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How to align AI and human expertise for exceptional CX
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how businesses interact with customers — but let’s be honest, AI alone isn’t the magic bullet for customer experience. The best results happen when AI and human expertise work together. AI can automate repetitive tasks, provide insights, and boost efficiency, but it’s the human touch that builds trust and lasting relationships. So how do you strike the right balance? That’s where the AI + Human Maturity Model™ for Customer Experience comes in. This model is a practical guide for businesses looking to assess where they are today, where they can go next, and how to structure their teams to get the most out of AI and human collaboration.
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Customer Service Excellence: REI
Customer experience in the omnichannel world is a challenge. In fact, for 67% of businesses, improving customer service is one of the top priorities.
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3 Reasons to Lengthen Your Healthcare Customer Service Calls
The phone still rules when it comes to complex customer service questions and problems. In fact, 46% of customers prefer to get support on complicated issues via phone.
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Customer Service Excellence: Crutchfield Corporation
Although the value of good customer service is clear, not every company places customer service at the center of its business. In fact, according to a recent survey by SocialBakers, out of 37 countries whose question response rate was tracked on Twitter, the US ranks 33rd – nearly at the very bottom.
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Customer Service is Everyone’s Job
It’s time to stop looking at customer service as a position that touches the contact center alone. A true customer service oriented organization recognizes that all employees need to incorporate the customer viewpoint into their jobs.
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Keeping the Human in Customer Service
This guest post is written by Al Hopper – marketing, customer service, and social media expert, named as one of the Top 100 Most Social Customer Service Pros on Twitter in 2013 in the Huffington Post and a Top 50 Contact Center Thought Leader in 2014 by ICMI.
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Bring Sunshine to Your Customers Through Great Customer Service
When the sun is shining, it’s hard to stay upset. Except if a new purchase isn’t working the way it’s supposed to. Or if software is experiencing a glitch. Or if customers don’t understand how to use the new solution they spent all that money on. Or if your customers have billing questions. That’s when you need to up your customer service game.
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3 Words Good Customer Service Agents Never Say
This guest post was written by Elise Keith, co-founder of Lucid Meetings, a complete online system for running business meetings with your team and clients.
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Why is the Service in Customer Service Failing?
There’s no denying that customer service can play a huge role in differentiating online businesses. Even with all the self-service options available, Forrester has discovered that 45% of buyers require person-to-person contact.
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Happy Contact Center Agents Equal Happy Customers
Ignore your contact center agents at your peril. Taking care of customer service agents is expensive. However, not taking care of them costs far more.