Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

In recent years, consumers have placed greater importance on the quality of customer service than on the price and quality of products alone. As we enter 2016, it appears that this consumer behavior trend will continue through 2016 and beyond. These days, consumers expect easy access to customer service in every way possible.

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Avaya

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The evolving demands of digital-savvy customers have a deep impact on the contact center. They consult online resources, form online communities, and look to endorsements from total strangers to form opinions on products and services. In short, the contact center of today must be demand based and software driven.

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ijgolding

MARCH 22, 2017

Many of them have outsourced contact center operations and some have maintained in-house customer support. Due to rapid advancements, contact center technology systems need to be modified quite often and hence it is quite important to invest in solutions which provide agility to upgrade/ downgrade or modify with ease.

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Vonage

AUGUST 15, 2016

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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Eptica

JUNE 15, 2016

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 The 7 components of superior self-service systems. Published on: June 15, 2016. 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.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Or was it customer service? We’ve come a long way since then with social having earned its rightful place in the channel choice of both customers and contact center service providers. The goal for at least 56% of multimedia and technology companies is to integrate AI and customer service into their contact centers.

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Talkdesk

JUNE 14, 2016

This week, we’re looking into self-service. Self-service is exactly what it sounds like: It’s when customers help themselves, rather than engaging with a company representative. Here are a few insights we found from around the web on self-service: Self-Service Revolution Ignites the Customer Experience.

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Comm100

JUNE 13, 2018

According to a study by Inmar , 72 percent of coupons used in 2016 affected purchasing behavior , usually by encouraging shoppers to buy a product they otherwise would not have. Live chat provides businesses with valuable sales and customer service opportunities that aren’t possible through any other channel.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 6 factors driving contact center change. Published on: October 26, 2016. Author: Dharmesh Ghedia With customer service being at the top of the business agenda for organizations, what are the trends that are impacting contact centers?

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Chatbots are like evolved self-service portals or advanced knowledge bases. As a result, they reduce the number of incoming calls to contact centers, improving efficiency and reducing operational costs. Happier agents are also more productive, which means that they can better achieve contact center metrics.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Making the change from call center to contact center. Published on: February 03, 2016. Author: Laurence Chami 20 years ago customer service existed in a world dominated by voice , hence the widespread reliance on call centers to manage customer service interactions.

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Kustomer

MAY 14, 2020

Reply leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning models to improve agent efficiency through self-service chatbot and deflection capabilities. Reply has built deflection and self-service chatbots that help companies effectively deflect initial customer communications at an astounding rate of 40 percent.

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Think Customers

JULY 26, 2016

As customers continue to increase their use of digital channels and self-service tools for customer service, it's only natural that the volume of calls hitting contact centers has been shrinking.

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TechSee

JUNE 5, 2018

trillion hours in 2016 — a year-over-year app engagement increase of over 50 percent. For example, while CSPs are eager to increase the usage of their self service apps, adoption has been relatively low (estimated as below 30%). 2 Co-browsing and Visual Support.

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Kustomer

JUNE 27, 2022

These features can include, but are not limited to: Improve response times Personalize customer engagement Track employee performance Scale smartly Streamline self-service Enhance the agent experience. Selecting customer service software can feel overwhelming and the software market is teeming with options, information and opinions.

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Eptica

JANUARY 20, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Looking into the customer service crystal ball. Published on: January 20, 2016. Looking further ahead, Forrester sees products themselves containing self-service capabilities to automatically provide information to users.

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Eptica

MARCH 31, 2016

Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 Websites lead the way for UK customer service. Published on: March 31, 2016. The web, in the form of help and self service has remained on top throughout that time and continued to improve between 2015 and 2016. Average performance becomes the norm?

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Eptica

JUNE 24, 2016

Date: Friday, June 24, 2016 The ROI of improved customer experience. Published on: June 24, 2016. The figures have now been updated and released for 2016 , analyzing data that goes back to 2010. However, simply focusing on topline growth actually undersells the impact of good customer experience and superior service.

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Eptica

AUGUST 3, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Coping with the switch from phone to digital customer service. Published on: August 03, 2016. New research by contact center analysts, Contact Babel , in the US and the UK highlights how consumer usage of channels is changing and the pressure it is putting on organizations.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 The importance of understanding language in customer service. Published on: September 07, 2016. This will allow for easy, accurate and instant answers for consumers via web self-service , and also by employees answering consumer questions on the phone, email, chat or social media channels.

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Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4 lessons from the Forrester CX Index. Published on: August 17, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Forrester has just published its 2016 US Customer Experience Index , providing an update on the state of CX across multiple sectors. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Date: Friday, November 4, 2016 3 ways to extend customer service across the enterprise. Published on: November 04, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden When customers deal with your organization, they don’t care which department they are communicating with – they simply want the best possible experience and service.

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Eptica

MARCH 4, 2016

Date: Friday, March 4, 2016 How good is the experience offered by UK brands? Published on: March 04, 2016. Back in 2014 in a survey by Gartner , 89% of companies predicted that in 2016 they would be competing mostly on the customer experience they offered. In a nutshell, the findings paint a picture of inconsistency.

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Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Published on: January 06, 2016. Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 The 3 dimensions of customer service conversations. Published on: November 02, 2016. For example, if you receive a large number of urgent requests that are neither complex nor emotionally important , you can aim to deflect these to self-service systems that can give answers 24 hours a day.

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Eptica

APRIL 8, 2016

Date: Friday, April 8, 2016 Technology with the human touch. Published on: April 08, 2016. Empower agents Whatever the channel a consumer uses, their query is likely to be routed to an agent in the contact center. Technology can help. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Getting ready for Christmas – 5 areas for retailers to focus on. Published on: September 14, 2016. Ensure you have the right capacity plans Most companies hire extra staff to work in their contact centers answering questions over the holidays and have already put their recruitment plans in place.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Date: Friday, February 5, 2016 Meeting Millennial Customer Expectations. Published on: February 05, 2016. Within the contact center team the same applies – you are likely to have a high proportion of Millennials working in customer service, so structure your policies and processes accordingly.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

It is likely that consumers will be more careful in their spending, with rising prices and inflation leading to overall retail sales falling year on year between September 2016 and 2017. more than in 2016 – with sales increasingly concentrated through online or bigger retailers. Predictions are that Britons will spend just 1.3%

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Date: Friday, September 23, 2016 Getting it right first time – the impact on customer service. Published on: September 23, 2016. Consequently, they value fast, consistent and helpful customer service that answers their query or sorts out their problem, first time - however they choose to make contact.

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Pointillist

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

It is the only performance metric that “has an effect on almost every other meaningful statistic and measurement in the call center.” ” Today’s call centers must balance many priorities while maintaining an intense focus on customers. As McKinsey & Company explains : The contact center.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Is it really time for your company to embrace chatbots? Published on: October 12, 2016. Have you got a centralized, self-learning knowledge base that spans multiple channels, and can provide the information a chatbot needs to respond? Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Digital disruption in insurance – why it is all about service. Published on: September 21, 2016. Use self-service to enable consumers to find answers to routine questions on your website and implement chat to provide fast, personal service online.

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Avaya

JUNE 7, 2016

The number of innovations developed on Breeze since its launch in March 2016 has been amazing, especially for an industry that has traditionally been focused on not empowering customers and partners to do things on their own. The post 2016 DevConnect Award Winners Choose to Innovate on Avaya appeared first on Avaya Connected Blog.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Using email customer service to build emotional engagement. Published on: February 09, 2016. Author: Steve Nattress Email has been a mainstay of customer service since its inception , providing a digital alternative to the telephone for consumers. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

JULY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, July 8, 2016 Delivering what US consumers want. Published on: July 08, 2016. For example, they can do this through self-service systems that understand and answer their queries online without needing to make direct contact with the contact center. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

MARCH 18, 2016

Date: Friday, March 18, 2016 UK retail customer service failing to move forward. Published on: March 18, 2016. Customers are pushing retailers to innovate and deliver new services , improved experiences at lower prices. Author: Pauline Ashenden Retail is one of the most competitive sectors in the economy.

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