This week we released part two of our Agent Experience Index survey covering the gig economy and how customer service agents feel about it. Currently, 16% of customer service agents are working in the “gig economy” and we expect that number to continue to rise. …
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Do You Know What Makes Your Customers Tick, and What Ticks Them Off?
When was the last time you were asked to provide feedback as a customer? You probably don’t remember. The truth is, you probably were asked but ignored or declined the request due to some level of inconvenience, or you simply didn’t recognize the request.
More importantly, …
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“It’s Complicated” (But Aspect has an answer to multichannel forecasting)
In 1917 Danish mathematician A.K. Erlang developed a model for predicting how many circuits the telephone company would needed to serve the city of Copenhagen. The model became known as Erlang C and eventually became the mathematical foundation for both automated and manual forecasting models …
Customer Service Confidential: Agents Reveal the Secrets to their Happiness
Want to make your customers happy? Start with your agents.
We all know happy agents, make happy customers. For example, The Tempkin Group’s 2016 Employee Engagement Benchmark Study found that organizations that deliver great customer experiences have one-and-a-half times as many engaged employees as under-engaged employees. …
Is Your Contact Center Enabled by AI-Based Solutions?
Imagine a world where your customers are conversing with an automated service over voice or text, as per their preference, and are provided with the answers they are seeking. Well, one needn’t imagine this as futuristic, as this is already here and is fast becoming …
Why All Businesses Should Invest in Chatbots
The customer service landscape is more dynamic now than ever. New technologies have emerged due to customer demand and digital disruption such as chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI). It is time for businesses to rethink their customer engagement strategy and how to best leverage these …
Staff Burnout and Technology – The Perfect Pair
It’s no secret that physician burnout is a major issue.
Medscape’s National report on Physician Burnout and depression found thatnearly two-thirds of U.S. physicians report feeling burned-out, depressed or both and of the physicians who reported burnout, 56% chose “an excess of bureaucratic tasks” as a …
Infographic: Inside the Hearts and Heads of Customer Service Agents
Today we officially launched part one of our 2018 Agent Experience Index. The Agent Experience Index looks at customer service agents across all demographics and examines their job satisfaction, engagement, ability to provide great customer experiences, and more. A summary of the data can be …
Don’t let your customer strategy get too swept up in World Cup fever
It’s safe to say that the World Cup creates a sense of excitement across the nation, with brands all over the world looking to cash in on the action, using it as a way of promoting particular products or offers. Similarly, it provides an opportunity …
Natural language processing and the pursuit of excellent customer self-service
With convenience being king for consumers in the omni-channel world that we live in, the appetite for automated customer self-service is greater than ever before. Many businesses have taken steps to make this a reality using tech such as text-based chatbots, but making self-service a …