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The Importance of Customer Self Service Portal

Kayako

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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How to Think about Chatbots in a Big Picture Kinda Way

Fonolo

What does the future hold for customer service? A common theme in answer to this question is, “Improvements in automation and self-service will erode the importance for call centers.” It also gets strengthened by the marketing efforts of all the vendors selling self-serve technology. Another Way to Think About it.

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No, Google’s Duplex is Not Going to Replace Call Centers

Fonolo

The demand for real-time human-assisted help – whether by voice or text – is not primarily a result of insufficient self-service tools. There are already many ways for companies to offer self-serve interactions to their customers. White Paper: 9 Critical Contact Center Trends for 2018. Some Good Reading.

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4 Contact Center Reports to Start Off Your Year

Fonolo

Their “Inner Circle Guide to Self-Service” was included in our last report round-up post.) Millennials comprise the largest group of employees in contact centers today… craves constant feedback… [so] share with agents the information they need so they can adjust their performance throughout the day.”. Plus So Much More!

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The Best Advice for Contact Centers in 2018: The Experts Weigh In

Fonolo

You should consider onboarding, continuous training, career development, work-life balance, rewards and recognition, and soliciting feedback. Doing” human interactions well in an increasingly self-service world will set you apart. White Paper: CX Trends You Need to Watch in 2018. Learn more about Jon here and here.

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4 Insightful Contact Center Reports You Should Be Reading

Fonolo

A lot of people find this counter-intuitive because of all the new technology announcements in the self-service realm. It’s reasonable to assume that improving self-service will decrease the need for agents, but the relationship is more complicated. See Is Chat Eating into Phone-Based Customer Service?

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Why Listening is a Key to Empathy in Customer Experiences

Natalie Petouhof

It’s the first step to integrating feedback and insight into customer and employee experiences. There is a sort of corporate amnesia where who you were at the start of the journey, and where you’ve been, is completely forgotten,” noted Charlie Godfrey, Senior Director at Genesys in “The business case for empathy” white paper.