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

Kayako

Customers value the quality of customer service as much as price and quality of products. According to an American Express study , “Americans will spend 9% more with companies that provide excellent service.” Recent trends in customer service show that companies can delight their customers while generating revenues.

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Checking out the options: Self-service or Staffed?

Helen Dewdney

Self-service checkouts have been with us at supermarkets for the past twenty years. She says “My local Tesco has inaccessible self-service tills with no staff which makes the shopping experience physically difficult and overwhelming.”. No customer should be excluded from any service that other people can use.

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5 Quick Ways to Support the Busy Customer

Kayako

There is a little irony that those of us in the customer service space have been observing since customer support first went online: Customers have become more impatient. Initially, customers wanted to be able to resolve their issues over email. GetFeedback (@GetFeedback) February 3, 2015. Click To Tweet.

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Everything you need to know about the consumer of 2017

Vonage

Half of consumers move on after poor customer service. In NewVoiceMedia’s whitepaper, Serial Switchers Strike Again , we learned that 49 percent of consumers switch companies after receiving service that does not meet their expectations. Poor customer service costs business billions annually.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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The Best Posts From the Customer Support Community in 2015

Kayako

2015 saw the support community talk a lot about making things easier for the customer through both customer experience and communication. A lot of posts have centered around studying the very metrics that you should consider in building your self-service tools, and studying the metrics of how you use your helpdesk.

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Is Your Customer Service Department a “Factory of Sadness”?

Customer Bliss

This especially holds true when it comes to customer service. In fact, CEB data shows that 81 percent of customers today will use self-service channels first before reaching out to a company to speak to a customer service rep live. Matt holds a Ph.D.