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

Kayako

According to Forrester Research , “only 36% of contact centers have implemented multichannel integration to provide consistent experiences; 70% do not train agents to support multiple channels, and 56% do not offer an agent-facing knowledge management solution”. Multi-channel support can silo important customer history. 7POxMH7a7o.

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Everything you need to know about the consumer of 2017

Vonage

Using multiple retail channels promotes success. Research by Salesforce revealed that companies are 22 times more likely to retain their customers if they have a strong omni-channel strategy. This means it’s crucial that businesses invest in robust systems capable of tracking customer feedback across multiple channels.

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What will CX look like in 2017?

Customer Bliss

The first one, from Forbes , is called “Five Bold Expert Predictions For 2017.” Omnichannel. 53 percent of consumers want to be recognized as the same person across all shopping channels , so ideally, better insights will lead to better omnichannel campaigns. But these are a couple of 2017 predictions.

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What You Need to Know About Omnichannel

NICE inContact

Today’s customers expect omnichannel. How is omnichannel customer service different from (or: better than?) Here’s the basics on what’s what between “multi” and “omni” – and why you should care. Customer service must support many (“multi”) channels because that is what customers expect. customer service.

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AI and Customer Care: The Future is Here

BlueOcean

Artificial intelligence in the contact center is one significant piece of the puzzle that is omni-channel customer service. With integration between live chat, video chat, SMS, web forums, email, social, self-serve apps, and, of course, voice, the omni-channel experience must be seamless.

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Customer Service Trends to Look for in 2017

Comm100

But no matter where you stand at the end of the year, every team is wondering the same thing: what will 2017 bring? We’ll be looking at the following trends in customer service for 2017: Omni-channel will gain more traction as a customer support strategy and replace its predecessor, multi-channel.

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How Top Performing Contact Centers Will Own 2017

Storyminers

This article appeared first January 10, 2017 at SharpenCX.com. 2017 will be a year defined by how well companies continue to adapt to customer expectations—like the ability to get good service at any time of the day, via any device. How do you expect customer expectations to change in 2017? Here’s what we learned.