This year Customer Contact Week celebrated 20 years of unforgettable conferences that bring together the world’s leaders in customer experience. The conference always provides attendees with amazing learning opportunities, networking options, and...
When Empathy Cramps the Customer Experience
Feb 8, 2018 7:00:00 AM
Although there are many ways that agents can wreak havoc on a call, what aggravates customers the most is when agents spend more time sympathizing than finding solutions. According to the Harvard Business Review, saying “sorry” can cause your...
How Bots Help You Learn What Customers Want
Jan 24, 2018 7:00:00 AM
There are many reasons why businesses increasingly turn to artificial intelligence (AI) to augment and enhance their customer communications. That everyone else is doing it too isn’t a good enough reason for you to jump on board any ship, so we’ll...
Customers No Longer Resent Automation, they Demand It
Dec 5, 2017 7:00:00 AM
Like it or not, computer automation is good for business. Contrary to depictions in many sci-fi movies, automation will not result in a startling loss of jobs, in fact, experts predict that in 2018 just 9% of jobs will be lost to automation while 2%...