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How Technology Can Help Humanize Customer Support

TeamSupport

This dramatically reduces the burden on customer support agents from repeatedly answering simple customer questions. With technology, the customer support agents can now focus on more complex customer concerns that require a human element. Enhanced Customer Support.

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Customer Service Trends 2017: An Effortless Customer Experience is Vital for Loyalty

Kayako

In the customer service trends handbook published by Microsoft , “90% of consumers say they expect consistency and continuity from a brand across channels.”. According to Forrester Research , “only 36% of contact centers have implemented multichannel integration to provide consistent experiences; 70% do not train agents to support multiple channels, and 56% do not offer an agent-facing knowledge management solution”. Customers expect support to be available 24/7.

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Customer Service in the Digital Age

CSM Magazine

Emergent technologies have forever changed traditional customer service support. Omni-channels, chatbots, artificial intelligence, and e-commerce represent new cornerstone technologies to achieve that goal. Omni-channels.