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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of September 19, 2016

ShepHyken

CRM) The key to consistent, caring customer relationships is a purposeful, positive, productive culture. Are customer service chatbots full of chit? GetApp) Chatbot. My Comment: Chatbots are a hot topic in customer service. Does using chatbot technology make it better for the company or the customer? Chris Edmonds.

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A History of Customer Support Technology

TeamSupport

1980s-1990s: The Dawn of CRM Software The next two decades saw the adoption of computerized systems for customer support. Companies started using customer relationship management (CRM) software to manage customer information and interactions. One of the early pioneers in CRM software was ACT!, which launched in 1987.

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Guest Blog: 4 Technology Solutions to Help You Manage Customer Service More Effectively

ShepHyken

Here are 4 technology solutions to help you manage your customer service more effectively: CRM Software. 2017 looks to be an important year for the four major CRM players (Microsoft, Salesforce, SAP, Oracle) as they continue to innovate their products and compete for market share. Real-Time Support.

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Why You Can’t Just Convert FAQs into a Customer Service Chatbot 1:1

Aspect

As companies are exploring the use of customer service chatbots, one of the first candidates of content that come to mind to “botify” is the existing FAQs often represented on corresponding sections on a website. In reality though, it takes a bit more to build a chatbot that really does a good job of serving customers.

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CRM Predictions for 2017

CSM Magazine

For me, this challenge is compounded by the rapid pace of innovation in both the core Customer Relationship Management (CRM) space and the adjacent technologies that influence the core. The first trend that I see shaping the CRM landscape in 2017 is personalisation. The second trend that will dominate CRM in 2017 is simplification.

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CCaaS Trends: The Evolution of Cloud Contact Centres

Lumoa

Artificial Intelligence Ever since 2016, the continuous advancements in technology have culminated in a disruption of contact centers on an industrial scale. These include customer service analytics, engagement hubs, the voice of the customer , virtual agents (live chat), and chatbots.

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5 Ways Support Content Can Help Absorb Seasonal Spikes

Mindtouch

Take Cyber Monday 2016, for example. And they need it without ever leaving their customer relationship management (CRM) tool. Feed your chatbotChatbots are on the rise for a reason: they can solve simple cases that can otherwise take up 70-80% of the typical rep’s day. And guess what?