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Customer Service Industry Trends 2024 

Dig deep into five customer service predictions that are expected to have a lasting and powerful impact far beyond the year. 

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4 Easy Steps for Building an Internal Knowledge Base
November 5th, 2020 | Customer Service

Access to information is key to the success of any customer service team, whatever channel you use. But for this success to happen, this information can’t + Read More

Best Practices for Effective Email Customer Support
September 10th, 2020 | Customer Service

Email is a foundational pillar of customer support. Research shows that 91% of consumers use email daily.   And yet, although companies have had a long + Read More

Resolving Customer Service Complaints – How to Reduce Repetition & Agent Handoffs
August 31st, 2020 | Customer Experience, Customer Service

Delivering the perfect customer experience on every occasion across all your touchpoints is no easy feat. With increasing customer expectations and the rise + Read More

“Next!” Top 5 Tips to Reduce Customer Service Wait Time
August 5th, 2020 | Customer Service

Only 35% of customers are willing to wait 30-60 seconds for a response on live chat. For today’s consumer fast support is non-negotiable, and long wait + Read More

Guest Blog – 8 Things Customer Service Teams Should Avoid During Sensitive Times
June 25th, 2020 | Customer Service

Guest blog – Nahla Davies is a software developer and tech writer. Before devoting her work full time to technical writing, she managed—among + Read More

Top Types of Customer Communication Channels
May 15th, 2020 | Customer Service

Customers are the lifeblood of your business, so it makes sense that they should also be the motivating factor behind any major business + Read More

Top 6 Articles – How to Set up Your Remote Customer Service Team for Success
April 7th, 2020 | Customer Service

Coronavirus has entirely changed the notion of working from home. Almost overnight, millions of people have been asked or ordered to leave the office and work remotely to + Read More

Why Your Business Needs an Online Ticket Management System
January 13th, 2020 | Customer Service

Note: This blog post was originally published in November 2015, and as it is one of our most popular posts, we have updated + Read More

AI is here to help agents, not take their jobs
August 8th, 2019 | Customer Service

As AI becomes more and more commonplace, people are questioning “Is my job safe?”. Looking purely at the news coverage from mainstream outlets, + Read More

AI: When to play it safe and when it’s risky business
July 30th, 2019 | Customer Service

Thirty-five years ago, times were much simpler – the first IBM PC had recently hit the market, smartphones didn’t exist, and we were + Read More

Customer Service Isn’t Dead: How to Do it Right & Companies Already There
June 6th, 2019 | Customer Service

With the proliferation of self-serve channels like knowledge bases , it’s easy to believe that quality customer service is no longer as important + Read More

Getting your Customer Service Team Ready for the Holiday Shopping (and Returns, and Shipping, and Problems) Season
October 18th, 2018 | Customer Service

Holiday shopping season isn’t easy. Even for the most well-organized customer service functions, seeing query volumes and queues rise into the red can + Read More

How to Use Technology to Improve the Agent Experience
September 20th, 2018 | Customer Service

Customer care is an integral part of any successful business. After all, potential or loyal customers will often engage with customer care teams + Read More

How to Reduce Customer Service Friction with Live Chat
September 10th, 2018 | Customer Service

Friction is everywhere in life, and it impacts us from the time we wake up until we go to sleep. But how can + Read More

This is What Exceptional Customer Service Looks Like In 2018
August 23rd, 2018 | Customer Service

It’s 2018, and customer expectations are changing faster than ever. Consumer patience is dwindling; we want better, more accessible products, and everything that + Read More

Addressing metrics gaps between bot-led and human-led service
August 21st, 2018 | Customer Service

The decision to take on chatbot customer service is an exciting one for companies. Like with any new initiative, there are a series + Read More

5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Month of June 2018
July 12th, 2018 | Customer Service

Continuing our series of the best customer service posts on the web from May, I’m going to look at some standouts from last + Read More

Keynote Learnings from ICMI Expo 2018: Ernesto Salas, Disney Institute
June 19th, 2018 | Customer Service

Trade shows are a fantastic place to get up to date on all of the latest technology, best practices and ideas in your + Read More