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Blog : Deflection

Tag: Deflection

1.17.23 Read Time: < 1

Self-Service Deflection Trends 2012 – 2022

Self-Service deflection has averaged 22.2%. In 2020 self-help deflection stood at 19.8%. The industry trend for deflection has sloped down (-.5%) during the last decade. This article provides a historic …

7.20.22 Read Time: 2 Mins

Three Applications for Scaling Support with Chatbots

Leverage the power and potential of today’s chatbots to scale support delivery capability.

9.3.21 Read Time: < 1

Five Ways to Automate Service Delivery

Automation plays an increasingly important role in support case deflection and management activities. Leverage these 5 service automation strategies to free up your skilled support staff for higher value activities:

8.27.21 Read Time: < 1

Nine Best Practices to Help Customers Help Themselves

Many new support cases can be avoided if customers are able to access the knowledge and expertise of Support. Leverage these 9 best practices to help customers help themselves with …

8.20.21 Read Time: < 1

Ten Strategies to Build Customer Proficiency

Higher levels of customer proficiency lead to faster product adoption and less need for support assistance. Leverage these 10 strategies will help customers develop essential product skills.

8.13.21 Read Time: < 1

Seven Strategies to Prevent Support Cases

Identifying and alleviating performance and usability issues can go a long way toward preventing demand for Support. Leverage these 7 strategies for issue prevention to help lessen Support demand:

7.15.21 Read Time: 4 Mins

Maximizing the Return on Your Support Knowledge Base

The Support organization encompasses extensive experience and expertise about how to use and apply products. Access to this Support knowledge is the primary reason customers contact Support. This article explains …

7.8.21 Read Time: 2 Mins

Beyond Self-Service Deflection

The use of Self-Service deflection as a basis to justify investments in Self-Service fosters an expectation that it is only capable of reducing costs. This article explains why Self-Service is …

7.1.21 Read Time: 2 Mins

4 Unintended Consequences of Self-Service Deflection

Self-Service deflection can provide both benefits as well as some unintended consequences. This article introduces what to expect from self-service deflection and how to prepare for possible consequences.

6.24.21 Read Time: 2 Mins

Six Steps to Measure Self-Service Deflection

Self-Service deflection is the rate at which self-help and automated resources satisfy customers’ service demands that would otherwise be handled by assisted service staff. This article introduces a concise definition …

4.15.21 Read Time: 5 Mins

How to Define and Measure Self-Service Deflection Rates

How do you accurately measure self-service deflection rates? In this post, ServiceXRG CEO Tom Sweeny outlines a highly reliable deflection metric that you can put to work now.

12.14.20 Read Time: 2 Mins

Deflection – What to Do with Your “Savings”

Savings from self-help deflection create an opportunity to reinvest in services to improve outcomes by reallocating staff to high value activities (e.g. onboarding, adoption, retention, expansion, etc.).

10.2.20 Read Time: 3 Mins

Scaling Support Delivery Through Digital Transformation

Scaling Support Delivery requires the digital transformation of support and an increased use of digital technologies to improve and extend core support processes and enable new service capabilities. Digital transformation …

2.24.20 Read Time: 3 Mins

Self-Help and Automation – Risks and Rewards

Companies that apply self-service and support automation can yield significant benefits, but not without risks. This article examines the risk and rewards associated with Self-service and support automation initiatives.

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