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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. But the phone conversations that are handled by human agents are generally becoming longer and more complicated as simpler inquiries are handled through self-service options. Not going away.

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Reduce Customer Frustration with Context Cookies

Aspect

Consider a study from late 2013 showed that 89% of consumers say they are annoyed when they have to repeat themselves about the same issue. The post Reduce Customer Frustration with Context Cookies appeared first on Aspect Blogs.

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A More Personal Personalized CX

Creative Virtual

I like customer service expert Shep Hyken’s take on this in his blog post, Don’t Just Personalize the Customer’s Experience – Individualize It. For nearly a decade now, we’ve talked about our virtual agents and chatbots delivering a personalized self-service experience – with no marketing spin required! Absolutely!

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Guest Blog: Five important trends impacting customer service today and into 2019

teleopti

Unemployment has also been sharply declining for European Union nations since 2013. Job seekers have more options today and this is certain to exacerbate the already difficult job of recruiting and retaining qualified customer service representatives. Pending labor shortages. United States unemployment dropped to 3.7 Dick Bucci.

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Convince Your Boss: It’s Time for Digital Transformation

Aspect

When a former Blockbuster executive was asked by Variety in 2013 to explain the decision not to buy Netflix he said, “Management and vision are two separate things…” This quote can apply to many different industries, but it is particularly appropriate for the call center. six in Alaska, three in Oregon, and one in Texas.

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Contact Centers Can Thrive in the Worker Shortage

SmartAction

It dropped to 63% until it normalized around 2013. to self-service for over 100 types of interactions, from the most common to the most nuanced. A live agent deals with anything handled outside of self-service. Those customer service reps have an assistant within the virtual agent.

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2018: New Ways Cloud Will Enhance Customer Care

NICE inContact

IBM Watson, first brought to attention when it played Jeopardy against human champions, announced the Watson API in 2013 to allow other software developers to use Watson AI. SmartAction – AI engine powers self-service across voice and digital channels using natural language processing (NLP). Plan to join us!