Retently

MARCH 11, 2025

If scores drop, is it because of longer wait times, unhelpful responses, or an issue with a specific agent? Is there a product issue, a checkout frustration, or a service gap? If customers struggle with returns or finding answers, its a red flag that self-service needs improvement. Are wait times creeping up?

Ecommerce 115

Ecommerce Self Service Customer Experience Management 115

Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

Their insights provide valuable data for management to optimize training and service delivery. Workforce planners: These specialists forecast call volume and customer demand, and optimize agent scheduling to ensure adequate staffing levels and minimize customer wait times.

Contact Center 130

Contact Center Management Strategy Call Center 130

Comm100

MAY 7, 2024

In an era where quick resolutions and personalized interactions are demanded, streamlining customer service translates into measurable business success. Before we dig into how to streamline customer service, let’s explain the most common benefits: Minimizing delays : Customers today have little patience for long wait times.

Customer Service 240

Customer Service Strategy Self Service How To 240

NICE inContact

APRIL 11, 2019

Save my time – Have your customers spend less time on wait times by providing a self-service option where the use case is best suited. Reduce call wait times and provide faster connect to agents by leveraging global omnichannel routing across your centers so you can leverage global efficiencies .

Customer Expectations 151

Customer Expectations Tips Self Service Management 151

NobelBiz

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Fortunately, contact centers can make full use of analytics and smart routing capabilities to maximize inbound call capabilities. This will ensure that a customer query is answered effectively and at the same time maximizing first-contact resolutions. This is because people spend less time holding in queues.

Analytics 52

Analytics Contact Center Call Center First Call Resolution 52

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Yet, many of these calls could have been deflected through other channels like self-service or automated solutions. Scheduling Complexities: Managing agent schedules to match peak call times is a challenge that plagues most contact centers. Staffing Costs: Running a contact center is expensive.

Call Center 195

Call Center Self Service Contact Center ROI 195

Thematic

MARCH 20, 2025

Text analytics. What is text analytics ? Simply put, it’s about digging into unstructured feedback to uncover meaningful insights that improve customer service. The Importance of AI Text Analytics in Customer Service Before anything, you might be wondering: Why AI text analytics matter ?

Analytics 62

Analytics Customer Service Analysis e-support 62

Comm100

JUNE 23, 2022

In 2022, 58% of customers surveyed said they’ve used chatbots for simple customer service, compared to 43% just two years prior. Acceptance and even preference for chatbots is also growing quickly among Millennials and Gen Z in particular, with both saying that they prefer self-service when available for simple cases.

Chatbots 245

Chatbots Self Service Video Wait Times 245

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2025

This platform is designed to offer personalized, effective, and scalable customer service solutions, ensuring your customers feel valued every step of the way. HubSpot equips your team with tools to manage customer conversations, track tickets, offer self-service solutions, and even gather customer feedbackall on a single platform.

Software 52

Software Self Service Customer Service Net Promoter Score 52

GetFeedback

AUGUST 16, 2018

Self-Service Metrics. Although customers like talking to your support staff over the phone or via live chat, time and effort are saved on all sides when customers can help themselves. The better your self-service content, the fewer cases you’ll get. Why are bounce rates and time on page important?

Metrics 199

Metrics Measurement Net Promoter Score Customer Service 199

CSM Magazine

MARCH 14, 2025

Despite the store having 16 self-service checkout machines installed, only half of them were operational, leaving Jack and other customers waiting in line for over ten minutes while eight machines stood unused. Retailers must recognize that offering faster checkout options like self-service machines isnt enough.

Retail 52

Retail Self Service Wait Times Social Media 52

CSM Magazine

MARCH 27, 2025

Unlike off-the-shelf platforms, these deliver tailored experiences real-time updates, smooth interactions, the works. Picture self-service portals where clients track orders, AI chatbots dishing out instant help, or messaging systems linking straight to company reps. Take client portals as an example.

Communication 52

Communication Self Service Chatbots Wait Times 52

InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Increased Efficiency Contact center optimization focuses on streamlining processes, reducing wait times, and ensuring customer inquiries are handled promptly and efficiently. By reducing the idle in your case management , you’ll notice faster issue resolution times and a more agile contact center.

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Multi-Channel First Call Resolution Social Media 195

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Nowadays, with the advent of technology, customers have multiple channels to interact with businesses that include self-service options like voice-enabled assistants, online portals, and mobile apps. As a result, self-service is becoming a cornerstone of customer experience in contact centers.

Self Service 52

Self Service Contact Center Customer Experience Customer Satisfaction 52

CSM Magazine

MARCH 17, 2025

Prioritize Self-Service Options Implementing self-service tools, such as kiosks , online FAQ pages, or automated chatbots, is a cost-efficient way to empower customers while reducing dependence on staff. Why it works: Fewer people need to contact customer service when they can find answers themselves.

NPS 52

NPS Self Service Net Promoter Score e-support 52

NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

This makes the contact center business or department inefficient and unable to promptly solve more serious issues by generating long call queues and ramping up the wait time. The basic philosophy of self-service is that individuals should be empowered to achieve their goals rather than relying on contact center agents for assistance.

Self Service 52

Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Knowledge Base 52

Win the Customer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Fortunately, with improved global omnichannel routing and implementing self-service for the simple use cases, wait times are no longer a tedious part of communicating with call centers; and, it saves both parties from feeling the frustration from inexperienced communication. Resolve Issues Quickly.

Call Center 157

Call Center Tips Self Service Customer Experience 157

Calabrio

MARCH 5, 2025

Analytics What is first response time (FRT)? How AI and automation helps contact centers improve first response time Today, contact center AI and automation is driving optimization across operations by connecting customers with the right resources and minimizing wait times.

Self Service 130

Self Service Contact Center Wait Times Social Media 130

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

With the increasing number of customer touchpoints – email, ecommerce sites, self-service channels, social media, and of course physical locations and phone-based service – companies have more opportunities than ever to interact with their customers. Inconsistent experiences do serious damage.

Self Service 150

Self Service Strategy Customer Experience Hotels 150

Uniphore

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Combined with long wait times for assistance, high amounts of effort to get issues resolved and questions answered, and a lack of empathy and understanding on the part of stressed agents, member experiences aren’t living up to their expectations for an easy, convenient, and empathetic interaction. Post-interaction analytics.

Self Service 130

Self Service Healthcare Contact Center Effort Score 130

Interactions

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Many off-the-shelf solutions or DIY IVAs struggle with the accuracy necessary to complete complex self-service interactions and the customization needed to meet personalization and regulatory needs. This means customers can quickly self-service more issues and need fewer escalations to live agents.

Insurance 62

Insurance Interaction Self Service Multi-Channel 62

NobelBiz

MARCH 28, 2023

This renders the contact center business or department inefficient and unable to properly solve more serious issues in a timely manner by generating long call queues and ramping up the wait time. What is Self-Service for contact centers? In short, yes, self-service is cheaper. Here’s the simple math.

Self Service 52

Self Service Contact Center Knowledge Base Omni-Channel 52

NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Why You Need Automation in Your Contact Center In traditional contact centers, repetitive tasks, long wait times, and fragmented processes can lead to inefficiencies, dissatisfied customers, and burned-out agents. Self-Service Options Modern customers value convenience. Learn more: Real-Time Monitoring Solutions.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Center Self Service Chatbots 52

Thematic

MARCH 30, 2025

Customer customer insights and analytics let you do just that. That means smart businesses aren’t just waiting for problems to arise—they’re actively using data to stay ahead of the game. Improve Agent Performance for Faster, Smarter Support Let’s be honest—no one likes waiting on hold.

Customer Service 62

Customer Service Strategy Self Service Airlines 62

InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Monitoring Real-Time Performance A dashboard provides live data on aspects like call availability and agent efficiency. This real-time data collection enables immediate improvements where necessary. It visualizes how certain metrics change over time to help teams make informed decisions. It highlights areas of improvement.

Call Center 195

Call Center Contact Center Social Media Effort Score 195

NICE inContact

JANUARY 8, 2019

Chances are they spend a lot of time on Social Media platforms, are actually ok with self-service and interacting with a bot. The time a customer today is prepared to wait to speak with (or receive a reply from) an agent has not gotten any longer. Offer Self-Service and Automation – Correctly.

Call Center 120

Call Center Customer Satisfaction Self Service Net Promoter Score 120

GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Change is coming to the world of finance, even though it may be slow, when the financial services professionals were asked to identify the top three trends being prioritized by their CX team, analytics (44%), digital business transformation (39%), and self-service solutions (36%) were the most common technology changes underway.

Net Promoter Score 210

Net Promoter Score Self Service Financial Customer Centricity 210

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

With improved global omnichannel routing and implementing self-service for the simple use cases, the wait time is tremendously reduced definitely leaving a great impact. . Easy to use – One of the biggest pain points with some technologies like IVR is that they become so unusable.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Tips Self Service Customer Experience 120

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

They can also handle up to 25 interactions concurrently, driving agent productivity up and customer wait times down. By shortening the average handle time (AHT) on your interactions, your agents can take the next interaction sooner, reducing the time your customers wait to speak to an agent. Want proof?

Contact Center 27

Contact Center Average Handle Time Self Service CRM 27

rethinkCX

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

AI-Powered Chatbots and Virtual Assistants Handle routine queries instantly, reducing wait times. Sentiment Analysis and Predictive Analytics Analyzes customer emotions and feedback to identify dissatisfaction early. How AI Is Transforming Customer Support 1. Provide consistent, automated responses to common customer issues.

Self Service 52

Self Service Multi-Channel First Call Resolution Chatbots 52

NobelBiz

JULY 25, 2023

Interaction Analytics often termed the keystone of customer engagement strategies, provides businesses with a profound look into customer behaviors, preferences, and patterns when engaging with products or services. What is Interaction Analytics?

Interaction 98

Interaction Analytics Call Center Contact Center 98

AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We focus on the following major updates in this post across key AI services: Amazon Transcribe now offers FM-powered language support across over 100 languages to unlock rich insights. In a contact center, agents spend precious time after each call manually summarizing notes, which can impact their productivity and increase call wait times.

Self Service 119

Self Service Contact Center Analytics Effort Score 119

AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 1, 2024

Machine learning (ML) technologies continually improve and power the contact center customer experience by providing solutions for capabilities like self-service bots, live call analytics, and post-call analytics.

Chatbots 125

Chatbots Self Service Omni-Channel Contact Center 125

BirdEye

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Streamlined appointment management GenAI-driven appointment systems can enable 24/7 self-service, match patients with the right doctor, and enable smart scheduling to avoid wait times and no-shows. AI chatbots can instantly recognize, translate, and respond in multiple languages, making your practice more accessible.

Multi-Channel 52

Multi-Channel Insurance Chatbots Analytics 52

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

AI-powered chatbots and assistants eliminate major customer pain points like long wait times and repetitive authentication processes. An intelligent CCaaS system also can empower customers with self-service options so they get what they’re seeking faster.

Communication 59

Communication Contact Center Self Service First Call Resolution 59

TechSee

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Its intelligent knowledge base/self-service platform is powered by artificial intelligence, unified search, rich analytics, and machine learning. The Canadian-based Coveo increases self-service success and case deflection by making search core to the self-service experience.

Contact Center 116

Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Technology Self Service 116

Interactions

JANUARY 21, 2025

Direct them to self-service options that provide information tailored to each customers location, such as real-time status updates and safety tips. During the Outage: Combine Caring With Efficiency Customers expect instant answers during an outage, but the rush of incoming calls can overwhelm the system, causing long wait times.

Connections 62

Connections Self Service Poor Customer Service Virtual Agent 62