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Common Band-aids for CX (and why they don’t hold up)

Interactions

The two general roads that companies take are either: (1) Decrease or eliminate the wait time or. ( 2) Make the waiting time more valuable to the customer. Here are some examples of how companies approach the latter: Giving you something to do/listen to while waiting. Redirecting customers.

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Outsourcing is a sure bet for financial services in 2023

Think Customers

On the other hand, hiring skilled labor and retaining a trained workforce continues to be challenging in the current market. These opposing criteria can strain contact center operations and effect their ability to provide customer service at the desired level. But, is that good strategy to meet the current moment and prepare for 2023?

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Live Chat Statistics 2020: Trends and Insights

Magellan Solutions

Based on the live chat statistics 2020 of Finances Online, 67% of B2C businesses use live chat for customer support. They also make use of it for marketing with 31% of B2C and 54% of B2B companies as it helps enable a more compelling conversation between a business and a consumer. 91% of customers globally want real-time assistance.

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Guest Blog: 8 Exciting Ways AI Delights Customers

ShepHyken

Verizon fixes customer-affecting issues before they are noticed. Faster reaction time. AI can not only address every mundane customer issue but it can also predict and act almost immediately. Forget IVRs and long wait times. He’s a Marketing Manager for customer engagement software, RichCall.

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A Complete Guide to Omnichannel Customer Service

Comm100

Research shows that 80% of American consumers rate speed, convenience, and knowledgeable help as the most important elements of a positive customer experience, and omnichannel customer support provides all three. The efficiency created by omnichannel customer service is further improved by integrating a knowledge base.

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How Google Suggested Answers Make Google Reviews More Important

Grade.us

On the other side of the coin, you might have a great reputation with a lot of 5 star reviews (or not), but if one person wrote a bad review about your wait times, and that's what's asked in the Q&A, it's likely to be surfaced here. Here are the questions your patients might ask: How long will I be sitting in the waiting room?

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Guest Post: Customer Pain Points – How to Identify and Address Them

ShepHyken

This week, we feature an article by Manpreet Singh Chawla, senior digital marketing executive at Knowmax , a SaaS-based organization that offers knowledge management solutions for various industries. He shares how organizations can identify and solve customer pain points. What are customer pain points?

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