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Live Chat for Higher Education – The Ultimate 101 Guide

Comm100

Lower wait times and faster issue resolutions Research shows that digital channels like live chat are overtaking phone support in popularity, and especially among Gen Z and Millennials. This means that agents can handle multiple chats at once compared to phone calls where only one conversation is possible at a time.

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How Covid has Exacerbated the Customer Service Issue

Interactions

A recent study by the UK Institute of Customer Service found that complaints about poor customer service are at their highest levels since 2009. While initially sympathetic, consumers are now tired of being told that their long wait times on the phone or late deliveries are simply “because of Covid”. billion in 2020 , up 32.4%

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What Do Companies With Low Net Promoter Score Have in Common?

Retently

In 2013, McDonald’s recorded the longest waiting time at its drive-thrus. And the waiting time is mainly influenced by the menu complexity. Since 2009, CIGNA has been monitored by relevant authority institutions. The chain started with 26 menu items in 1980, which increased to 121 in 2014.

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How to Stay Close to Customers While Working From Home

CSM Magazine

The assembled experts reported that, at the end of March 2020, they had between 15% and 50% of contact centre colleagues working from home and that this had caused particular challenges for customer service colleagues working overseas. Waiting times.

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A Complete Guide to Omnichannel Customer Service

Comm100

67% of consumers used social media for service-related needs in 2020, and this is growing. As support teams using omnichannel customer service platforms can handle queries faster, customers also enjoy reduced wait times. Queue length and wait time reports. Founded: 2009. Visitor segmentation breakdowns.

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11 Contact Center Technologies to Boost Customer Satisfaction

TechSee

According to Walker , a customer intelligence consulting firm, by 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator for B2B. This customer-centric focus has resulted in 72% of businesses reporting that their top priority is improving the customer experience, according to Forrester.