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Customer Service Trends 2017: An Effortless Customer Experience is Vital for Loyalty

Kayako

According to Forrester Research , “only 36% of contact centers have implemented multichannel integration to provide consistent experiences; 70% do not train agents to support multiple channels, and 56% do not offer an agent-facing knowledge management solution”. Multi-channel support can silo important customer history.

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Customer Service in the Digital Age

CSM Magazine

Omni-channels. Support channels enable businesses to provide customers with information, solve problems, and respond to complaints. Roesler, Peter (2017). From mobile devices to the most sophisticated intelligent machines, increased automation is helping companies of all sizes to optimize the customer experience.