TechSee

JUNE 5, 2018

With co-browsing gaining traction in customer service organizations, here are the 5 hottest trends currently developing in the co-browsing domain. trillion hours in 2016 — a year-over-year app engagement increase of over 50 percent. The post The future of Co-browsing: 5 Trends to Watch appeared first on Techsee.

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Tricia Morris

JANUARY 4, 2016

A new year brings resolutions to change or improve in ways that matter, and for brands and organizations, customer service is always a key focus. I don’t think that this endeavor will be completed in 2016, but those who have bought in to the importance of service will look to: 1. Why Will This Have an Impact in 2016? “A

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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. It’s about learning how to use data and adapt to current and future trends. Smart self services should always be accompanied by a high touch option or a person to person touch.

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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. It’s about learning how to use data and adapt to current and future trends. Smart self services should always be accompanied by a high touch option or a person to person touch.

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TechSee

APRIL 10, 2018

As businesses increasingly realize that leveraging the power of technology creates a clear competitive advantage, the future of the BPO industry has become dependent on its willingness to adopt new growth and BPO technology trends that will serve as a value multiplier for their offerings. BPO Technology trends: Blessing or Curse?

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Tricia Morris

DECEMBER 18, 2015

It’s easy when you’re asked about trends to talk about an innovative technology or feature you know is going to create a buzz. This year’s lineup of contributors includes: • Bill Patterson: Microsoft General Manager of Service Engagement. Nancy Friedman: Customer Service Keynote Speaker and Trainer. •

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Team HGS

JUNE 14, 2017

2017 Trend 3: The Beginning of Channel Guidance. Earlier this year, HGS released a whitepaper on this year’s top 10 trends in customer service. Here we dissect CX Trend No. Here we dissect CX Trend No. Our multi-channel support services cover FAQs, Downloads, Auto Chat, Video, and Live Chat.

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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. Related Posts Executive success trends – C-level women’s panel. As featured on the Salesforce Blog. Simon Says volunteer!

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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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Tricia Morris

JUNE 13, 2016

This year, Microsoft’s annual customer service preferences and expectations survey polled 5,000 consumers across Brazil, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and found some interesting commonalities, as well as distinct differences between locations.

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Bold360

MARCH 9, 2017

As Forrester posited, we are in the Age of the Customer, and in this era of immediacy and availability, offering digital self-service is a requirement for any company hoping to provide high-level service for consumers. Self-Service for the Win.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 10, 2016

Self-Service Usage : Often times, customers can resolve their own issues without needing to get in touch with an agent. Self-service usage tracks whether or not your customers are using self-service options and can indicate that you may need to revisit your IVR set up. Outbound Dialing.

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Eptica

JANUARY 20, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Looking into the customer service crystal ball. Published on: January 20, 2016. As always, leading analysts have provided their own thoughts, and in this blog I’d like to look at trends highlighted by Forrester and Gartner.

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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. The best of self-service.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

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. And finally, you need 2020 metrics – not 2016 metrics. Expectations for Social Customer Support Are Maturing. What does that mean?

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Eptica

MARCH 31, 2016

Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 Websites lead the way for UK customer service. Published on: March 31, 2016. The web, in the form of help and self service has remained on top throughout that time and continued to improve between 2015 and 2016. Average performance becomes the norm?

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Tricia Morris

JUNE 17, 2016

Microsoft’s 2016 State of Global Customer Service Report shows that globally, 55% of consumers’ customer service interactions now begin online rather than on the phone or in person. Sixty-six (66%) of global consumers have a more favorable view of brands whose self-service portals are mobile responsive.

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Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4 lessons from the Forrester CX Index. Published on: August 17, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Forrester has just published its 2016 US Customer Experience Index , providing an update on the state of CX across multiple sectors. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 6 factors driving contact center change. Published on: October 26, 2016. Author: Dharmesh Ghedia With customer service being at the top of the business agenda for organizations, what are the trends that are impacting contact centers? Share this page on: Tweet.

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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. Learn More About Employee-Self-Service Here.

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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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Eptica

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Connecting with your customers across APAC. Published on: November 09, 2016. Look at channels such as self-service and chat to give instant answers, ensuring that time-poor consumers don’t have to wait for a response to their email or social media messages.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Is it really time for your company to embrace chatbots? Published on: October 12, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden One of the most talked about current trends in customer experience is the rise of chatbots , with many companies investigating using them to interact with customers on messaging apps.

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Solvvy

DECEMBER 16, 2019

” Facebook began offering Facebook Messenger “bots” to brands on their platform in 2016, and many other companies quickly followed suit. Machine learning in self-service support. Finally, that brings us to the AI-driven self-service platform. . That could mean: Growth in self-service solutions.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 4, 2017

In particular, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to transform customer service, and now is a good time to look at the opportunities and threats it provides to the sector. Recent research by analyst ContactBabel points to a drop in the number of inbound queries between 2015 and 2016. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

JULY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, July 8, 2016 Delivering what US consumers want. Published on: July 08, 2016. For example, they can do this through self-service systems that understand and answer their queries online without needing to make direct contact with the contact center. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Tricia Morris

JULY 13, 2015

Multichannel Customer Service Report from Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Parature, from Microsoft, 92% of consumers surveyed said they now expect brands and organizations to offer a customer self-service support portal. Think Like Your Customers. Design with your customer in mind.

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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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Eptica

MARCH 14, 2018

However, this was a drop from 2016’s figure (84%) and 2015’s 91%. In 2016 just 10% of banks answered an email successfully – in 2017 that had risen to 15%. You might also be interested in these posts: Why the future of customer service isn’t just automation. Share this page on: Tweet.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 20, 2016

The trends and challenges impacting contact centre people, processes and technology, illustrated with case studies and in-depth Interviews with customer service leaders. We have come a long way within the customer service industry since Automatic Call Distributor (ACD) technology in the 1960s.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

It is likely that consumers will be more careful in their spending, with rising prices and inflation leading to overall retail sales falling year on year between September 2016 and 2017. more than in 2016 – with sales increasingly concentrated through online or bigger retailers. Predictions are that Britons will spend just 1.3%

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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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ProProfs Chat

APRIL 5, 2019

Technology is allowing businesses to get closer to customers in real time when they interact with their products & services. Leading brands like Amazon, Uber, Reed and Selfridges have spotted this trend. They need customer feedback to keep delivering the right service to their customers. Your thoughts.

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Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. Published on: January 08, 2016. So the experience has to be seamless and incorporate self-service systems that provide fast, accurate, and consistent replies to questions.

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Think Customers

JULY 26, 2016

As customers continue to increase their use of digital channels and self-service tools for customer service, it's only natural that the volume of calls hitting contact centers has been shrinking.

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John Paul

OCTOBER 22, 2018

“With these new trends, we are focusing more on the individual, the driver, to ensure that our multichannel services can be integrated into daily life. Drivers today expect instantaneousness; these new technologies have naturally become part of John Paul’s services and Concierges, with their “human” expertise.

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Win the Customer

DECEMBER 15, 2015

According to research by Gartner, 89 percent of executives are betting on customer experience as their primary mode of competition before the end of 2016. Today’s trends are all about personalization with a twist. At the end of 2014, Forrester reflected on current and rising trends in customer service including omni-channel support.

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