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AI and Customer Care: The Future is Here

BlueOcean

We want intelligent interactions that are personalized to our own situations and we want them on demand – not after we waste our precious time sitting on hold. Long gone are the days when customers almost expected to experience IVR hell and would pretty much tolerate jaw-dropping wait times.

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Understanding Negative NPS Score: Causes, Impact and Solutions

Lumoa

Before we dive into our remedies, let’s take a look at some of the root causes that could be behind your score going south: Inadequate or Poor Customer Service Many customers tend to be unforgiving if their support experience isn’t up to scratch. By starting from the inside.

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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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Customer friction points: How to identify and tackle them?

NobelBiz

If the telephone is the initial point of contact for the client, it might create a set of customer friction points. That is why the pick-up rate and average waiting time remain the two most visible areas for improvement within the call center industry. Table of Contents show What are Customer Friction Points?

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The First One Now Will Later Be Last? | The Times They Are A-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Part 9

SaleMove

In today’s consumer-driven world where the overall experience is a top differentiator, customer care organizations are now at the forefront of innovation. Those that embrace new technologies to enhance the customer experience often pull ahead exponentially, leaving those that stagnate to fall ever further behind.

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Customer friction points – How to identify and tackle them?

NobelBiz

If the telephone is the initial point of contact for the client, it might create a set of customer friction points. That is why the pick-up rate and average waiting time remain the two most visible areas for improvement within the call center industry. Long waiting times Customers are no longer willing to wait.

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Silencing the Noise: Unveiling the Impact on Contact Centre Agents and Brands

CSM Magazine

Nurturing your agents It should be standard for agents to be fully briefed on the latest company messaging and product features, so they can present the brand in the right way on the frontline. Yet, when compared to the time spent on drafting and updating website copy, agent training too often takes a backseat.

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