Execs In The Know

MARCH 31, 2024

During her keynote address at Customer Response Summit (CRS) in Tucson, Tracy Sedlak, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Offerpad and Execs In The Know Board Member, tackled the pivotal aspects of CX and the Voice of the Customer (VOC), weaving together insights and strategies critical for leadership.

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TeamSupport

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Embrace Omnichannel Support In 2024, customers expect seamless support across various channels. Embracing an omnichannel approach ensures that customers can switch between channels without losing the context of their requests. Bottom line: Know your customer better than they know themselves.

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Fonolo

MARCH 19, 2019

By embracing modern customer service technology as a must-have ‘utility’, these brands can set themselves apart from their competitors. The Benefits of Improved Customer Service. Industries like retail, hospitality, and healthcare have continued to raise the bar to meet customer expectations. A study by J.D.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As technology gets smarter and more intuitive, so does the contact center that benefits from it. Call center automation is the practice of using technology to tackle manual, time-consuming tasks on behalf of your agents. Your callers probably know this technology better as a phone menu or an interactive voice response (IVR).

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Aquire

JULY 26, 2021

This post is going to spotlight 7 of the top ecommerce technology trends your business should keep an eye on in 2021 and beyond. These technological advancements have enabled ecommerce companies to meet people’s purchasing needs with ease and speed. Now customers can track their orders, find the best deals, and much more.

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Comm100

APRIL 22, 2024

Given the importance of customer service productivity, this blog explores actionable strategies to improve agent productivity, enabling your team to work smarter, faster, and more effectively. High workloads, outdated or inadequate technological tools, and lack of adequate training are among the primary obstacles.

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Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Nick Bandy, Chief Marketing Officer at LiveVox , an omnichannel platform that helps brands seamlessly communicate with their customers. He shares how you can align your customer’s journey with their brand expectations. What do customers expect from contact centers? .

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1 to 1

APRIL 21, 2022

When it comes to customer service, customers expect fast and accurate support through the channel of their choice. It’s up to businesses to figure out how to best meet those expectations. This typically means choosing between omnichannel versus multichannel support. What is omnichannel support?

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Ameyo Callversations

JULY 7, 2022

This is where the right technology can help you (as a business owner) know what really excites your buyer and what makes them despise what you sell. Before we dive into the technological aspect, let’s understand the basics of customer feedback and what makes it so crucial for every business. Real-time Customer Assistance.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 15, 2024

This article will explore ways to leverage conversational commerce to improve customers’ experiences with your brand. Conversational commerce is all about interacting with customers through various communication tools, like live chat, chatbots, and contact centers. Let’s explore what forms that technology can take.

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Win the Customer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Traditional businesses often face the challenge of adapting to new customer expectations and technologies. Even long-established businesses can embrace change and revolutionize their customer interactions. Embracing Technology: A Gateway to Innovation 1. Personalization: The Cornerstone of Modern CX 1.

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Logicalware

JANUARY 29, 2024

At the same time when contact centres are under strain, organisations (who see the value in an interactive CX) are looking to increase the number of digital interactions they have with their customers – adding further pressure. They need to evolve with customer needs and future-proof themselves.

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Zendesk

JANUARY 17, 2024

Just as humans achieved space flight on the foundation of a rickety airplane, a new method for consumer interaction —intelligent customer experience—is built on business methods of bygone days. The ICX is a revolutionary way for businesses to exceed customer expectations and enhance their bottom line at scale.

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1 to 1

JANUARY 21, 2022

As retail brands figure out how to adapt their physical spaces to fit in an omnichannel strategy, they should consider what purpose their stores serve, said Jeff Bradbury, senior marketing director at Hughes Network Systems. Notably, the brands that succeed are the ones that stay customer-focused, no matter what challenges arise.

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Lumoa

JULY 17, 2023

Key Drivers of Successful Customer Experience Digitization Today, businesses must continually evolve to address the needs of their customers. Embracing new technology solutions and digitizing customer experience has become a crucial part of this evolution. It is no longer a competitive advantage but a necessity.

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CommBox

AUGUST 9, 2023

Many businesses realize that limited availability negatively impacts the customer experience, often leading them to refrain from even offering 24/7 assistance. The rising expectation for 24/7 customer service In today’s hyper-connected world, customers expect businesses to be available at all times.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Customers demanded digital services to meet their needs, and as organizations rose to the demand, these high customer expectations led to innovative new services. To help cut through the noise, we’ve looked at emerging data and expert opinions to predict the CX trends that we expect to see in 2022 for financial services.

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Uniphore

JUNE 17, 2021

Step 3: Be Proactive (and Predictive) You can solve a customer’s problem—before they’re even aware of it—with proactive engagement. By helping your agents manage customer expectations after a critical event, such as a new claim, purchase, or billing change, you can avoid subsequent issues in the customer’s journey.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 18, 2022

Our review of the past year showed increased customer expectations, innovation in contact center technology, development of safe work environments, and employee engagements – all good indicators that contact centers are more resilient than before. COVID Is No Longer an Excuse for Poor Customer Service.

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Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Solutions and services, therefore, need to be able to cope with fluctuations in demand, ensuring customers receive seamless engagement from agents without adding to the rocketing stress levels. . Customer experience should be treated as business critical due to the tangible benefits that it delivers. Enabling agents.

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TeamSupport

MAY 1, 2024

By setting clear expectations and delivering consistently within those parameters, companies can manage customer expectations more effectively, setting a new standard for SLA’s. Enhancing Customer-Related Tasks with TeamSupport Identifying urgent matters requires timely, efficient alerts.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A new need for more adaptive service options, including improved omnichannel customer experience, has shown up as a strong trend with few signs of letting up. Technological Trends. Omnichannel support is expected and appreciated. “Consumers these days expect that companies are responsive across many channels.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

To help you prepare for the year ahead, in this article we’ll look at the key customer service trends of 2023 and how you can deliver on your consumers’ support expectations. Personalized support through omnichannel expands. Seventy-one percent of consumers expect companies to deliver personalized interactions.

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Logicalware

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Customers expect fast, convenient, and personalised service across multiple channels, and enquiries are more complex and in bigger volumes than before. Formulate a clear strategy that aligns with your business goals, considering the diverse channels your customers use.

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Shep Hyken

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

She writes about what customers expect from companies in 2021 and what they actually get. Consumers today expect speedier access to services than ever before. In this post, we shall compare five customer expectations in 2021 to their reality. Reality: Customer Service generally feels like sales. .

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Hodusoft

JULY 21, 2022

Therefore, it’s critical for business owners to invest in a call center system that enables businesses to enhance communication between the agents and the policyholders or potential customers. Understand Customers to Deliver a Truly Personalized Experience. Integrate Omnichannel Approach to Enhance Communication.

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Lumoa

APRIL 28, 2020

New technology has driven organizations to undergo digital transformations, as a result, we see a shift in consumer behavior. Apps, machine learning, AI and other types of new technology have made it possible for consumers to do almost whatever they want- whenever they want– wherever they want.

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Hodusoft

APRIL 12, 2023

A new Emplifi study found that 42 percent of customers value seamless omnichannel communication to communicate with insurers using multiple devices and channels. But only 11 percent of decision-makers in the insurance industry focus on omnichannel experiences to deliver quality experiences for customers.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

However, the past couple of years has seen its importance within customer service skyrocket as companies adopted new technologies to stay connected during the pandemic. With the benefits made clear for all to see, and customer expectations risen, customer service operations can no longer afford to ignore digital transformation.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 15, 2020

By making your customers repeat themselves at different stages of the customer journey, you put the onus on them to track the issue. By investing in a fully-integrated omnichannel system, you can empower your agents to pick up conversations where they last left off, creating a seamless experience. That’s not much of a service!

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 17, 2021

“The customer is at the heart of everything we do and every decision we make,” he says, “We always start with the customer first. Keeping a pulse on customer expectations. I think that’s what will always allow support departments to continue to evolve and be successful in helping their customers.”.

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Shep Hyken

AUGUST 12, 2022

By creating self-service solutions like FAQs and other knowledge-based solutions, you can expect the customer to find solutions for commonly faced issues on their own, while the customer support team can focus on more serious queries that need human intervention. . Embrace omnichannel experience.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 20, 2022

Over the past few years, contact center leaders have had their customer experience, technological innovation, and overall resilience tested like never before. The first step to success is knowing what to expect. Customers Expect Convenience and Immediacy. – Peter Ryan, CEO of Ryan Strategic Advisory.

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Comm100

MARCH 21, 2022

This inherent and necessary fact can lead to frustration with government service delivery, and is a key reason why government customer satisfaction falls so far behind the private sector. With that said, there are still many ways that governments can break down these silos, with digital omnichannel platforms being one.

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CommBox

MARCH 2, 2022

This way, you can communicate with your customers from the widget, which is much faster and more efficient than other channels out there. Omnichannel communication tools like CommBox help you build fully customizable chatbots that have all these capabilities. . Another example is using technology for cross-channel communication.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

More often than not, the call center operations of several MSPs lack the necessary resources and sophistication that can take customer service to the next level. MSPs must ensure that their call center is equipped with the right type of technology tools. Continuous training is essential due to the ever-evolving nature of technology.

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CallCare

MAY 9, 2023

Want to deliver a better customer experience across the board? Integrating digital tools, embracing new technologies and making use of data-driven insights could be essential to achieving your goals. The bottom line is that today’s customers expect more. Not only this, but organised, insightful and actionable data.

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