Bright Pattern, Leading Provider of Omnichannel Cloud Contact Center Software, Helps Canary Deliver an Unmatched Customer Experience Canary offers a home security device that connects to a user's smartphone so that customers can check the security of their home on the go. Canary was founded in 2013 and its flagship product is now available in more than 8,000 retail stores across North America and Europe. Canary's main goals are to provide an outstanding product and deliver an unmatched customer experience while growing…

DISH Turns to Apple Business Chat, Allowing Customers to Connect with Messages on iPhone and iPad Customers can now start a conversation with DISH the same way they would text message friends and family. DISH joined Apple Business Chat, enabling customers to chat directly with live customer service representatives through Messages on their iPhone and iPad. DISH is the first pay-TV provider to turn on Apple Business Chat, which launched earlier this year. "TV should be simple, so we've made reaching our live…

Bright Pattern Powers Global Omnichannel Customer Service Across 31 Countries, Creating Effortless Customer Experiences and Strengthening ROI Bright Pattern, a leading provider of omnichannel cloud contact center software, helps Transcosmos provide exceptional localized customer care for international clients. Transcosmos enables global retailers to localize their customer service and deliver support that is tailored and relevant to each market. Operating in the United States, Asia, Central America and South America,…

This Partnership Between Brand Embassy and Talkdesk Enables Companies Globally to Scale Customer Service Operations Across Voice and Digital Channels in a Single Integrated Interface Brand Embassy, the top-rated digital customer service platform, has signed a partnership with Talkdesk, the enterprise contact center platform, to offer a joint solution for omnichannel customer service. This partnership between Brand Embassy and Talkdesk enables both large enterprises and midmarket companies globally to test, implement…

Consumers Welcome Convenience of Video Calling to Talk to Brands and Businesses, While 24% Would Consider Switching Banks to a Provider That Offered Video Calling Brands and businesses are increasingly integrating Video Calling functionality into their applications to help improve customer service, reduce costs, and acquire new customers - finds new research released recently by Sinch, part of global CPaaS provider CLX Communications AB. Sinch's Video Calling Survey, conducted in late 2017 in partnership with One…

Linc Global, the Customer Care Automation platform used by leading customer-centric brands, today announced it has been selected as the winner of the Best AI Solution for Customer Service for the 2018 Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Awards. The award recognizes the best companies, technologies, products, and services throughout various categories of artificial intelligence, including machine learning, vertical applications, smart robotics and many more. “We are thrilled to be recognized as the Best AI Solution for…

Dynamic Language's Interpreting Services Achieved a Net Promoter Score Placing them in the "Excellent" Category. Dynamic Language recently attained a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of +71, an indication of the high esteem that customers have for the business. This achievement puts Dynamic in the "world class" category. The score was based on results from our semi-annual translation client satisfaction survey. The new score puts Dynamic Language on the same satisfaction level as giant corporations like Apple and Costco.…

Agilone’s New 360 Profile for Customer Service Provides Real-Time Comprehensive Customer-Level Insights to Customer-Facing Teams AgilOne, the leading customer data platform for enterprise B2C brands, launched a new offering called AgilOne 360 Profile for Customer Service, which provides AgilOne’s single view of the customer to customer support and call center teams in real-time – the first of its kind within the customer data platform category. While marketing use cases are the hallmark of customer data platforms (CDPs),…

USU Showcases New Customer-First Solutions for Digital Customer Service at the ICMI Contact Center Expo “Customer first!” Unymira, a division of USU, is staying true to that motto at the 2018 ICMI Contact Center Expo to be held at the Walt Disney World® Resort in Orlando from 21-24 May. Unymira’s experts will give live, practical demonstrations of their innovations in the field of smart digital customer service at one of the most important events for the industry in the US Knowledge Center offers an innovation in…

Messenger Proves 83% More Cost Effective for Volaris Over Other Customer Service Channels Conversocial, the leading digital care platform for social messaging, announced findings from its first customer case study on Facebook Messenger customer chat, demonstrating just how valuable Messenger can be as a customer service channel. In November 2017, Conversocial became one of the first platform providers to participate in the closed beta launch of Messenger Platform's customer chat, a new capability that enables customers…

Simplr Will Use Its Series A Funding to Work On A New Combination of Human Power and Machine Learning to Disrupt Customer Service Outsourcing In an increasingly connected and social media dominated the world, customer service is quickly becoming the key differentiator among e-commerce brands. Consistent, reliable and rapid-fire customer service is a necessary element of any successful business. According to a 2018 Customer Service Benchmark Report, 62% of companies don’t respond to customer inquiries in a timely…

New AI-Powered Capabilities Allow Enterprises to Optimize Support Operations and Deliver Superior Customer Service at Scale Helpshift, the company revolutionizing the customer service industry, announced the release of SensAI, the first artificial intelligence natively built for customer service. Using SensAI, brands can automate the support process to make service interactions more human—while reducing time to resolution, optimizing operations, lowering overhead in the contact center, and improving day-to-day life for…

EventMobi Provides Technology That Empowers Event Marketers and Planners to Create Incredible Event Experiences For the second year in a row, EventMobi has received the Silver Stevie Award in the Customer Service & Call Centre Awards Team category at the 12th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. "EventMobi is delighted to be recognized as a leader in customer service. Creating a customer-first and customer-centric support experience is a top priority for our team and an area where we will…

The Stevie Awards are the World's Top Honors for Customer Service, Contact Center, Business Development and Sales Professionals Seismic, the leading global sales and marketing enablement solution, has announced that they have been presented with the Gold Stevie® Award in the Sales Enablement – New Version category at the 12th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Read More: Fireside Chat with Shawn Schwegman At the time of this announcement, Doug Winter, Seismic co-founder and CEO, said,…

Global Martech Leader Adestra Is Two-Time Winner of Stevie Awards Adestra, a leading provider of innovative email marketing technology, has been named a Silver Award winner in the 12th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Adestra is now a two-time winner of the Stevie Awards' Customer Service Department of the Year in the subcategory of All Other Industries, 100 or More Employees. The awards were presented during a gala banquet on Friday, February 23 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, with more than 650…

For the Third Year in a Row, Superoffice Has Published Their Annual Customer Service Benchmark Report. This Year, the Company Analyzed 1,000 Companies to See How They Manage Customer Service Requests SuperOffice, Europe’s leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software provider, finds that 62% of companies do not respond to customer service emails, according to a new study. Also Read: Your Best Customers are Calling: New Industry Survey Reveals Impactful Way for Marketers to Move the Needle and Drive Revenue…

Zoominfo’s Salesforce Plugin Accelerates Opportunity Generation Through Perfected Outreach Zoom Information, Inc., the world’s leading corporate contact database, was named a Finalist in the Sales Enablement category for Best Sales Enablement Solution-New Version, in the 12th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and will ultimately be a Gold, Silver or Bronze Stevie Award winner in the program. More than 2,500 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were evaluated in…

eGain Has Integrated Support for Facebook Messenger into the eGain Advisor Call Center Agent Desktop eGain, the leading provider of cloud-based customer engagement solutions, announced its integration with Facebook Messenger. eGain has integrated support for Facebook Messenger into the eGain Advisor call center agent desktop. With so many brands and merchants using their Facebook company page to engage with customers, it's a natural progression for these customers to send customer service requests via Facebook…

New Features in Pega Customer Engagement Solutions Improve Resolution Time Across Online Chat, Email, and Phone Leading customer engagement software provider, Pegasystems, has announced new artificial intelligence and virtual assistant capabilities within Pega solutions. The new capabilities would enable faster and more effective responses to customer service requests across channels. These features instantly analyze incoming chat messages, emails, and phone calls in real time so organizations can immediately understand…

Scale Venture Partners Leads Funding Round To Fuel Company Growth And Advance Breakthrough AI-Powered Platform Solvvy, the leading intelligent self-service platform for customer experience, announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Scale Venture Partners. The round, which included full participation from existing investors, including Pear Ventures, Signatures Capital and True Ventures, brings the company's total funding to $16.5 million. As part of the financing, Rory O'Driscoll, Founding Partner…