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New Research: Digital Self-service Now More Popular than Calling Customer Service

CSM Magazine

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. The majority of people are now happy to use self-service instead of speaking to a customer service person on the phone – especially for simple queries.

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Evolving to the Next Level of Self-Service: How to Future-Proof Your Engagement Strategy

Bold360

The playbook describes 5 key phases: (1) fortifying your digital self-service; (2) amplifying your digital support; (3) empowering your employees; (4) optimizing your support strategy; and (5) evolving to the next level of self-service. In this post, we’ll focus on phase 5, evolving to the next level of self-service.

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5 Ways to Reduce Holiday Lines and Customer Wait Time

Comm100

41% of shoppers have abandoned a purchase due to long wait times, and 86% avoid shops if they perceive the queue to be too long. But during the holiday season, an increase in wait time may be hard to avoid. Use these 5 tips to help keep wait times short for your customers this upcoming winter. Mobile site.

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Bringing Automation to Customer Service – 5 Chatbot Examples for Any Industry

Comm100

Customer service teams often face an uphill battle to keep wait times and response times low, even with the modern tools provided by live chat. Chatbots can help ensure fast support with low waits by: Acting as a “front door,” to collect information about users which is then passed on to support agents.

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The State of Automated Customer Service in 2023

Comm100

The State of Automated Customer Service in 2023. Competition is at an all-time high. In 2022, 59% of companies surveyed agreed that their markets have become more competitive in recent years. The top markets currently profiting from chatbots include: Real estate: 28%. Travel: 16%. Education: 14%. Healthcare: 10%.

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How Contact Center Optimization Can Improve Your Bottom Line

InMoment XI

Increased Efficiency Contact center optimization focuses on streamlining processes, reducing wait times, and ensuring customer inquiries are handled promptly and efficiently. By reducing the idle in your case management , you’ll notice faster issue resolution times and a more agile contact center.

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How Can Payers Improve Member Experience and Efficiency at the Same Time?

Uniphore

healthcare market must continue to transform how they interact with consumers if they want to succeed. This is especially true given the increasing competition from more technology-savvy competitors and disruptive market entrants from non-healthcare sectors such as retail. Consumers faced long wait times to reach an agent.