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We think it’s important to strike a balance between automation and a human touch in digital customer service. Sure, we live in a world that increasingly relies on technology, but we believe this only emphasizes the qualities that are particular to human communication, not replace them. The connections between customer experience and loyalty are clear. Let’s take a closer look at the actual emotions…

We’ve come a long way since the invention of social media, and today the advantages of digital customer service integration are crystal clear. What was once a trend among tech-savvy brands is now a necessity for everyone who wants to grow their business. Even when you’re already convinced of the advantages of digital customer service, there’s a series…

Digital customer service and business both move at the speed of now. Agility and flexibility are key, and responsiveness needs to be non-stop. This is why digital customer service is such a good fit for business and why integration needs to be seamless. There’s simply no time for mistakes. The case for digital customer service integration is clear: Companies…

Every day, 140,000 people depart from one of Swedish Rail’s 284 stations, traveling on one of its 1,200 daily routes between major cities in Sweden and the Scandinavian capitals of Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. In the course of planning and traveling, customers contact Swedish Rail for a variety of reasons, from checking on delayed trains to disturbances on the tracks—volume that…

Wouldn’t it be great if there was one single, relatively simple thing brands could do to motivate customers to stay loyal and spend more over the long-term? Talk about a silver bullet. There is a way that brands can encourage loyalty with demonstrable results: Make customers feel good — again and again. Customer decision-making and motivation — how customers act and why — is…

It’s common for blogs related to customer service and customer experience to talk about how the increasing ubiquity of social media requires fundamental changes in the way that brands should conceive of customer service. That’s a good thing. Social media is a relatively new medium of communication, and brands certainly must tailor their tone of voice and style of interaction…

Check Into Cash had both good news and bad news. The good news: The company’s main contact center had been successfully using CXone for five years. The bad news: The Check Into Cash retail collections team — 50 agents who collect past-due payments — were still using a legacy Genesys PBX dialer that had serious shortcomings, including no visibility into performance…