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GM Leverages AI in Social Customer Care

Brad Cleveland

GM, America’s largest automobile manufacturer, has more than 17 million social brand mentions and engages in more than 400,000 customer care conversations each year. GM set (and met) two aggressive goals to support their customer-centric vision.

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GM Leverages AI in Social Customer Care

Brad Cleveland

GM, America’s largest automobile manufacturer, has more than 17 million social brand mentions and engages in more than 400,000 customer care conversations each year. GM set (and met) two aggressive goals to support their customer-centric vision. Goal 1: Deliver on today’s customer expectations.

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Social Customer Care: Listen, Learn, and Dialogue

Brad Cleveland

Let me give you three steps that are absolutely fundamental in delivering services through social channels. I recall an executive who works with an automobile manufacturer standing behind a computer with several others on her team as … Call Center Contact Center Customer Experience Customer Relationships Customer Service Multi-channel Support Social Media

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Social Customer Care: Listen, Learn, and Dialogue

Brad Cleveland

Let me give you three steps that are absolutely fundamental in delivering services through social channels. I recall an executive who works with an automobile manufacturer standing behind a computer with several others on her team as … Call Center Contact Center Customer Experience Customer Relationships Customer Service Multi-channel Support Social Media

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Guest Blog: The Hidden Workings of Top Customer Support Teams

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Robert Occanyan who shares what successful customer support teams are doing to deliver an exceptional customer experience. . This puts a lot of extra pressure on businesses to deliver exceptional customer service.

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Social Media Presence vs. Social Media Customer Care

Brad Cleveland

According to ICMI’s recent research report The Normalization of Social Customer Care, 73% of organizations report having a social media presence, but only 39% formally support it as a customer care channel. That leaves 34% of organizations with a presence, but without customer care for social media. … Call Center Contact Center Customer Service Multi-channel Support Research/Statistics Social Media customer access strategy

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Should You Outsource Your Contact Center?

Real Blue Sky

Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. The result is the customer service call center was seen largely as a cost center; it was part of the cost of delivering goods or services.

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When to Call a Contact Center Consultant…

CCNG

Contact Center Leaders are continually being pushed to improve processes, decrease cost, increase customer satisfaction, and improve sales or metrics.

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Customer Support Services for E-gaming and E-sports Industry

OctopusTech

So, with a growing demand for e-games, it is becoming important to get help via Customer Support Services on time. Thus, most of the gaming platforms are hiring Customer Service Outsourcing services for customer support to retain more paying customers.

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Retain the Human Touch: How to Deliver Personalised and Helpful Customer Service

CSM Magazine

In an era of rapid automation and technological advances it can be easy to lose track of what customer service really means. As brands we need to ensure we are customer-centric, always putting their needs first and delivering a level of care that is personal and helpful regardless of scale. The Customer Service and Experience summit Europe brings together the most important brands to help you set the bar for your multi-channel support strategy going forward.

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How to Improve Customer Experience in Call Centers

ProProfs Blog

Remember when you tried dialing a customer care number only to experience a painful never-ending hold time and a disinterested agent who would read his script in an almost robotic tone? According to a recent report , 75% of customers believe it takes too long to reach a live agent.

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The Complete Glossary of Common Customer Service & Support Lingos

ProProfs Blog

It’s not just great communication skills that make a customer support operator great at their job. 62% of customers say that a representative’s knowledge and resourcefulness play a key role in creating a good experience. Let’s explore the customer support terminology list.

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Everything you Need to Know about Customer Support Outsourcing

Vcaretec

When we hear about the term ' Customer Support Outsourcing ', the first thing that comes to mind is that it means cutting your employees and outsourcing your work. Customer Support Outsourcing is one of the prominent factors in measuring the success of a business or company.

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What is a contact center?

Global Response

What’s the best way to retain customers? Still others may argue that an online presence, or a memorable brand, or any number of other factors is the best way to engage and retain customers. The best way to provide consistent customer care? Multi-channel contact centers.

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The Contact Center Evolution: 5 Focus Areas to Move from Vanilla to Value

HGS

Contact centers have undergone significant transformation in the past few years, driven largely by the shift from voice to digital and omni-channel customer service. This continual channel shift has also influenced the nature and complexity of services being delivered. There is now a growing trend of contact centers supporting complex services outside the realm of what constitutes traditional customer service. Customer Service.

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CX: The Shift from Call Center to Contact Center

Revation Systems

In today’s instantaneous world of communications, this rings truer than ever as consumers expect high-quality experiences stemming from seamlessly connected channels, anytime and anywhere. Since 1973, call center solutions have been leveraging the latest advancements to further the customer experience in reaching businesses when they need to — whether through the Automatic Call Distributor (ACD) of the ’70s or the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) of the ’90s and 2000’s.

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The Best Posts From the Customer Support Community in 2015

Kayako

This year, we’ve seen the customer support community continue to grow, with small tribes setting up all over the internet and producing great support content. 2015 saw the support community talk a lot about making things easier for the customer through both customer experience and communication. The rise in support communities this year is reflective of the fact that the support industry itself has been developing in its own right.