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. Self-Service Tools – Good for Everyone. billion PC users.)

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Squelch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Last month, Squelch was honored to sponsor a webinar titled The Evolution of Support: How to Manage Customer Support in an Era of Self-Help. If you follow blogs, podcasts, or social media accounts that cover customer support, you’ve no doubt heard a lot lately about self-help. The Struggle Is Real.

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Squelch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Last month, Squelch was honored to sponsor a webinar titled The Evolution of Support: How to Manage Customer Support in an Era of Self-Help. If you follow blogs, podcasts, or social media accounts that cover customer support, you’ve no doubt heard a lot lately about self-help. The Struggle Is Real.

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Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The need for competent customer support is growing. “59% of customers say that they have higher expectations for customer support than they had a year ago.” Many companies are coming up short with customer support. Mazareanu, Call center services industry in the U.S.

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TechSee

MAY 1, 2018

According to Priori data, the global smart thermostats market grew 56% between Q2 2016 and Q2 2017 to $218.5M. The global smart lighting market grew even more – 81% between Q2 2016 and Q2 2017 to $101.2M.

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Provide Support

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In spite of all the tech advancements available for businesses today, many still operate under the presumption that their customers prefer the “good old days” of picking up the phone and relying on a human agent for all their customer support needs. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Read more. Permalink | No comment.

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Kayako

DECEMBER 31, 2015

This year, we’ve seen the customer support community continue to grow, with small tribes setting up all over the internet and producing great support content. 2015 saw the support community talk a lot about making things easier for the customer through both customer experience and communication.

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Inbenta

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

This poses a challenge for online retailers, not only in handling the mass influx of customer support inquiries, but with support resourcing and online security. Prepare your site and online support team with the following tips. Review your self-service content and FAQs. That’s a 28% increase from 2016.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Back in 2014, the International Customer Management Institute (ICMI) published a report titled The Growing Need for Multilanguage Customer Support. Over half acknowledged that offering support in a customer’s native language was a competitive differentiator.

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Inbenta

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

This poses a challenge for online retailers, not only in handling the mass influx of customer support inquiries, but with support resourcing and online security. Prepare your site and online support team with the following tips. Review your self-service content and FAQs. That’s a 28% increase from 2016.

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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

trillion in 2016. Top of mind for customers is swift and consistent support–hence the rise of omnichannel customer service. Today’s customers no longer simply rely on calling customer support for assistance. The customer provided a 3.5 The US consumer market alone was at $1.5

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Solvvy

DECEMBER 16, 2019

But what are they looking for in a good customer support experience, and what role can artificial intelligence play in increasing customer satisfaction? . Customers hate it. . While many businesses expected that chatbots would be the future of customer support, it hasn’t really turned out that way. .

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Toister Performance Solutions

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A self-service portal allows us to troubleshoot our devices without calling support. The Zendesk Answer Bot Customers often prefer self-service. A challenge occurs when customers can't get the answer they want via self-service so they grudgingly contact the company for live support.

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Quiq

AUGUST 17, 2021

Customer service teams, in particular, have faced significant change with nearly half of customer support leaders experiencing a sudden lift in inbound customer service volume and issues due to the pandemic (Gartner). . The Strategic Opportunity in Digital Customer Service.

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Mindtouch

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

It’s no secret that we’re partial to our friends in the knowledge base and support ecosystem. The help content they create is, after all, central to a successful self-service support model. An increase in Web-based product support should also increase demand for technical writers.

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Solvvy

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Your business offers top-of-the-line products or services—but does your business offer top-of-the line customer support? Go all in on great customer service, and, instead of fending off angry tweets, you’ll win the Internet with rave reviews and customer support stories going viral for all the right reasons.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

No longer limited to providing basic phone and Internet service, the telecom industry is at the epicenter of technological growth, led by its mobile and broadband services in the Internet of Things (IoT) era. This growth is expected to continue: the IoT telecom services market was estimated to grow from $2.90

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Ever since 2016, the continuous advancements in technology have culminated in a disruption of contact centers on an industrial scale. These include customer service analytics, engagement hubs, the voice of the customer , virtual agents (live chat), and chatbots.

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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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Kayako

JANUARY 24, 2018

Self-service will become a form marketing. Business will be more customer-centric with a whole customer experience strategy. In 2016 one study found that 75% of companies said their top objective was to improve customer experience. Collaboration will power personal customer support.

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Mindtouch

JANUARY 31, 2018

This is especially true for customer help centers, where holiday madness is typically accompanied by a seasonal spike in support tickets. Take Cyber Monday 2016, for example. So, what can you do to prepare your call center to support seasonal spikes? Content is at the center of any good self-service customer experience.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

For example, in 2016, Radial hired 20,000 seasonal workers for its call center, customer service, and freight fulfillment operations – three times its permanent staffing numbers. How can call centers improve customer interactions during the most important weekend of the year? Optimize Your Self-Service Channels.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2018

A few years ago, the notion of managing customer journeys was an essential theme in customer care. More recently it has become clear that the steps to understand the customer journeys are often dependent on different organizations within the business. AnswerDash – AI-powered self-service support for web, mobile and chatbots.

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aircall

JANUARY 24, 2022

But warning: This doesn’t mean you can take customers for granted just because you have something they crave. The idea of customer support is more than a necessity for post-sale activities. It’s a mistake to view your customer support team as a cost center. That figure is up by $13 billion from 2016.

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ProProfs Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

They’ll even read white papers and live chat statistics to understand the current trends of the customer support industry. These statistics of live chat on the website will help you learn its relevance for your business and how its use can help your support team manage customer expectations. In the U.S.,

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Outsource Consultants

OCTOBER 9, 2019

75% of consumers prefer getting answers for themselves — build intuitive, self-service processes for better overall customer service. It’s an incredibly versatile channel for customer service outreach, boasting a 99% open rate. Don’t sleep on text.

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Kayako

JANUARY 7, 2016

We looked back with our best posts from the customer support community in 2015, now we’re looking forward with predictions for 2016. We’ve asked support pros from Kayako and beyond what they think the biggest trends in customer support will be in the next 12 months. Navsher Puar , Support Team Lead.

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Select VoiceCom Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

HubSpot found that around 42% of service-oriented businesses utilise help desk systems, and 86% reported improved team productivity. These outsourced business services are becoming more competitive through the years, resulting in more cutting-edge features and packages following outsourcing trends on management systems.

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Solvvy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

With the holidays fast approaching, retailers are busy preparing for the time when customer support volume rises by as much as 42%. It doesn’t help that emotions are heightened with customers feeling extra stressed and acting more difficult than usual as they try to find the perfect gift for their loved ones.

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Provide Support

OCTOBER 7, 2015

There are a few studies which confirmed that most customers don’t like being on hold for more than one minute and rather prefer a call-back. Convenience: omni-channel, self-service, mobile. Customers are flexible about the means they use to engage companies. Expectation for support via mobile is also growing.

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TechSee

JANUARY 23, 2018

Support for the complete operation of smart coffee machines involves a wide range of technical issues, such as installation and configuration, internet connectivity, error messages, descaling, problems with the coffee output and water leakage. Servicing the new ecosystem. Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 8.4 billion devices by 2020.

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ProProfs Blog

JANUARY 23, 2020

This gives you a more robust understanding about the value that every customer can provide to your business, plus the potential opportunities to increase value going forward. How to Create Value for Customers? Offer Instant Gratification Through Self-Service.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

First, to be clear, I’m not talking about chat- bots , i.e. automated self-service, I’m talking about a conversation with a human agent via some form of text-based channel. between 2015 and 2016.” [ source via here ]. This is a harder question to answer than you might think. Flaw: Doesn’t translate directly into usage.

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CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

(Martech Alliance, 2021) Customer-obsessed businesses expect to be 7x more relevant to customers, 5x more likely a top provider of products, and 4x more profitable. Forrester, 2016) 55% of CX professionals believe their companies will be too slow and face disruption from more innovative, nimble, and customer-focused competitors.

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Kayako

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

That’s why we introduced collaborators as a user role in Kayako—to help our customers work better together and break down silos between their teams. We believe customer service is an all-hands sport and a great customer experience can’t happen if collaboration is a pain point. To succeed, we must work better together.

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Serenova

JUNE 24, 2020

Omnichannel contact centers are contact centers that provide superior customer service experiences that keep people coming back. Omnichannel contact centers allow customers to get help when they want it, through the communication channels of their choice—whether with a live agent or real-time self service options.

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Kayako

JULY 12, 2016

The “support ticket” is a 1990s term for the IT services industry, which is reason enough to demonstrate that the idea of a support ticket is simply irrelevant to your customers in 2016. Your customers don’t value creating tickets, so why would you design the customer experience around them?

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