Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX Some hints: big data, omnichannel, personalisation, AI and organizational culture. Much of the improvement has been driven by advancements in product innovation and digital technology.

Customer Experience 332

Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Omni-Channel Culture 332

CloudCherry

JULY 25, 2018

The MIT Technology Review: Getting To Iconic report is based on surveys conducted with over 550 business executives at global firms—including retail, IT, logistics, healthcare, IT, and more— in over 30 countries between May and July 2017. Optimizing technology. Optimizing technology. Social responsibility. “75%

Technology 170

Technology Brands Customer Experience Omni-Channel 170

Joe Rawlinson

AUGUST 9, 2017

Mobile technology has been changing consumer expectations for both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailers, making it more challenging to deliver satisfactory customer service. The 2017 IBM Consumer Experience Index (CEI) Study says only 3.4 Use social media channels to keep in touch with your customers and stay engaged.

Omni-Channel 104

Omni-Channel Self Service Consumers Meeting 104

Storyminers

JANUARY 24, 2017

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.

Contact Center 50

Contact Center Omni-Channel Brands Hospitality 50

Lumoa

MARCH 20, 2018

The most important AI technologies relevant for analyzing customer feedback fall in the area of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning. Both groups of technologies can be utilized to make analytics more actionable. We’re moving towards personalized omnichannel experience in B2B customer journeys.

Net Promoter Score 268

Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys Omni-Channel Customer Experience 268

TechSee

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Recognizing that continuously adding quality agents simply does not add up financially, more and more companies are turning to technology in order to scale quality support. Lithium is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, and was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Social Media Management Solutions, Q2 2017.

Contact Center 116

Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Self Service Technology 116

Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 22, 2016

This post originally appeared on the CCO 2017 website. This can be boiled down to a number of core challenges such as: proving ROI and quantifying the business value of customer experience efforts, unifying the organisation siloes and overcoming legacy protocol and technological infrastructure.

Chief Customer Officer 0

Chief Customer Officer Omni-Channel Social Media Leadership 0

NICE inContact

JANUARY 10, 2018

This marriage of strength in innovative technology sent a shock wave through the technology side of the contact center industry as the first in a series of consolidations in the industry with competitors aiming to stay on in the game with the accelerated pace NICE was taking. for execution and 8.8

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Omni-Channel Analytics Innovation 120

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. As the technology matures, many companies will inevitably look for holistic AI solutions that unify customer and operational data to achieve the most valuable and actionable insights.

Technology 122

Technology Customer Service Contact Center Gamification 122

Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. In 2017, we’ll see leading marketing organizations expand to incorporate contact center touchpoints with voice-of-the-customer analytics technology. Ready for 2017 and beyond? Start here.

Trends 100

Trends Customer Engagement Engagement Contact Center 100

Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. In 2017, we’ll see leading marketing organizations expand to incorporate contact center touchpoints with voice-of-the-customer analytics technology. Ready for 2017 and beyond? Start here.

Trends 100

Trends Customer Engagement Engagement Contact Center 100

Comm100

MARCH 23, 2022

Live chat is also incredibly easy to use and popular for all ages, as Cabrillo Credit Union experienced when they launched Comm100 Live Chat in 2021: “It wasn’t much of a surprise to see the younger generations engaging first… but we are starting to see Baby Boomers learning the technology and using the chat.

Chatbots 243

Chatbots Social Media Banking Omni-Channel 243

Calabrio

JANUARY 19, 2017

From creating improved customer experiences to a renewed focus on employees, we see 2017 as the year that brands look for ways to foster both employee and customer engagement. While customer engagement keeps its place as a top priority, in 2017, companies will broaden their focus to include employee engagement, particularly for Millennials.

Customer Satisfaction 100

Customer Satisfaction Brands Strategy Contact Center 100

Bold360

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Nanorep’s integrated technology allows its intelligent chat bot to stand out from many other solutions. Nanorep can help you establish an open conversation with your customers to provide the answers they are really looking for, in a convenient, omni-channel and efficient way.

Chatbots 80

Chatbots Omni-Channel Self Service Analytics 80

NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

The second annual NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark surveyed consumers from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia – with year-over-year results for the US (2018 vs. 2017), and new benchmark data for the UK and Australia.

Contact Center 168

Contact Center Consumers Net Promoter Score Self Service 168

Avaya

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Consider how much has changed over the last decade in terms of technology and the customer experience (CX). At the time, sophisticated interaction channels like social media, web chat and presence were available to enhance the CX. Looking ahead, one can only imagine how technology will further drive the CX. market soon.

Omni-Channel 67

Omni-Channel Customer Experience Contact Center Social Media 67

Comm100

MAY 11, 2023

Since 2017, total US postsecondary enrollment has fallen every year, resulting in a 9% overall drop. This makes personalization key, and omnichannel student engagement software essential. This technology connects every communication channel together into one platform, while integrating other key data systems.

Chatbots 46

Chatbots Trends Omni-Channel Connections 46

Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

As technology continues to open new avenues for innovation and business transformation, so too will the shopping and buying habits of consumers. 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.

Omni-Channel 0

Omni-Channel Trends Self Service Customer Service 0

NICE inContact

DECEMBER 19, 2017

I have put together a list of the “must reads” for 2017 leading into the new year that could help with your 2018 planning. New Omnichannel Customer Experience Research – How Well Are You Doing? Ensuring a Successful Go-Live Launch for Your Call Center Technology. Digital Customer Experience Trends, 2017 – Forrester Research.

Report 121

Report Contact Center Omni-Channel Call Center 121

ECXO

JUNE 20, 2023

McKinsey with NielsenIQ looked at five years of sales data from 2017 to mid-2022. Price and quality matters but consumers and buyers are increasingly making decisions driven by values-based preferences aligned with customer experience. And the shift isn’t anecdotal.

B2B 367

B2B Brands Innovation Government 367

Peter Lavers

JANUARY 10, 2017

We’re pleased to announce that Peter Lavers will attend the IBM Amplify 2017 conference in Las Vegas in March in his role as a Watson Commerce Futurist. The post IBM Amplify 2017 appeared first on Think CX. Read the conference website.

Omni-Channel 40

Omni-Channel Conference Analytics Trends 40

Lumoa

MARCH 20, 2018

The most important AI technologies relevant for analyzing customer feedback fall in the area of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning. Both groups of technologies can be utilized to make analytics more actionable. We’re moving towards personalized omnichannel experience in B2B customer journeys.

Net Promoter Score 150

Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys Omni-Channel Customer Experience 150

TechSee

APRIL 10, 2019

Drive Revenue with Great Customer Experience 2017 indicates that after the auto industry and upscale hotels, telecoms has the third highest potential for increasing revenue by improving CX. Comcast – Omnichannel support. This omnichannel CX is increasingly expected by today’s customers. And by how much?

Customer Experience 154

Customer Experience Strategy Customer Centricity Omni-Channel 154

NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2018

Others started with inbound voice and over time have added omnichannel routing or workforce optimization. If one was to choose a subject that emerged as a unifying theme across the contact center market in 2017, it was artificial intelligence (AI). Artificial Intelligence. Indeed, the topic was being discussed before this year.

Customer Care 186

Customer Care Self Service Contact Center Chatbots 186

Alida

JANUARY 13, 2017

If you’re a marketing leader with CX responsibility, it’s likely you need to focus your efforts to meet business expectations in 2017—and you need to do so fast. Here’s what six of them told us about how to improve CX in 2017. Brands must ensure a seamless experience across all channels. ” How to win the CX war in 2017.

Omni-Channel 50

Omni-Channel Marketing Customer Experience Multi-Channel 50

ReviewTrackers

MAY 8, 2017

To help your leaders and managers in your organization become CX experts, we compiled a list of customer experience conferences and events to attend this 2017. When: July 4 to 5, 2017. When: June 5 to 7, 2017. When: May 16 to 17, 2017. When: June 20 to 21, 2017. When: July 17 to 19, 2017. Where: London, UK.

Conference 50

Conference Omni-Channel Customer Journeys Customer Experience 50

NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

The second annual NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark surveyed consumers from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia – with year-over-year results for the US (2018 vs. 2017), and new benchmark data for the UK and Australia.

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Consumers Net Promoter Score Self Service 136

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

After more than a decade as the USA’s leading customer service and contact event, CCW (Customer Contact Week) is coming to Europe in 2017 for the first time ever. Provide seamless service in an omni channel environment. Deliver high value transformation with next generation of technology.

Omni-Channel 40

Omni-Channel Case Study Customer Centricity Study 40

Strativity

APRIL 10, 2018

He is the author of Customer Experience Management Rebooted (2017). Steven: Customer experience (CX) has been around since the late 1990s but I think the interest in the subject has been recently fuelled by the rise of digital and omni-channel communication (voice, email, chat, social media) as well as the perennial issue of commoditisation.

Omni-Channel 65

Omni-Channel Culture Automotive B2C 65

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 23, 2024

Customer experience leaders are not just expected to keep up with trends in the marketplace, customer expectations, and technology, we simply MUST do so to serve customers and stay ahead of the competition. Embrace Tech, But Keep It Human : Technology is fantastic, but never lose the human touch. Former CX “Trends” to Leave Behind 1.

Trends 143

Trends Self Service Customer Experience Customer Journeys 143

NICE inContact

MARCH 27, 2018

A major conversational shift around artificial intelligence (AI) occurred in 2017. AI, Blended with Live Agents, Enables Contextual and Quick Omnichannel Interactions. For the first time, AI was considered leading edge for a wide range of business applications – and no longer “bleeding edge.” Today, AI in the self-service space (e.g.,

Contact Center 137

Contact Center Self Service Study Omni-Channel 137

Oracle

MARCH 14, 2018

Analysts from Forrester, IDC, Opus Research, Ovum, and Nucleus Research weigh in on the top challenges to delivering omnichannel customer experience. Here’s the information they shared with our interviewers at Oracle Modern Customer Experience 2017. Mastering multichannel and cross-channel. Overcoming data silos.

Omni-Channel 58

Omni-Channel Customer Experience Touchpoint CRM 58

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Sharpen) Customer service research: people are less patient; need their omni channel inquiries solved quickly. Be sure to read through the entire article as there are some good suggestions to focus on in 2017. 8 Realistic Customer Service Trends for 2017 by Sven Ri. Customers don’t want channel choice.

Omni-Channel 48

Omni-Channel Customer Service Trends Contact Center 48

Storyminers

JULY 31, 2017

Most people consider technology to be the big disrupter. These enabling technologies are provoking change not only in what businesses can do but in how they should serve their customers. Don’t rest on your laurels. Just because you’re doing well or have a great reputation, you don’t get a free pass to relax. Download Brochure.

Customer Experience 153

Customer Experience e-support Chatbots Comparison 153

Customer Alignment

DECEMBER 18, 2017

As I was considering ‘what to expect in 2018’, I took a step back and contemplated 2017. 2017 promised such a lot. From what we can see, most of the efforts and focus in 2017 have been on beginning to ‘listen’ to customers and naturally act upon this information. What did we hear, what did we see?

Omni-Channel 45

Omni-Channel Customer Journeys Chief Customer Officer CEM 45

Magellan Solutions

JULY 27, 2017

Both new and old challenges faced by the call center industry are being addressed with the help of technologies that are constantly being developed and upgraded to meet the ever-increasing expectations of customers. These are the trends of the call center industry this year of 2017: The growth of the cloud call centers. Contact us now!

Call Center 56

Call Center Trends Industry Report 56

CX Journey

JANUARY 3, 2018

Image courtesy of Pixabay I originally wrote today's post for CallidusCloudCX; it was published on their blog on July 26, 2017. And say good-bye to the omnichannel experience! When departments and channels don’t talk and share customer data, the experience is fragmented and frustrating. There are more than nine, without a doubt!)

Customer Journeys 149

Customer Journeys Culture Government Leadership 149