TechSee

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Personalization as a driver in customer service. With unprecedented advances in algorithms and other machine learning tools, AI-enhanced solutions, such as virtual assistants or chatbots, can learn how to respond, engage or process many standard tasks — including customer service queries. . Virtual Assistants.

Personalization 157

Personalization Customer Service Chatbots Engineering 157

Fonolo

AUGUST 18, 2022

Today’s customer craves the swift and easy—and this rings 1000 times truer for call center customers. Your customer service should be accessible to everyone. But contact center accessibility doesn’t just help people with disabilities—it helps every customer. Customer and Company Alignment.

Interactive Voice Response 87

Interactive Voice Response Contact Center Call Center Wait times 87

Fonolo

MARCH 4, 2020

“How does ADP do customer service so well?”. Amar Sidhu leans in and chuckles, “That’s easy — we’re customer-obsessed.”. Sidhu, the Senior Vice President of Service Delivery at ADP Canada — and leader of over 1000 associates on a day-to-day basis — knows what he’s talking about. This is their story.

Customer Service 122

Customer Service Metrics Call Center Contact Center 122

Aspect

APRIL 3, 2018

It can be overwhelming to thi nk about how quickly contact centers have changed over the past few years. What did your contact center look like in 2013? In fact, it’s much more problematic if your contact center hasn’t changed at all during this era of digital transformation.

Customer Service 57

Customer Service Construction Contact Center Personalization 57

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. Running a contact center takes me back to my school days and Aesop’s Fable of the ‘Tortoise and the Hare’. According to Carlos Mu?oz management (WFM). Metrics that matter.

Contact Center 56

Contact Center contact center workforce Average Handle Time Metrics 56

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Figures from Ofgem have revealed that the average number of complaints received by the leading utility companies per 100,000 customer accounts had decreased from 3,510 in Q1 2013 to 2,233 in Q1 2018, but the average number of complaints resolved by the suppliers by end of the next working day dropped from 81 percent to 60 percent in the same period.

Telecommunications 221

Telecommunications Customer advocacy Chatbots Accountability 221

teleopti

DECEMBER 13, 2018

What are some of the key trends that will mold business and customer service operations in 2019? Dick Bucci of Pelorus Associates, a market research, consulting, and marketing communications firm that specializes in the contact center industry, dives into 5 trends impacting customer service and which companies need to stay on top of.

Customer Service 48

Customer Service Banking Contact Center Self service 48

Vonage

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Which technologies really can improve customer service? We’ve compiled the opinions of John Goodman, a leading customer experience researcher and author of Customer Experience 3.0: High-Profit Strategies in the Age of Techno Service , who shared his findings in our webinar, ‘ Customer Experience 3.0:

Technology 113

Technology Customer Service Gamification Wireless 113

Toister Performance Solutions

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Many customer service employees view the holidays with dread. Some customer service employees experience all that coupled with their absolute busiest time of year. Here is an overview of each one and how it may harm your customer service. A 2013 Gallup poll found that 40 percent of us get less than that.

Customer Service 75

Customer Service Agent burnout Contact Center 75

Taylor Reach Group

MARCH 26, 2018

At Taylor Reach Group, we have compiled a list with hundreds of expos, conferences and summits focused on the Call Center, Contact Center and/or Customer Experience. Customer Contact East: a Frost and Sullivan Executive Exchange April 8 – 11, Marco Island, FL. Join us in Washington, D.C.

Contact Center 51

Contact Center Call Center Customer Experience Big data 51

Fonolo

JANUARY 11, 2022

What is call center management? It’s exactly as it sounds — the daily management and care of a call center and all the employees who work there. Contact center managers have an incredibly important and robust role. They pave the way for the success of their call center agents, and by extension, the rest of the business.

Call Center 81

Call Center Marketing Management First call resolution 81

Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

When it comes to customer care across major industries, like Retail & E-Commerce, Wireless & Telecommunications, and Healthcare, there are plenty of smart minds out there. As a leader in outsourced customer service solutions, the customer care specialists at Vcare voted on fifty of the top thought leaders in our space.

Customer Care 98

Customer Care Chief Customer Officer CRM Wireless 98

Eptica

JULY 27, 2016

Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Is customer service investment actually delivering? Author: Pauline Ashenden Despite the rising importance of customer service on both sides of the Atlantic, the UK is widely seen as lagging the United States when it comes to the experience that companies deliver. The result?

Multichannel 50

Multichannel Customer Service Airlines Contact Center 50

Fonolo

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

“How does ADP do customer service so well?”. Amar Sidhu leans in and chuckles, “That’s easy — we’re customer-obsessed.”. Sidhu, the Senior Vice President of Service Delivery at ADP Canada — and leader of over 1000 associates on a day-to-day basis — knows what he’s talking about. This is their story.

Customer Service 67

Customer Service Metrics Call Center Banking 67

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 23, 2023

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. AI Describe your current AI capabilities and services. What results have you seen?

Customer Care 71

Customer Care outsourcing Employee engagement Contact Center 71

Contact Center Geek

JANUARY 14, 2016

A fellow Nor Cal Contact Center Association steering committee member recently recommended the book "The Effortless Experience" by Matthew Dixon, Nick Toman and Rick DeLisi. If you work in a call center, or provide service to customers, this is a must read. and your customer responded with, "I don't know.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Management Call Center contact center associations 48

Eptica

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Date: Friday, February 12, 2016 Has UK customer service turned a corner? This means that delivering the right levels of customer satisfaction is a journey not a destination. Companies have to keep investing in improving the service and experience they offer if consumers are to remain satisfied. points to 77 out of 100.

Multichannel 49

Multichannel Customer Service Banking Contact Center 49

Eptica

JANUARY 25, 2017

Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 The 5 trends brands need to address for improved customer service. Author: Pauline Ashenden The latest Institute of Customer Service (ICS) UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI) has a positive message for everyone involved in customer service. out of 100 (up 0.5

Multichannel 51

Multichannel Customer Service Automotive Telecommunications 51

Talkdesk

JANUARY 22, 2020

Over the years, innovators have filed applications for nearly 340,000 AI-related inventions, with half of them having been published since 2013. The rapid expansion and impact of AI is well underway across all industries globally, and Talkdesk ® is leading the charge within the contact center industry. Want to know more?

Cloud contact 57

Cloud contact Enterprise Contact Center contact center solutions 57

Taylor Reach Group

APRIL 9, 2020

What’s the cost to your organization if nearly three quarters of your customers go elsewhere? Research suggests the cost of providing bad CX is climbing rapidly, from $20 Billion USD annually in 2013 to $62B in 2016 ( Forbes-Hyken ) to $83B in 2017 ( Customer Think-Jaiswal ). You can do the math easily for yourself.

Consulting 173

Consulting Consulting Contact Center Surveys 173

NICE inContact

AUGUST 21, 2019

As far back as 2013, Forbes was publishing articles like, 5 Ways Email Makes Your Employees Miserable and How To Get Rid Of Email In Your Company. And yet, it turns out customers like. What is surprising is the number of companies that I work with that are only routing voice interactions via their contact center solution.

contact center solutions 54

contact center solutions Contact Center Morale Benchmark 54

Insite Managed Solutions

MAY 23, 2013

Top 10 Technological Contact Center Trends Cloud: Cloud-based infrastructure is the fastest growing area in the call center industry, which DMG predicts will almost double between 2013 and 2015. Top 5 Self-Service Pitfalls. Turning a Contact Center into a Profit Center. Related Posts.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Technology Gamification call center workforce 40

Callminer

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

She leads a team of highly engaged Team Leaders, Trainers, and Supervisors who share her commitment to exceptional customer service. Call centers must keep in mind…”. Any call center monitoring software is only as good as the people who know how to use it. Craig Borowski. SoftwareAdvice.

call center software 210

call center software Call Center Contact Center Analytics 210

LiveChat

JANUARY 20, 2017

In this post, I’d like to focus on customer experience trends. Here’s how customer service of the future will look like. A quick history of customer service. Before we get to the future of customer service, let’s see how it looked in the past. It’s the era of omnichannel customer service.

Customer Service 62

Customer Service Customer Experience Chatbots Self service 62

Talkdesk

AUGUST 8, 2019

Founded in 2013, Lineten brings together the best delivery companies and POS integrations shaping the future of the e-commerce industry. They believe that e-commerce companies should deliver the best value to their customers, instead of investing too many resources outside the companies’ unique selling proposition.

Wait times 46

Wait times call center solutions Contact Center Enterprise 46

Eptica

AUGUST 21, 2019

Author: Steve Nattress - International Solutions Director Chat is fast becoming a mainstream channel when it comes to customer service. For example, while 7% of UK companies offered chat in 2013, by 2019 Eptica research found that 44% advertised it on their websites. Why the future of customer service is AI and humans together.

Advertising 66

Advertising Best practices Upselling Analytics 66

Win the Customer

MARCH 20, 2017

The cost of poor customer service is going up, rising from $41 billion lost in 2013 to $62 billion in 2015 , according to research reported by NewVoiceMedia. If you are there for your customers, they’ll want to be there for you. A strong customer relationship is rooted in exemplary customer service and support.

Customer Experience 111

Customer Experience Analytics Surveys Personalization 111

Talkdesk

JULY 17, 2019

Starting off in 2013 as a 3 van rental company, Indie Campers has grown to a fleet of over 650 vehicles. Indie Campers faced many obstacles with their previous contact center solution. Consistent crashes and phone call disturbances prevented them from delivering a great customer experience.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience contact center solutions Contact Center Customer Service 48

airespring

APRIL 11, 2016

Here’s a scary statistic : in 2013, 51% of consumers switched service providers due to poor customer service experiences. One in every two customers might abandon a company just because they had a bad experience with customer service. Escalation in the Contact Center.

Coaching 48

Coaching Contact Center Call Center Customer Service 48

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Given this importance of customer experience, the recent KPMG Nunwood 2015 UK Customer Experience Excellence Centre report , paints a worrying picture for British organizations. It shows there has been scant change to customer service levels, with no overall improvement since 2013. Share this page on: Tweet.

Customer Experience 83

Customer Experience Multichannel Advertising Contact Center 83

Taylor Reach Group

MAY 1, 2020

Research suggests the cost of providing bad CX is climbing rapidly, from $20 Billion USD annually in 2013 to $62B in 2016 ( Forbes-Hyken ) to $83B in 2017 ( Customer Think-Jaiswal ). There are several low-cost methods of gathering feedback from your customers. Not at all.

Consulting 140

Consulting Consulting Surveys Feedback 140

Babelforce

JUNE 4, 2020

But Delta Air Ways won big when they adopted conversational IVR service back in 2013. Especially for a medium or large contact center.). The IVR service ‘recognizes’ them. That’s a really great example of pre-emptive contact center service. As a result, the company saves around $5million p.a.

Interactive Voice Response 52

Interactive Voice Response Telecommunications Airlines Contact Center 52

Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Tweet The phrase “customer service is the new marketing” has gained popularity with brands realizing that poor customer service takes current, and even potential customers, out of the marketing funnel. The annual number of customers or passengers per year is 22,000,000 with an average spend per customer of $250.

Airlines 45

Airlines Customer Service Customer Care Metrics 45

Tethr

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

When they can anticipate and predict customer needs, they’re able to deliver better customer experiences and take steps to mitigate the increase in call volume that strains their contact centers. #2 2 Learn where self-service channels are failing. 4 Reduce effort in customer service interactions.

Analytics 48

Analytics Self service Inbound sales Customer effort 48

Fonolo

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In 2013 , CCMC and NOVA1 Contact Centers conducted a “Customer Rage Study” which found that customer problem rates have increased by five percentage points over 2011 (50% vs. 45%). The most compelling part of the study is why customer problems had increased. Reward customers for their feedback.

Call Center 70

Call Center Feedback Contact Center Customer Support 70

Netomi

JANUARY 5, 2022

Customer service leaders come in all shapes and sizes. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Top 51 Customer Service Leaders and CX Influencers (Editor’s Choice): Adam Toporek.

Customer Experience 98

Customer Experience Customer Service Consulting Consulting 98

Jon Arnold

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Disruption is an understatement to describe the current state of the contact center space, and it goes well beyond Avaya’s Chapter 11 struggles, or the big move by Genesys to acquire Interactive Intelligence. The modes of messaging customers want to use to engage with agents aren’t native to the contact center, so there’s a gap here.

Marketing 40

Marketing Contact Center APIs Enterprise 40