategy Virtual Agent Chatbots 136

Avaya

AUGUST 12, 2019

New research from Vanson Bourne shows that almost all (94%) of organizations recognize the ability of AI to improve contact center performance, with 87% reporting that “adopting or improving AI in the contact center” continues to be a top priority for 2019. What exactly does this mean?

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Contact Center Self Service Chatbots CRM 50

UJET

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

2019 is coming to a close and the customer support industry is moving into the next decade. To welcome the new year, here are five predictions for 2019. To welcome the new year, here are five predictions for 2019. The post Customer Support Trends and Predictions for 2020 appeared first on Customer Experience Blog by UJET.

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Trends Self Service Contact Center Chatbots 78

Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Part of our series on optimizing CX with Eptica, this blog post explains how reporting can power customer experience improvement , as well as giving you the ability to enhance productivity. It also gives a clear view of what the main issues consumers are raising, allowing you to work on them to improve customer satisfaction.

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Report Self Service Average Handle Time Contact Center 68

GetFeedback

APRIL 3, 2019

GetFeedback also allows for us to customize the experience on the consumer side. A customer service omnichannel experience to us means meeting the customer where they want, whether that’s self-service, chat, email, text or phone conversation. What are you waiting for? Want to learn more about YETI? Give them a visit.

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Feedback Omni-Channel Self Service Analytics 220

Eptica

AUGUST 7, 2019

Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 Author: Taoufik Massoussi - Product Manager & Head of AI Why closing the loop is vital to Voice of the Customer success. Published on: August 07, 2019. Clearly, to achieve this, companies need to go beyond simply providing a satisfaction score, to look at why consumers are feeling the way they ar e.

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Customer Success Net Promoter Score e-support Self Service 66

Magellan Solutions

JULY 29, 2021

First, the mass adoption of smartphones, social media, and consumer-friendly apps changed. No longer would they tolerate endless hold times, obtuse service agents, or handoffs. Second, the explosive growth of widely available cloud services and machine-learning tools. Advanced Self-Service Tools. billion by 2024.

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Call Center Self Service Social Media Omni-Channel 52

West Monroe

MAY 31, 2019

While a chatbot or virtual assistant may not be appropriate for every interaction or use case, these tools can work especially well in a number of areas: Customer support and self-service. Customer Self-Service. Customer intake and on-boarding. Customer outreach and preventive interactions.

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Banking Financial Self Service Chatbots 40

Call Experts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Key providers are building professional services and resources to assist customers with strategic AI plans. Self-service tools empower customers to reach out to agents for more complex interactions, like those requiring judgment and empathy. In 2019, automatic call distribution sported 23.3% More Blogs Menu.

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Contact Center Trends Call Center Customer Journeys 69

Bold360

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Source: Forrester, Build Competitive Advantage Through Customer Engagement and AI, Feb 2019. The complexity of questions and how satisfied customers are with answers can help you determine where you can use AI for self-service or a live person. The post 5 Tactics to Increase Customer Engagement appeared first on Bold360 Blog.

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Customer Engagement Omni-Channel Engagement Self Service 40

delighted

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Needless to say, many brands are taking notice of the financial benefits improving customer service can have for your bottom line. In 2019, 67% of consumers believe that companies are actively improving their customer service. What happens when a business gets customer service wrong?

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Customer Service Strategies Customer Service Strategy Self Service 42

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

A Tata Consultancy Services survey found that 31.7% of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. Gartner predicts that by 2021, 25% of digital workers will use a VEA on a daily basis, up from less than 2% in 2019. Predictive personalization.

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Technology Customer Service Contact Center Gamification 122

transcosmos Information Systems

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Customer service has seen leaps and bounds of upgrades in the past year, and it will continue to be an asset for most companies in retaining and gaining clients. There should never come a time when you feel complacent about the service that you’re providing them. Moving Forward to 2019 and Beyond.

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Omni-Channel Customer Service Multi-Channel Self Service 48

ProProfs Chat

JUNE 14, 2019

Customer Service Stats for Social Media. Rise of the Automation Industry & Self-Service. Build a Delightful Customer Experience With These Customer Service Statistics. With this blog, we aim to help you do just that. Worldwide, 67% of people believe that customer service as a whole is improving.

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Self Service Customer Service Social Media Poor Customer Service 90

Avaya

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Overall, IDC expects spending on digital transformation to surpass $2 trillion by 2019. For example, a study of McDonald’s self-service kiosks found that customers were 20% more likely to buy products offered through the kiosk.

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Hotels Guest Experience Hospitality Strategy 40

Eptica

JANUARY 30, 2019

Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Author: Anne-Claire Bellec - Marketing Director The 4 barriers to meaningful consumer conversations. Published on: January 30, 2019. Author: Anne-Claire Bellec - Marketing Director The reasons that consumers remain loyal to brands goes beyond factors such as product range and price.

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Consumers Self Service Social Media Brands 77

West Monroe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Thousands of Salesforce community members converged in San Francisco last week for Dreamforce 2019. Community Cloud is introducing Mobile Publisher to meet the consumer community’s growing request to have self-service access to their portals. Contact us if you’d like to talk more about your specific needs.

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Self Service Customer Centricity Financial Contact Center 52