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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of April 1, 2019

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AI adoption is nascent, but it’s set to soar as more teams turn to chatbots, text, and voice analytics, and other use cases. How Customer Service Trends Are Changing in 2019: Highlights from the New State of Service Report by Sarah Patterson. My Comment: Are you ready for the AI Revolution? Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of May 13, 2019

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Chatbots vs. Humans: The Better Option for Customer Service by Michael. FreshDesk) Chatbots are going head-to-head with human customer service. Seven Tips For Successful Customer Loyalty Programs In 2019 by Sallie Burnett. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of May 13, 2019 appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of August 19, 2019

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They look specifically at the customer service experience of 500 US-based brands in “high-growth mode” in the month of May 2019. If live chat and chatbots are part of your customer service strategy, read this article. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of August 19, 2019 appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of April 15, 2019

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My Comment: Here is a great report on how customers are warming up to chatbots and robots versus a human-to-human customer service experience. In 2019, customer service is still about listening, reacting, helping and being friendly. Self-service, messaging and chatbots are the focus of the article. I think the future looks good!

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019. A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era.

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4 Chatbot Customer Service Use Cases for Every Industry

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Just as live chat was a technological leap over telephone communication and is proving to be the most essential of all channels, chatbots are the latest technological milestone in customer support. Chatbots allow brands to offer cost-effective 24/7 support, while improving efficiency through automating up to 80% of all support queries.

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Ready To Use Chatbots? Be Sure You Understand Customer Pain Points First

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Chatbots have come a long way. And, while bots could only manage 20% of customer chats from start to finish in 2017, they were completely handling nearly 70% of calls in 2019. A Little Empathy Goes a Long Way. Usage of this technology, which once handled only a small portion of customer interactions, is growing at a rate of 22.5%

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Linking & Networking for a Better Agent Experience

Speaker: Jeremy Watkin, Director of Customer Experience at FCR

If you're a contact center leader you've undoubtedly been inundated with sales people trying to get you to hop on the chatbot bandwagon. January 15th, 2019, 11:00AM PST, 2:00PM EST, 6:00PM GMT But is this the best place to burn our operational calories? How these emerging technologies can improve engagement, reduce churn.