Eptica

JANUARY 12, 2017

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 What were the top customer service trends of 2016? To help we’ve analyzed all 100+ posts published on the Eptica blog in 2016, and picked a top ten, based on a combination of readership and industry feedback. Published on: January 12, 2017. What do the findings mean for companies?

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Trends Customer Service Contact Center Analysis 48

Talkdesk

JANUARY 19, 2017

Technology changes fast. These advances increase what customer experience teams can do, but that also comes with a rising level of customers expectations. These advances increase what customer experience teams can do, but that also comes with a rising level of customers expectations.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Chatbots Video 40

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Or was it customer service? We’ve come a long way since then with social having earned its rightful place in the channel choice of both customers and contact center service providers. Expectations for Social Customer Support Are Maturing. People want their customer experiences to feel organic.

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Omni-Channel Social Media Contact Center Self Service 149

NICE inContact

JUNE 21, 2016

While it may be easy to come up with a list of basic phone behaviors to apply across the board, each program and channel likely involves different customer expectations, business objectives, and measures of success. DON’T: Think of technology as a panacea. This article was originally published May 16, 2016 on ICMI.

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Contact Center Trends Groups Training 125

NobelBiz

JUNE 29, 2021

These touchpoints are prioritized for analysis since they are a useful source of data for assessing the client journey and it works as follows: The Key role of Contact Centers The increased focus on digital channels and new communication technology allows for new methods to engage with clients.

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Customer Journeys Customer Experience Contact Center Omni-Channel 52

TechSee

JANUARY 2, 2018

Customer satisfaction and experience are important for every industry, and insurance is no exception. trillion in claims were paid by insurance companies in 2016 alone. To stay relevant and compete effectively, traditional insurance companies must ensure their customer base is satisfied. IoT and Insurance.

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Insurance Telecommunications Contact Center Video 116

Eptica

JULY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Understanding 6 key trends in UK customer service. Published on: July 06, 2016. Author: Steve Nattress Customers are increasingly demanding about the levels of service that they receive from brands. Here are six interesting trends and findings that we uncovered from the report: 1.

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Trends Customer Service Social Media Contact Center 49

Vonage

MAY 11, 2016

The Salesforce World Tour London is on May 19 th and we are delighted to have been selected as one of the Salesforce 2016 Customer Success stories. I am excited to be sharing our story and talking about how Vax has transformed its customer service as a key part of the customer journey.

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Multi-Channel Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Effort Score 60

Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Customer expectations are changing and growing just as rapidly as the channels and technology consumers are empowered with to engage, encouraging (if not demanding) that brands and organizations embrace a strategy of non-stop, customer-centric adaptation. 2015 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report).

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Self Service Customer Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 40

Avaya

APRIL 6, 2016

Customer engagement is a competitive battleground. After all, customer expectations are always high, and technology always evolving. To stay ahead of the competition, we have to be vigilant about meeting or exceeding the needs of our customers. But that’s not all! Getting started is easy.

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Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Video 40

Eptica

JANUARY 29, 2016

Date: Friday, January 29, 2016 Customer service lessons from the hotel sector. Published on: January 29, 2016. Author: James Gladwish Since the days of coaching inns, providers of accommodation have had to focus on delivering the right customer experience to their guests. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Hotels Customer Service Social Media Travel 48

Eptica

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Using email customer service to build emotional engagement. Published on: February 09, 2016. Author: Steve Nattress Email has been a mainstay of customer service since its inception , providing a digital alternative to the telephone for consumers. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Self Service Engagement Customer Service Social Media 48

Tricia Morris

MAY 31, 2016

Customer expectations are changing, and to be successful, brands’ delivery on customer experience must too. Brands must approach everything they do, but especially service and engagement, with a customer experience mentality. Engaging customers does, and involving them in the best way to engage is even better.”.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2015

This inability to pick up on emotions such as anger, annoyance or happiness frustrates customers and makes them more likely to move to rivals. Continue to innovate Wherever you operate, customer expectations are always rising, meaning that the customer experience needs to continue to evolve. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Customer Experience Banking Contact Center Customer Centricity 48

LiveChat

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Thankfully, with the use of automation technologies, you can eliminate time-consuming and error-prone manual processes while leveraging a large amount of customer data to deliver a responsive and personalized customer experience. 4 automation strategies to improve customer loyalty. Call center automation.

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Loyalty Strategy Omni-Channel Call Center 57

Storyminers

MAY 4, 2016

[originally posted on the User Testing Blog 3/06/2016 by Spencer Lanoue ]. Investing in customer experience drives revenue growth and increases customer loyalty. According to Gartner , customer experience will be the main battleground for competing companies over the next two years. rather than ‘How can I sell?’

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Industry Customer Experience Interaction Customers 140

ijgolding

MARCH 22, 2017

With the onset of digital channels, the distance between businesses and customers has shortened even more and businesses are able to interact with customers in every walk of their life. This has also changed the way customers interact and search for product information.

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Omni-Channel Customer Experience Multi-Channel e-support 204

Kustomer

OCTOBER 28, 2022

With this in mind, brands now realize that customer service is directly tied to their revenue, and are modernizing applications. How Can You Provide Differentiated Customer Service? In the diagram above, we have the typical multichannel model of customer engagement, where the customer reaches out through the channels of their choice.

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Customer Engagement Engagement Omni-Channel Customer Centricity 105

Tricia Morris

JANUARY 11, 2016

“Setting customer expectations at a level that is aligned with consistently deliverable levels of customer service requires that your whole staff, from product development to marketing, works in harmony with your brand image.” Most customers now update their personal technology every one to two years.

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Trends Customer Service Chief Customer Officer CRM 40

Comm100

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

They help customers quickly and easily find the answers to simple queries. As a result, they reduce the number of incoming calls to contact centers, improving efficiency and reducing operational costs. According to a report by the Call Center School, 65 to 70% of a call center’s total operating costs are related to staffing.

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Chatbots Self Service ROI Contact Center 125

Kustomer

JUNE 27, 2022

Feel free to explore at your own pace, starting with our table of contents: What Are the Benefits of Customer Service Software? Types of Customer Support Software What Are the Key Technology Components of Customer Service? What Are the Benefits of Customer Service Software?

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Software Tools Customer Service Self Service 98

ShepHyken

AUGUST 29, 2016

5 Smart Contact Center Strategies Designed to Improve the Customer Experience by Pam Bednarczyk. ShoreTel) Rising customer expectations and changing delivery preferences are forcing many companies to revisit their contact center processes. The Future of Customer Loyalty is Flexibility by Jim Tierney.

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OpinionLab

AUGUST 29, 2017

For example, IVR and other contact center technologies, store/branch feedback and various other mechanisms help identify where your omnichannel approach is falling short. When you look at customer retention across industries, the findings are quite striking. The difference between the 2015 and 2016 figures are clear.

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Omni-Channel Consumers How To Touchpoint 166

Eptica

AUGUST 3, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Coping with the switch from phone to digital customer service. Published on: August 03, 2016. New research by contact center analysts, Contact Babel , in the US and the UK highlights how consumer usage of channels is changing and the pressure it is putting on organizations.

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Self Service Customer Service Contact Center Multi-Channel 48

Avaya

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Earlier this month, the CFI Group, which issues the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index, issued the Contact Center Satisfaction Index (CCSI). Bottom line: The CCSI news isn’t good regarding contact centers’ ability to deliver an excellent experience. From our point of view … the timing couldn’t be better.

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Customer Experience Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 40

Stella Connect

JANUARY 25, 2018

In recent years, we’ve seen a major shift in brands’ approaches to customer service delivery and contact center performance management. How will emerging and growing trends change the customer service equation? More Companies Will Make Customer Service a Strategic Priority. One strike and you’re out.

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Self Service Trends Customer Service Contact Center 40

Eptica

MAY 4, 2016

Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Knowledge – the jewel in the customer service crown. Published on: May 04, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden At a time when consumers want a fast, seamless experience, knowledge is at the heart of delivering excellent customer service.

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Customer Service Knowledge Base Self Service Social Media 48

Avaya

MAY 10, 2016

In 2016 we would not consider ourselves early adopters. However, when comparing smart device adoption to corporation’s adoption of digital engagement technology, many corporation’s global infrastructures are still not as smart as our handheld devices. I’m talking about your contact center agents.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Date: Monday, November 28, 2016 5 top trends driving customer service. Published on: November 28, 2016. Author: Guest author: Chris Measures When it comes to service, customers today demand the highest standards from every organization that they deal with, in every industry and across every channel.

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Trends Customer Service Social Media B2C 48

Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

Customers expect top-notch service, with no patience or loyalty for companies that don’t provide it. In the customer service trends handbook published by Microsoft , “90% of consumers say they expect consistency and continuity from a brand across channels.”. Your customers want to help themselves. PBwiUbyDOv ). -KG.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Trends Multi-Channel 95

Comm100

AUGUST 21, 2018

As Forrester notes in their 2016 report, How Analytics Drives Customer Life-Cycle Management , “Every customer interaction leaves a trail of customer data waiting to be analyzed.” Once you adopt chatbot customer service, your bot will be able to take care of a large portion of these simple queries.

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Metrics Chatbots Average Handle Time Effort Score 100

Comm100

AUGUST 21, 2018

As Forrester notes in their 2016 report, How Analytics Drives Customer Life-Cycle Management , “Every customer interaction leaves a trail of customer data waiting to be analyzed.” Once you adopt chatbot customer service, your bot will be able to take care of a large portion of these simple queries.

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Metrics Chatbots Average Handle Time Effort Score 100