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Customer Service Trends 2017: An Effortless Customer Experience is Vital for Loyalty

Kayako

In the customer service trends handbook published by Microsoft , “90% of consumers say they expect consistency and continuity from a brand across channels.”. Yet, relatively few contact centers have focused on providing a consistent customer experience. What goes into good self-service?

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See through the eyes of your customer to deliver outstanding service

Vonage

Altimeter Group’s Brian Solis cited a survey in which 88 percent of all businesses believe they deliver great customer service, yet only 8 percent of their customers agree. Solis believes brands try really hard to offer exemplary customer service, but it’s a difficult thing to do with antiquated contact center technology and processes.

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The 7 components of superior self-service systems

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 The 7 components of superior self-service systems. This is putting a major strain on the resources within customer service departments and can lead to lengthening response times, upset customers, lost revenues and rising costs. Self-service systems provide the answer.

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Improving Your E-Commerce Customer Service to Meet Today’s Consumer Expectations

Joe Rawlinson

Empower your customer service team to handle service tickets across all channels by adopting a virtual call center platform such as 8×8 Virtual Contact Center that is equipped to deliver a consistent omni-channel experience. Add Value by Utilizing Technological Innovations.

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What Is a Knowledge Base and Why Is It Useful?

Comm100

As companies everywhere see growing customer demand for self-service functionality in addition to their core service or support channels, knowledge bases play a large part in helping organizations to meet this need. Forrester has found that FAQ page use is on the rise, increasing from 67% to 76% between 2012 and 2014.

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The Top Trends in Customer Service for 2016

Comm100

As a result, you should create strategies to maximize the availability and accessibility of your customer service options. Self-Service Tools – Good for Everyone. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that many experts report that self-service tools rank among the most important priorities for companies in 2016.

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Wanted: Customer Service Change Agents for Contact Centers

Tricia Morris

For the first time in the history of Forrester Research’s North American Consumer Technographics Customer Life Cycle Survey , respondents now say they are using self-service FAQ pages on a company’s website more often than speaking with a live agent on the phone. 43% don’t ever review assisted service processes.