My husband and I like to go to a little Japanese restaurant in our small town. They offer a sushi roll special that includes a ginger salad, mushroom soup and two rolls for a surprisingly affordable price. I know what you’re thinking… I was skeptical …
Maddy Hubbard
Why Voice Authentication Can Help Financial Institutions Deliver Better Customer Service
Banking customers have long been had to provide passwords or PINs to access their accounts. It’s just part of the process, and they understand it’s a necessity for information and account security. Of course, they’ve also had to deal with the challenges of forgetting them …
Why You Have to Measure CSAT and How to do it Right
Once a popular buzzword, customer satisfaction has become a standard in defining business operations and one that requires measurement and adjustment of platforms and processes. In fact, not measuring customer satisfaction to identify and implement improvement opportunities is akin to throwing away revenue.
The tendency for …
Are You Mapping Customer Journey?
Most businesses – at least those that are serious about being competitive – have made the customer experience a key priority. Many are taking the concept of unified communications to the next level, integrating it into the customer engagement workflow to create a unified customer …
Making Your Entire Organization Part of the Unified Customer Experience
Customer experience has, for decades, been the domain of the customer service reps tasked with resolving customer problems when they dial into a call center. That’s changing, though. The modern contact center is still the leader in a mission to deliver a positive customer experience, …
Chatbots: Creating a Better Experience? It’s a Piece of Cake
Last week, a popular grocery store in the southeastern United States made national news over a cake order. A proud mother used the online ordering system to request a custom cake. The cake was supposed to read: “Congrats Jacob! Summa Cum Laude class of 2018.” …
Meeting the Expectations of the Next Generation of Employees
This week, my daughter is graduating. As her “full-time job” of attending high school comes to an end, she’s planning the next chapter of her life. She has been working part-time for the last several months as a sous chef at a trendy café. Over …
Improve Your IVR, Improve the Customer Experience
I’m lucky enough to live in a warm part of the country. Thanks to a certain mouse, it’s a convention and meeting mecca. This time of year is especially popular for companies in the Midwest who are in the midst of a never-ending winter. A …
The Facebook Predicament: Investment Protection, Thanks to Aspect
Last week, in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal several companies and celebrities, including SpaceX, Playboy, Will Farrell and Cher left Facebook. Meanwhile, Facebook put a temporary pause on its app review process for new Messenger chatbots. Which means developers are currently unable to …
The State of Chatbots
Confession: I don’t like to talk on the phone. I’m not alone. In fact, Aspect’s 2017 Customer Experience Index contact with customer service via talking to a live agent has declined 10% in the past 2 years.
Picking up the phone started to wind down for …