CSM Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

60% of UK household water and energy customers prefer not to call customer service if they can use online tools to solve their problems, according to Macro 4 research. And 60 per cent would now prefer not to call a live customer service person at all if they can solve their issues themselves using online resources. About the survey.

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Self Service Customer Service Wireless Government 59

Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

By automating common yet time-consuming, tasks companies can make their existing systems work smarter–no codes required. 25% Lack of self-service options. 25% Lack of self-service options. Download Playbook. Download eBook. Use Self-Service to Handle High Call Volume. Read More.

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Call Center Self Service Contact Center Case Study 246

NICE inContact

MAY 8, 2019

We surveyed more than 900 contact center leaders across the US, UK, and Australia to discover insights about quality of service delivered, according to businesses themselves, across both self-service and agent-assisted channels. Then we compared these findings to what consumers said in our 2018 consumer study.

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Self Service Contact Center Chatbots Omni-Channel 136

Uniphore

JANUARY 21, 2022

These are just a few of the patient service challenges healthcare leaders are grappling with today. With more patient and member interactions happening remotely, the pressure to deliver a seamless digital experience is all too real. Healthcare consumers are overwhelmed and frustrated. Compromised trust.

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Healthcare Self Service Virtual Agent eBook 246

NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. It used to be possible to win with a top product or a competitive price, but more than ever, customer experience is now top of mind for consumers — and crucial for bottom-line growth.

Contact Center 168

Contact Center Consumers Net Promoter Score Self Service 168

TechSee

JUNE 9, 2022

Allowing customers the flexibility to digitally self-serve can dramatically increase customer satisfaction, and lower your operating costs. Gartner reports that self-service costs around $0.10 Use visual data to enhance self-service with context & customization. per contact.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Customer Experience How To 145

Kustomer

MARCH 14, 2022

While phone support isn’t going anywhere, when you force consumers to switch platforms in order to get their questions answered, you give them a reason to abandon their purchase or generate negative feelings. The less effort, the better — and with the digital-first consumer, chat is often better. Why Consumers Love Chat.

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Consumers Self Service Chatbots e-support 98

NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. It used to be possible to win with a top product or a competitive price, but more than ever, customer experience is now top of mind for consumers — and crucial for bottom-line growth.

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Contact Center Consumers Net Promoter Score Self Service 136

Kustomer

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Over the course of history, the typical support interaction has involved a customer reaching out to a business, typically by phone, and waiting in a support queue in the event of something going wrong. And In a post-pandemic world, plagued by inflation and delays, reactive support is no longer the only form of support that consumers expect.

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Self Service Knowledge Base Chatbots Consumers 98

TechSee

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Finding out how to reduce call center volume by deflecting those simple interactions to alternate service channels translates into major savings for contact enters. Call Deflection is the process of routing a customer enquiry to an alternative service channel. When self-service fails. What is Call Deflection?

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Call Center Self Service Contact Center How To 136

TechSee

DECEMBER 21, 2020

For a consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, inventory management is a never-ending cycle. Whether it’s a chain store, grocery store, or a vending machine in a gas station, keeping items stocked and accounted for and tracking what sells is a time-consuming and continuous undertaking for CPG companies.

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Self Service Management Consumers Analytics 152

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Consumers value choice. Customer service is no different. People want a wide variety of choices about how they interact with companies. Much has been written about the growth of self-service technologies, like mobile apps and chatbots. Customers still value the option of interacting with agents.

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Self Service Contact Center Social Media Chatbots 121

Uniphore

JANUARY 21, 2022

In the wake of the global pandemic, customer experience (CX) has risen to new prominence as more patients and members are interacting with healthcare service providers remotely. What digital customers are seeing often isn’t pretty: complex processes, redundant steps and time-consuming resolution journeys.

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Healthcare Analytics Self Service Consumers 147

NICE inContact

JUNE 19, 2019

In today’s omnichannel customer service environment, savvy organizations offer their consumers multiple ways to interact with them, including agent-assisted and self-service methods. And do companies understand consumer perceptions about their actual experiences? Here’s what we found out.

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Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Customer Centricity 138

SmartKarrot

APRIL 21, 2023

As businesses strive to make data-driven decisions, self-service business intelligence (BI) reporting and analytics are becoming increasingly popular. By providing easy-to-use tools for data visualization, exploration, and reporting, self-service BI can save time and improve decision-making.

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Self Service Report Analytics Tools 16

TechSee

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Many consumers face significant technical challenges as they set about smartening up their homes. That’s why many vendors are turning to self-service options for effective Smart Home support. Deb calls Customer Service and is invited to a live visual self-service session. billion market by 2024.

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Self Service Technology Wireless eBook 138

TechSee

JULY 18, 2019

Today’s consumers want their lives to be as easy as possible. These on-demand services prove that convenient and effortless transactions are both possible and expected by customers everywhere. What are high-effort customer service interactions? Customer effort matters.

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Self Service Customer Experience How To Contact Center 207

Uniphore

JANUARY 21, 2022

Conversational AI and automation are rapidly modernizing today’s healthcare consumer experience. Healthcare service providers that have implemented these solutions are seeing significant returns on their investments with major improvements across all key metrics, including Medicare CMS and net promoter scores (NPS). Want to learn more?

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Healthcare Net Promoter Score Call Flow Self Service 147

NICE inContact

MARCH 27, 2018

As revealed by the CX Transformation Benchmark Study : Over two-thirds of all customer service interactions, or total volume, are with live customer service agents (e.g., Over two-thirds of customers prefer agent assistance over self-service. Today, AI in the self-service space (e.g., voice or chat).

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Contact Center Self Service Study Omni-Channel 137

TechSee

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

AR has emerged as an innovative tool that allows enterprises an almost unlimited opportunity to interact with consumers on their mobile devices. This has proven to be especially beneficial in the areas of field service, contact centers and self-service. . Field service. Self Service.

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Infographics Self Service Customer Service First Call Resolution 84

NICE inContact

JUNE 14, 2017

I’ve got some good news for you, we can help you gain some insight into how consumers are feeling about customer service interactions. inContact conducted research on Omnichannel customer service experiences and results. Only 42% of respondents indicated that they were satisfied with their last service interaction.

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Omni-Channel Customer Expectations Self Service Meeting 145

SurveyGizmo

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Please download our CX Predictions for 2022 ebook for our full report. Many of us spent a good portion of the pandemic making purchases from our phone, downloading media onto our devices, and playing games online with family members. Self-serve options, common in B2C e-commerce, have grown for business buyers too.

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B2C B2B Self Service e-support 98

NICE inContact

MAY 23, 2019

Emerging technologies and changing consumer demands fundamentally have shifted the way businesses interact with their customers. Businesses still are working out the kinks with some of the newer capabilities, and some consumers just aren’t ready to embrace these yet. This is the nature of life in the digital age.

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Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Chatbots 138

Vonage

JANUARY 5, 2017

Less than 15 years ago, online shopping had yet to take off and your target consumers were happy to research and buy products at bricks and mortar stores. In the age of social media, smartphones and self-service, things are very different. Today’s customers are screen-addicted, hyper-connected and harder to please than ever.

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Omni-Channel Consumers Social Media Self Service 149

Kayako

JANUARY 24, 2018

Consumers want a messaging experience over live chat. Self-service will become a form marketing. There’s promises of bots connecting people to right humans when needed—and 86% of consumers expect this. Imagine this frustration over a customer service interaction. …But there is still a long way to go.

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Customer Centricity Self Service Trends Customer Experience 208

Kustomer

APRIL 14, 2022

The perspective of the modern consumer has shifted. Expectations have become more complex and today’s customers expect to receive more than traditional customer service protocols. They now expect a streamlined customer service experience. What’s the best way to find out what consumers are looking for in the customer experience?

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Examples Customer Service Self Service Chatbots 98

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Both self-service and agent-assisted channels are being improved in the upcoming year, reflecting ongoing consumer demand for many options. The study found that a significant portion of companies – 40% – are very likely to invest in four or more channels to improve the customer service experience.

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Self Service Omni-Channel Contact Center eBook 150

TechSee

APRIL 24, 2018

With a growing number of DIY enthusiasts purchasing consumer electronics, this type of hands-on guidance is in high demand. Google Consumer Survey underscores these statistics, with 20% of consumers (1 in 5) reporting that they’ve watched an unboxing video. Not all unboxers are created equal.

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Self Service Call Center Video Consumers 116

Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Every consumer has a different expectation as to how they believe they should be treated by organizations they do business with. But while we all have our minute differences, it is also true that consumer expectations generally shift with the times, and have clear generational differences. You can download the full report here.

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Consumers Self Service Data Chatbots 52

Eptica

DECEMBER 11, 2019

And what better way of doing this than exploring the 2019-20 Contact Babel UK Contact Centre Decision-Makers’ Guide , sponsored by Enghouse Interactive. Based on surveys with 226 UK organizations as well as interviews with 1000 consumers, this guide provides a detailed overview of the main industry trends.

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Self Service Customer Service Social Media NPS 75

TeamSupport

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

All of your customer interactions shouldn’t be based around problem scenarios as it creates a poor image of your business in the minds of your customers. If this process is too complex or time consuming, an agent can send out a quick generic response whenever they take on a ticket. Let me review it further and I’ll follow up soon.”

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Self Service Customer Retention B2B Interaction 76

CSM Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

1) The average cost of an inbound call is £6.55 – 70% more than email and 96% more than webchat With calls to contact centres continuing to cost significantly more than other channels, many organisations are introducing automated and self-service service options for customer interactions. What’s next?

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Omni-Channel Self Service Abandon Rate Return on Investment 52

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The research also found that 62% of Brits would consider trying a fully automated ‘robotic restaurant’, while 56% would choose an AI or automated self-service system such as self-ordering kiosks or AI sommeliers over a human if it meant a faster, more accurate service when eating or drinking out.

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Customer Service Self Service Poor Customer Service Hospitality 59

Interactions

MARCH 2, 2023

For example, there is a great deal of conversation over Frontier Airlines’ decision to close its call centers , pushing customers to digital self-service channels. He predicts that in 2023, consumers will push enterprises to offer a credible voice-based service option. Download here.

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Self Service Airlines eBook Loyalty 62

Solvvy

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Chances are, the last time you called a customer support number, you interacted with an artificial intelligence chatbot. If the company had a great AI chatbot, the interaction might have been so natural that it took a while to realize that you weren’t actually talking to a human. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Chatbots.

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Chatbots Self Service Knowledge Base Virtual Agent 94

Alliance by IFS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

FSM technology is only capable of driving efficiencies when it is used effectively by all the people who interact with it, most notably your technicians and your customers. But how do you ensure that all these service delivery participants have exceptional experiences with your FSM applications?

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Self Service Conference Video Social Media 81

Comm100

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Consumer loyalty is up for grabs and convenience and availability are decisive factors in customers’ shopping habits now more than ever. The key here is to make sure that all of your customer interactions take place in a unified platform. Accessible, up to date self-service options are vital for businesses, large or small.

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Customer Service Self Service Social Media Knowledge Base 130