“The Inner Circle Guide to Self-Service” is based on surveys with over 400 UK & US organisations. 

Each Inner Circle Guide is available for the US and UK. Updated May 2024.

A Supplier Directory of self-service solutions is available here (opens PDF): UK version / US version.

37% of UK contact centres and 22% of US contact centers report that they use virtual agents / AI-enabled chatbots to offer self-service to their customers, with these figures growing rapidly. 

But self-service doesn’t begin and end with chatbots. Driven by poor experiences with the live phone channel during the pandemic, many customers have become familiar with using multiple self-service applications, both on the website and on their phone.

With self-service being a major investment priority – along with AI, CRM and omnichannel – this report shows businesses how to serve customers 24/7 while managing their costs and maintaining the customer experience.

“The Inner Circle Guide to Self-Service” investigates: 

• The uptake of virtual agents / chatbots and their effect on service costs and performance

• Businesses’ current use and future plans for self-service

• How to develop a successful self-service strategy and prove ROI

• What’s driving customer preference and uptake of automated service

• The impact of AI and what will self-service look like in 5 years’ time.  

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Report contents

Drivers for Self-Service

• Increased Profitability
• Improved Performance
• Meeting Customer Demand

Current and Future Use of Self-Service

• Web Self-Service
  • Search & FAQs
  • Virtual Agents & Chatbots
  • Mobility and Smartphones
  • Visual IVR & Video
• Telephony Self-Service
  • DTMF IVR
  • Speech Recognition
  • Voicebots

The Building Blocks of Self-Service

• Suitability of self-service
• Developing a self-service solution
• Knowledge bases
• The Role of AI in Self-Service, Web Chat and Email
• Implementation & Roadblocks
• ROI
• Managing Escalation and Self-Service Failure
• Customer Inhibitors
• Key Points for Successful Adoption

The Future of AI-Enabled Self-Service

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