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2020 Business and Customer Service Experience Trends

CCNG

Today's consumers are shopping online more now than ever but find the overall service experience inadequate. According to The Northridge Group's State of Customer Service Experience 2020 report, as a result of COVID-19, 68% of consumers have increased their online shopping and plan to continue at this increased rate post-pandemic.

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What is Expected Wait Time? (EWT)

Babelforce

Expected Wait Time (EWT) is the length of time a customer has to wait in the queue before an agent answers. There is a systematic approach to calculating EWT which should factor in things like staffing, handling time and the wait time of recent calls. EWT is always a best guess.

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The Evolving Landscape: New Trends in Customer Service Strategies

CSM Magazine

Customer service, often seen as the heart of a business, is the assistance and advice provided by a company to those people who buy or use its products or services. It operates as a key touchpoint between a business and its customers – a platform where relationships are built, trust is established, and loyalty is earned.

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Top 5 Higher Education Customer Service Trends for 2023

Comm100

Now, as we look to the future of customer service in higher education, we see that institutions are expanding on the progress of remote learning tools with new channels for student services. Read on for the top five higher education customer service trends you’ll want to keep on top of.

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The Top 3 Ways to Forecast for Your Contact Center

It can be difficult to schedule the right amount of agents at the right time. Download our ebook to learn how to reduce overstaffing and understaffing, lower customer wait times and improve the customer experience with proper forecasting. Forecasting is no easy task.

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Bad Customer Service Rarely Results in Profitability

Beyond Philosophy

We have all been in line or on hold for customer service , waiting for a company to get back to us. We tap our toes and roll our eyes as we wait. Then, when our wait time runs long and our patience runs short we get cranky and think, this customer service crew is really inept today.

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Guest Post: Customer Service Automation: A Quick Beginner’s Guide

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Jason Grills, Customer Support Expert at ProProfs , a company that provides software that empowers organizations to deliver happiness to their customers and employees. He writes about what automated customer service can do for your business. What is Automated Customer Service? .