DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2020

Voice Self-Service Has Become More Popular—and It’s About to Get Much Better. View this document on the publisher’s website. Either way, during the past four decades, touch-tone and/or speech-based IVRs have become the most common form of customer self-service, second only to the web. By Donna Fluss.

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Mindtouch

MAY 4, 2018

Among the many challenges facing customer service departments, cost is near the top of the list. Things like high ticket volume and agent turnover can be among the most costly; but high-effort customer service experiences tend to be the multiplier. Definition of a Web Self-Service Portal. Sumo Logic Support.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This week we feature an article by Pradeep Rathinam who writes about how we must understand what the large population of millennials expect when it comes to customer service. – Shep Hyken. That said, millennials will absolutely turn to social media and peer-to-peer sharing to both document and absorb learnings. Get creative!

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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 They consistently see 90% of the QnABot traffic routing through the self-service option on the website.

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Enghouse Interactive

AUGUST 26, 2020

Register for our upcoming w ebinar “How and Why Customers Use Self-Service” with Steve Morrell, Managing Director and Principal Analyst of ContactBabel . For many businesses, self-service is evolving into becoming a key factor for success. It’s Not an Option – It’s Expected (Blog Series).

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Contact centers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to build a personalized customer experience and deliver effective self-service support through conversational bots. For more information, visit the Talkdesk Voice Biometric documentation.

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TechSee

MARCH 10, 2021

Remote visual engagement goes way beyond just ‘seeing what your customer sees’ – it’s an enabler and connector for digital transformation. In 2021, remote support has become a standard in customer service and is here to stay. These advanced use cases facilitate a convenient and pleasant user experience.

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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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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Macro 4’s new out-of-the-box self-service portal caters to rising demand from companies that are fast-tracking digital initiatives. . The new Columbus portal allows businesses to avoid the effort, costs and risks of using an internal or external web development team to create their own self-service portal from scratch.

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Mindtouch

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

And when it comes to support, 71% of consumers want the ability to solve customer service issues on their own. They expect support content relevant to their product, service, problem, or question. It wastes the customer’s time, increases their level of effort , and decreases the chances of a successful self-service experience.

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Mindtouch

OCTOBER 23, 2017

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. Five primary trends are turning customer self-service into a multi-billion dollar market opportunity.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

IVAs Can Remake the Self-Service Landscape. View this document on the publisher’s website. A remarkable thing is happening in the realm of customer service: After years of rejecting self-service, customers are changing their tune. The Latest (and Greatest) in Self-Service: IVAs.

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JustCall

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Consistent customer service is a hallmark of reliability and professionalism, attracting customer trust, loyalty, and long-term business. That said, businesses often struggle with delivering consistent support for a positive customer experience. What Causes Inconsistent Customer Service?

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Blueship Call Center

JULY 7, 2023

Any successful company must have excellent customer service because it has the power to create or ruin a brand. It is more crucial than ever to deliver great customer service in the highly competitive business environment of today. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of customer service to a brand.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Sukhdev Singh, Digital Marketing Specialist at Maxicus , a company that provides tech-enabled customer service solutions. He writes about building a great customer experience is integral to the success of any organization. Here are some tips for building a winning customer experience strategy.

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CCNG

MARCH 23, 2022

Most organizations support customers in multiple generations, each with their own preferred way of obtaining assistance - from traditional voice calls, to chat, and even self service options. Unless the customer does not have an option, they will tend to find a company who communicates using their preferred channel.

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Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

With access to fewer resources and generally leaner teams, small businesses need to be more creative and tactful in their approach to customer service. Armed with those insights and learnings, you should be able to get started on — or refine — your own customer service program to start delivering consistently exceptional support.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Sophie AI reads product documentation and support flows, observes customer service and field service interactions, and learns at each step. link] These models can be used as part of your automated self-service Visual Journeys, through Sophie AI Assistant and the Sophie AI Agent.

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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%.

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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

Whether it’s comparing customer care vs. customer support or customer support vs. customer experience, all these terms are used interchangeably (and wrongly so). What is the Difference Between Customer Service and Customer Support? ” The short answer?

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. The 7 Best Retailers for Customer Service b y Jamie Grill-Goodman. The “20th Annual Mystery Shopping Study” recognizes seven retailers who excel in customer service. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Zappix

MAY 15, 2023

Zappix, a leading provider of Visual Self-Service solutions, has announced a partnership with ProcedureFlow, a recognized leader in process documentation and optimization. Together, the two companies will.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Figuring out how to get a “brain dump” from these employees and document it, before they walk out the door with this critical knowledge, is vital. It’s always worth encouraging employees to contribute even if the documentation isn’t perfect – it can be improved over time.

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Enghouse Interactive

MAY 28, 2021

For Housing Associations, customer service is key to success – it is essential to keep customers happy and make it very easy for them to communicate with the organisation. Previously, customer contact has often been limited to office and telephone interactions. Capacity has been a major issue for customer contact.

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Help Scout

JULY 15, 2021

In this article, we cover four major pain points of delivering customer service in the education industry along with some tips on how to address them. One very useful support-oriented way to utilize staff during those times is to update and add to your self-service content. Pain point #1: Privacy concerns.

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Help Scout

JUNE 8, 2021

Still, using AI chatbots for customer service makes plenty of sense. Use an automated conversational approach to encourage more customer self-service: Help customers find answers themselves by guiding them step by step to the right self-service options. Can create poor customer experiences.

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Inbenta

AUGUST 17, 2021

Chatbots are now mainstream in tech and are the present and future of customer support. Most brands and companies around the world already use them to support their customer service teams, improve their NPS score, deliver faster responses to user requests, and, overall, keep their customers happy and satisfied.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Thanks to the technological revolution, customer service has become a key factor which distinguishes companies in the financial services and insurance (FSI) industry. Here are some ways the financial sector can measure their customer service, identify gaps and take steps to improve the customer experience (CX).

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This e-book is one of our most anticipated documents of the year, featuring insights from industry experts about the topics that matter most in today’s contact center. ” State of the Workforce In an era where very high customer service expectations collide with labor shortages, contact center leaders need to do more with less.

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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?

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delighted

MARCH 9, 2021

Exceptional customer service turns new customers into promoters and promoters into returning loyalists. Let’s take a look at additional data behind why improving customer service should always be a foundational business goal. We’ll also provide some tips on building an impeccable customer service strategy.

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HGS

MAY 20, 2018

How Government Can Better Embrace Digital Customer Service Channels. Speak to any customer service focused organisation and they will enthusiastically tell you about how digital channels are transforming their customer services to deliver faster, more accurate information and assistance to their customers 24/7, via any channel.

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Help Scout

JULY 13, 2021

Sometimes the customer service teams who are supposed to be solving problems somehow manage to make them so much worse instead. Running from responsibility The root of many terrible customer experiences is a company that is happy to collect money from a transaction but not to accept responsibility when things go wrong.

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aircall

JUNE 9, 2021

Multiple studies, articles, and experts highlight the importance of delivering excellent customer service. Choosing the most effective customer service channels is a good way to start. Customer expectations are higher than ever before: 54% of customers have higher expectations in 2021 than they did in 2020.

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aircall

JUNE 2, 2021

How do you let your customers know about your new products and services? Everyone knows that effective communication is the foundation of good customer service. Although there are multiple types of communication channels available today, we’ll tackle the seven most important and most frequently used for customer service.

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