Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

It’s also a great option for small businesses that don’t have the resources for a large, dedicated call center. Another way that companies are using social messaging in 2018 is to deliver their services directly in-app. Chatbots can be used to deliver exceptional customer service in many ways. Source: GeekWire.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2023

This is followed by three trends from the Salesforce State of Service research and five takeaways. 6 Contact Centre Initiatives You Can’t Ignore by Call Centre Helper (Call Centre Helper) Here are some of the top initiatives contact centre managers need to be keeping a close eye on, to avoid their operations being left behind.

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Kustomer

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

And a lot of it is informed by what we call the baggage they bring to the table. We found in our research today, 80% of customers before they pick up the phone and call are going to go try to self-serve. This was sort of the sharp elbowed opinionated know it all of the call center.

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Martin Hill-Wilson

JANUARY 29, 2016

More importantly it heals the false divide between so called digital and voice services with click-to-anything functionality. The third is Intelligent Assistance – a hybrid experience for customers that sits between live assistance and self service. Service access becomes instant which conforms to expectation.

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Pretium Solutions

AUGUST 28, 2013

Whatever your business-to-consumer business model, try it out yourself: Reserve a room at your hotel; Eat at your restaurant chain; Call your customer service desk; Shop on your website. This wasn’t the first time this issue was reported, so stay on top of the trends in your own call center.

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Pretium Solutions

AUGUST 28, 2013

Whatever your business-to-consumer business model, try it out yourself: Reserve a room at your hotel; Eat at your restaurant chain; Call your customer service desk; Shop on your website. This wasn’t the first time this issue was reported, so stay on top of the trends in your own call center.

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Pretium Solutions

AUGUST 28, 2013

Whatever your business-to-consumer business model, try it out yourself: Reserve a room at your hotel; Eat at your restaurant chain; Call your customer service desk; Shop on your website. This wasn’t the first time this issue was reported, so stay on top of the trends in your own call center.

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Bold360

DECEMBER 4, 2016

So how can customer support centers within the travel industry better plan for the 2016 holiday season? The practical guide: The following tips will ensure this year’s holiday call center costs and handle times sink to an all-time low, while customer satisfaction ratings soar to an all new high: 1. Plan ahead of time.

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Comm100

APRIL 25, 2018

While a few types of customer service scenarios can be driven by exceptional service (such as a traveler patronizing a specific hotel based on the personalized care he received on his last visit), in the majority of the cases, customers will remain loyal to your brand for three reasons: Value. Quality of product/service, and.

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Verint

APRIL 23, 2018

The annual Verint Engage global customer conference will convene on Monday, May 14 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. It’s less than a month away! The conference provides an outstanding opportunity to discuss big ideas, bold innovations, and best practices to take back to the office and start using right away.

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Kustomer

MARCH 12, 2020

And a lot of it is informed by what we call the baggage they bring to the table. We found in our research today, 80% of customers before they pick up the phone and call are going to go try to self-serve. The winner was actually one we call the controller and this is going to sound familiar to you being familiar with Challenger.

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Verint

MARCH 29, 2018

and author of Before Happiness and The Happiness Advantage, will be a keynote speaker at the Verint Engage global customer conference at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel May 14 – 17. Shawn Achor, founder, GoodThink, Inc.

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inmoment

MARCH 9, 2020

From ‘Full-service, Analog’ to ‘Self-service, Digital’ Experiences. To distinguish themselves in this environment, the best companies are on a quest to put intuitive, self-service, digital experiences at the center of their customer interactions. Imagine you are fast asleep at 1:30am in a hotel room.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A greater pivot towards self-service is the natural outcome. Busy consumers will therefore come to demand greater synergy between service providers, ultimately enabling them to arrange their entire schedule from a single touchpoint.

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 25, 2018

By making customer service a “cross-functional hub,” you’ll align the entire organization with your customers’ interests. Growth in Self-Service Technologies Will Increase Demands on Customer Service Teams. In 2018, self-service tools will continue to change the way consumers interact with brands.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A classic example we stumbled on a few months ago was a brand spending about 15,000 hours per year in call center support to enable loyalty program members to obtain vouchers, when redeeming points for product discounts. If call center agents cost $15 per hour, this was costing the organization $375,000 per year.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Hotels need to get rid of tiny plastic shampoo bottles (or prove that they are better than alternatives). Even the largest hotel chain doesn’t have full view of their customers like Booking Holdings does, in terms of the type of ground transportation, restaurant reservations, or attractions they want when traveling. This is so true.

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Thematic

MARCH 29, 2020

Contact centers, support & complaints. Today when customers need help, they have many options: Call a help line or a call center, Use a live chat or a bot on your website, Raise a support ticket, Email or tweet a complaint. DIY / Self Service. These requests are a great source of product feedback.

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Pointillist

OCTOBER 22, 2018

At the end of my 5-day stay in a hotel, they asked if I enjoyed my stay and would recommend the hotel to my friends and family. Despite my positive comments and praise, this raises a red flag which merits an immediate follow-up on the hotel’s part. Dashboards are not made for self-service. Let’s face it.

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Verint

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

It’s the Verint Engage global customer conference, and registration is underway for this year’s event at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel May 14 – 17. There’s a single event that can help you with all of these—and help you better leverage your Verint solutions, to boot.

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