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Guest Blog: “Zhuzhing Up” Humans in the Contact Center

ShepHyken

Airline agents are still at check-in counters to guide passengers after self-service kiosks and to arrange complicated ticketing. Fewer phone calls, but more complex conversations. In the contact center industry, for example, there are fewer phone conversations going into customer support centers than in the past.

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Guest Blog: How Millennial’s are Changing the Customer Service Landscape

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Pradeep Rathinam who writes about how we must understand what the large population of millennials expect when it comes to customer service. – Shep Hyken. They are literally changing the rules of customer service on the fly. But, believe it or not, this can actually serve companies well.

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Guest Blog: Three Surprising Ways You Can Improve the Customer Experience with Cloud IVR

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Nogol Tardugno who tells us how to get our contact center interactive voice response (IVR) to deliver the best customer experience. Any reports of the death of interactive voice response (IVR) as a customer service channel have been greatly exaggerated. So how can your contact center IVR get there?

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Top 20 Customer Service Blogs You Have to Read in 2020

Fonolo

Which customer service blog posts helped to shape the last decade for you? . When we look back at the customer support industry in 2010, we see a very different beast to the one we work in today. Here, we cover the 20 best customer service blogs and influencers to follow in 2020. Customer Think.

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Unlocking Next-Level Customer Service with Gen AI Technology

CCNG

Your customers already want AI Customer Service. Artificial intelligence (AI) and Generative AI (GenAI) have created a new era of automating the most vital aspects of customer service. The leaders of this space have already explored how AI can improve your organization’s customer service (or support center).

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Guest Blog: 8 Exciting Ways AI Delights Customers

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Yura Filimonov who shares some of the many ways we can use AI to provide customer support. – Shep Hyken. Proactive support. AI is available 24/7 so that customers can get help, whenever they need it as long as they can make a phone call or access the internet. Self-service.

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Guest Blog: How to Get the Most from Seasonal Customer Service Employees

ShepHyken

For example, Macy’s hired 1,500 employees at customer service call centers and countless more for sales floors across the country, while Target doubled its team dedicated to in-store pickups and curbside services. Yet, seasonal hiring is not unique to retail during the holidays.