CSM Magazine

MARCH 20, 2024

This distinctive model, coupled with a leadership team that boasts over five decades of customer support outsourcing experience with Fortune 500 behemoths in the Philippines—including titans such as Microsoft, American Express, Allstate, United Healthcare, and T-Mobile—positions it uniquely.

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2001 Customer Experience Contact Center Competitive Advantage 52

Horizon CX

MARCH 19, 2022

So, let me share some insights into some recent customer service journey experiences I’ve had with organizations where AI and the cultural/people integration are being (or not) applied. This is where the fun begins or, to put it more crisply, where the customer journey can take a critical and not so smooth turn.

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Customer Journey Touchpoint Seminar Average Handle Time 52

Think Customers

JULY 2, 2019

Customer Contact Week—a conference focused on customer experience and customer care technology and trends—recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in Las Vegas. So, how has the customer experience evolved in the past two decades? And Customer Contact Week was known as Call Center Week.

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Contact Center Net Promoter Score 2003 Customer Journey Mapping 40

Natalie Petouhof

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Tweet Constellation Research is launching a new program, and I’m happy to share that the vendors that have been listed on the Constellation ShortList ™ for Customer Service and Contact Center Software. Companies can identify new opportunities by integrating these customer insights into their companies’ innovation processes.

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Contact Center Customer Service Document Interaction 45

TechSee

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Customer Service will become increasingly AI-driven. In 2020, automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are expected to have an even greater impact on contact center operations. Explosion of virtual contact centers. Greater demand for data transparency and security. Voice will be king.

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2020 Customer Service Contact Center Social Media 136

Qualtrics

JUNE 11, 2021

Health insurers are eager for greater insight into how members feel when they call, live chat, or text. Capturing far more than the words can unlock a treasure trove of actionable insights and information. Both high-level topics are deeply emotional and require careful and often detailed customer care interactions.

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Insurance Contact Center Call Center Healthcare 26

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

We’ve said it so often it’s become cliché, but we stand by the concept that happy employees make for happy customers, and in outsourcing, happy customers make happy clients. TX strategy is the ultimate integration of customer experience (CX), employee experience (EX), the multi experience (MX), and user experience (UX).

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Contact Center Multi-Channel Customer Care Touchpoint 156

COPC

JUNE 9, 2023

Lastly, the wealth of data generated in the CX industry provides invaluable insights for businesses looking to gain a deeper understanding of their customers. The Many Facets of AI in CX Applying AI in the CX industry unlocks many opportunities to enhance daily operations and customer interactions.

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Customer Experience Customer Journey Contact Center Technology 116

Qualtrics

JUNE 10, 2021

Health insurers are eager for greater insight into how members feel when they call, live chat, or text. Capturing far more than the words can unlock a treasure trove of actionable insights and information. Both high-level topics are deeply emotional and require careful and often detailed customer care interactions.

Insurance 26

Insurance Contact Center Call Center Healthcare 26

Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For many organizations, a huge part of this new year task is setting contact center priorities — priorities that can have a colossal impact on the customer experience. But deciding on annual goals and specific yearly focuses for a call center isn’t always easy. Tip: Begin to examine your existing contact center processes.

Contact Center 42

Contact Center 2018 Customer Centricity Social Media 42

Kustomer

JUNE 7, 2022

Their customer service agents connect on an emotional level with their buyers using whatever channel the buyer selects to educate and foster authentic relationships. This takes a level of insight tickets can’t provide. UNTUCKit is another great example of a customer-centric brand. Realizing the Intelligent Customer Experience.

Customer Experience 90

Customer Experience E-support Omnichannel Contact Center 90

COPC

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Another area that organizations often need to focus on is uncovering customer expectations of how you care for their needs and desires. Intimate knowledge of both “drivers” and “expectations” is foundational in the design of a good customer experience. Next, create a service blueprint of your most important service journeys.

E-support 88

E-support Webinar Competitive Advantage Loyalty 88

Playvox

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

One of the most impactful uses is how AI is transforming customer experience (CX). Advances in technology allow contact centers to use data in much more manageable ways, redefine how to engage with customers, gain efficiencies, and leverage actionable insights to improve quality management (QM) and the customer journey.

Contact Center 75

Contact Center Management Call Center Omnichannel 75

NICE inContact

JUNE 27, 2017

With so many high-end hotel and accommodation options vying for customers these days, the guest experience has never been more critical. Great communication and attention to customer journey goes much farther in garnering return guests and brand loyalty. Centralize and simplify.

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Omnichannel Contact Center Guest Experience Hospitality 48

Interactions

AUGUST 19, 2021

Often, in the hopes of a quick fix, brands get creative on how to “remove” pain points from the customer journey. In fact, in a recent survey by Interactions, almost 75% of respondents said in the past two years they had experienced long wait times when contacting customer service. Happy summer reading!

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2021 Contact Center Call Center Consumers 62

Natalie Petouhof

MARCH 3, 2016

Genesys, a market leader in omni-channel customer experience (CX) and contact center solutions, will be particpating in the event. At Enterprise Connect, Genesys will show why omnichannel will be the standard in customer experience excellence and how companies can move toward an Omnichannel Engagement Center solution.”.

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Omnichannel Connections 2016 Contact Center 40

Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Their customer service agents connect on an emotional level with their buyers using whatever channel the buyer selects to educate and foster authentic relationships. This takes a level of insight tickets can’t provide. UNTUCKit is another great example of a customer-centric brand. Realizing the Intelligent Customer Experience.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience E-support Omnichannel Contact Center 52

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s 2019, which means contact center metrics from 1999 are almost old enough for their first legal beer (and already knocking them back in Canada.) Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. How do we use that data to improve the customer experience?

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Metrics 2019 Customer Care Measurement 219

CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

As experience overtakes price and product as a key brand differentiator, customer service is being recognized as the face of, and driver for, organization-wide strategy. With a new emphasis on the importance of customer data, support leaders hold some of the companies most valuable insights. SVP, Customer Success Group, McAfee.

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Customer Service Strategies Customer Service Airlines Chief Customer Officer 40

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time Omnichannel 74

Qualtrics

MAY 7, 2019

The only way to get that – and deliver breakthrough customer experiences – is to combine the power of experience data (X-Data ) and operational data (O-Data) so companies can truly understand what’s happening at every step of the customer journey. That’s why combining Qualtrics and SAP is so powerful.

Contact Center 31

Contact Center B2B Customer Journey Sales 31

BlueOcean

JANUARY 6, 2020

Instead, the opposite has happened – adding more channels has complicated the customer journey, adding more contact points and sparking more channel switching activity. Gartner research shows a direct correlation between the number of available channels and the number of customer contacts in a single resolution journey.

Omnichannel 177

Omnichannel Customer Care Customer Journey Consumers 177

Magellan Solutions

JUNE 10, 2019

Customer service, by definition, is the act of assisting the customers before, during, and after a transaction. It is a vital part of every touchpoint of the customer journey. E-commerce customer care. E-commerce customer care is simply customer service for online shops.

Call Center 75

Call Center E Commerce E-support Social Media 75

Natalie Petouhof

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Tweet Cloud-Based Customer Service and Customer Experience. announced its acquisition of Contact Solutions , a leading provider of real-time, contextual customer care solutions. The combination of Contact Solutions and Verint will increase the value proposition that customers of both companies receive.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Customer Experience Omnichannel Customer Engagement 40

ProProfs Chat

MARCH 30, 2018

Ensure that they have the empowerment and autonomy to resolve customer issues. Check for dysfunction, customer care is challenging enough without fighting internal policies, or dysfunctional processes that don’t make sense or needlessly create problems. What is left are tougher, more complex customer issues.

Customer Satisfaction 111

Customer Satisfaction Contact Center Net Promoter Score Customers 111

Pointillist

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

But your customers’ journeys don’t begin and end within your product. Customers interact with multiple channels and products to achieve their goals. To optimize engagement, it’s crucial to understand not only what your customers are doing, but why. Why Customer Journeys are Key to Improving Digital Product Experience.

Customer Journey 45

Customer Journey Contact Center Metrics Roadmap 45

Thematic

AUGUST 29, 2024

Listening to your customers is now more important than ever. According to a recent McKinsey report , improving customer care is the fastest-growing priority for customer care leaders. And Voice of Customer (VoC) programs are among the most effective tools in the box. What is Required for a VOC Program?

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Voice of Customer Social Media Feedback Multi-Channel 62

NICE inContact

JUNE 11, 2019

Every business is different, and so is every customer. But when it comes to the benefits of digital customer service, these seem to go across the board. That’s in contrast to 57% who are satisfied with traditional channels. 2) Online Retailers.

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Customer Service Banking Telecommunications Retail 54

SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Her blogs put a laser-beam focus on deriving customer experience insights for benevolent growth and revenue. One of her strong facets includes portraying employee experience (EX) as the sole driver behind loyalty, advocacy, and customer retention programs. She is also a proficient writer and regularly pens for M4 Communications.

Customer Success 17

Customer Success 2021 White Paper Contact Center 17

NICE inContact

AUGUST 6, 2019

1) Centrally managing next generation digital interactions in the contact center. Today in most company’s ownership of digital channels is siloed outside the contact center, typically in marketing. 5) Allowing customers to easily move across voice, digital, and messaging channels.

Omnichannel 63

Omnichannel Contact Center Fashion Consumers 63

NICE inContact

AUGUST 6, 2019

1) Centrally managing next generation digital interactions in the contact center. Today in most company’s ownership of digital channels is siloed outside the contact center, typically in marketing. 5) Allowing customers to easily move across voice, digital, and messaging channels.

Omnichannel 54

Omnichannel Contact Center Fashion Consumers 54

CSM Magazine

MARCH 15, 2024

Integrating workforce optimisation into the contact centre was a game-changer for them, enabling real-time monitoring, smarter scheduling, and continuous performance improvement. With advanced analytics seamlessly built into AXP, agents have the tools to turn insights into action, executing on a vision of unparalleled customer care.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Virtual Agent Omnichannel Financial 52

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Brenda Lynn Dichoso – Head of Customer Experience Performance Management at PT Smartfren Telecom. Brenda Lynn Dichoso is a customer experience executive with direct vertical market experience in designing, implementing, and managing complex customer care operations in a telecom set-up. LinkedIn : [link].

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2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

Think Customers

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In the contact center space, interaction analytics, also known as speech analytics, provide organizations with 20/20 vision on their customer interactions and a path for action to enhance them. It utilizes replies and reactions in an associate’s dialogue to create coachable insights.

Contact Center 64

Contact Center Average Handle Time Metrics Customer Journey 64

Kustomer

JUNE 27, 2022

What Are the Benefits of Customer Service Software? Customer service tools can transform customer service for companies of any size. Utilizing these tools enables faster, more efficient, personalized support while still imparting a brand-specific and customer-centric experience.

2022 92

2022 Customer Service E Commerce E-support 92

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?

Customer Experience Management 66

Customer Experience Management Culture Customer Experience Management 66

Thematic

MARCH 29, 2020

How insights and analytics professionals can turn overwhelming volumes of customer feedback into a continuous product feedback loop. Sadly, this feedback is often not analyzed and when it is, the insights from it are rarely acted upon. I spent the last 5 years building Thematic , a customer feedback solution.

Feedback 111

Feedback E-support Metrics NPS 111