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AI and Customer Care: The Future is Here

BlueOcean

These technologies are sparking new expectations in today’s consumers on an almost daily basis. This level of relationship when an issue is escalated will prove to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. AI is not one “tool” in the customer support toolkit of the future. The Evolution of Self-Serve Customer Service.

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The State of Social Customer Support in 2018

BlueOcean

Remember when social media was the young upstart of the customer care channels and voice was still king? Way back in the good old days of the early 2010s… It seems like a lifetime ago that we were asking ourselves how to handle customers in such a public forum. Or was it customer service? Easier said than done.

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Why Artificial Intelligence Now—and Why in Customer Care?

Avaya

Sheila McGee-Smith is a leading communications industry analyst and strategic consultant with a proven track record in new product development, competitive assessment, market research, and sales strategies for customer care solutions and services. More online activity—improved customer access to digital interaction channels.

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This is What Exceptional Customer Service Looks Like In 2018

Comm100

It’s 2018, and customer expectations are changing faster than ever. Consumer patience is dwindling; we want better, more accessible products, and everything that we do seems to revolve around convenience. In other words, why invest in chasing after customer expectations when you could be shaping those expectations yourself?

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What is Involved in Social Customer Care for a 1 in 500 Year BC Flood

Russel Lolacher

A lot goes into providing social customer care during an emergency event considered a “once-in-500 year flood” As the team leading public engagement and digital communication for BC’s provincial transportation, it’s done with a process that prioritizes intentional effort, accessibility and empathy.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of May 28, 2018

ShepHyken

(ICMI) We’re almost to the mid-point of 2018, and it still amazes me that many brands either have no social customer service or ineffective social customer service. For the record, contacting brands on social media only to be passed off to someone else is not social customer service. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Do Consumers Prefer Texting or Talking? 3 Takeaways from New Research

Interactions

NOVEMBER 14, 2018 As customer care channels continue to evolve. Read more » The post Do Consumers Prefer Texting or Talking? 3 Takeaways from New Research appeared first on Interactions Resource Center.