Think Customers

JULY 2, 2019

Customer Contact Week—a conference focused on customer experience and customer care technology and trends—recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in Las Vegas. So, how has the customer experience evolved in the past two decades?

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by two CX leaders, Michael Miller and Vikas Bhambri, to discuss how to manage different types of customer expectations and service expectations during a global pandemic. Intro Voice: (00:04).

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Playvox

APRIL 21, 2023

Customer service has gone digital — and your contact center needs to evolve with the times. As younger customers make up more and more of the marketplace, they’re shifting service preferences toward digital channels. An omnichannel customer support center connects customers’ interactions no matter where they take place.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Customer Service Drives Value. Measuring the Customer Journey to Meet New Expectations. They discuss the changing needs and expectations of customers, and how to keep customer service simple while delivering satisfaction. Executives are in danger of being too far removed from their customers’ journey.

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Qualtrics

MARCH 13, 2020

Frustrating contact center experiences like explaining your issue over and over again, or being handed from agent to agent are usually caused by data silos. Find out how a few simple changes to your set-up can deliver better experiences to customers and agents. First, there was the call center.

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BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

We’ve said it so often it’s become cliché, but we stand by the concept that happy employees make for happy customers, and in outsourcing, happy customers make happy clients. TX strategy is the ultimate integration of customer experience (CX), employee experience (EX), the multi experience (MX), and user experience (UX).

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Kustomer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen is joined by two CX leaders, Michael Miller and Vikas Bhambri, to discuss managing customer expectations during a global pandemic. Companies are integrating AI into their CX to get a better handle on customer care.

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Kustomer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen is joined by two CX leaders, Michael Miller and Vikas Bhambri, to discuss managing customer expectations during a global pandemic. Companies are integrating AI into their CX to get a better handle on customer care.

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Interactions

JUNE 17, 2021

But, we’re halfway through 2021 and it only feels right to do a check-in on where we stand with the evolution of contact centers and changes to customer experience. . I’m going to spend some time reflecting on a few of these predictions and the effect, if they prove to be true, that they will have on customers long term. .

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Kustomer

JUNE 7, 2022

Efficiency is the name of the game in customer service, and AI is a true force multiplier, enabling customer service teams to work more efficiently and focus on the customers who need the most help. Omnichannel Customer Experience. That shouldn’t be a surprise—we all know customers want what they want.

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COPC

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Although this is bigger than IVR systems and chatbots , understanding what drives customer contacts should frame the design of IVR systems, chatbots, and other customer-facing technologies. Another area that organizations often need to focus on is uncovering customer expectations of how you care for their needs and desires.

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Playvox

MAY 4, 2023

Unlike my favorite fruit seller, you’ve got hundreds or thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of customer issues that require sophisticated, efficient customer care through the right contact center solutions. What Is A Digital Contact Center? Is your contact center omnichannel?

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Think Customers

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Programing bots to collect basic information from customers to share with the associate also helps deliver faster and better support, with less effort. But as contact centers and offices begin to reopen amidst uncertainty, what will it mean for employees moving forward?

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Interactions

AUGUST 19, 2021

Often, in the hopes of a quick fix, brands get creative on how to “remove” pain points from the customer journey. In fact, in a recent survey by Interactions, almost 75% of respondents said in the past two years they had experienced long wait times when contacting customer service. Happy summer reading!

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RapportBoost

DECEMBER 26, 2018

We had a great time speaking with host B ruce Belfiore right before the holidays about how to turn your contact center into a profit center. Bruce: Contact centers are under increasing pressure to become profit centers and leverage new channels of engaging customers. …And BenchmarkPortal’s CallTalk.

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Efficiency is the name of the game in customer service, and AI is a true force multiplier, enabling customer service teams to work more efficiently and focus on the customers who need the most help. Omnichannel Customer Experience. That shouldn’t be a surprise—we all know customers want what they want.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

With a new emphasis on the importance of customer data, support leaders hold some of the companies most valuable insights. In order to feed that back into the organization, their responsibilities and internal footprint are changing and, simultaneously with customer expectations, they must evolve. SVP, Customer Care, Samsung.

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GlowTouch

APRIL 16, 2021

Today, customers are more savvy – and more demanding – than ever, expecting to be treated as individual human beings with unique needs, not as statistics or numbers. If your business is not providing high-quality, high-touch customer care, then you will lose customers. About GlowTouch.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 5, 2022

These days, the contact center is the face of a company. The customer experience can make or break your business, so it’s important to understand the factors that make a great customer service representative and a great contact center. Why is managing risk factors so important in the contact center industry?

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ProProfs Chat

MARCH 30, 2018

Adam Toporek There are many methods for achieving a higher customer satisfaction level; the key is assessing which methods are most likely to be successful with your customer base. Do your customers prefer speed or quality? Knowing what your customers expect is crucial to creating higher satisfaction levels.

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Qualtrics

MAY 7, 2019

Experiences drive customer expectations , brand perceptions and can make or break an organization’s success. That’s why every organization needs tools to help them better understand the beliefs, emotions and intentions of their customers. Qualtrics and SAP Introduce Four CustomerXM Solutions to SAP C/4HANA.

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Stella Connect

JUNE 15, 2017

If your employees are complying with brand standards 100% but your customers aren’t satisfied, what’s the problem? Do the standards even reflect what customers care about? Then there’s the customer journey itself, which often involves multiple channels. For example, how do customers feel about a store remodel?

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 6, 2020

Competitive pressures, customer expectations, and emerging technologies are some of the key factors pushing leaders to elevate and evolve their customer service approach. We often talk about omnichannel as the ultimate goal for any and every customer service solution. Got 15 minutes?

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Pointillist

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

But your customers’ journeys don’t begin and end within your product. Customers interact with multiple channels and products to achieve their goals. To optimize engagement, it’s crucial to understand not only what your customers are doing, but why. Why Customer Journeys are Key to Improving Digital Product Experience.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 25, 2022

For contact centers, digital transformation has surpassed buzzword status. CX innovation is accelerating faster than ever before, and it’s integral that contact centers keep pace. But how can contact centers respond? But how can contact centers respond? Understanding the Customer Journey.

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COPC

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

This is especially true when it comes to providing customer service. Customers are still calling into the contact center to resolve many issues. Customers expect an effortless and seamless experience throughout their journey with your organization, with a convenient path to issue resolution.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Customers expect correct information from support. Training is essential to guarantee accuracy, and so is a system for delegating issues to the right colleagues, and carefully integrating information in the right spots in the customer journey. How well do your customers understand what your support explains to them?

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Natalie Petouhof

APRIL 12, 2016

Salesforce announced Salesforce for Messenger Platform which will empower companies to create entirely new sales, service, marketing and app experiences for customers on Messenger. This is the latest innovation in Salesforce’s ongoing strategic partnership with Facebook.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Although this information can usually be found in the user manual, customers looking for assistance with these basic tasks drive a large volume of calls to the customer care center, which can be avoided with self-service. The rise of Artificial Intelligence in customer self-service.

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Think Customers

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In the contact center space, interaction analytics, also known as speech analytics, provide organizations with 20/20 vision on their customer interactions and a path for action to enhance them. Every customer enters into the engagement with a unique set of thoughts and expectations.

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Kustomer

JUNE 27, 2022

What Are the Benefits of Customer Service Software? Customer service tools can transform customer service for companies of any size. Utilizing these tools enables faster, more efficient, personalized support while still imparting a brand-specific and customer-centric experience.

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Interactions

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

These technologies have limited functionality and often fall short of customer expectations because their purpose is not to elevate customer experience, but rather to contain and deflect. Call deflection is a cost-saving technique where customers are re-routed to alternate, lower-cost, digital channels.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 18, 2019

But sometimes the customer gets lost in all the talk about what brands should do to keep up with the increased speed of today’s interactions. Measuring satisfaction on the entire journey is 30% more predictive of overall satisfaction Understand Net Promoter Score (NPS) by channel as differences can be significant.

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Natalie Petouhof

MARCH 7, 2016

Tweet Customers are More Difficult to Serve Than Ever. Avaya, a Contact Center Infrastructure for 15 consecutive years unveiled customer engagement innovations that meet customer expectations where the rules of the game have changed: 90% of people move between different devices [i]. Is Your Brand Ready ?

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delighted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Flash forward to today’s tech-driven self-service economy and 70% of customers expect to be able to “help themselves” on a company’s website or application. Even if they have a problem with a product, 50% expect to find troubleshooting help online instead of contacting customer care.

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Answer Dash

APRIL 17, 2020

Understanding customer experience management Customer experience is the sum total of every interaction a customer has with your business, from seeing your logo on a billboard to humming along to the hold music when they use your contact center. Do your target customers care more about certain things than others?

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 25, 2018

In recent years, we’ve seen a major shift in brands’ approaches to customer service delivery and contact center performance management. How will emerging and growing trends change the customer service equation? More Companies Will Make Customer Service a Strategic Priority. One strike and you’re out.

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