CCNG

JANUARY 4, 2023

While self service is getting better and better through the use of artificial in­telligence (AI) of varying degrees of sophistication, many questions continue to end up with agents, either because the customer couldn’t find the answer through self ser­vice, or the customer simply doesn’t like self service op­tions.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Contact Center CCNG Self service 195

HGS

APRIL 24, 2018

What Is Good Customer Service? The road to optimized customer experience is a long and winding journey, and you may find yourself often asking, “Are we there yet?” In other words, do you think your company’s customer service is better than it really is? Start with Answers to 5 Questions.

Customer Service 100

Customer Service Average Handle Time Self service Benchmark 100

TechSee

JUNE 11, 2019

For years, companies have battled to strike the right balance between customer service KPIs. For example, heavy emphasis on low AHT would often negatively impact customer satisfaction. It enhances all customer service KPIs, including those measuring contact center productivity and CX quality. FCR improved by 22%.

Technology 117

Technology Customer Service Self service Contact Center 117

Global Response

JANUARY 31, 2023

In 2023, customer service can be the distinction between long-term success and brand loyalty and failure as a business. Think about it: customers have endless options to choose from, so if they have a negative customer experience, they don’t have to stick around. Seem extreme?

Customer Service 62

Customer Service outsourcing Construction Technical Support 62

Global Response

MARCH 27, 2023

Can great customer service really impact your brand, or is good customer service good enough? In today’s saturated marketplace, customer service matters more than ever. 68% of customers will pay more for products or services from brands known for their excellent customer service.

Customer Service 62

Customer Service Chatbots Self service Personalization 62

UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Or you can set them up as specialized agents to handle very specific, nuanced tasks and inquiries. Think of your Virtual Agents as an elite number two player on your customer service team.

Virtual Agent 72

Virtual Agent Customer Service Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 72

UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Or you can set them up as specialized agents to handle very specific, nuanced tasks and inquiries. Think of your Virtual Agents as an elite number two player on your customer service team.

Virtual Agent 72

Virtual Agent Customer Service Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 72

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contact center leadership must think strategically and find sustainable call center cost reduction strategies that do not compromise the quality and efficiency of the brand’s service. Slash inbound inquiries with self-service. Identify three to five issues that drive most of your inbound customer contacts.

Call Center 196

Call Center Self service Gamification Contact Center 196

TechSee

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Field service organizations in particular face the challenge of an aging workforce with 70% of those surveyed stating that they will experience knowledge loss caused by a retiring workforce over the next five to ten years. When it takes longer to find the right resolutions, a higher Average Handling Time (AHT) will follow.

Customer Service 109

Customer Service Contact Center Best practices Average Handle Time 109

Fonolo

JANUARY 17, 2023

Along with huge cost savings, AI will be a tremendous boon to customers longing for better self-service, and agents who need relief from repetitive taskwork. It’s clear that AI’s impact on customer care and CX will be profound. According to a recent PWC survey, customers value : Speed. Friendly service.

Contact Center 154

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Chatbots Average Handle Time 154

Solvvy

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

When you’ve invested heavily to drive customers to your site, you want to provide the same white-glove service throughout their customer journey, even if they contact you about an issue after a purchase is complete. . Want to deliver Zappos-level customer service? Time to first response: 60 minutes.

Customer Service 64

Customer Service Benchmark Average Handle Time Self service 64

Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 3, 2024

Sure, it’s revolutionizing metrics like Average Handle Time and First Call Resolution, but the unpredictable nature of human interactions presents a unique challenge. These advanced systems offer dynamic, human-like interactions, transforming customer experiences across industries.

Call Center 67

Call Center outsourcing Morale Interactive Voice Response 67

The Northridge Group

JULY 20, 2023

These fees and factors impact the overall employee experience, which in turn, can negatively influence productivity and the customer experience as low morale chips away at job performance and adds friction to the customer journey. Likewise, AHT is used to measure the time an associate spends working on a customer issue.

Contact Center 121

Contact Center Abandon rate contact center associations Metrics 121

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Email, chat, social media, self-service: everything is going up. Voice is changing – average handle time is going up and calls are becoming more complex. Power looked at 124 customer service organizations spanning 13 industries in North America. The survey was conducted between May and June 2020.

Call Center 52

Call Center Average Handle Time Contact Center Self service 52

Fonolo

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This key performance indicator (KPI) provides insight into how effective agents are at delivering top-notch customer service and will signal to you when certain performance areas are falling off track. It connects customers using web or mobile services to your IVR so they can easily get into the queue and schedule a call-back.

Call Center 159

Call Center Interactive Voice Response Abandon rate Average Handle Time 159

UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI (artificial intelligence) customer service tools weren’t designed to replace your agents. They were designed to help your agents deliver a better customer experience. AI customer service tools streamline repetitive and/or time-consuming tasks and workflows so your agents can focus on what they’re best at: helping people.

Customer Service 82

Customer Service Virtual Agent Interactive Voice Response Gamification 82

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

“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. That includes our experience as customers. Consumers feel isolated as it is. AI is here to stay.

Contact Center 176

Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

A Tata Consultancy Services survey found that 31.7% of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. A Tata Consultancy Services survey found that 31.7% Customer-facing AI technologies.

Technology 122

Technology Customer Service Gamification Contact Center 122

TechSee

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The ongoing shift to self-service has brought about many positive changes to the customer service field. Fewer customers now require assistance from live agents to pay bills or carry out other simple tasks. Helping customers resolve tricky issues puts pressure on the contact center in several ways.

Call Center 124

Call Center Personalization Contact Center Self service 124

UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI (artificial intelligence) customer service tools weren’t designed to replace your agents. They were designed to help your agents deliver a better customer experience. AI customer service tools streamline repetitive and/or time-consuming tasks and workflows so your agents can focus on what they’re best at: helping people.

Customer Service 72

Customer Service Virtual Agent Interactive Voice Response Gamification 72

SharpenCX

JUNE 28, 2023

It seems customer service is now the yardstick by which consumers measure brands. In addition to making purchase decisions based on price, quality, and brand experience, consumers also seek out companies with fast, convenient, and helpful customer support. The best way to gather this data is through customer feedback surveys.

Call Center 67

Call Center Metrics call center software Contact Center 67

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Faced with this dramatic rise in AI-driven tech for customer service, you might expect the number of agents to decrease but therein lies an interesting paradox. In the UK contact centres rely on voice of the agent surveys and in the Nordics, hybrid scheduling is the most popular.

Average Handle Time 52

Average Handle Time Customer centricity Coaching Self service 52

JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

Nearly half of customer service agents already find it hard to manage tough conversations. Add to that the heightened customer expectations today (especially after the pandemic), and you will see the need for a robust analytics contact center solution.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Analytics Average Handle Time Call Center 52

Eptica

JANUARY 9, 2019

How to reduce Average Handling Time and improve quality In 2018 we ran a series of posts designed to spread best practice when it comes to customer service and customer experience. You might also be interested in these posts: How good is Santa at Customer Experience? Share this page on: Tweet.

Average Handle Time 89

Average Handle Time Best practices Surveys Chatbots 89

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

FACT: According to Zippia, only 48% of employees surveyed believe their company’s leadership abilities are “high-quality”. Determine what your employees think of your leadership skills with an anonymous survey. Average handling time (AHT). Customer satisfaction (CSat) score. First call resolution.

Call Center 126

Call Center Contact Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 126

TLC Associates

JUNE 20, 2019

And if your business sells to consumers, you’re hopefully ramping up your customer service to handle the seasonal spikes from Christmas sales. Wait any longer and you’ll put your overall customer satisfaction at risk. July is the perfect time to reflect on last year’s holiday customer service.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Average Handle Time Abandon rate outsourcing 40

Fonolo

MAY 16, 2023

Today, contact centers are increasingly viewed by businesses as the key to understanding customers. They’re valued by c-suites for providing insights gleaned from direct contact via customer service and support channels. According to Statista, there were over 175 billion customer service calls in the US in 2020.

Call Center 91

Call Center Analytics Abandon rate First call resolution 91

Balto

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The Average Response Time (ASA) corresponds to the average duration between receiving an incoming call and an agent responding to it. The metric can be useful in determining how accessible the service is to customers by measuring the average speed of the answer. Average Handle Time (AHT).

Metrics 52

Metrics Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 52

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

With the large volumes of contact center advisors still incentivized based on speed – typically the Average Handle Time (AHT) – CX goals are quite often unachievable. Get the customer off the phone or web chat as quickly as possible or deliver a business transformative level of customer service.

Metrics 55

Metrics Customer Service Management Contact Center 55

Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

If customers are being sent to the wrong department, then they tied up customer service personnel from helping the right people. Average handling times (AHT) increase. Customer service diminishes. “One of the most important aspects of a call center is that phone traffic flows correctly…”.

Contact Center 334

Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time Real estate 334

Ansafone

OCTOBER 20, 2017

For call center managers, metrics monitoring is all in a day’s work, from first call resolution to average handle time, agent absenteeism and much more. To understand how your business measures up in this area it’s important to track first call resolution (FCR), average wait time and self-service usage.

Interactive Voice Response 91

Interactive Voice Response First call resolution Average Handle Time Contact Center 91

Enghouse Interactive

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Contact centers, using AI and UCaaS, drive better customer service perceptions, agent performance and improve overall outcomes . In our last blog , we explored how successful companies outperform customer expectations by leveraging video – a communications channel that customers have come to prefer. planned, 46.5%

Self service 66

Self service Contact Center Chatbots Average Handle Time 66

Solvvy

JANUARY 7, 2020

Start with a Customer Expectations Survey. You shouldn’t wait for customer complaints to roll in to realize when you’re getting things wrong. What types of support requests do you prefer to handle via self-service v. a guided service experience? Build a Customer Support Strategy.

Average Handle Time 48

Average Handle Time Self service Benchmark Customer Support 48

SharpenCX

JULY 26, 2023

This may include: More thorough knowledge base articles for self-service An integrated customer service system More tailored cross-sell campaigns It prevents customers from leaving. Never get caught off guard about customer attrition. Or, give customer service agents a script to quell brand detractors.

Call Center 67

Call Center Contact Center Contact center software Coaching 67

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

The question of the moment is: what role is ChatGPT going to play in delivering a loyalty-building customer experience? We’ve long been proponents of making transactional customer service low effort, for both customer and contact center. Can AI Handle Complex Customer Care? So let’s get into it.

Contact Center 62

Contact Center Customer Experience Chatbots Customer Care 62

Enghouse Interactive

JANUARY 22, 2021

Customer expectations are continually rising – and what is important to consumers is also changing rapidly. For example, thanks to the pandemic use of digital channels such as email, chat and social media has increased dramatically, changing the channel balance of customer service operations. First Contact Resolution is key.

Average Handle Time 54

Average Handle Time Metrics Self service Surveys 54