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The Top Trends in Customer Service for 2016

Comm100

Consequently, as newer technologies enable more ease in performing business transactions, consumers will have higher expectations when it comes to customer service and sales support. In recent years, consumers have placed greater importance on the quality of customer service than on the price and quality of products alone.

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Will bots process my electricity bill? AI transforming the CX for utility customers

TechSee

While more than 90% of utility companies’ overall budget is dedicated to infrastructure and other operating costs, with less than 10% allocated towards customer service, the picture is very different when it comes to AI. Gartner reports that the vast majority of utilities’ investment in AI is earmarked for customer service.

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Artificial Intelligence in Customer Service: The Past, Present, and Future

Solvvy

To answer that, let’s take a look at how artificial intelligence has been used in the customer experience in recent years, where it’s failed, and where we see the future of machine learning in delivering higher customer satisfaction. Replacing human customer service agents with IVR technology: Bad idea.

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The future of Co-browsing: 5 Trends to Watch

TechSee

A frustrated George dreads calling Customer Service. Co-browsing allows agents to see and interact with a customer’s browser in real time, visually guiding them through online processes, webforms, transactions or demos. trillion hours in 2016 — a year-over-year app engagement increase of over 50 percent.

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7 Top Priorities for the Future of Customer Engagement

Calabrio

CEO of Calabrio shares his predictions for the Contact Center, for 2016 and Beyond. By 2020, the number of connected “things” is expected to rise to 30 billion. When it comes to the power of IoT and data, it’s high time customer engagement gets involved, and it all begins with the contact center.

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Buy or Bye? Why Customer Service is Increasingly Key to Retail Success

Tricia Morris

And in a 24/7 global marketplace where it’s becoming increasingly difficult for retailers to differentiate on price and product availability, more and more it’s becoming customer service and the customer experience that means the difference between buy, buy, buy and bye, bye, bye. For customers, expectations are up.

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The History of Customer Service: Ticket Troubleshooting to Proactive and Personal

Kayako

Can you imagine a world where customer service was over physical mail? Customer service has had many different approaches over the last 100 years, but one thing has remained consistent: Customers have always wanted effortless interactions. Customers want more personable service experiences.