Vonage

MARCH 11, 2016

I recently had a customer service experience over the phone that proved why the phone is still king. Melanie, a Verizon Wireless technical support rep, took a minor frustration and turned it into a great experience. Like an estimated 57 percent of customers , I first went online to find some self-help. Time to call.

Omni-Channel 120

Omni-Channel Wireless Contact Center Average Handle Time 120

Alida

MARCH 23, 2017

Despite this, telecoms are notorious for having the lowest rated customer service departments and representatives of any industry. What consumers can control, however, is how they rate the level of customer service and satisfaction. In fact, pundits even say that not competing has been key to their success.

NPS 133

NPS Net Promoter Score Loyalty Company 133

TechSee

JULY 18, 2019

Imagine this scenario: It’s Amazon Prime Day and you’re thrilled to have snagged the limited-edition wireless streaming stereo system you’ve had your eye on. You call the customer service number printed clearly on the DVD cover, and your IVR-directed call is picked up by Tier 1 support in less than two minutes.

Self Service 207

Self Service Customer Experience How To Contact Center 207

TechSee

OCTOBER 16, 2018

While in theory, smart devices should be easier to set up – most are wireless and can be remotely connected; in reality, the setup of smart devices can present significant challenges to the consumer. Brands are reevaluating the current Support of Things (SoT) customer support models in light of this inevitable shift.

Self Service 138

Self Service Chatbots Video Wireless 138

Interactions

JANUARY 23, 2019

Combine this dissatisfaction with the fact that customers have more choice than ever when it comes to these services, and it becomes easy to see why churn rates for cable providers (30%) and wireless providers (21%) are so high. It’s important to note that when most customers call, they’re already in a state of stress.

Wireless 48

Wireless Self Service Call Center System 48

TechSee

DECEMBER 19, 2018

While in theory, smart devices should be easier to set up – most are wireless and can be remotely connected; in reality, the setup of smart devices can present significant challenges to the consumer. With Google Home, Apple Homekit and Amazon Echo creating buzz around connected devices, smart home products have become increasingly popular.

Sales 84

Sales Wireless Innovation Connections 84

Brad Cleveland Blog

JULY 31, 2015

IoT refers to the connection of wireless devices to the Internet and to each other. These devices have the ability to sense their environment, … Continue reading → The post How Will the Internet of Things Affect Customer Service? appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

Wireless 26

Wireless Customer Service Connections Customers 26

Magellan Solutions

APRIL 24, 2020

They offer goods and services related to telecommunications, health, safety, and security. TELUS is also an outsourcing company providing multilingual customer service and digital IT services. Despite offering outsourcing services, TELUS also outsources some of their operations. Slack Technologies, Inc.

Company 59

Company Banking Telecommunications Airlines 59

Brad Cleveland Blog

JULY 31, 2015

IoT refers to the connection of wireless devices to the Internet and to each other. As the world becomes increasingly connected, the Internet of Things, or IoT, is becoming more prevalent. These devices have the ability to sense their environment, both internal and external, and generate data that can be analyzed and acted upon.

Wireless 21

Wireless Customer Service Connections Data 21

Brad Cleveland Blog

JULY 31, 2015

IoT refers to the connection of wireless devices to the Internet and to each other. As the world becomes increasingly connected, the Internet of Things, or IoT, is becoming more prevalent. These devices have the ability to sense their environment, both internal and external, and generate data that can be analyzed and acted upon.

Wireless 20

Wireless Customer Service Connections Data 20

Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Behemoths like Amazon and Netflix have transformed consumer expectations and influenced the experiences consumers demand from their banks, cable and wireless companies, and even health insurers. The customer care team oversees the call center, IVR, chat and other customer service channels.

Customer Journeys 128

Customer Journeys Touchpoint Interaction System 128

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adam Toporek.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. You meet with customers all the time. When it comes to call centers and service centers what are people focusing on today compared to a decade ago? Customers are switching services and switching brands rapidly.

Innovation 42

Innovation Omni-Channel Average Handle Time Contact Center 42

Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. You meet with customers all the time. When it comes to call centers and service centers what are people focusing on today compared to a decade ago? Customers are switching services and switching brands rapidly.

Innovation 40

Innovation Omni-Channel Average Handle Time Contact Center 40

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adam Toporek.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

Brad Cleveland Blog

MAY 17, 2016

According to Marty Cooper, 87 years old and a pioneerin wireless communication, cell phones have a big flaw: you constantly have to charge them. And that’s true for all connected wearables (e.g., watches, glasses, health devices).

Wireless 26

Wireless Connections Communication Mobile Customer Service 26

Brad Cleveland Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 16: Four Levers in Innovation in Customer Experience I’m writing this from an eastbound Delta flight, 37,000 feet over northwest Colorado.

Innovation 26

Innovation Wireless Customer Experience Customers 26

Avaya

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Like anyone calling 911 in an emergency, Vroome expected her call to go quickly and smoothly, but it didn’t. Vroome’s call was one of 5.7 million 911 calls that come from wireless phones in NC—about 74% of all 911 calls in the state according to data from 2015.

Data 40

Data Wireless Automotive Software 40

Brad Cleveland Blog

MAY 20, 2016

Customer access strategies are like business plans in that some are well documented and others exist only in pieces and in the heads of various managers. A wireless carrier that I have worked with has a well-organized customer access … Too often, the latter is the case.

Strategy 20

Strategy Wireless Customers Examples 20

Brad Cleveland Blog

MAY 20, 2016

Customer access strategies are like business plans in that some are well documented and others exist only in pieces and in the heads of various managers. A wireless carrier that I have worked with has a well-organized customer access … Too often, the latter is the case.

Strategy 20

Strategy Wireless Customers Examples 20

Brad Cleveland Blog

MAY 17, 2016

According to Marty Cooper, 87 years old and a pioneerin wireless communication, cell phones have a big flaw: you constantly have to charge them. And that’s true for all connected wearables (e.g., watches, glasses, health devices). The next big thing, says Cooper, is technology that keeps devices charged without our involvement.

Wireless 20

Wireless Connections Communication Technology 20

Brad Cleveland Blog

MAY 17, 2016

According to Marty Cooper, 87 years old and a pioneerin wireless communication, cell phones have a big flaw: you constantly have to charge them. And that’s true for all connected wearables (e.g., watches, glasses, health devices). The next big thing, says Cooper, is technology that keeps devices charged without our involvement.

Wireless 20

Wireless Connections Communication Technology 20

Brad Cleveland Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The Edge of Service™ Newsletter, Issue 16: Four Levers in Innovation in Customer Experience I’m writing this from an eastbound Delta flight, 37,000 feet over northwest Colorado. The onboard wireless service, provided by Gogo, is enabling me to track flight progress and catch up with some research and email.

Innovation 21

Innovation Wireless Customer Experience Customers 21

Brad Cleveland Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 16: Four Levers in Innovation in Customer Experience I’m writing this from an eastbound Delta flight, 37,000 feet over northwest Colorado. The onboard wireless service, provided by Gogo, is enabling me to track flight progress and catch up with some research and email.

Innovation 20

Innovation Wireless Customer Experience Customers 20

Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

According to Forbes, poor customer service is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. By Stephanie Ventura.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Customer Journeys Self Service How To 40

Brad Cleveland Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Here’s a sampling of top brands by sector: Airline: Southwest Bank: USAA Consumer Electronics: Amazon Credit Card: USAA Health Insurance: Kaiser Permanente Hotel: Marriott Insurance: USAA Retailer: Old Navy Package Delivery: UPS Wireless: Verizon An interesting takeaway: the study identifies emotion as a key …

Wireless 20

Wireless Loyalty Insurance Airlines 20

Brad Cleveland Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Here’s a sampling of top brands by sector: Airline: Southwest Bank: USAA Consumer Electronics: Amazon Credit Card: USAA Health Insurance: Kaiser Permanente Hotel: Marriott Insurance: USAA Retailer: Old Navy Package Delivery: UPS Wireless: Verizon An interesting takeaway: the study identifies emotion as a key …

Wireless 20

Wireless Loyalty Insurance Airlines 20

Verint

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The bolded items comprise the core elements of a complete customer engagement suite. They work just as well with data and voice communications and are equally accessible from wired and wireless devices. And we believe the best solutions are omnichannel.

Customer Journeys 28

Customer Journeys Customer Engagement Self Service Engagement 28

Customer Bliss

JULY 19, 2018

You need a plan and you need to take baby steps,” said Sue Martin Homes , Global VP of Customer Service at Newegg , the leading tech-focused e-retailer in North America. Customer Experience Leadership Means Being a Team Player. Do you have “talk time” countdown timers in your customer service centers?

Customer Focused 129

Customer Focused Multi-Channel How To e-support 129

Michel Falcon Experience

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Joined LinkedIn groups related to customer experience and customer service and engaged with the group regularly by sharing other people’s content and commenting on threads. Eventually people will start associated your name with customer experience after you consistently shared related articles.

Call Center 60

Call Center Consulting Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 60

ShepHyken

JUNE 2, 2017

This week we feature an article by Matt Nolan who talks about what a great customer service experience really is. We can learn a lot when we look at what companies around the world are doing to adopt new service models. As a result, they’ve reduced their customer churn rate by more than 50 percent since 2014.

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Examples Self Service Wireless Call Center 75

Calabrio

JANUARY 6, 2016

Prediction #3: Self-service is the key to success. The expansion of self-service options—from the traditional IVR to website help to community-based tech support (what some call “social customer service”)—will also increase, enabling customers to get fast answers to their questions, especially routine ones, without human interaction.

Customer Engagement 133

Customer Engagement Omni-Channel Engagement Self Service 133

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2018

The customer experience industry is changing at an unprecedented pace and businesses must prepare for dynamic developments throughout the coming year. At Echo-U, our customer service advisors engage best with intuitive and flowing technologies.

Contact Center 60

Contact Center Trends Multi-Channel Wireless 60

Guavus

JULY 10, 2018

Both wireless and cable networks need to be rethought in order to handle both the high volume and dynamic swings in traffic. However, these systems are not as good at identifying issues impacting an end-to-end service, and most use manual thresholds to trigger alarms and call out anomalies. Customer Experience is Affected.

Analytics 57

Analytics Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Wireless 57

Pointillist

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Today, the utilization of speech data is largely confined to recording call center transcripts. For instance, did the customer raise his voice? But with the advent of what is now being called artificial emotional intelligence or Emotion AI, machines can detect emotions from multiple channels—just the way humans do.

Measurement 40

Measurement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Hotels 40

Bold360

DECEMBER 1, 2016

CX software aids companies in offering more personalized experiences and more accessible customer service through self-service functionality and rich support portals that grow and evolve with the business to adapt readily to customers’ needs, helps to reduce lengthy wait times when customers contact call centers, and much more.

Software 40

Software Customer Experience Company CRM 40

Michel Falcon Experience

APRIL 11, 2019

So then you went from that and then eventually found yourself making 10 bucks an hour at a call center at a 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Eventually the first big boy/big girl client that I got was Verizon Wireless. Jason: So you went from grocery bagger … Michel Falcon: I was good.

Culture 60

Culture Leadership Hospitality Meeting 60