Think Customers

JULY 8, 2019

Open enrollment has become a make-or-break time for insurers. Companies essentially restart the process each year, accruing higher costs every time. Companies essentially restart the process each year, accruing higher costs every time. This leads to tenured, expert associates who can work with consumers more effectively.

Insurance 40

Insurance Self Service Call Flow Average Handle Time 40

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

With home-working becoming the norm, a recent webinar, hosted by Insurance Post, asked representatives from Zurich Insurance, Tesco Underwriting, Canopius, and SAS whether they believed traditional contact centres would ever return. Waiting times. Can Tech Keep Customers Close While Colleagues Work Remotely?

Insurance 98

Insurance How To Chatbots Wait Times 98

NetBase

JULY 31, 2020

Consumers are worried about lots of things – more so than ever before. It is expanding its offerings to speak to consumer concerns, by opening care clinics across the U.S. The pandemic has changed the face of healthcare and patients are super hesitant to sit in a waiting room. And Walgreens is listening.

Consumers 52

Consumers Healthcare Insurance Wait Times 52

TechSee

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The days of long-term customer brand loyalty to brands are over. Today, consumer stickiness is far more dependent upon people’s specific experiences and the level of service they receive. It’s interesting to note that 62% of these customers canceled after an ongoing negative experience, while only 19% left after a one-time crisis.

Survey 164

Survey Customer Service Social Media Telecommunications 164

NICE inContact

APRIL 10, 2019

As a fast-growing, technology-driven health insurance company with 250,000 members, Oscar Health saw that its manual scheduling and forecasting process was having an unhealthy effect on productivity and customer service. The clunky process also kept agents from being able to plan ahead, which was compromising their personal time.

Abandon Rate 139

Abandon Rate Management Insurance Wait Times 139

Retently

MARCH 23, 2023

You can also learn a surprising amount of tactics and strategies by studying the opposite end of the scale – the world’s least successful companies, from a churn perspective – to compare their common weaknesses and find out what makes their customers so unlikely to recommend them to their peers.

Net Promoter Score 113

Net Promoter Score Company NPS Effort Score 113

Helen Dewdney

MARCH 22, 2023

Most of us have at least one bank account, credit card, insurance, pension and/or investment but our satisfaction with them is falling, as newly-released figures show. 19,346 new general insurance/pure protection complaints in H2 2022, compared to 17,530 in H1 2022. There will be four rules relating to the outcomes expected by the FCA.

Financial 61

Financial Insurance Banking Consumers 61

Interactions

JUNE 24, 2022

Gartner’s Top Technology Trends for CSPs in 2022 highlights how Communication Service Providers’ (CSPs) customers are increasingly pushing for consistency and quality of experiences across the customer journey and life cycle, regardless of what channels or services they use. Automate outbound customer communications.

Self Service 62

Self Service Communication Loyalty Wait Times 62

Alida

APRIL 5, 2017

Enter: The kings of customer-centric service, interaction and engagement—retail brands. The health care industry has frequently lagged behind other industries in terms of technology and customer service developments. What exactly does “patient-centric” care mean? Realize that people do have other choices.

Retail 154

Retail Customer Base Strategy Rewards Programs 154

Comm100

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We’ve now reached the fourth and final part of our series exploring Digital Transformation in Customer Service. So far in the series, we’ve covered: Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore It , introducing the many benefits of digital transformation in customer service, including reduced costs, improved CSAT scores, improved efficiency, and much more.

Customer Service 194

Customer Service Culture Effort Score Chatbots 194

Interactions

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The dreaded customer service call. According to our recent survey, only 7% of people say they actually enjoy contacting customer service (and by the way, who are these people?). Others simply view it as a task that needs to get done (42%). So, why has “dread” become synonymous with “customer service”? . Bad service?

Self Service 62

Self Service Customer Service Contact Center Tips 62

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

“I Know Customer Experience is Important, But…” When I speak to groups or host our webinar series, the Weekly Win , I hear one thing over and over again. Customer experience is important. Those of us who aren’t in direct, business-to-consumer markets have been told we need to think differently.

Healthcare 143

Healthcare B2B Industry B2C 143

inQuba

JUNE 22, 2023

Harnessing the power of generative AI for personalized experiences and actionable insights –use cases included Businesses have been frustrating customers for the longest time. In today’s competitive landscape, customer experience has become a key differentiator. it’s not difficult to think about how hard it can all be.

Chatbots 52

Chatbots Self Service Customer Experience Analysis 52

eGain Blogs

MAY 8, 2020

Consumers are still very wary of exposure to the virus and want to get more things done digitally. Customer service is no exception to this new reality. The answer to the soaring consumer demand for digital service and the business need to do more with less lies in digital customer engagement. Why more with digital now.

Customer Engagement 52

Customer Engagement Self Service Engagement Net Promoter Score 52

eGain Blogs

MAY 8, 2020

Consumers are still very wary of exposure to the virus and want to get more things done digitally. Customer service is no exception to this new reality. The answer to the soaring consumer demand for digital service and the business need to do more with less lies in digital customer engagement. Why more with digital now.

Customer Engagement 52

Customer Engagement Self Service Engagement Net Promoter Score 52

Alida

DECEMBER 15, 2016

There’s no question that if the insurance industry consolidates, we are going to have to consolidate as providers who negotiate with them,” Dr. Cosgrove explained. The reality, however, is that mergers don’t necessarily improve patient care or lower costs for consumers. Many experts agree with Dr. Cosgrove’s prognosis.

Airlines 138

Airlines Hospitality Employee Engagement Entertainment 138

ProProfs Chat

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This is exactly what customers expect from a brand when they approach them for support. Customer expectations are growing every day and because they form a strong foundation of every business. . Boosts Customer Service & Loyalty. Live Chat Messaging Customer Satisfaction Statistics. Quick response. Instant solutions

Wait Times 90

Wait Times e-support Comparison Hospitality 90

Chadwick Martin Bailey

JANUARY 4, 2019

And thanks in part to the Amazon Effect , consumers expect to find what they’re looking for faster and easier than ever before. Here are some key search trends brands can leverage to better serve their customers: Personalized search is on the rise. More than ever consumers expect to find exactly what they want when they want.

Trends 63

Trends Consumers Hotels Financial 63

CSM Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

Walk, a service that connects owners with pre-screened and insured dog walkers, gives owners the peace of mind they need to safely let their dogs out for walks and exercise. After owners select a preferred date and time, a walker arrives and takes the dog out. offers the entire customer experience through its mobile app.

Case Study 52

Case Study Study Customer Experience Wait Times 52

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 .

Trends 52

Trends B2C e-support Customer Satisfaction 52

CSM Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

Walk, a service that connects owners with pre-screened and insured dog walkers, gives owners the peace of mind they need to safely let their dogs out for walks and exercise. After owners select a preferred date and time, a walker arrives and takes the dog out. offers the entire customer experience through its mobile app.

Wait Times 59

Wait Times Exercises Connections Insurance 59

Talkdesk

AUGUST 25, 2016

Number of calls in queue, average handle times, speed to answer. Historically, the world of call center customer service has been all about the numbers. When customer satisfaction dips, many in the industry pile on increasing layers of call center metrics to locate the problem. Today’s Consumer and Traditional Metrics.

Customer Satisfaction 40

Customer Satisfaction Metrics Call Center Abandon Rate 40

BirdEye

MAY 4, 2021

Technological advances have enabled quick and seamless experiences for consumers across different industries. Consumers are accustomed to getting seamless experiences in most aspects of their lives. Patients who try to get in contact with providers often face frustratingly long wait times.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Strategy Marketing Social Media 105

ViiBE Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Customer service, field service, and human resource organisations have begun introducing augmented reality (AR) technology with remarkable results. Customer satisfaction First contact resolution rates Service efficiency . Customer Service. Customer service hinges on adaptability and responsiveness. Field Service.

Insurance 52

Insurance ROI Omni-Channel Video 52

Answer Dash

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The big data push is particularly big within customer experience space, where countless customer touchpoints can be analyzed to improve interactions and increase loyalty. Another positive characteristic of cognitive AI is its ability to constantly adapt and learn in real-time.

Customer Experience 59

Customer Experience Self Service Chief Customer Officer Touchpoint 59

Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Medical and dental practices should provide their patients with positive customer experiences; after all aren’t we as patients still consumers who pay for services rendered either through our insurance companies or directly out of our debit accounts? Even waiting rooms have come a long way.

Customer Service 53

Customer Service Wait Times Hospitality Insurance 53

Customer Bliss

APRIL 14, 2016

If you’re serious about customer experience, I think you should consider this as well. I look at drivers as the first tier of customers for these companies. Lyft is clearly treating these customers better — and seeing higher satisfaction results as well. Love Lyft More Than Uber: Taking care of their drivers.

Insurance 100

Insurance Wait Times Customer Experience Financial 100

Grade.us

JULY 7, 2020

How do they retain their #1 spot with consumers? Today we’ll take a look at their platform, showing you how to attract more patients to your practice or clinic and keep it filled in less time. Healthgrades has the largest audience of healthcare consumers anywhere online. of those visits were to primary care physicians.

Hospitality 37

Hospitality Healthcare How To Advertising 37

Service Untitled

DECEMBER 6, 2013

In a study titled “Amazon Can’t Do That” polling 1,500 consumers spanning the three generations of Millennial, Gen X, and Boomers research group, WD Partners concluded that shoppers still prefer feeling, walking around, and gathering with friends and families during the holiday shopping season.

Retail 62

Retail Poor Customer Service Social Media Insurance 62

NobelBiz

APRIL 20, 2020

Metrics like Customer survey ratings or average wait times will reveal a lot about the success of your contact center. Customer path research can be used to track and comprehend the whole operation, including understanding customer service successes and shortcomings.

Call Recording 52

Call Recording Contact Center Software CRM 52

AWS Machine Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This post takes you through the most common challenges that customers face when searching internal documents, and gives you concrete guidance on how AWS services can be used to create a generative AI conversational bot that makes internal information more useful. Accessing multiple repositories is manual and time-consuming.

Insurance 93

Insurance Guidelines Healthcare Policies 93

Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

N o matter what your product or service is or what business you’re in, your employees will have to deal with difficult customers. So that’s why I’m sharing these tactics… to show you a fast and easy new way your employees can create calm and regain control with difficult customers. Not only that, but my agents were overwhelmed.

Call Center 76

Call Center Training Video How To 76

Comm100

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

A Complete Guide to Omnichannel Customer Service. The state of customer service is always changing, and brands must keep up. While offering just phone or email support was once accepted, consumers today expect far more. To begin, let’s look at what omnichannel customer service is and how it works. CHAPTER 4.

Omni-Channel 212

Omni-Channel Customer Service Chatbots Social Media 212

Comm100

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Brands of all industries are beginning to recognize the huge benefits that customer service chatbots can bring to their organization. Firstly, today’s consumers are increasingly demanding support that is fast and 24/7. Chatbots provide exactly this and, now powered by improved technology and AI, consumer acceptance is growing fast.

Chatbots 130

Chatbots Software Self Service Wait Times 130

Qualtrics

AUGUST 28, 2019

Over the past several years I’ve been asked more times than I can count: “Why should government care about customer experience?” ” The assumption is usually that governments don’t have to care about customers, citizens, and residents because government is a monopoly. So what’s the use?

Government 20

Government Customer Experience Policies Leadership 20

ClearAction

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Loving Suppliers for Customer Experience Excellence. Is it possible to be the darling of your customers, yet the opposite to your suppliers? Does it make sense to want your customers to love you and at the same time have no intention of letting your suppliers earn the same privilege?

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Customer Experience Management Financial 48

Kustomer

APRIL 15, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen is joined by guests Matt Dixon from Tethr and Vikas Bhambri from Kustomer to discuss Matt’s most recent research on over one million customer service phone calls. Adapting in the Biggest Stress Test Ever for CX.

Omni-Channel 92

Omni-Channel Effort Score Contact Center Call Center 92