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Wanted: Customer Service Change Agents for Contact Centers

Tricia Morris

For the first time in the history of Forrester Research’s North American Consumer Technographics Customer Life Cycle Survey , respondents now say they are using self-service FAQ pages on a company’s website more often than speaking with a live agent on the phone. Contact centers are working to address this growing and changing channel use.

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How to Manage (and Reduce) Call Center Call Volume

Stella Connect

Having strategies in place to be able to effectively manage and reduce call center call volume and wait times for customers is key to ensuring customer satisfaction (CSAT) and agent retention. . This when contact centers have also reported increases in call volumes, hold times, difficult calls, and escalations. .

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Is Your Customer Service Department a “Factory of Sadness”?

Customer Bliss

It’s one of the main reasons why we continue to see stories of service failures (and the resulting customer outrage that ensues) all over social media. Customer satisfaction has been in a freefall for four years running. Rethink the contact center environment: . But, it can be done. About Matt Dixon.

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16 Statistics Shaping the Future of Customer Service

Tricia Morris

Here is a collection of 16 statistics shaping customer service for today and tomorrow: 1. 76% of consumers say they view customer service as the true test of how much a company values them. 60% of consumers have higher expectations for customer service now than they did just one year ago.

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So how did customer service perform in 2015?

Eptica

The US picture – could do better Overall 2015 was a poor year for customer service across the US, with close to six out of ten companies (59%) seeing a fall in customer ratings according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). While this was only a small rise (of 0.2 Share this page on: Tweet.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 11-28-2022

ShepHyken

(Harvard Business Review) Customer expectation in the United States has held steady for the last decade, while customer satisfaction has deteriorated. To reverse this trend, many companies are now strategically leveraging all parts of their organizations to offer customer-centric approaches to increase customer satisfaction.

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Why Your Call Center Should be ISO Certified?

Magellan Solutions

Why Are Every Businesses Looking to Hire an ISO Certified Call Center? After examining 82 research papers in 2012, it was revealed that ISO certification has “clear benefits” on organizations. That means, in terms of operations, customer happiness, and staff engagement levels, ISO has a positive impact on their process.