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Omni Channel vs Multi Channel: What’s the Difference and Who Does it Best?

Bold360

Multichannel and omnichannel might be this decade’s buzzwords, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t also essential to success for both your business and customers. Multichannel: • Literally means ‘many channels’. Refers to the multiple ways your business and customers can interact with one another.

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AI and Customer Care: The Future is Here

BlueOcean

Long gone are the days when customers almost expected to experience IVR hell and would pretty much tolerate jaw-dropping wait times. IBM reports that by 2020 – that’s just two years away – 85% of all customer service interactions will occur without a human agent. What Does AI Customer Service Look Like?

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What will CX look like in 2017?

Customer Bliss

Over the holidays, I read two interesting articles about customer experience. The first one, from Forbes , is called “Five Bold Expert Predictions For 2017.” The second article is from Harvard Business Review and called “The Most Common Reasons Customer Experience Programs Fail.” Omnichannel.

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How Top Performing Contact Centers Will Own 2017

Storyminers

This article appeared first January 10, 2017 at SharpenCX.com. Customer experience expert Mike Wittenstein sheds light on enhanced customer expectations, AI innovation, and more. Overall, it’s really just about providing a quality customer experience. How do you expect customer expectations to change in 2017?

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3 Customer Engagement Trends to Watch in 2017

Calabrio

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. According to Gartner’s annual CMO spend survey, as customer experience becomes the key to gaining a competitive advantage, CMOs will spend more on tech to support their CX goals. Ready for 2017 and beyond?

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Improving Your E-Commerce Customer Service to Meet Today’s Consumer Expectations

Joe Rawlinson

Mobile technology has been changing consumer expectations for both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailers, making it more challenging to deliver satisfactory customer service. The 2017 IBM Consumer Experience Index (CEI) Study says only 3.4 percent of brands are delivering leading-edge customer experience , while 33.5

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A third of consumers would rather clean a toilet than talk to customer service

Maru/HUB

This week we’ve been focused on customer service in the wake of new experiences in the way we shop, interact and provide feedback. In our last post, we argued that innovative experiences such as Amazon Go, makes it difficult to gain rich insight in the form of a real conversation.