AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 31, 2023

Gartner’s Customer Service and Support Leader poll estimates that live channels such as phone and live chat cost an average of $8.01 per contact, while self-service channels cost about $0.10 Call volumes increased further in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and driver licensing regional offices closed.

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Aspect

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Call centers around the globe experienced some truly remarkable phenomena in 2020. Self-service and user-generated touchpoints skyrocketed as users and designers were forced to perform nearly every task from their PC and mobile devices. But 2020 wasn’t an ordinary fiscal year. That’s the bad news. Now the good news.

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CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Less than half of CX execs trust their company's ability to deliver great experiences. Here are over 100 customer experience stats and trends for you to discover. 99% of Customer Experience and Success leaders believe CEM has a positive impact on their business. Only 8% of their customers agreed.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 29, 2019

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. But it turns out that not all self-service options are created equal.

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TeamSupport

MARCH 31, 2021

Self-service is still good customer service. Offering an option for customers to help themselves can give your customer support reps more time to focus on improving the big-picture aspects of your service strategy. When self-service is a better alternative to submitting a ticket.

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Aspect

OCTOBER 6, 2017

In today’s day and age, providing a great customer experience is a must. By 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator, according to a recent Walker study. One key aspect of a great customer experience, that is more in demand today than ever before, is self-service.

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Nicereply

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

When it comes to knowing what customers really want, data can be illuminating. Zendesk’s 2020 Customer Experience Trends Report dropped earlier this month, combining the data of the 45,000 companies using Zendesk with an external survey of thousands of agents, managers and customers. What does this mean for you?

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VocalCom

OCTOBER 24, 2017

At one time, self-service meant forcing customers to perform tasks on their own without the information and support they needed. Today, savvy companies offer self-service as a means of empowering customers to help themselves with confidence and minimal effort. Ask for customer feedback.

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Mindtouch

JULY 13, 2020

A few years ago, Harvard Business Review predicted that by 2020, 85% of customers would choose self-service first. In retrospect, the surging demand for customer self-service was inevitable. The good news is that a viable self-service offering can be launched within a few weeks.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 12, 2021

Having innovation at the heart of our company culture at Creative Virtual has served the company well, but only because we innovate with the objective of delivering products and services that genuinely help our customers meet their goals in increasingly better ways. As a company we are proud to receive this recognition for innovation.

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Tethr

MAY 18, 2020

Earlier this month, Tethr , Kustomer and Challenger hosted the largest virtual customer experience summit of the year. Some of the best thought leaders in CX gathered to share their insights on the importance of continuing to provide an outstanding customer experience, despite the current state of the world. .

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Human-AI interaction, for years held up as the final frontier, is now giving way to autonomous AI-powered customer self service becoming a part of our daily experience. Why the crowdsourcing of expertise is at the core of deep learning-powered self-service tools.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

2020 Contact Center Investment Priorities. 2020 is looking to be an outstanding year for contact center investments. IVA, bots, RPA, AQM, self-service, WFM, etc.) Figure 1: Contact Center Technology Investment Priorities for 2020. This is interesting given the mega trend to improve the customer experience.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 16, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Ten Tips to Increase Customer Loyalty by Atlanta Small Business Network. ASBN) Building customer loyalty takes time and effort, but the reward is guaranteed sales. Why Customer Experience Is Now Job No.

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LiveVox

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Get the Free Report In August 2020, LiveVox surveyed contact center professionals at the C-suite, VP, Director, and Manager levels to understand what their strategic priorities are right now, where they’re headed in the future, and what role self-service and system integration play in their ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2020

Voice Self-Service Has Become More Popular—and It’s About to Get Much Better. Either way, during the past four decades, touch-tone and/or speech-based IVRs have become the most common form of customer self-service, second only to the web. By Donna Fluss. View this document on the publisher’s website.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The State of the Contact Center 2020. Remember that personalized customer experiences will play a big part in your call center’s success, as customers are increasingly looking for businesses that can continue conversations between channels. Invest in self-service options.

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Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

There have been several implications in this space that compound each other, with the net result being a more challenging environment for all forms of customer service. In a 2020 survey by Gartner , 41% of respondents noted that contact volumes had increased. Intelligent Routing to Self-Service.

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The Petrova Experience

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As we begin Q4 of an eventful 2020, it’s time to look out for the 2021 customer experience trends and tactics for creating exceptional experiences in increasingly complex environments. We rounded up Eight 2021 Customer Experience Trends and Tactics to be aware of as we get ready to close out 2020.

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Cisco - Contact Center

AUGUST 3, 2020

Cisco Webex Contact Center CCaaS honored for improving customer service technology and customer experience. I’m excited to announce that Webex Contact Center was among the 2020 Contact Center Technology Award winners, presented by CUSTOMER Magazine this month. Award Winner Second Year in a Row.

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TeamSupport

APRIL 12, 2021

Self-service is still good customer service. Offering an option for customers to help themselves can give your customer support reps more time to focus on improving the big-picture aspects of your service strategy. When self-service is a better alternative to submitting a ticket.

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inSided

JULY 30, 2021

In June 2020, Pipefy launched their community with one goal in mind: to decrease the number of support tickets and put self-service and peer-to-peer support at the heart of the customer experience. One year later, nearly 95% of support inquiries are solved by peers.

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Mindtouch

AUGUST 21, 2019

Amid the constantly changing dynamics of customer experience, one thing remains true: the customer is in the driver’s seat now more than ever. The data doesn’t lie: in 2017, customer self-service almost surpassed human-assisted service for customer service interactions.

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Eptica

MARCH 18, 2020

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Author: Tom Walmsley - Business Development Manager How Montblanc is using interactive self-service to empower customers and deliver a hand-crafted customer service. Published on: March 18, 2020. Keep Your Customers Amazed. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

There have been several implications in this space that compound each other, with the net result being a more challenging environment for all forms of customer service. In a 2020 survey by Gartner , 41% of respondents noted that contact volumes had increased. Intelligent Contact Routing to Self-Service.

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Tethr

DECEMBER 23, 2020

2020 was a rough year—and that’s putting it mildly. As we take a look back at all the challenges of the past year, it’s impossible not to wonder what the future holds for us, especially here in the customer experience (CX) world. Self-Service Digital Channels. This pattern is likely to only continue in 2021. .

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The Petrova Experience

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Our 5th 2021 customer experience trend highlights contactless and self-service experiences across industries. Before we dive into this topic, let’s take a moment to define what contactless and self-service mean to us. What is Self Service? To begin, let’s define self-service.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From social media posts to Google and Yelp reviews, every buyer can recount their customer experience with your company to a global audience. It is no wonder, then, that businesses have started paying much closer attention to their customer experience (CX) strategy.

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Transparent BPO

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This post — part five of our Expert Interview Series — features customer experience strategy consultant Peter Ryan discussing 2020 CX trends. As we reach the cusp of the new year, what customer experience trends should enterprise brands and their outsourcing partners be watching?

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3CLogic

APRIL 20, 2021

It’s no surprise then that leading companies are adopting voice self-service solutions in addition to their IVR solutions to not only manage call volume but provide a higher quality of customer service and improve call agent performance. The question is no longer should I adopt voice self-service for my contact center?

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ShepHyken

MARCH 16, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Ten Tips to Increase Customer Loyalty by Atlanta Small Business Network. ASBN) Building customer loyalty takes time and effort, but the reward is guaranteed sales. Why Customer Experience Is Now Job No.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 22, 2020

As with many other aspects of life and business, customer experience trends and expectations have been greatly impacted by the global health crisis this year. 52% believe customers are more willing than ever to switch brands if unsatisfied. 47% believe it is getting harder to please customers.

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Digital Customer Service Product and Market Report. Digital-first servicing drives improved CX and brand engagement. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services.

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Mindtouch

OCTOBER 23, 2017

A flood of technological innovation has improved support experiences to bolster renewal rates and customer loyalty. As such, there’s been a perfect storm of market forces driving growth in self-service support. Five primary trends are turning customer self-service into a multi-billion dollar market opportunity.

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bold360 Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

Providing an optimized customer experience (CX) requires understanding what customers need – what they’re looking for and how they’re looking for it – and then quickly responding to those needs. Well, 2020 was a crash course in recalibrating CX to respond to rapidly evolving customer needs. That data is gold.

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Cisco - Contact Center

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The WebexOne series highlights a wave of Webex innovation to drive experiences that are 10x better than in-person interactions, help organizations collaborate seamlessly, and transform their employees and customer experiences to power an inclusive future for all. Digital-first customer experiences — when and how customers want.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2019

Well, it’s that time once again: We invited some of the top contact center experts from Ada , J Arnold and Associates , The Belding Group , Calzilla , Expivia , and other vibrant CX and CS avenues to offer us and you, our dear readership, their best pieces of advice for contact centers in this increasingly complex customer age.

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