BlueOcean

JANUARY 9, 2018

These technologies are sparking new expectations in today’s consumers on an almost daily basis. Long gone are the days when customers almost expected to experience IVR hell and would pretty much tolerate jaw-dropping wait times. AI is not one “tool” in the customer support toolkit of the future.

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 21, 2020

Blue Ocean, a world leader in customer care solutions, was named a Finalist today in the “Customer Service Success – Technology Industries” category in the 14 th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Our solutions, and our teams, are founded on the relentless pursuit of customer satisfaction.

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Russel Lolacher

MARCH 2, 2021

In BC, I’m the public service director responsible for the government social media customer care for our ministry, but my dad still doesn’t understand what I do. How much has the consumer sentiments changed in your space during 2020 and how is 2021 going to look like? “Yes, but what do you do?

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BlueOcean

MAY 13, 2021

In food and beverage alone, online sales in 2020 saw a 125% increase over the previous year. Across all sectors, second quarter online sales surged 32%, with consumers spending $211.5 Globally, 83% of customers who bought new brands in 2020 say they’ll buy from those brands again in the future. Value: The New Must-Have.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A huge part of this is repetitive and time-consuming, but it is necessary for the enterprise to achieve success. Business e-mail traffic is increasing by 6% annually and consumer e-mail by 3%. Diversity of communication tools drives companies to develop omni-channel flexibility to stay in touch with customers and employees.

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ProProfs Chat

JANUARY 30, 2020

In this blog, we aim to collate various customer engagement statistics in one place that will give you an idea about various aspects of engagement with customers. Customer Engagement Statistics 2020 Explained. Customer Engagement & Loyalty. Customer Engagement & Service. Source: Verint ) Tweet this.

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Magellan Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This support channel started as an alternative to email and phone call, but as time passes by, live chat statistics 2020 shows that it is one of the preferred communication channels of customers today. According to Forrester , more than 41% of customers expect live chat on websites. Key Live Chat Statistics 2020 .

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Reuters Events are excited to announce their next free customer service webinar: ‘Meeting Consumer Demands for Frictionless Mobile Support Experiences’. In the age of digitalization, loyalty is fleeting – Consumer demands are constantly evolving, and 2020 has seen a reinvigorated demand for digital and mobile experiences.

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C Space

JUNE 3, 2020

The Brand Move Roundup – June 3, 2020. By aligning corporate values with what customers care about, companies are hoping to build a sense of loyalty and a deeper sense of personal connection, he said. Brand Move Roundup – June 3, 2020. Brand Move Roundup – June 2, 2020. Brand Move Roundup – June 1, 2020.

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NetBase

JANUARY 2, 2020

So, here are five ways brands must resolve to listen better in 2020 if they want to be counted among the success stories. If you’re not listening to what consumers are saying online, well – then you won’t know what they’re saying online, now will you? Resolution #2: Customer Care. Absolutely. CX is everything, after all.

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NetBase

AUGUST 17, 2020

Is your brand on track to best the competition as we round out 2020? We’ve uncovered that and more in our 2020 Global Social Media Market Survey report. They using next generation AI-powered social media analytics combined with social media listening to reveal key consumer and market intelligence. Manage customer care.

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Three primary trends are driving the customer care industry: diversified cloud-based solutions. By actively harnessing a set of cloud-based AI-powered technologies, contact centers are infusing intelligence across the entire customer contact landscape. Key 2020 Trends: Cloud Contact Centers. More Blogs Menu.

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Kustomer

JANUARY 16, 2020

Read on to learn the top three trends we saw at NRF 2020. Customers Take Center Stage. Brands are constantly talking about “customer obsession”. It’s a buzzy phrase, but it doesn’t quite get to the bottom of how you should be treating customers, only that you should be obsessing over them.

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BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Call volume forecasts are inarguably an essential tool in the successful delivery of customer care excellence. With it, you’re one significant step closer to delivering an exceptional customer experience. But customer care volume forecasting typically relies heavily on historic trends.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 17, 2021

For many organizations, in-house customer care feels like the right choice. It keeps you close to your customers and ready to serve them with your exhaustive knowledge of your products or services. Customer care is often a 24/7/365 job, and the slightest disruption has the potential to impact your reputation and brand loyalty.

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Magellan Solutions

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

For modern consumers, using social media to air complaints and to get the kind of help they need is the best option. Waiting to talk to a customer service representative over the phone can actually take a long time, and going to the company’s office can be too much of a hassle. What is social media customer service? TALK TO US!

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Conversocial

AUGUST 17, 2021

Whether it was people going on holiday, travelling for business or just commuting to the office, the number of journeys being made across the global transport industry has dramatically dropped since March 2020. It’s going to be months, probably years, before it returns to pre-pandemic levels. If it ever does.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 1, 2020

This isn’t just a casual observation, but a sign of a widespread consumer trend which every loyalty marketer should be thinking about. Consumers are becoming a lot more deliberate in their pursuit of pleasure – but also a lot more deliberate in other spending categories. One year ago, there might have been 2 people in 50.

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SurveySparrow

OCTOBER 1, 2020

2020 has been a tough year for everyone out there. It works very well with consumer products, which are eye-catching and visually pleasing and helps in generating impulse friendly prices. Customer Care: Don’t forget this one! A lot has changed. Paid Marketing. Platform Marketing. come under this.

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GlowTouch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This reflects the increased emphasis on the user experience and personalization across virtually every industry for whom customer care is a vital function. Study after study shows a clear consumer preference for interacting with a live service agent instead of a machine. 7 Questions to Ask Your Customer Support Vendor.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

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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Comm100

MAY 20, 2022

Customer service expectations have never been higher. Thanks to the development of technology, consumers expect fast, accessible, and accurate support all day, every day. When today’s customers reach out for support, they want support anytime, anywhere, effortlessly. People expect fast customer service. 31% of U.S.

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Innovative CX

MARCH 24, 2023

Now we’re told as consumers that our experiences aren’t improving because of labor shortages or the lingering effects of the pandemic or supply chain disruptions. And as consumers, it seems we are patiently accepting these excuses as the new normal. Bad customer service is our new normal? As consumers, we can’t wait much longer.

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Interactions

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Coming out of the holiday shopping season there was a newfound sense of optimism and the fervent belief that nothing could stop the American consumer. National Retail Federation President & CEO Matthew Shay noted back in mid-January that – before COVID-19 effectively changed the retail marketplace – “this is a consumer-driven economy.” .

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As technologies and consumer expectations develop, the customer service landscape is evolving at an accelerated rate. Customers (and companies) faced unprecedented problems causing query volumes to spike, which put huge pressure on customer service teams. Arguably, in 2021 the industry experienced a seismic shift.

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C3Centricity

MAY 25, 2020

BigData #Analysis #Customer #CustomerUnderstanding Click To Tweet. Consumers are adapting their behaviours to the trading of their personal information. He turned the organisation into one that is admired by consumers and shareholders alike. 64% of consumers expect companies to respond and interact with them in real time.

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Kustomer

JANUARY 7, 2022

While the holiday won’t be as fraught as the 2020 season, there will still be a fair share of challenges and obstacles to hurdle. That said, proactive steps in solidifying your brand’s customer experience (CX) strategy and protocols will help keep the cheer levels high, jeer levels low and set a wonderful brand precedent for 2022.

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GlowTouch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Customer service demands always increase during the holiday buying season, and the way this year has played out presents an even bigger challenge. Demand for customer care skyrocketed during the first two quarters of the year when eCommerce is relatively tame. Consumers want to feel the ‘wow’. Is your brand aware of how?

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The boost in product demand, fueled by more people working from home, as well as changing consumer lifestyles, meant Sweaty Betty had to grow its team to meet the surge in demand. In 2019, the lifestyle brand had 12 customer care agents. But by the end of 2020, there were 150 team members on the Sweaty Betty contact center team.

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GlowTouch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

It is something we are attuned to daily as a BPO handling customer service for companies in a wide array of industries. Our role is to be ambassadors of the brands who entrust us with customer care, essentially to provide the level of responsiveness and effectiveness that reinforces the consumer’s original buying decision.

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Kustomer

JUNE 7, 2022

If the events of this year taught those of us in the customer experience world anything, it’s that we can never stop innovating to be more customer-centric. The DTC Disruptor’s Secret Weapon: Intelligent CX Focused on the Whole Customer. If tickets aren’t the ticket, what is the secret to direct-to-consumer success today?

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Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

Zendesk’s research found that an overwhelming majority of consumers (nearly three out of five ) stated that quality customer service is paramount in cultivating brand loyalty. Meanwhile, 50% of consumers will likely switch to a rival after just one bad support experience. And you’re not alone in feeling that way.

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TechSee

APRIL 3, 2018

Customers have unprecedented access to data, enabling easy comparisons of alternatives, as well as hassle-free provider changes with a simple click of a button. With Accenture reporting that 77% of consumers are no longer loyal to any particular brand, companies must work harder than ever to retain their customer base.

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Hallmark Business Connections

OCTOBER 27, 2020

* This article was originally published on AdAge March 3, 2020, prior to the widespread recommendation of social distancing and limited in-person interactions. Giving employees permission to be empathetic is as simple as giving them the time and tools they need to put kindness and care into action.

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Magellan Solutions

JUNE 23, 2021

In the first half of 2020, BDO USA reported that at least over 20 big retailers have filed for bankruptcy protection until August. A commodity that consumers found less important as they have been staying indoors for the most part of 2020. . Customer care support. Managers would only serve as mediators.

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Conversocial

MARCH 17, 2021

It may be the fifth iteration of Conversocial’s State of CX Trends report, but previously we have concentrated only on consumer issues. One clear message we found was; ‘brands + chatbots’ is high on everyone’s agenda as companies across the globe look to address the fundamental shift in consumer behavior over the past 12 months.

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Kustomer

MAY 13, 2020

Consumer expectations are changing daily, and technology has a lot to do with this. The digital age has made customers expect instant gratification; when technology makes just about any informationavailable at the click of a button, more and more people are turning to their devices for answers. Taking the Omnichannel Approach.

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