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Guest Blog: Are You Setting the Right Customer Experience Goals?

ShepHyken

We see numerous instances of contact center operators focusing more on improving the tactical side of operations like reducing average handle time or getting more surveys filled out while ignoring the more strategic goal of improving efficiency and eliminating the redundant. Would you consider that a great customer experience?

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How is the labor shortage affecting your industry? (and how can Conversational AI help?)

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According to an article in the Wall Street Journal , “The average number of live job openings in call, contact and customer care centers advertised on Ziprecruiter.com in February was more than double that of the average the year earlier before the pandemic, according to the recruitment platform.”. Travel and Hospitality.

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How to Turn Social Media Customer Service into a Marketing Strategy

ShepHyken

Over the last few years, customer service has shifted from traditional phone support toward social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others. Dan Gingiss started the Social Customer Care Track and interest has grown exponentially. Social Media Changes Customer Service. Their response time was excellent.

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When “Virtual” is Better:

Skybridge

America’s biggest companies are racing to overhaul customer-service operations that are ill-equipped to have employees working from home amid a pandemic. Some companies ask that customers manage their issues online or suggest that they hold off on seeking assistance altogether. So far, human contact is in short supply.

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As COVID-19 Wreaks Havoc for Traditional Customer Service Platforms, A Handful of North American Call Centers Step Up to Fill the Need

Skybridge

America’s biggest companies are racing to overhaul customer-service operations that are ill-equipped to have employees working from home amid a pandemic. Some companies ask that customers manage their issues online or suggest that they hold off on seeking assistance altogether. So far, human contact is in short supply.

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Improve Your IVR, Improve the Customer Experience

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It turns out when she made her reservation, she missed a number, maybe it was a letter… Regardless, the number she provided to the airline was incorrect. Her next call was to the airline. The airline was busy. The IVR told her she could expect a 42-minute wait. We chatted while she waited on hold.

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3 Ways Conversational AI can help your Customers in an Urgent Travel Situation

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Long wait times. It’s during these urgent travel situations when I need customer care to perform at it’s best, and it’s often when it fails the most. Thirty-six percent say that having to repeat an inquiry and information multiple times to different representative is the ultimate turn-off.