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3 Benefits of Knowledge Management for Customer Service

Kayako

Data cited in a Harvard Business Review article shows a strong preference for self-service: Across industries, 81% of all customers attempt to solve their problems with self-service options before reaching out to a live representative. Why do people prefer self-service? Maybe has to wait on hold.

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Lessons Learned from the Frontlines of CX: How Data from Self-Service Tools Optimizes Customer Engagement

Bold360

What did Bold360 customers learn? Miri Duenias, Customer Relationship Manager at Bold360, offers insights from the frontlines. The Hidden Potential of Self-Service Tools. Self-service tools give businesses data-driven insights from every customer interaction, creating a self-perpetuating feedback loop to optimize CX.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of April 29, 2024

ShepHyken

To create an actionable plan, you need the right information and a wide-angle look at the industry. My Comment: And as long as we’re on the topic of loyalty programs, here’s another informative article. It allowed companies to spot larger trends based on the buying habits of a large number of customers.

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8 Qualities of Effective Contact Center Agents

NICE inContact

Understanding what the customer means is an important component to giving them what they need, and effective agents know how to do that. Once the agent understands what the customer needs, she has to be able to formulate a solution. They realize it makes them stronger at accomplishing their mission of satisfying the customer.

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Unraveling the Tangled Vines of Omnichannel Customer Care

BlueOcean

The challenge, however, is that the more complex the customer journey, with more channels and points of contact in a single customer journey, the more effort (read: expense) is required from an organization to resolve each interaction – and often, as shown in the graph above, more customer effort is required to reach resolution.

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A Valuable Commodity: Spend Less, Save More, and Win Customers Over

NICE inContact

Another related waste of time is transferring callers to various representatives and making them repeat their information multiple times. Some customers dread calling customer support. Depending on your business, respecting the customer’s time could mean different things.

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3 Reasons Why IVR Payments Still Matter

CSM Magazine

As fears over coronavirus fuel a sudden spike in contactless transactions, Rob Crutchington explores the vital role of IVR to deliver fast, secure card payments that boost agent performance and customer confidence. Secure self-service payments. Either way, costs can be reduced and the customer experience enhanced.