ShepHyken

JUNE 28, 2019

Airline agents are still at check-in counters to guide passengers after self-service kiosks and to arrange complicated ticketing. In the contact center industry, for example, there are fewer phone conversations going into customer support centers than in the past. Technology replacing humans. That’s what we all fear.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Born with a device in hand, millennials are incredibly proactive when it comes to solving their own support issues. Far more inclined to tap a forum or FAQ page for answers, they have downright driven the decision for companies to beef up their self-service portals. Compare that with 10-15 hours of screen time!

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 31, 2018

This week we feature an article by Yura Filimonov who shares some of the many ways we can use AI to provide customer support. – Shep Hyken. However, there are enough examples that prove that companies can analyze the data to categorize it, find patterns and provide personalized recommendations to their customers.

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ShepHyken

JULY 22, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Boaz Amidor, shares four techniques that have striking, measurable results when it comes to the efficiency of the Customer Support Program of companies providing online and mobile customer support. Customer support is just like this.

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ShepHyken

JULY 5, 2019

Use data to better understand your customers. According to Epsilon , 80% of consumers are more likely to do business with a company that offers personalized experiences. Offer a self-service solution. You do not need to talk on the phone, live chat, or email with a customer in order to provide good support.

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ProProfs Blog

MAY 13, 2020

There lies an evident gap between satisfied and delightful customers. That gap is called Personalization. Two sips and a few smiles later, you open your phone to see news alerts and blogs that you would just love to read. What is Personalized Customer Service. But what is personalized customer service?

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TechSee

JULY 28, 2023

Alongside this, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision technology have revolutionized support centers, field service, and self-service in the electronics industry. AI-powered solutions, such as computer vision, play a pivotal role in enhancing support centers and self-service experiences.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 6, 2024

E-commerce Customer Support: How BPO Can Elevate Your Service Experience Are you an e-commerce business struggling to provide seamless and efficient customer support services? According to a report by Microsoft 95% of consumers consider customer service crucial for brand loyalty.

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Nicereply

APRIL 6, 2022

In particular, one of the most affected areas by the pandemic is the customer support segment. In this blog, you’ll learn more about the changes in the industry caused by COVID-19 and how you can manage your team better during quarantine. What’s Changed in the Customer Support System? Enhancing customer experience.

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ProProfs Blog

MAY 13, 2020

There lies an evident gap between satisfied and delightful customers. That gap is called Personalization. Two sips and a few smiles later, you open your phone to see news alerts and blogs that you would just love to read. What is Personalized Customer Service. But what is personalized customer service?

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aircall

AUGUST 14, 2022

But one way to ensure you can scale without compromising on quality is to scale your customer support team too. This means that however much your customer base expands or your business offering diversifies, you’re still providing what lies at the heart of a successful business: excellent customer service. .

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Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A roundup of the best customer service articles from 2022—to help you learn something new, revisit long-standing topics, or simply enjoy. Achieving stellar customer support is a moving target, involving a mix of strategy, processes, policies, analytics, and even a little art. 2022’s top customer service blogs.

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Mindtouch

APRIL 11, 2018

If your customers want to pump their own gas, you let them. The same goes for self-service. If your customers prefer to solve issues on their own (as it turns out, they very much do ), you need to enable them to do so. Executed well, a web self-service experience can be your 24/7 customer support department.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

As online sites like the Boldist explains , providing customers with inclusive self-service options on your website is critical. It’s a process that needs a careful review of the self-service prompts you present on your website. It’ll simplify your work when setting up the support channel on your website.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

By using social accounts for addressing all kinds of customer queries, companies are expanding their customer experience strategy. . CRM tools are increasingly incorporating social media into their customer support modules. Bots are probably the most versatile technology being used in modern customer service teams.

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Mindtouch

MAY 4, 2018

This helps explain the (relatively) recent emergence of web self-service portals as an effective way to improve the customer experience and defray customer support costs. Definition of a Web Self-Service Portal. So, what exactly is a web self-service portal? Sumo Logic Support.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Improving customer experience goes beyond being on call 24/7 to address clients’ issues. It requires that you digitize your banking services to be convenient, easy to use, personalized, and secure. A good CX is customer-centered. Doing this sends a message that you value your customer.

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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. Most companies use chatbots as a way to manage customer support.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 21, 2022

42% of Americans would rather clean a toilet and 46% would rather go to the dentist than call customer support. These stats, just two of many in the 2022 Achieving Customer Amazement Study , likely have you nodding in agreement thinking about your own painful customer service experiences.

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ShepHyken

MAY 11, 2018

Apart from convenience, the one factor that will define and underline customer loyalty is personalization. Today’s customer expects a business to understand him or her fully and suggest or recommend service/product options. Everyone, including you and me, love the personalization.

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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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JivoChat

JULY 14, 2021

If your customers are always calling, you need to work on your level of self-customer service. 77% of people view organizations more positively if the company offers self-service options for customers. What Is Self-Customer Service? Why Is Self-Customer Service Important?

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Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 21, 2020

AI Makes It Possible (Blog Series). Blog #4 of 4 The MORE you know. As we saw in yesterday’s webinar, both enhancing the Customer Experience (CX) and understanding the Voice of the Customer (VoC) are inextricably linked… for the better. Customers now expect: Their time be valued. The more YOU KNOW. .

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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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Nicereply

APRIL 6, 2022

In particular, one of the most affected areas by the pandemic is the customer support segment. In this blog, you’ll learn more about the changes in the industry caused by COVID-19 and how you can manage your team better during quarantine. What’s Changed in the Customer Support System? Enhancing customer experience.

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Creative Virtual

MARCH 25, 2021

This has involved a lot of trial-and-error as we learned new skills and created new routines in both our personal and professional lives. However, when it comes to areas like customer support, using a trial-and-error approach can have a devastating effect on your customer experience.

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2019

For every organization, customer support should be a top priority as it has the potential to make or break any business. When you respond to the queries of your customers on time and resolve their issues promptly, it yields a gratifying experience. Every support team has to deal with two distinct types of customers B2B and B2C.

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Nicereply

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When you’re able to reassess how you’re working and clean things up, you can set your customer support team up for an even better year serving your customers moving forward. Customer support team can apply the annual tradition to their work too. Customer Satisfaction. Ticket Volume. Ticket Backlog.

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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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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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Wowdesk Blog

MAY 20, 2020

It is common for humans to make mistakes, but when you are a customer support agent, you ought to leave no room for errors. . A strong customer base is an essential part of the business, and poor customer service can greatly impact your company’s performance and image. . Not having a self-service system in place.

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Expivia

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The emergence of AI and machine learning technologies has paved the way for a new paradigm in customer service—one that emphasizes not just efficiency but personalized, intelligent interactions. Agent Assist : Empowering our agents with real-time guidance and information, enabling them to provide unparalleled service.

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Nicereply

APRIL 11, 2022

One example that comes immediately to mind is customer support. Below are 9 transferable (and desirable) skills you gain working in customer support. A lot of the time customers just know that something isn’t working right, but don’t know exactly why. Many support problems aren’t easily fixed.

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Mindtouch

APRIL 10, 2018

Today’s customer support landscape is ruled by the companies that rule direct customer engagement. Blink and that customer might be gone, probably on to the next micromoment. Contextual self-service content can be proactive, too. Personalized content experiences start with smart content.

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bold360 Blog

AUGUST 14, 2019

The same holds true in the world of Employee Support for things like IT and HR questions. When something goes wrong at work, chances are you need to get it solved ASAP – and waiting around for the next available support person is not an option. As consumers we want self-service, but as employees, we tend to shy away.

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Enghouse Interactive

JULY 7, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). Blog #2 Microsoft Teams Drives Agent Productivity. In our first blog, we explored how Microsoft Teams, when integrated into a Contact Center, helps provide a better experience for the end-customer. Self-Service Helps Agents Too.

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OctopusTech

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

As the teen years have ended with great successions of technological advancements, 2020 has brought innovative hopes for customer support outsourcing. Forrester predicts that brands will spend $8 billion more on customer service agents in 2020 than the previous year. Intelligent Self-service AI tools.

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