Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

According to the 2019 Global Customer Experience Benchmarking Report from NTT Ltd., A switch to new and more intuitive and interactive models can help to accommodate agents working off-site or from home — especially now as the future of in-office work seems so uncertain. Lessen this strain by making use of self-service options.

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West Monroe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Thousands of Salesforce community members converged in San Francisco last week for Dreamforce 2019. Emerging Salesforce solutions will help simplify data management and enable connected, omnichannel customer service. Health Cloud is introducing consumer preference management functionality to help foster more personalized engagement.

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Kustomer

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

It’s no secret that AI is transforming the way businesses interact with their customers. Microsoft predicts that by 2025 as many as 95% of customer interactions will be through AI. billion in 2019 to $9.4 Virtual assistants allow users to interact with spoken language (Hey Alexa! At least, we hope it won’t. Hey Google!)

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

This year, NICE inContact has been recognised as a Visionary, with the furthest overall placement for Completeness of Vision in 2019. The post NICE inContact a first-time Visionary in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, Western Europe appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

But the 2019 holiday season is shaping up to be one for the record books. With the rise of IVR and self-service, seasonal staff are no longer needed to handle “easy” interactions related to common requests or issues. To meet customer demands, your contact center platform needs to support digital-first, omnichannel interactions.

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Upstream Works

MARCH 21, 2019

Establishing customer trust and loyalty is the single most important aspect of customer experience, according to the Dimension Data 2019 Global Customer Experience Benchmarking Report. In the event that we do need to interact with a business, having multiple options for engagement definitely helps. Consistency and Knowledge.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The latest results and analysis appear in the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark. The post Not Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket – How Businesses Are Allocating CX Funds appeared first on NICE inContact Blog. Interested in learning more? Download your free copy today.

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NICE inContact

MAY 23, 2019

We live in an omnichannel customer service world now. Emerging technologies and changing consumer demands fundamentally have shifted the way businesses interact with their customers. Get your copy of the business wave of the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience Transformation Benchmark today!

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

With new innovations in omnichannel strategies, it’s possible to overcome traditional barriers to exceptional customer engagement and provide a complete digital experience. voice/chat) and digital messaging interactions in one intelligent inbox that eliminates digital agent silos. This is the future of customer experience.

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UJET

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

2019 is coming to a close and the customer support industry is moving into the next decade. To welcome the new year, here are five predictions for 2019. Photo and video sharing, capturing screenshots, providing contextual data like battery life, and diagnostics will all become regular parts of support interactions.

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ProProfs Chat

JUNE 11, 2020

Companies that have the strongest omnichannel customer engagement strategies have an average customer retention rate of 89% , compared to just 33% for companies with weak omnichannel strategies. And this is more than enough to start thinking about an omnichannel experience approach. All you need is an Omni-channel experience.

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Avaya

JANUARY 14, 2019

This blog is authored by Robin Gareiss, President and Founder, of Nemertes Research. When companies design projects around innovative technologies—ranging from analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobility, cloud services, and omnichannel—they can demonstrate measurable success.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 19, 2019

In today’s omnichannel customer service environment, savvy organizations offer their consumers multiple ways to interact with them, including agent-assisted and self-service methods. The 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark is chock-full of insights like these. Get your copy today!

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NICE inContact

MAY 8, 2019

Are you delivering seamless omnichannel customer experiences and creating promotors rather than detractors? The 2019 business wave of the NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark explores many of these questions at a global level. Or are they still most satisfied with a phone call with a competent agent?

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 22, 2019

Customer experience journey management and optimization will take precedence in 2019 as organizations continue to focus on driving greater productivity and efficiency and improved customer experience. Upstream Works for Finesse is an omnichannel agent desktop. When we say omnichannel, we mean it.

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Comm100

AUGUST 31, 2021

In this blog, we’ll be looking at the benchmark data for four of the most important live chat stats, alongside the best practices to hit these benchmarks. Among live chats on the Comm100 platform, the average wait time dropped from 50 seconds in 2019 to a benchmark of 35 seconds in 2020 , for a 30% decrease. Wait Time: 35 Seconds.

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

omnichannel management that supports digital transformation. Self-service tools empower customers to reach out to agents for more complex interactions, like those requiring judgment and empathy. In 2019, automatic call distribution sported 23.3% More Blogs Menu. Omnichannel management creates opportunity.

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Kustomer

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

It’s no secret that AI is transforming the way businesses interact with their customers. Microsoft predicts that by 2025 as many as 95% of customer interactions will be through AI. billion in 2019 to $9.4 Virtual assistants allow users to interact with spoken language (Hey Alexa! At least, we hope it won’t. Hey Google!)

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ViiBE Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

billion in 2019 and is projected to reach USD 72.7 Advantages of augmented reality remote assistance Source: McKinsey, 2019. Remote assistance augmented reality is an emerging technology that allows experts to visually interact with customers or field agents. billion by 2024. The time to invest is now. Customer Service.

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Call Experts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In 2019, Salesforce forecasts a "sustained and solid U.S. Customer activities and interactions with brands during the holiday season significantly impact contact centers. Enhance the quality of omnichannel support with enhanced customer interactions. . More Blogs Menu. Omnichannel management creates opportunity.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In December 2018, we published what we consider will be the Top 10 Trends in loyalty marketing during 2019. We believe these trends will occupy most brands’ efforts during 2019. I’ve blogged extensively about how partnerships are crucial to an effective loyalty program. You can read our blog on loyalty coalitions here.

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Magellan Solutions

JULY 29, 2021

Through friendly interactions, your virtual agent can ensure that your live agents speak with the most qualified leads. We talked about the importance of implementing quality assurance in your contact center in a previous blog. Meanwhile, the market for call-center AI technology is expected to increase from $800 million in 2019 to $2.8

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Hallmark Business Connections

MARCH 16, 2021

30, 2020, online sales ordered by Baby Boomers increased nearly 50% each week compared to the same period in 2019. Boomers are interacting with online channels more than ever, but that doesn’t mean they’ll never return to their old offline favorites. With that in mind, omnichannel campaigns are a great option when marketing to Boomers.

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Call Experts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In 2019, Salesforce forecasts a "sustained and solid U.S. Customer activities and interactions with brands during the holiday season significantly impact contact centers. Enhance the quality of omnichannel support with enhanced customer interactions. . More Blogs Menu. Omnichannel management creates opportunity.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 12, 2019

And 74% of chat interactions result in a first-contact resolution. If anything, organizations underestimate how much customers find chat easy to use for customer service interactions. To find out more about the potential of chat, download the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

They now have to soar up to new levels thanks to the increasing number of channels and complexity of interactions from digital customers. The number and complexity of interactions is getting higher, but the size of the centers are not increasing at the same rate. They now have to don the role of a super hero and that is not easy.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 17, 2019

People want a wide variety of choices about how they interact with companies. Customers still value the option of interacting with agents. The business wave of the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark analyzes survey results from over 900 contact center professionals in the US, the UK, and Australia.

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CX Journey

JANUARY 2, 2019

And, most importantly, what does it mean for 2019? I shared 58 blog posts (that includes a few posts from guest authors) in 2018; here are the top eight (because 18 would be way too many!) Let's fix these in 2019! Customer service is one of those interactions. And, clearly, this gap is on CX professionals' minds.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

They now have to soar up to new levels thanks to the increasing number of channels and complexity of interactions from digital customers. The number and complexity of interactions is getting higher, but the size of the centers are not increasing at the same rate. They now have to don the role of a super hero and that is not easy.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 20, 2019

Traditionally quality management in the contact center has been focused on evaluating agent-assisted interactions — mainly phone. But even if you’re already evaluating your chat and email interactions, you may need to expand your QM program to address an even bigger gap in the customer experience — your online assistants/chatbots and IVR.

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UJET

DECEMBER 17, 2019

According to Gartner ’s 2019 Strategic Roadmap for Customer Service and Support Technologies (May 2019), “an organization’s CSS technology stack is often composed of disparate overlapping systems, leaving both customers and employees with a disjointed experience.”

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NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2019

Chat is a favorite interaction channel for customers and is increasingly offered as an option on websites and mobile apps. Many organizations feel pressured “top down” to apply AI technology to automate chat interactions entirely. appeared first on NICE inContact Blog. The post Most AI Chatbots will Fail, and That’s Okay!

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

He is the author of ‘Be Your Customer’s Hero’, the founder of the popular Customers That Stick® blog, the Co-Host of the Crack the Customer Code podcast, and the creator of multiple virtual training courses on customer service and experience. Also, he is running the planning course of Emotive CX for Customer Interaction. .

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Upstream Works

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The recently published Dimension Data 2019 Global Customer Experience Benchmark Report underscores this and we’re feeling the love – for customers, agents, and business growth. Communication is Key to a Great Relationship. With any relationship, communication is key. Ease of Contact.

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Avaya

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Overall, IDC expects spending on digital transformation to surpass $2 trillion by 2019. By doing so, guests can escalate any mobile interaction to a video chat session with the touch of a finger—anytime, anywhere via an integrated mobile app (more on this below).

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SurveySparrow

MAY 5, 2021

As per the 2019’s Salesforce survey, 77% of customers agreed that chatbots would transform their expectations of companies in the upcoming five years. We will decode that in this blog as we’ll talk about chatbot & conversational AI and how businesses can benefit from them going forward. You have $875.99

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Oracle

DECEMBER 17, 2020

These five cities were at the top of their respective population groups, and they all use technology to enhance citizen interactions with government. I highly recommend this post by Daniel Foppen on the Oracle CX blog which explores the ways this city takes tremendous pride in ensuring the best possible experience for its constituents.

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