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Six Ways To Out-Convenience Your Competition – And Maybe an Entire Industry

ShepHyken

Self-Service. Self-Service : While self-service sounds like it’s making more work for the customer, this isn’t really the case. Many customers prefer the self-service checkout option at the grocery store if it means not having to stand in a long line. They are: 1. Reduce Friction. Technology.

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2016 Customer Service Trends: “Humanless” Customer Service Driving Change

Tricia Morris

As we start talking about self-service , virtual assistants and artificial intelligence in more and more customer service conversations, we have to talk about where human-to-human interaction will continue to make an impact, and why many customers have turned to more “humanless” customer service options in the first place.

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International Survey Probes the Future of Customer Service and Considers Consumer Preferences

CSM Magazine

Specifically, 20% of US contact centre professionals felt that fewer contact centre staff will be needed due to increased reliance on online or self-service technologies, while 21% of UK contact centre professionals believe that less staff will be employed due to greater use of automated solutions or chatbots.

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HGS Trend 1: Meeting Extraordinary Expectations of Today’s Customers

Team HGS

This HGS ebook covers 11 trends, from those in self-service, mobile service, messaging, and social media, to artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and analytics. Brands strive to meet the extraordinary expectations of today’s connected customer. Here, we describe how HGS supports CX Trend No.1,

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HGS Roundtable: Top Customer Experience (CX) Trends in 2019

Team HGS

This innovation is designed to provide the right answer fast – and leans on self-service, mobile, messaging, social media, artificial intelligence, robotic process automation (RPA), and the effective use of analytics, everywhere. For these trends in full, visit our ebook. Our final section is called “Outsourcing Evolved.”

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Making Your Contact Centre Data Work

CSM Magazine

This means collecting information from across all channels, making it available to support both self-service and contact centre operations, and also ensuring that key customer insights are shared consistently with other relevant parts of the business. About the Author Kevin McGachy is Head of Solutions at Sabio Group.

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Making the Move to Cloud in Contact Centres: 3 Key Questions to Ask

CSM Magazine

Strengthening your business case for cloud should start with people, the bedrock of great customer service. Agent autonomy and self-service including shift trades, booking time off and obtaining overtime shifts are made easy using a mobile app or secure staff portal. About the Author.