Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

“Expect to see more focus on digital and self-service, less brick and mortar, more efficiency-builders for company and customer, and an increased call for the return of voice to handle the challenging stuff. The Temkin Group’s 2017 Customer Experience study showed a severe decline in customer experience ratings from 2015 to 2016.

Contact Center 176

Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Back in 2013, V-Person technology became the first virtual agent offering to implement personalization – a recognition acknowledged both by the Patricia Seybold Group in their 2014 technology review and by the analysts at Gartner when they named Creative Virtual a 2015 Cool Vendor in Smart Machines.

Personalization 105

Personalization Virtual Agent Chatbots Self service 105

Fonolo

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The reports on today’s list are focused on more specific topics within the realm of the call center such as agent management, journey mapping and self-service. 78% plan to prioritize web self-service investments over the next two years; 72% say the same for mobile and IVR. Executive Report on Performance & Agents.

Call Center 117

Call Center Journey mapping Self service Interactive Voice Response 117

Kayako

DECEMBER 31, 2015

2015 saw the support community talk a lot about making things easier for the customer through both customer experience and communication. A lot of posts have centered around studying the very metrics that you should consider in building your self-service tools, and studying the metrics of how you use your helpdesk.

Customer Support 35

Customer Support Self service Multi-channel support SaaS 35

Branch Mesenger

JANUARY 15, 2019

We began as a messaging app for hourly workers when we started in 2015, but have changed a lot since then. Branch has become a holistic platform, including schedule flexibility, employee self-service, chat, and financial predictability. Launched Pay. Built an AI Scheduler. Moved to Minnesota. Grown from 2 to 50+ employees.

Self service 84

Self service Enterprise 84

Interactions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Leaders in Conversational AI for the past decade, Lindsy and Ed discussed their roles and how they see CX in the utilities space, their relationship with Interactions and best practices for improving CX and increasing self-service. Our team oversees all self-service components of our business.

Interactive Voice Response 48

Interactive Voice Response Self service Best practices Contact Center 48

bold360 Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

According to Forrester, 68% of B2B buyers in 2017 preferred to research online on their own, up from 53% in 2015. [1]. They can do it using same self-service tools many B2C companies use, including FAQs, product demo videos, user forums, contextual search tools and AI chatbots. So, what’s a B2B company to do?

B2B 82

B2B Personalization Chatbots B2C 82

Eptica

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 How to prevent utility customer service delivering a shock. Published on: October 06, 2015. Author: Michael Cheung Recent research from charity Citizens Advice found major differences between how UK utilities handle customer service. Here are six areas to focus on: 1.

Customer Service 75

Customer Service Multichannel Self service Contact Center 75

Provide Support

OCTOBER 25, 2016

While there will always be place for phone in customer service, in reality the majority of customers don’t really want to go back to the “good old days” and call you to get their questions answered. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Read more. Published in Provide Support Blog , 2016. Permalink | No comment.

Self service 77

Self service Customer Support Customer Service 77

TechSee

JANUARY 29, 2019

Since 2015, computer vision has become more mature, with image recognition achieving significant improvements thanks to deep learning techniques, and in some fields even surpassing humans in the ability to recognize objects. The call is classified and routed to an agent for prompt service. Rise of Computer Vision.

CRM 164

CRM Personalization Self service Sales 164

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 What the latest Apple launch tells us about customer service. Published on: September 11, 2015. Web customer service Online, performance in the sector dropped, from answering 70% of questions in 2014 down to 67% in 2015. Share this page on: Tweet.

Multichannel 76

Multichannel Customer Service Banking Self service 76

Inbenta

JULY 29, 2021

Back in 2015, around 50% of all flight check-ins happened through an agent or at the check-in desk, with 32% of travelers using online check-in (web or app). These include in many cases chatbots, but also other self-service tools like smart FAQ or help centers. Conversational check-ins. Let’s see a couple of examples.

Airlines 88

Airlines Chatbots Upselling Self service 88

Eptica

MARCH 31, 2016

The web, in the form of help and self service has remained on top throughout that time and continued to improve between 2015 and 2016. On the negative side, five out of ten sectors performed worse than in 2015 , with the average score for consumer electronics manufacturers slipping 10%.

Multichannel 49

Multichannel Entertainment Customer Service Banking 49

Eptica

AUGUST 19, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Robots – the future of customer service? Published on: August 19, 2015. Author: Derek Lewis Recent Forrester research pointed out the importance of understanding customer emotion and creating empathy with consumers if brands are going to deliver a successful customer experience.

Customer Service 85

Customer Service Self service Wireless Customer emotions 85

Branch Mesenger

JANUARY 15, 2019

We began as a messaging app for hourly workers when we started in 2015, but have changed a lot since then. Branch has become a holistic platform, including schedule flexibility, employee self-service, chat, and financial predictability. Launched Pay. Built an AI Scheduler. Moved to Minnesota. Grown from 2 to 50+ employees.

Self service 48

Self service Enterprise 48

Eptica

JANUARY 20, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Looking into the customer service crystal ball. Author: Robin Tandon Having recently looked back on customer experience in 2015 , what is predicted for the coming year? Eptica research backs up the need to make self-service easier. Published on: January 20, 2016.

Customer Service 49

Customer Service Self service CRM Analytics 49

Fonolo

JANUARY 29, 2019

With the “era of the customer” in full swing; the increase in customer expectation for omnichannel communication; and the never-ending developments in communication methods through AI-powered self-service; it is easy to overlook the importance that the call center plays in the customer experience.

Call Center 85

Call Center Airlines Contact Center Self service 85

Fonolo

JUNE 27, 2019

Optimize your Self-Service Channels. Digital-savvy customers don’t want to waste time and energy calling agents when their answers can just as easily be found using self-service. Optimize Your Self-Service Channels. Get the full tip sheet here !). Offer a Call-Back. What’s Inside: . DOWNLOAD NOW! .

Call Center 57

Call Center Healthcare Self service First call resolution 57

Revation Systems

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Unified communications (UC) technology in particular holds this power by enabling a few key strategies: automated self-service, real-time tone analysis and seamless transitions between communication types. Automate Self-service through Chatbot Technology.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Chatbots Self service Banking 48

Mindtouch

MARCH 29, 2018

In April 2015, Google drew a line in the sand. A paradigm shift toward mobile-friendly content, one that coincides with another milestone that happened the same 2015: mobile searches surpassed desktop searches. It’s easy to see how micromoments extend into the world of self-service. The Google Micromoments That Matter.

Customer Support 59

Customer Support Self service Engineering Customer Experience 59

Creative Virtual

JUNE 2, 2020

Newer channels, such as messaging apps, have entered the mix and preferences are shifting more and more towards digital self-service as a first choice. Back in 2015, Motability Operations won a Customer Contact Innovation Award for their contact centre virtual agent, Ask Mo, and gave a presentation on their winning case study.

Virtual Agent 52

Virtual Agent Self service Surveys Chatbots 52

Solvvy

DECEMBER 17, 2019

AI brings real, tangible benefits to businesses and customers alike and has been identified by Gartner as one of the top 10 strategic trends every year since 2015. Solvvy Insights provides a report of gaps in a knowledge base by surfacing most commonly used articles and associated self-service rates.

Self service 62

Self service Banking Chatbots Technology 62

Vonage

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

However, as this statistic illustrates, 60 percent of customers don’t tolerate poor service under any circumstances. According to The 2015 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report , expectations around customer service are increasing. Consumers expect self-service customer support options.

Multichannel 87

Multichannel Self service Contact Center Advertising 87

Eptica

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 3 ways of reducing customer query volumes. Published on: October 21, 2015. Deflect what you can using self-service Many customers don’t have complex questions and just want to find out key information before they make a purchase. Here are three areas to focus on: 1.

Multichannel 74

Multichannel Self service Contact Center Morale 74

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Why customer service is still vital in the supermarket price war. Published on: September 23, 2015. This gap between best and worst replicates Eptica’s findings in the 2015 UK Multichannel Customer Experience Study. Those that were 1% below saw sales decrease by 1%.

Multichannel 76

Multichannel Customer Service Brand ambassadors Self service 76

Creative Virtual

JANUARY 13, 2022

For years automated self-service tools like chatbots and virtual agents have been criticised as being a cold and impersonal way of supporting customers. As conversational AI technologies have improved and customer preferences have shifted more towards self-service options, some of these critiques have become less relevant.

Virtual Agent 52

Virtual Agent Self service Chatbots Accountability 52

Kayako

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

GetFeedback (@GetFeedback) February 3, 2015. As a self-diagnosed busy person, I barely read half the words in any email I’m sent. Self-service is effective and efficient any time of the week. It’s not hard to self-serve when your support portal looks like this. The Kayako ‘self-service’ starter recipe.

Self service 88

Self service Customer Support Best practices Personalization 88

Eptica

AUGUST 14, 2015

Date: Friday, August 14, 2015 The 10 steps to digital customer experience success in banking. Published on: August 14, 2015. Author: Pauline Ashenden Twenty years ago, the majority of banking was carried out face-to-face through an extensive branch network and most consumers remained with the same bank for much of their lives.

Banking 85

Banking Multichannel Customer Experience Finance 85

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.

Contact Center 82

Contact Center outsourcing Self service Service level 82

Eptica

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Comparing the retail customer experience in the United States and United Kingdom. Published on: November 11, 2015. Author: Pauline Ashenden Thanks to the internet, retail is a global industry, with companies now facing competition from peers around the world. Share this page on: Tweet.

Multichannel 75

Multichannel Customer Experience Self service Advertising 75

Mindtouch

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

It can make the customer support experience more efficient, enable customer self-service , and even build brand awareness. So, what the heck does the Hemingway iceberg theory have to do with help content and customer self-service? Editor’s Note : This post was originally published April 1, 2015.

Self service 71

Self service Entertainment Sales B2B 71

TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

A watershed in the field occurred in 2015, when computer vision overtook humans in the ability to recognize objects, a turning point analogous to the day in 1997 when IBM’s Deep Blue chess computer defeated the legendary grandmaster Garry Kasparov. Computer Vision AI Comes of Age.

Contact Center 174

Contact Center Average Handle Time B2C Banking 174

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

By leveraging new technologies such as computer vision , virtual visits and self-service AI-driven solutions, companies have a huge opportunity to turn customers into brand advocates. This list is an homage to the business leaders and influencers pushing the envelope when it comes to innovation in customer experience.

Customer Service 251

Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Consulting 251

Mindtouch

APRIL 5, 2017

As consumer patience for older channels wanes, self-service support channels have become the front line of customer experience from researching to renewal. Aaron Fulkerson, Co-Founder of MindTouch. Addressing how this content is presented and how consumers engage with it is a critical part of any modern customer experience initiative.

Banking 48

Banking Engineering Self service Marketing 48

Eptica

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

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. Date: Friday, February 5, 2016 Meeting Millennial Customer Expectations. Published on: February 05, 2016. Share this page on: Tweet. Here’s the breakdown:

Multichannel 51

Multichannel Self service Contact Center Feedback 51

Eptica

MARCH 18, 2016

Static performance Overall, the UK research found minor changes in performance since 2015, with the total number of questions answered on the web, email and Twitter remaining static at 55%. 10% fewer companies allowed non-customers to email them compared to 2015. However, performance varied. Share this page on: Tweet.

Multichannel 49

Multichannel Entertainment Customer Service Self service 49

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Use Technology for Self Service. For instance, IVRs and artificial intelligence enabled Chatbots can make the customer service easier and efficient. According to a research , in 2015, 25 percent of the world population was using a smartphone and it was forecasted that by 2017, a third of the world population will be using it.

Contact Center 112

Contact Center Customer Service Chatbots Virtual Agent 112