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What You Need to Know to Reduce Customer Effort in 2019

360Connext

We’re all making predictions and tracking trends in customer experience. What will happen in 2019? One thing we predict will not change for a long time is the need to reduce customer effort. Customer Contact Week’s report is filled with great tips and facts to help you create better experiences.

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What You Need to Know to Reduce Customer Effort in 2019

360Connext

We’re all making predictions and tracking trends in customer experience. What will happen in 2019? One thing we predict will not change for a long time is the need to reduce customer effort. Customer Contact Week’s report is filled with great tips and facts to help you create better experiences.

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2019 State of CX Report from The Northridge Group

Peter Lavers

I was recently asked by The Northridge Group to review their 2019 State of Customer Service Experience report. Only 25% of businesses even measure the customer effort required to resolve issues. Only 53% of consumers are able to resolve their issues the first time they contact a company.

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The Top 5 Contact Center Trends for 2019

Etech GS

Most businesses understand what’s at stake each time a customer needs to reach out, so what’s being done to ensure more positive experiences? While CSAT scores and KPIs still rule for some companies, others are taking a more customer-centric approach that has managed to completely alter the landscape of what contact centers could be.

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5 Steps Toward a Successful Self-Service Strategy

TechSee

Self-service is finally coming of age, with leading enterprises embracing the paradigm of customers helping themselves. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2020, 10% of initial B2C interactions will be virtual, up from less than 1% in 2019. Step 4: Place self-service at the core of a Customer Engagement Hub.

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Top Five Predictions for Customer Listening in 2020

CSM Magazine

Forrester’s recent report states that 1 in 4 people working in CX are at risk of losing their jobs if the investment in their role can’t be justified with a demonstration of ROI (Predictions 2020: Customer Experience, Forrester, Oct 2019). But for staff and customer alike, simplicity is appealing. Building trust.

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From Checklists to Competencies: Transforming Quality in the Contact Center

Transparent BPO

Interview with Robert Gofourth, Vice President, Operations Strategy & Performance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Providing better customer experiences should be every contact center’s number one concern. We felt it was important that we include education to enhance the customer experience.”