Qualtrics

MARCH 13, 2020

Frustrating contact center experiences like explaining your issue over and over again, or being handed from agent to agent are usually caused by data silos. Find out how a few simple changes to your set-up can deliver better experiences to customers and agents. First, there was the call center.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 16, 2020

This is the last in a series of blog posts examining key contact center trends for 2020, and the first three lead up to this broader theme of innovation driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI). This means that AI applications for the contact center do not come fully-formed. 24/7 Self-service.

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TechSee

JANUARY 26, 2021

Challenged by continuing uncertainty and perhaps uncharted territory, it has never been harder to predict what lies ahead in the world of consumer trends and customer service. People seeking additional income in remote work without long-term obligations will enable contact centers to leverage the ability of gig economy agents.

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Upstream Works

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

At face value, providing seamless customer service should be the goal of every contact center. With so many technologies to manage, along with rising customer expectations, this can be harder than it seems. By extension, the easier you can make this look to the customer, the better the outcomes.

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Interactions

JUNE 17, 2021

But, we’re halfway through 2021 and it only feels right to do a check-in on where we stand with the evolution of contact centers and changes to customer experience. . I’m going to spend some time reflecting on a few of these predictions and the effect, if they prove to be true, that they will have on customers long term. .

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Talkdesk

MARCH 12, 2021

Talkdesk is an enterprise cloud contact center as a service (CCaaS) solution provider empowering companies to deliver customer experience excellence and top-notch quality of service (QoS). Founded to bring a paradigm shift into the realm of call center solutions, it became the first CCaaS unicorn startup in 2018.

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Kustomer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen is joined by two CX leaders, Michael Miller and Vikas Bhambri, to discuss managing customer expectations during a global pandemic. Companies are integrating AI into their CX to get a better handle on customer care.

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Kustomer

JUNE 7, 2022

Efficiency is the name of the game in customer service, and AI is a true force multiplier, enabling customer service teams to work more efficiently and focus on the customers who need the most help. Omnichannel Customer Experience. That shouldn’t be a surprise—we all know customers want what they want.

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Kustomer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen is joined by two CX leaders, Michael Miller and Vikas Bhambri, to discuss managing customer expectations during a global pandemic. Companies are integrating AI into their CX to get a better handle on customer care.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

That’s especially true in your contact center, where millions of customer interactions across dozens of platforms can leave you overwhelmed by information and unable to act on what you hear from your customers. Acting on these insights lets you deliver on customer expectations and double down in areas you know work well.

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

We must embrace change and adapt quickly to meet today’s consumer expectations for a smart, omnichannel experience powered by a modern CRM—the key to scaling CX, meeting explosive growth, and adapting to change. Some argue that 2020 has signaled the decline of ticket-based support systems. Omnichannel Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 7, 2022

Many organizations do not know what customers expect from their experience and to their detriment. Understanding customer expectations is fundamental. You failed to surprise and delight the customer, and you failed to provide an excellent experience that inspires the customer loyalty necessary for customer-driven growth.

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Think Customers

AUGUST 18, 2021

At the 2020 National Retail Federation , on the eve of the pandemic, our writers noted that the future of retail was about removing barriers. How do we make interactions ‘effortless’ for customers? The modern retail customer craves personalization, seamless conversations, and communication at every point in the journey.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

With a new emphasis on the importance of customer data, support leaders hold some of the companies most valuable insights. In order to feed that back into the organization, their responsibilities and internal footprint are changing and, simultaneously with customer expectations, they must evolve.

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Uniphore

JANUARY 25, 2022

As more companies incorporate emotion AI into their customer journey, customer comfort with, and subsequent demand for, the technology grows. Post-2020 could easily be called the start of the Zoom Era. What a wild ride the 2020 and 2021 holiday seasons were. Conversational AI Expands Beyond the Contact Center.

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Think Customers

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In 2020, brands discovered how empathy can drive profitability and win lifetime loyalty, even during trying times. Are we keeping our CX vows to customers and employees? Start with research and journey mapping to create a visual representation of the path your customers take when they engage with your brand.

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Innovative CX

MAY 5, 2022

Just like customer expectations have changed dramatically, so too have employee expectations of the workplace experience. Throw a pandemic on top of this tectonic shift in expectations and you have a tidal wave of change impacting how we recruit and retain employees in our contact centers.

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Comm100

JANUARY 11, 2023

According to a study on chatbot impact , overall market preference for chatbots as the primary mode of communication for customer service now sits at 45%. Chatbot usage has doubled since 2020 , and is currently estimated to be worth $641.1 Younger generation increasingly prefers customer service automation. Travel: 16%.

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Avaya

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

They say that by 2020, customer experience (CX) will overtake price and product as the No. Every smart company today is looking beyond the expected product or service to radically improve the quality of the experiences they create. The way I see it, companies won’t make it to 2020 if they don’t start adapting now.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Today’s customers expect digital communication channels from the businesses that they connect with. It’s well documented that millennials hate phone calls , and to meet the needs of these customers, businesses are undergoing digital transformation to remain competitive. Meeting Customer Demand. Business Goes Digital.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 20, 2023

Tomas Hult is a member of the ACSI team and researches thousands of companies and analyzes millions of data points and customer interactions. Will ChatGPT Replace The Contact Center Agent? Contact numbers are hard to find. Losing Customers Due to Lack of Relevance?

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2018

The customer experience industry is changing at an unprecedented pace and businesses must prepare for dynamic developments throughout the coming year. Many industry-leading companies with a European presence are reviewing the impact of Brexit on their profitability post-2020. Keep it simple.

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Playvox

MAY 25, 2023

Contact centers have changed drastically in recent years. The once “in-person” centers dealing with inbound calls have been replaced by global, distributed customer experience teams. In addition, new online channels have emerged to help companies serve customers in an increasingly digital landscape.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Although this information can usually be found in the user manual, customers looking for assistance with these basic tasks drive a large volume of calls to the customer care center, which can be avoided with self-service. The rise of Artificial Intelligence in customer self-service.

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 6, 2020

Competitive pressures, customer expectations, and emerging technologies are some of the key factors pushing leaders to elevate and evolve their customer service approach. We often talk about omnichannel as the ultimate goal for any and every customer service solution. 2020 Trends in Omnichannel Customer Service.

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Interactions

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Voice search is up–50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020, per comScore. These enterprises see value in offering voice services for general customer service inquiries and to guide customers to relevant products and offers, per the Oracle Impact of Emerging Technology on CX Excellence report.

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Answer Dash

APRIL 17, 2020

Understanding customer experience management Customer experience is the sum total of every interaction a customer has with your business, from seeing your logo on a billboard to humming along to the hold music when they use your contact center. Do your target customers care more about certain things than others?

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Kustomer

JULY 8, 2020

Kustomer’s integration with Shopify Plus will help brands and customer service agents optimize and personalize customer experiences. This extraordinary customer service tool has played a significant role in enabling our team to deliver the type of highly efficient and personalized service that today’s customers expect and demand.”.

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ProProfs Chat

JUNE 14, 2019

Latest Customer Experience Trends. A customer experience promoter has a lifetime value to a company that’s 600 to 1,400% that of a detractor. 46% of decision-makers in global contact centers expect their business to grow 5-10% in the next year, while 14% project a massive growth of more than 10%. Forrester.

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Kustomer

AUGUST 27, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of Customer Service Secrets , Gabe Larsen is joined by Vikas Bhambri, SVP of Sales and CX at Kustomer, 20 year CRM Contact Center Lifer, and Gabe’s partner in crime to make a big announcement. It is no secret that day-to-day life has changed drastically since March of 2020.

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Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

Customers expect top-notch service, with no patience or loyalty for companies that don’t provide it. In the customer service trends handbook published by Microsoft , “90% of consumers say they expect consistency and continuity from a brand across channels.”. Your customers want to help themselves.

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VDS

MAY 13, 2020

When it comes to evolving customer expectations, companies cannot meet the needs of customers today with what worked in the past. A decade ago, customers expected decent service at a fair price. Just as important as all of this, most customers did not grow up with cell phones in their back pockets.

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