That is one of the major revelations of the CCSI. For the 2012 survey, CFI Group discovered that non-call service methods including email, Web self-service, chat and other online techniques account for more than 30 percent of customer service engagements.

"What we've seen over the last two or three years are the ways that customers reaching out to companies for service have shifted away from being exclusively calls," says Terry Redding, director of development and delivery for CFI Group. "For the first time these non-call service channels have exceeded that 30 percent mark."

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