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Multichannel: • Literally means ‘many channels’. Makes an effort to put out specific content which caters to the strength of its channel. Gives a Collective Content Experience, between all of these channels. Omni-channel: • Literally means ‘all channels’.
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Likewise, having on site-support in the form of a self-service widget is great, but if your social media channels are unable to provide the correct level of support, you?ll Creating that story, the one in which your customers feel important and well taken care of is going to take a lot of work. Today, it?s s not enough to have great phone support but limited email resources.
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Engaging customers via the optimal channel, and at just the right time, can drive both higher response rates and better quality feedback. Capturing feedback from your customers is a critical component of any Voice of the Customer program. The road to delivering an engagement plan which will deliver maximum benefit for your customers begins with understanding how customers interact with each other and with the organization.
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It’s hard to read about our industry lately without mention of the word multi-channel. We all know that channels of communication are changing and the influx of email, click-to-chat, and SMS activity has been the talk for quite some time now. An organization’s ability to impact every customer interaction in a complex and demanding cross-channel world relies on four vital capabilities:
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You should consider a solution that supports Omnichannel Session Handling , as, once initial roll-out has completed and agents are comfortable with the new channel, most will be able to handle more than one SMS interaction concurrently.
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Customers expect to be able to contact you in numerous channels, both voice and digital, inbound and outbound, and the number of channels is growing. Not only that, but customers are not willing any more to be “bound” to the channel that an interaction started out in.
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In previous posts we highlighted text message (SMS) as the superior channel for soliciting feedback from customers. While I do not want to take away from the many plusses of this channel, it is in many cases beneficial to adopt a multi-channel approach over a solely SMS-based one.
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“You are only as good as your weakest channel.” – Nancy Jamison, Principal Analyst, Frost & Sullivan. See if it sparks you to rethink your weakest channel. We like this quote because: #1 – Voice is largely ignored and has become the weakest channel for many companies. These newer channels are important; but, in truth, voice has not declined in importance as a result – not with your customers. Think about your voice channel: is it your weakest?
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You should consider a solution that supports Omnichannel Session Handling , as, once initial roll-out has completed and agents are comfortable with the new channel, most will be able to handle more than one SMS interaction concurrently.
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The challenge is the human interface, both the consumer wanting (or not wanting) omnichannel integration , and the agent actually incorporating all channels in the right way. With the addition of more channels and pseudo omnichannel service, companies should be asking questions like: Which channels do customers prefer to use most often? Do certain channels illicit more honesty? Which channels do customers trust the most?
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