Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The knowledge base has been considered a crucial component of providing self-service for years. It’s often touted as indispensable for helping customers and upskilling support agents. And now knowledge bases as we’ve always known them are dead. The traditional knowledge base is fading.

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TechSee

MARCH 7, 2022

Let’s start with the bottom line – keeping customers satisfied is the key to a successful and profitable business. Customer experience and engagement are not buzzwords – they are solid performance indicators that continue to gain traction and are a top priority for businesses. What is Customer Self Service?

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Kayako

MAY 13, 2022

In fact, 79% of US consumers say they have used a self-service portal for customer service, and 88% of customers expect companies to have self-service options. 65% use self-service channels because they like the convenience and don’t want to talk to agents or wait on hold to do simple routine tasks.

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ConvergeOne

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In my last blog post , I advocated for beginning your customer experience modernization journey by consulting with IT. My next piece of advice centers around what the end goal of your modernization efforts should be: allowing your customers more access to self-service—and I mean good self-service.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Baphira Wahlang Shylla, a digital marketer at Knowmax , a SaaS company that provides knowledge management solutions for various industries that are seeking to improve their customer service metrics. She shares how BPOs can enhance your customer experience.

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bold360 Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

As one company executive recently explained to VentureBeat: “businesses are [now] looking for solutions that will allow them to solve customer problems while also ensuring the safety of their workforce through appropriate social distancing measures.”. Centralize and Scale Your Knowledge Base. Call Centers: Too Busy for Regrets.

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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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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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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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Customer Service Life

MAY 11, 2022

Almost exactly a year ago, I published a column titled How to Optimize Zendesk to Deliver Both Effective and Efficient Customer Support. For those that may not know, AnswerBot works in a couple of different ways to help boost customer self-service. Understanding the Key Metrics for Self-Service.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 15, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Manpreet Chawla, senior digital marketing specialist at Knowmax , a knowledge base management solution for enterprises looking to provide exceptional customer experience to their customers via enhanced agent satisfaction. Automate customer service.

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TeamSupport

MARCH 31, 2021

Self-service is still good customer service. Offering an option for customers to help themselves can give your customer support reps more time to focus on improving the big-picture aspects of your service strategy. When self-service is a better alternative to submitting a ticket.

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 31, 2023

Gartner’s Customer Service and Support Leader poll estimates that live channels such as phone and live chat cost an average of $8.01 per contact, while self-service channels cost about $0.10 In addition, there was an over-reliance on the callback feature, resulting in a below par customer experience.

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ViiBE Blog

MAY 31, 2021

So how does a company preserve its employee knowledge in the long term? One solution is creating a corporate knowledge base. Knowledge bases can be used to help customers self-service information or for employees to access information. How do you structure a knowledge base?

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Talkdesk

MARCH 10, 2020

Whether it’s a finicky software product or a purchase from a company with a complicated return policy, most consumers have turned to a company’s knowledge base in an attempt to get their questions answered faster. What are the key characteristics of an AI-powered knowledge base?

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NobelBiz

APRIL 3, 2023

As we will see, the main goal of a self-service system is to reduce the time the agents spend on simple, repetitive tasks or transactions such as paying a bill or getting account balance information. A functioning self-service system generally empowers clients with the tools and resources necessary for their inquiries.

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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. Plus, Nicole share stats from Self-Service CX: Executive Priorities & Technology Adoptions.

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ProProfs Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

This can lead to a lot of confusion overall, and not to mention, damage the customer relationship and increase costs. The Solution – A Centralized Knowledge Base. This is where a knowledge base can help. Let’s take a closer look at why it is important for the customer service that you offer.

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Netomi

MARCH 30, 2022

What is customer self-service? Plus, there also comes the self-satisfaction of striking a complex task off a list (I managed to fill out my tax forms)! Plus, there also comes the self-satisfaction of striking a complex task off a list (I managed to fill out my tax forms)! Why is customer self-service important?

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Enghouse Interactive

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

In our first blog, we explored how customer expectations are rapidly changing and what organizations should consider as part of their Self-Service strategy. This blog will continue that exploration with some insight into some of the benefits we’ve seen in organizations that have implemented Self-Service.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 24, 2020

In my previous blog , I took you through the key characteristics of a true AI-powered knowledge base. Now, we’re going to dive into the different stakeholders within and outside of the contact center who will benefit from this evolution of the traditional knowledge base, and how you can use it to transform your customer experience. .

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

This week we feature an article by Hamzah Tariq who shares seven ways to improve the overall live chat experience for your customers. Businesses constantly try to improve the customer experience they deliver through new approaches, tools and strategies. . There’s nothing worse than a half-baked reply.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Self-service is finally coming of age, with leading enterprises embracing the paradigm of customers helping themselves. But it turns out that not all self-service options are created equal. Walmart axed its Mobile Express Scan & Go self-checkout experience due to negative feedback from customers.

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AWS Machine Learning

AUGUST 30, 2023

QnABot allows you to quickly deploy self-service conversational AI into your contact center, websites, and social media channels, reducing costs, shortening hold times, and improving customer experience and brand sentiment. Access the QnABot web client and start experimenting.

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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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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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GetFeedback

AUGUST 24, 2018

Most customers would rather solve problems themselves than go through the hassle of contacting customer service. According to Forrester Research , 91% of customers surveyed would use a knowledge base if it were customized to their needs. 8 Tips on Knowledge Base Creation.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week we feature an article by Soumya Juttukonda, a content developer & digital media strategist at Knowmax , an AI enterprise knowledge base solution to enhance customer service. She shares how you can reduce customer support tickets and enhance customer experience. Map the customer journey.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager With customers becoming more demanding, can self-service really help? Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager Customer service is continually increasing in complexity. for self-service. per contact, compared to $0.10

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pindrop

OCTOBER 12, 2021

These experiences range in their level of frustration but are very common. At the core of this experience is the process of identification which in turn is based on the very foundational element of Knowledge-Based Authentication questions or KBAs. Enhance Customer Experience. in 2012 to 6.1%

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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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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. Not only that, you need to make that experience as frictionless as possible. Optimize for mobile.

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Customers are less patient, and robust technology that meets both employee and customer needs isn’t being implemented fast enough and efficiently enough to reduce the anxiety. The drive toward self-service is a reality and with good reason, as customers want self-service.

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ShepHyken

MAY 10, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 8 Ways to Win Customer Loyalty With Streamlined Customer Support by Samuel O’Brien. And number five is to “Create Self Help Portals.” Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Eptica

JUNE 20, 2018

Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Author: Pascal Gauvrit How AI-based self-service can transform the customer experience. How can brands therefore deliver the online experience that consumers expect and demand? However, not all self-service systems deliver the same experience.

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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? Software setup/installation.

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ShepHyken

JULY 26, 2022

Top Takeaways: A lot of people think that AI is all about deflecting customers away from support agents. However, AI is about solving the customer’s problem by providing a self-service option, interacting with a bot, or getting that customer to a human. Human-centered AI is not just about resolving the issue.

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