TechSee

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Field tech support has already begun merging the digital and physical worlds by utilizing immersive technologies – such as augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) or virtual reality (VR) – to manipulate real-life objects. Self-Service. The evolution of digital twins. Stay tuned.

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TechSee

MAY 20, 2020

Two years ago, we cracked open the champagne when Gartner named TechSee as a Cool Vendor in its CRM Customer Support and Service Report. TechSee was honored as a pioneer in Computer Vision AI-powered Visual Assistance for customer service, based on our proprietary, multi-patented technology.

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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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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

With change and uncertainty looming thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, you can count on one thing for sure — that your customers will be leaning heavily on your customer support team. Your best bet is to plan and prepare in advance, so your agents and customers alike are set up for success! Invest in self-service options.

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ShepHyken

MAY 10, 2021

8 Ways to Win Customer Loyalty With Streamlined Customer Support by Samuel O’Brien. CustomerThink) How do you, as a business owner, introduce processes and initiatives to streamline your customer support in order to win over your customers? And number five is to “Create Self Help Portals.”

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ProProfs Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

They’ll even read white papers and live chat statistics to understand the current trends of the customer support industry. These statistics of live chat on the website will help you learn its relevance for your business and how its use can help your support team manage customer expectations. Source: Inc ) Tweet this.

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Mindtouch

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The customer support field has undergone a renaissance during the last five years. 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.

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Mindtouch

AUGUST 21, 2019

The data doesn’t lie: in 2017, customer self-service almost surpassed human-assisted service for customer service interactions. By 2020, an estimated 85% of customers will choose self-service first. 85% of customers will choose self-service first by the year 2020.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Customer support is currently standing at a crossroads: One road leads to exciting automated technologies, and the other to the ‘human touch’. to real-time messaging, simulation, self-service and crypto-currency. 24x7x365 availability and customer support is the new normal. Get Hooked on Real-Time Messages.

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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.

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ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Everyone says that customer support used to be easy. For an 18th century blacksmith, the questions and concerns from customers were pretty simple. At least it was obvious that customers would simply walk to the store whenever they needed support. . Customer support is not rocket science.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2020

Which customer service blog posts helped to shape the last decade for you? . When we look back at the customer support industry in 2010, we see a very different beast to the one we work in today. Here, we cover the 20 best customer service blogs and influencers to follow in 2020.

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Solvvy

DECEMBER 17, 2019

But how is AI being utilized in customer experience today, and how will it be utilized moving forward? Nearly all of the companies who have implemented AI in their CX and customer support have reported meaningful benefits such as revenue increase and cost reduction. CX AI – A Great Wave to Ride.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 6, 2021

Consider the result of the more than 1,000 consumers we surveyed for our 2020 Achieving Customer Amazement Survey. of them are willing to leave because of bad customer service. Customers enjoy feeling connected—when companies know who they are—even if it’s at a digital level. We found a whopping 96.2%

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Creative Virtual

JULY 10, 2020

By 12 April 2020, those virtual agents had reached nearly 50% of the total traffic they had recorded for all of 2019 despite being only about a quarter of the way through the year. In fact, our very first enterprise customer was a large financial services group – and they are still a customer today!

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Solvvy

AUGUST 21, 2020

The Time is Right for a Customer Support Chatbot. In 2020 it’s become more important than ever to provide your customers with fast, effective, and personalized support. Top companies need to be able to handle increased volumes and customer expectations with fewer resources.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This is the seventh time I’ve done this annual year in review blog post, but never have I had to review a year that was like 2020. Creative Virtual started 2020 celebrating the company’s Sweet Sixteen. You can read more here and download the full ebook, Conversational AI Trends 2020 , here. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

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Solvvy

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Last quarter, Solvvy was named a Momentum Leader for Customer Self-Service by G2, and we’re delighted to announce that we’ve now been recognized as a leader a second time in a row ! To give you a better idea of what our customers have to say, here’s a short recap of some of our recent reviews: Beth R. ,

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This week we feature an article from Veronika Filipkova, a professional content editor and Chief Customer Officer at SupportYourApp. She shares different channels and strategies for creating the most convient customer support experience for your customers. Firms today should focus on providing top-notch service.

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Solvvy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

While leading consumer fin-techs in payments, lending, and banking are always looking to provide best-in-class customer experience and multi-channel accessibility, however, significant, rapid growth can strain customer support teams, increase handle times, and turn-off newly acquired customers.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 17, 2019

With this ‘meta-trend’ to give us some context, here are three of our top trend predictions for the contact center in 2020. Over the last few years, social media and chat-based customer support have added an array of new channels to the contact center, each with their own nuances. Contact Centers Will Change in 2020.

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TeamSupport

JUNE 8, 2020

June 8, 2020—Dallas—TeamSupport, an award-winning business-to-business (B2B)-focused customer support software solution, is named to the list of Best Help Desk Software for 2020 by Digital.com. TeamSupport offers flexible pricing and a platform that can be customized to meet the needs of each business.”.

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Squelch

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

This article, “ Foresight 2020: CX Trends and Predictions ,” was originally published by MarTech Advisor on November 1, 2019. Informed by those insights, here are my top CX predictions for 2020 and beyond. What will customers consider to be the “sweet spot”? Smart Implementation of Self-Service.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 12, 2021

A study by McKinsey Consulting in April 2020 indicated that digitally-enabled sales interactions were at least twice more important during the pandemic than they were in the pre-COVID-19 era. All communication must, instead, take place digitally––even self-service. Actionable Steps for Reset.

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Babelforce

OCTOBER 2, 2020

2020 is speeding by – and it hasn’t been easy for anyone. In this post: Acquisition and loyalty Debt Recovery The Cloud Automation API Integration / Development Customer Service / CX General Call Center Statistics. Here’s what you can learn about debt collection contact centers around the world in 2020: #6. The upshot?

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Nicereply

APRIL 13, 2022

AI became the go-to word in meeting rooms when teams spoke about innovation since 2020. Recently, AI impact (not only in customer service) has been so high that the global AI market value might reach $267 billion by 2027. Chatbots contribute to cost-saving by reducing overhead and reducing interaction times with customers.

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

By actively harnessing a set of cloud-based AI-powered technologies, contact centers are infusing intelligence across the entire customer contact landscape. Key providers are building professional services and resources to assist customers with strategic AI plans. Key 2020 Trends: Cloud Contact Centers. More Blogs Menu.

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TeamSupport

JUNE 3, 2020

As published in CustomerThink.com , June 2, 2020. Companies want you to switch, but when it comes to B2B (business-to-business) customer support software, how do you know when it’s a good idea? Can managing support interactions be chaotic? This is often a clear sign of chaotic support interactions.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Organisations that want to empower customers to self-serve, and ensure they have a positive experience while doing so, need to offer those tools to customers themselves. While self-service is increasingly imperative to a customer’s experience, that doesn’t mean that the one-on-one human interaction is no longer important.

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

2020 has been an extraordinary year for brands and retailers. Due to this year’s protracted shopping season, you might expect that it would make for a relatively smooth holiday experience for customers. But 2020 is no ordinary year. Promote self-service options front-and-center. The same goes for self-service.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 8, 2020

But it wasn’t until 2020 that its true role became clear. 2020 was ‘the curb.’ The long lines and endless hold times showed contact center managers that they needed to find better, more efficient ways to deliver customer support — fully opened executives’ eyes to finding a solution.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 16, 2018

According to a recent survey by TechSee, 76% of customers prefer self-installation for home electronic devices, and visual guidance has emerged as the solution of choice for the majority of customers. Companies have taken notice of consumer preference for self-service. Traditional self service.

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Customers That Stick

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With our webinar upcoming this week, Hassle-Free CX: Define, Design, and Deliver, I enjoyed getting to talk to Dawn Varghese of Agara Labs about the role conversational AI is playing in today’s customer support environment and what the near-term future looks like. First, Sign Up for the Webinar: November 19, 2020.

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OctopusTech

APRIL 27, 2021

Companies are now focusing more on customer support to enhance the customer experience. Thus, Customer support outsourcing is the key to attain a new record in sales and customer retention. Even the small businesses were investing in Customer support outsourcing to enhance CX during the lockdowns.

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Solvvy

JUNE 22, 2022

Why Conversational AI is a Good Fit for Customer Service. Although conversational AI has applications in a variety of industries and use cases, this technology is a natural fit for customer support. Gives customers a self-service option. Some people simply prefer self-service.

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JivoChat

DECEMBER 5, 2019

If you want to leverage online customer service to boost lead generation, drive sales, and retain more customers, pick one of the alternatives in our list with the best live chat software to use in 2020. Freshchat is also one of the best live chat software in 2020.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. “Expect to see more focus on digital and self-service, less brick and mortar, more efficiency-builders for company and customer, and an increased call for the return of voice to handle the challenging stuff.

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