ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Prabhjot Singh at Knowmax , a company that empowers customer experience teams to improve engagement through AI-powered knowledge management. He talks about the trends that customer service and experience professionals can expect for the remaining months of 2023.

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TeamSupport

MAY 31, 2023

Chatbots are fast becoming part of the digital core of tech tools that companies utilize as a secret weapon to increase their competitive advantage in the customer service arena. What Are Chatbots Chatbots are a chat software tool that mimic human conversation to efficiently perform routine tasks.

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TeamSupport

MARCH 18, 2024

In today's fast-paced world, customers require quick solutions to their problems. This is where self-service support comes in handy, allowing customers to find answers independently, thus saving time for both the customer and the support team. Chatbots TeamSupport also offers advanced chatbot services.

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TechSee

MARCH 7, 2022

Today, digital self-service has become the preference – and the new normal, along with higher expectations and reliance on these channels. The role of technology is more important than ever in improving customer service and operational efficiencies. Download our eBook: What Self Service Will Look Like in 2025 .

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The jump from traditional “press zero” to cutting-edge AI solutions presents both a thrilling opportunity and a daunting challenge in the customer service world. Choosing a self-service provider is more than a technical decision—it’s a commitment to your customers’ satisfaction and trust.

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Fonolo

MARCH 7, 2023

That’s where self-service comes in. Even if you provide 24/7 live support, there are many situations where a customer can’t get in contact or doesn’t have the time to wait for an agent to become available. For example, a self-serve interaction that may have been done over the web last year may now be available via chatbot.

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Zappix

MARCH 6, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of customer service, where convenience reigns supreme, businesses are increasingly turning to digital self-service tools to meet the evolving needs of their clientele. This statistic alone underscores the pivotal role that self-service platforms play in shaping customer satisfaction and retention.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This penchant for technology has shaped their consumer behavior and preferences, and brands must tailor their customer service strategies to suit Millennials’ attributes. They demand highly convenient and fast service. I’ll help myself, thanks: Called the Do-It-Yourself Generation, Millennials love self-service.

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ConvergeOne

JANUARY 16, 2024

There’s nothing like a chatbot that can’t answer your questions or listening to endless on-hold music to wait for a customer service representative. These scenarios, however, are reflective of today’s customer service environment.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The life of chatbots in customer service has been turbulent. However, as bot technology has rapidly improved, so too has organizations’ readiness to adopt chatbots in their customer service operations. So let’s jump straight in to our first chatbot example. Reducing repetitive work.

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TeamSupport

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Most businesses maintain some sort of customer self-service tools, whether it’s a chatbot or guide bot framework or a collection of knowledge base articles. Chances are your business maintains some sort of a self-service option, but does your business do a good job of promoting that to your customers?

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TeamSupport

MARCH 18, 2024

In today's fast-paced world, customers require quick solutions to their problems. This is where self-service support comes in handy, allowing customers to find answers independently, thus saving time for both the customer and the support team. Let's just get right into it!

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 21 Tips for 2021 Customer Experience Excellence by Lynn Hunsaker. ClearAction) Here are 21 tips for achieving 2021 customer experience excellence in these areas and beyond. by Tracey Ruff.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A well-designed chatbot can be a powerful addition to your call center toolkit. This is good news because we know for certain that customers want self-service options. Zendesk reports that 67% will choose self-service over a live agent for simple problems. Should Your Chatbot do More?

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Calltools

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Most customers prefer talking to a person on the phone to receive customer service. Utilizing self-service options can help save your agents’ time and provide a better experience for your customers. AI Chatbots In today’s fast-paced world, customers expect instant answers and solutions.

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Solvvy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With more people using apps, web-based services, and fintech solutions, businesses must overcome the challenge of providing the best possible customer service to these new customers. What is a Customer Service Chatbot? What is the Purpose of a CS Chatbot?

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ConvergeOne

JANUARY 17, 2023

There’s nothing like a chatbot that can’t answer your questions or listening to endless on-hold music to wait for a customer service representative. These scenarios, however, are reflective of today’s customer service environment. But customers still need service.” The solution?

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JustCall

MARCH 10, 2023

In this guide, we will look at how you can improve your self service customer service and leverage its holistic benefits (for the customer and the business). Chatbots and virtual assistants are being used to provide personalized and responsive customer support, including 24/7 assistance, in a cost-effective manner.

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Babelforce

JULY 15, 2021

Self-service support seems too good to be true. First, it saves you money (by helping customers to help themselves). Second, customers actually want to access support in this way. Most of the time you can set up knowledge bases and chatbots in a matter of days or weeks. Quick recap: what is self-service?

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TechSee

MAY 28, 2019

The goal is both to ensure customers receive the answers they are seeking in the most efficient manner and to reduce the number of inbound calls routed to human agents. He navigates to the Contact Us page of the supplier’s website and easily finds the Customer Support phone number. Proactive customer communications.

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ShepHyken

MAY 22, 2023

Top Takeaways: There has been significant progress in artificial intelligence (AI), like chatbots and ChatGPT capabilities. Generative AI and other forms of self-service provide a win-win solution for organizations and customers. ” “Generative AI not only plays a major role in self-service for customers.

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TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

Once upon a time, measuring customer service success was straightforward. Modern contact centers are made up of a complex combination of humans and virtual assistants – using both natural and artificial intelligence – operating over multiple channels and using a wide range of tools to solve customers’ issues.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 21, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: We open this week’s Top Five roundup with four experts from Gartner who share their thoughts about the top three customer service and support trends for 2024. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Taylor Reach Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Self-service has been employed for more than 30 years to allow customers to serve themselves. Technology is a tool, and there is a lot of good technology out there that can underpin successful self-service. With proper planning and discipline, you can deliver effective self-service. By Colin Taylor.

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Inbenta

AUGUST 17, 2021

Contents: What is voice search and what are voice chatbots? Text-to-speech and speech-to-text chatbots: how do they work? How to build a voice chatbot: integrations powered by Inbenta. Why launch a voice-based chatbot project: adding more value to your business. What is voice search and what are voice chatbots?

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 19, 2023

For now, you can guess. Cindy, from my office, had a customer service issue. Here are the steps she took to resolve the problem: She went to the company’s website and clicked on customer support. She answered a few questions, and once the technology identified her problem, a chatbot popped up.

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Help Scout

JUNE 8, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) shows incredible promise in 2021, but the experience of interacting with an AI chatbot is more like talking to a distracted toddler than it is to Tony Stark’s Jarvis. Still, using AI chatbots for customer service makes plenty of sense. Let’s first understand what an AI chatbot actually is.

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Fonolo

MARCH 12, 2020

Even if you provide 24/7 live support, there are many situations where a customer can’t get in contact or doesn’t have the time to wait for an agent to become available. Self-service lets users resolve problems without waiting for your response and lightens the load on your customer support team. Make it Easy to Find.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Top Takeaways: Self-service is becoming more than just enabling customers to attempt to resolve their own issues. The lockdown has changed our customers’ perspective on how they want to spend their time. Organizations need to focus on personalization and customer control in self-service experiences.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 3 Ways to Move From Customer Service to Customer Care by Patrick McCullough. Destination CRM) What’s the difference between customer service and customer care? How about “customer care?”

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JivoChat

APRIL 23, 2023

Chatbots have become a success around the world, and nowadays are used by 58% of B2B companies and 42% of B2C companies. In 2022 at least 88% of users had one conversation with chatbots. There are many reasons for that, a chatbot is able to simulate human interaction and provide customer service 24h a day.

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Inbenta

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In recent years, virtual assistants and AI-powered conversational chatbots have taken the center stage, popping up in hospitals, labs, pharmacies, and even nursing homes. In the age of digital customer experience, customers expect fast and convenient interactions. What is a Healthcare Chatbot? And for good reason.

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Inbenta

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Even though there is no “real” benchmark for automated self-service solutions, we’re going to try to give you some indications of the kind of results you can realistically expect from such solutions. But first, what is customer self-service? Which metrics to measure self-service KPIs?

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Inbenta

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In the last few years, chatbots have dramatically changed the way they operate and provide service to customers. These changes, together with improvements in technology, have had a significant impact on self-service performance. Transactional vs information chatbots. What’s the difference?

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