NICE inContact

JANUARY 26, 2016

The ability to provide an excellent customer service experience is a key differentiator in today’s Era of the Customer for businesses of any size and every vertical market. The question of how a small business can win the customer service battle is crucial to business success and sustainability.

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Customer Service contact center solutions Telecommunications Contact Center 48

Provide Support

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Surviving Information Overload in the World of Customer Service. Monitoring service levels has always been a fundamental aspect of managing a contact center. However, advanced contact center and customer relationship software has led to an abundance of data and a growing number of reports that have become unmanageable.

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Customer Service Contact Center Service level Management 42

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Following National Customer Service Week (5-9 October), Red Funnel Ferries is delighted to have been accredited with the national ServiceMark standard from The Institute of Customer Service in recognition of the company’s commitment to, and achievements in, customer service.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Benchmark Best practices Service level 40

Up Your Service

MARCH 5, 2016

This includes retailers, banks, brokerages, call centers and service centers. But is this really increasing service to customers? Service is “taking action to create value for someone else.” But value is more than just available time to customers. The post Can Customer Service Be Improved By Closing Your Doors?

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Customer Service Banking Employee engagement Call Center 66

CSM Magazine

MARCH 7, 2016

Despite its importance to consumers, email is falling behind social media when it comes to customer service, with UK brands answering just 38% of emailed questions, according to a new study. Social media cemented its position as the fastest channel for customer service.

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Multichannel Entertainment Customer Service Banking 40

Eptica

JULY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Understanding 6 key trends in UK customer service. Author: Steve Nattress Customers are increasingly demanding about the levels of service that they receive from brands. This gives a faster, more comprehensive and efficient service. Published on: July 06, 2016.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 The widening UK customer experience gap. Published on: September 30, 2015. The rise of social media and increasingly demanding customers has changed all of this. It shows there has been scant change to customer service levels, with no overall improvement since 2013.

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Customer Experience Multichannel Advertising Contact Center 83

teleopti

MAY 8, 2019

of organizations have deployed an automated WFM system with one in ten contact centers still relying on either pen and paper or whiteboards to schedule staff while low employee numbers continue to act as a hurdle to providing great customer service, rising from 24.5% to 30% since 2015.

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Contact Center Advertising Service level Technology 88

Up Your Service

MARCH 5, 2016

This includes retailers, banks, brokerages, call centers and service centers. But is this really increasing service to customers? Service is “taking action to create value for someone else.” But value is more than just available time to customers. The post Can Customer Service Be Improved By Closing Your Doors?

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Banking Employee engagement Call Center 40

Fonolo

JANUARY 29, 2019

Without further ado, here are some surprising, fundamental, and/or entertaining stats about the call center, a customer service lifesaver that is here to stay: The most frustrating aspect of the customer service experience? Automated Telephone Systems (IVR) and “the inability to reach a live person for customer support.”

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Call Center Airlines Contact Center Self service 85

Talkdesk

DECEMBER 3, 2015

The key to unlocking brand loyalty is meeting customer service expectations. Make it your mission to treat your customers with the respect, care and attention they crave and your company will thrive. What’s harder than setting this goal is determining what it is, exactly, that your customers are expecting.

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Customer Service call center software Service level Call Center 40

Kayako

OCTOBER 29, 2015

In this post, I’ll walk you through the recent history of customer service, showing you why some companies have chosen to outsource their support teams, (not to be confused with offshoring which is when the work is done overseas but still remains part of the business), and others prefer to keep them in house. Here’s why.

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Provide Support

JULY 5, 2016

If not, you may be facing an employee engagement gap that can have a negative effect on productivity, retention, customer service levels and customer experience. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Are your employees passionate about their jobs and committed to contribute to your company’s goals? Read more.

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Aspect

APRIL 24, 2018

Remarkably, they discovered that all the net employment growth in the United States between 2005 and 2015 could be attributed to alternative forms of employment. The Aspect WFM self-service web user interface empowers agent scheduling flexibility for home-based or remote agents, while ensuring that businesses achieve target service levels.

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Contact Center outsourcing Self service Service level 82

Eptica

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 3 ways of reducing customer query volumes. Published on: October 21, 2015. This rising volume of customer interactions, covering everything from questions about products and post-sales queries, to complaints and positive feedback , threatens to overwhelm many organizations.

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Multichannel Self service Contact Center Morale 74

Global Response

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In our decades of experience working with clients on customer service, here are 7 key factors we’ve seen contribute to ORM. Providing Exceptional Customer Service One of the best ways to effectively manage your online reputation is to provide customers with exceptional customer service in the first place.

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Call Center Management Airlines outsourcing 62

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2015

billion on Black Friday, British consumers are much less satisfied with retail customer service compared to Christmas 2014. This is according to new research from multichannel customer engagement software provider Eptica. Despite record UK sales of £1.1 37% of Britons are unhappy with the experience in store, with 27%.

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Customer Experience Multichannel Sales Service level 40

Eptica

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Date: Friday, February 5, 2016 Meeting Millennial Customer Expectations. Author: Neil Cox In 2015 the US Census Bureau reported that Millennials outnumbered Baby Boomers for the first time , meaning they now make up a quarter of the population. Published on: February 05, 2016. Here are five areas for focus on: 1.

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Multichannel Self service Contact Center Feedback 51

Eptica

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Date: Monday, December 7, 2015 How APAC brands can improve the customer experience. Published on: December 07, 2015. Author: David Chew Increased competition and ever more demanding consumers mean that organizations across the Asia Pacific region need to focus on continually improving the customer experience that they offer.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Multichannel CRM Customer centricity 48

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Published on: September 28, 2015. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

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Contact Center Multichannel Customer centricity Abandon rate 81

Eptica

AUGUST 26, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Why APAC consumers are the most demanding in the world. Published on: August 26, 2015. Author: David Chew Across the globe, companies are under increasing pressure to deliver a superior customer experience if they want to win and retain consumer loyalty. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Multichannel Self service Sales Service level 59

Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

JULY 9, 2018

Being in the frontlines, they brave through the challenges that come with delivering great customer experience on a daily basis. According to a 2017 report from Microsoft , 97% of global consumers say customer service impacts brand loyalty and their buying decisions. Service Level. Cost Per Contact.

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Metrics Call Center Schedule adherence Abandon Call 78

Eptica

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 5 Ways of improving handling times this Christmas. Published on: December 09, 2015. If you use linguistic-based customer service software you can take this a step further and automatically assign particular interactions to staff with the skills and knowledge to best answer them.

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Multichannel Contact Center Self service Service level 50

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. A recent survey, sponsored by Avaya, shows that 80% of customer service organizations identify customer experience as one of their top two goals.

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Contact Center Technology Gamification call center workforce 40

CSM Magazine

JUNE 16, 2015

According to Tim Banting, Principal Analyst, Collaboration and Communication, Current Analysis, “Organizations are saddled not only by increasingly stringent regulations, but also by more demanding customers with higher service expectations.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

started in 2015, gives owners assistance in providing care to their dogs. Walk, a service that connects owners with pre-screened and insured dog walkers, gives owners the peace of mind they need to safely let their dogs out for walks and exercise. s in-app voice service level agreement (SLA) improved by 17 percent.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

started in 2015, gives owners assistance in providing care to their dogs. Walk, a service that connects owners with pre-screened and insured dog walkers, gives owners the peace of mind they need to safely let their dogs out for walks and exercise. s in-app voice service level agreement (SLA) improved by 17 percent.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Interactive Voice Response Wait times voip 52

Customer Guru

JANUARY 3, 2018

He has also been listed amongst the top 100 customer service professionals through PaulWriter Cx100. In this candid interview with Customer Guru, Mr. Rohit talks about the entire journey of the hospital, from a single unit to a multicity-chain across India. The journey has been fantastic since then.

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Customer centricity Healthcare Management Feedback 95