ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. A Pop Culture Guide to Customer Care Training by Matt Searfoss. TCFCR) Looking for a guide to build your customer care training session off of? Five Ways to Humanize Customer Service by Jeff Toister.

2017 81

2017 Article Customer Service Customer Service Training 81

ProProfs Chat

JUNE 14, 2019

Do you know how to keep your customers satisfied? Customer service is a high-stakes game. Every company is competing for the same customers, and customer satisfaction is one of the main differentiators between success and failure. Latest Customer Experience Trends. What Customers Think of CX.

2019 90

2019 Customer Service Social Media Poor Customer Service 90

Solvvy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With more people using apps, web-based services, and fintech solutions, businesses must overcome the challenge of providing the best possible customer service to these new customers. What is a Customer Service Chatbot? However, chatbots don’t require customers to ask a question in a particular way.

Metrics 62

Metrics Customer Service E-support Net Promoter Score 62

TechSee

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

One of the biggest changes happening in customer service right now is in automating the customer experience. Now that so much of the customer experience is self-service, businesses need to make every part of a customer’s interaction fast, easy, and intuitive.

Innovation 117

Innovation Customer Service 2016 Consumers 117

ShepHyken

MAY 1, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 3 Tips for Successful Social Customer Service by Krysta Gahagen. Consumers seek on-demand customer service as they shop both online and offline. Here are my top five picks from last week.

2017 83

2017 Article Customer Service Social Media 83

ShepHyken

MAY 8, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 10 Content Marketing and Customer Experience All-Stars by James A. By the way, these align with the things we expect from our colleagues at FCR on every customer interaction. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

2017 81

2017 Article Customer Service Airlines 81

ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Are You Taking Your Customers For Granted? CustomerThink) What does your B2B marketing program have to do with your customer retention strategy? Driving Revenue With Great Customer Experience by Maxie Schmidt- Subramanian.

2017 59

2017 Article Social Media Customer Service 59

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

A Tata Consultancy Services survey found that 31.7% of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. The two fields attracting the most AI investment last year were automated AI-powered customer service agents, which raised $4.5

Technology 122

Technology Customer Service Contact Center Call Center 122

delighted

JUNE 3, 2021

Consumer spending plunged amidst lay-offs and shelter-in-place orders. Niche and boutique stores without an online presence suffered the most, as consumers migrated to big box stores and online shopping to satisfy all their shopping needs in fewer trips. However, this decrease in spending did not affect all retailers equally.

Omnichannel 100

Omnichannel Retail Consumers 2021 100

Interactions

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Forrester’s recent report, Forrester Infographic: Customer Chatbots Fail Consumers Today, released January 30, 2019, discusses a number of ways that chatbots are failing consumers and how this can be prevented. Consumers think chatbots are more time-consuming than helpful. Chatbots CAN help (when done correctly).

Consumers 54

Consumers 2017 2019 Definition 54

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. ROI’s on the Prize: Twitter Links Social Customer Care and Willingness to Pay by Lia Winograd. Where Customer Service is Failing: Top Priorities For Your Contact Center [Research] by Sharpen. So, what to do?

2016 127

2016 Article Customer Service 2017 127

Retently

JULY 28, 2023

But taking customer experience lightly can be dangerous too. Some studies suggest that poor customer service costs businesses up to $62 million per year. trillion annually when their customers leave – and that’s only in the US. Others are less “optimistic,” saying that companies stand to lose up to $1.6

Chief Customer Officer 142

Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Call Center Metrics 142

Clarabridge

JANUARY 4, 2017

Here are 19 fundamental customer experience stats for 2017 to show you where CX stands, and where it is headed. People are still looking for a good customer experience. 45% of customers are willing to pay more for better customer service 1. 52% stop buying after a bad customer service interaction 2.

2017 51

2017 Customer Experience Return on Investment Competitive Advantage 51

Bold360

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

What exactly are the takeaways making the biggest impact on customer experience initiatives as companies look to 2017, and how can CX pros and business leaders move their companies forward in the digital, always-on, always-connected, omni-channel landscape? Meet Our Panel of Customer Experience Pros: Daisy Jing. Sasha Tenodi.

2016 111

2016 2017 Customer Experience Social Media 111

Eptica

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 What were the key CX trends in 2017? Published on: December 20, 2017. Author: Pauline Ashenden As we come to the end of a busy 2017 it is a good time to review the year, and in particular to look at the most important developments in customer experience over the last 12 months.

2017 48

2017 Competitive Advantage Social Media Customer Centricity 48

NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? Ultimately, digital engagement is what customers demand.

Contact Center 67

Contact Center Consumers Net Promoter Score 2018 67

Bold360

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The financial services industry is changing and developing at a ferocious pace, and 2017 is expected to be a year of growth, at least for those companies able to provide their customers with access to the best technology available to assist them throughout their online journey.

2017 63

2017 Financial Banking 2014 63

Eptica

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 National Customer Service Week: The opportunity of Artificial Intelligence. Published on: October 04, 2017. It is a great opportunity to demonstrate how customer service, and customer experience, has grown to become business-critical for organisations, whatever industry sector they are in.

Customer Service 68

Customer Service Contact Center 2017 2015 68

Bold360

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Consumers in 2017 have heightened standards for customer service and support. During a time where every advertisement we see on social media and every recommended product on Amazon is tailored to our individual interests, customer support interactions must follow suit.

Interaction 56

Interaction Social Media 2017 Advertising 56

Ecrion

AUGUST 5, 2019

The term “customer service” is a catch-all phrase that roughly equates to a customer’s experience with and perception of your brand. Understanding the variables that impact customer service means the difference between retaining and growing your customer base versus losing revenue due to lost customers.

Customer Service 61

Customer Service Social Media 2017 Consumers 61

ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Gemma Baker who writes about how the customer service world has changed with the development of digital communication channels. – Shep Hyken. It is no secret that customers are turning towards digital communication channels when contacting organizations. Provide a Quicker Answer.

2018 75

2018 Blog Customer Service 2017 75

Stella Connect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

We want to know exactly what’s happening from a customer service perspective. But wondering how to handle that volume spike from Black Friday onward is enough to give service-minded retailers nightmares. Throughout last year, including holiday 2016, our best-in-class Index brands set a high bar for service speed and quality.

2017 41

2017 Retail Customer Service 2016 41

Kustomer

MAY 18, 2020

While we’d all like to think that visits to our websites all hold positive intentions, some customers may come to complain or discuss their negative experience with a product or service you’ve provided. What Makes a Customer Service Conversation Effective?

Customer Service 52

Customer Service E-support Social Media Loyalty 52

Clarabridge

JANUARY 4, 2017

Here are 19 fundamental customer experience stats for 2017 to show you where CX stands, and where it is headed. People are still looking for a good customer experience. 45% of customers are willing to pay more for better customer service 1. 52% stop buying after a bad customer service interaction 2.

2017 40

2017 Customer Experience Return on Investment Competitive Advantage 40

Customer Bliss

MAY 3, 2017

Consumers today prefer to do things on their own – and, most importantly, according to their own timeframe. This especially holds true when it comes to customer service. Investments in self-service technologies have helped companies siphon off low-complexity issues (e.g., Guest post by Matt Dixon.

Customer Service 134

Customer Service 2013 Contact Center 2011 134

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Over the past three years, consumer satisfaction with voice assistants has also increased greatly. Between 2017 and 2019, this percentage grew from 61% to 72%. The number of people using voice assistants to buy products also rose from 35% in 2017 to 53% in 2019. This prediction turned out to be true.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service E Commerce Customer Service Representative 2017 52

NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? Ultimately, digital engagement is what customers demand.

Contact Center 54

Contact Center Consumers Net Promoter Score 2018 54

CSM Magazine

MAY 18, 2017

Over 88% of organisations expect digital customer interactions to overtake voice by 2020 or sooner and 92% say customer experience can be linked to revenue, but just 29% are confident they can deliver a seamless customer experience across multiple channels, according to a new report, State of Customer Experience 2017 from West.

2017 40

2017 Customer Experience Contact Center Customer Experience Professionals 40

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Here are some of the top customer service predictions for 2018, brought to you by Fara Haron is CEO of CRM Solutions, Arvato. Consumers will be engaging with companies via these voice-enabled channels and will have higher expectations on the accuracy and their capability to help answer customer service issues.

2018 80

2018 Customer Service 2009 2017 80

Team HGS

JUNE 14, 2017

2017 Trend 3: The Beginning of Channel Guidance. Earlier this year, HGS released a whitepaper on this year’s top 10 trends in customer service. In 2016, customer service professionals continued to work hard to figure out how to best integrate and connect all of the disparate communication channels.

2017 52

2017 Multi-Channel Average Handle Time 2016 52

Oracle

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Direct to consumer (DTC) brands are transforming the entire ecommerce industry, according to new research. In addition, DTC brands are increasing investment on more advanced technologies such as programmatic TV, AI-driven personalization, and customer data platforms to enhance — and disrupt — the shopping experience.

Retail 52

Retail Consumers Advertising 2017 52

Eptica

JANUARY 12, 2017

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 What were the top customer service trends of 2016? Published on: January 12, 2017. Author: Pauline Ashenden As we move into 2017, now is a good time to review last year and use the insight to plan for the future. Is a lack of consistency letting your customer service down?

2016 59

2016 Customer Service 2017 Contact Center 59

Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

Customers value the quality of customer service as much as price and quality of products. According to an American Express study , “Americans will spend 9% more with companies that provide excellent service.” Recent trends in customer service show that companies can delight their customers while generating revenues.

2017 38

2017 Multi-Channel Loyalty Customer Service 38

TechSee

JANUARY 18, 2018

consumers are the largest users of connected devices with 5.2 billion active units in 2017, representing 63% of 8.4 Self-installation has emerged as a viable solution for both enterprises and consumers — providing self-reliance and flexibility to the consumer, and scalability and profitability for businesses.

Customer Service 95

Customer Service Call Center ROI 2020 95

Call Experts

APRIL 28, 2022

And, with the rise in podcast popularity has come the rise of the customer service podcast. . And if you’re already a podcast listener, there’s no reason why you can’t find a podcast that helps you improve your customer service skills right alongside your other favorites. What is customer service ?

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Entertainment Exceptional Customer Service Social Media 52

CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2020

Emergent technologies have forever changed traditional customer service support. Lampton look at the state of customer service in the digital age. Rising customer expectations and increasing brand loyalty competition are driving the need to provide greater value-driven service to both consumers and stakeholders.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service E Commerce Virtual Agent E-support 52

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Can your contact center keep up with changing consumer demands? The second annual NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark includes consumers from three countries – United States, United Kingdom and Australia – with year-over-year results for US (2018 vs 2017), and new benchmark data for UK and Australia.

Contact Center 49

Contact Center Consumers 2018 2017 49