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June 10, 2011
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The Top 5 Issues in Complaint Management Understanding a 360 degree view of your customers. |
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July 15, 2015
Subramaniam & Sharma |
Do You Feel Your Customers' Pain (Points)? A study finds that agent knowledge is the biggest customer service headache. Here's how to spell relief. |
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February 2013
Leonard Klie |
Case Management Takes a Dynamic Turn Progressive contact centers can incorporate adaptability, cross-sell and upsell capabilities, social media integration, gamification, and multiple channels. |
CRM
July 9, 2015
Yvonne Ba |
How to Solve the Customer Experience Puzzle You can't do a jigsaw puzzle without the box; likewise, you can't satisfy today's omnichannel customer without a sound strategy. |
CRM
December 20, 2013
Scott Hays |
The Nightmare After Christmas Use post holiday returns as a customer service opportunity. While the holiday shopping season brings more chances to engage customers, it also brings more chances to lose them. |
CRM
August 19, 2011
McNally & Walheim |
Call Centers Support Insurance in Multichannel Environment Customer experience continues to be a key differentiator in insurance |
CRM
October 2010
Koa Beck |
Anybody's Bot Virtual agents, deemed the new concierge of the Internet, help customers navigate through ever-increasing Web site complexities. |
CRM
September 2015
Leonard Klie |
EBay Finds a NICE Way to Save NICE Systems' Interaction Analytics helps eBay Enterprise dramatically cut average handling times |
CRM
September 2014
Donna Fluss |
Outbound Solutions Engage Customers and Enhance Relationships Mapping out the ultimate next-generation product. |
CRM
December 8, 2003
Jan Kolasinski |
Call Center Performance and Customer Satisfaction Better understanding of the decisional procedures of a call center could provide call center organizations with the level of customer service they have been striving for. |
CRM
May 2005
Coreen Bailor |
Making a Clear Connection Integrating your multichannel operations can seem like a near-impossible feat, but it doesn't have to be. Follow these strategies to ease your integration process and maximize your multichannel potential. |
CRM
June 1, 2012
Mike Sheridan |
From Contact Center to Next-Generation Engagement Center Companies must update and break down the silos in their operations and, more than ever, examine the state of their current company-customer relationships in order to stay competitive. |
CRM
July 2013
Barton Goldenberg |
Happy Agents, Happy Customers Increased agent productivity leads to increased satisfaction. |
CRM
September 2007
Ian Jacobs |
Across the Universe Contact center managers have begun to examine this idea of the universal agent, agents theoretically capable of handling any contact, via any channel. |
CRM
June 7, 2013
David Lloyd |
Prepare for the Age of the Customer Advances in technology will help contact centers shine. |
CRM
June 2005
Bailor et al. |
100 Proven CRM Ideas, Part 2 90 bright ideas for your CRM strategy and 10 dim ones to avoid. Here are tips 51 through 100. |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2006
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Making Successful Contact Industry experts answer questions about how contact centers fit into insurers' customer service and distribution strategies. |
CRM
October 2011
Brian Walker |
Harnessing Customer Experience Management Solutions New software helps to handle multiple consumer touch points. |
CRM
December 2013
Leonard Klie |
Overcome Multichannel Customer Service Challenges Effective strategies start with talking to customers. |
CRM
May 2013
Donna Fluss |
Transform Your Contact Center Into an Essential Corporate Contributor Operations at risk must take a proactive approach. |
CRM
May 2007
Coreen Bailor |
Yackety Clack Text chat is no longer exclusively for the tech-adept, buddy-list teen set -- it's picking up steam as an enterprise touch point to facilitate multichannel strategies for service and sales efforts. |
CRM
October 2007
Coreen Bailor |
Help Them Help Themselves Web self-service means having your customer become her own customer service rep -- but without making her resent doing what a real CSR can do in a fraction of the time. |
CRM
January 30, 2012
Gustaf Sahlman |
Customer Service Gets Smart with Artificial Intelligence Mimicking customer care agents, this technology offers improved customer satisfaction and a healthier bottom line. |
CRM
November 2011
Leonard Klie |
10 Ways to Rearchitect Your Contact Center Hiring, training, and technology are considered keys to raising the customer service standard. |
CRM
February 26, 2013
Leonard Klie |
inContact Releases New Version of Cloud Contact Center Software The company expands multichannel offering with Universal Queue, new agent interface, true inbound and outbound blending, and an API-driven cloud ecosystem. |
CRM
March 2006
Coreen Bailor |
Keeping Balance in the Center Organizations no longer have to choose between efficiency and effectiveness as contact center technology evolves. If your contact center efforts are unbalanced, consider these five approaches to achieving service and efficiency equilibrium. |
CRM
January 1, 2007 |
Business Problem: The call center needs to strike a balance between call volumes and quality of service. Tech Solution: Quality monitoring tools. NICE Perform... Verint ULTRA IntelliQuality... Witness Systems Impact 360... |
CRM
November 9, 2012
Ravi Vijayaraghavan |
Applying Data Analytics to Customer Interactions A three-part framework for making data work for your business. |
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April 2005
Phillip Britt |
The 2005 Service Elite Awards The 2005 Service Elite awards in customer service in the following categories: Knowledge-Base Tools, Agent-Facing Universal Desktop, Quality Monitoring, Workforce Management, Speech Solutions, and Outsourcing Services. |
CRM
October 2003
David Myron |
How to Overcome the Call Center Conundrum Five ways to improve efficiency without sacrificing relationships. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 1, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Contact/Call Centers No longer just about back-office servicing, contact and call centers now provide banks with an opportunity to nurture customer relationships. |
Insurance & Technology
July 11, 2008
Akhil Tripathi |
Web-Based Solutions Deliver on Agents' Tech Expectations Insurers can leverage agent portals and systems integration technology to streamline agents' workflow and improve efficiencies. |
CRM
August 2011
Leonard Klie |
Changing the Channel Research reveals how consumers will contact customer service within the next two years |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 25, 2006
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Perspectives: High-Performance Contact Centers Emerging technologies such as VoIP, voice- driven, self-service systems, and intelligent call routing systems can increase flexibility in the bank contact center, resulting in improvements in agent productivity and enhanced customer satisfaction. |
PHONE+
December 29, 2009 |
Avaya Lists 10 Communications Trends for 2010 In the past decade, a sea change has taken place in how voice and data communications are structured, delivered and used by businesses. |
CRM
April 2003
David Myron |
Delivering on its Promise CRM is turning call centers into profit centers. |
CRM
August 19, 2011
Saurabh Mittal |
Six Myths of Social Media Understanding the evolving customer service social landscape. |
CRM
February 22, 2013
Paul Lang |
What's Next for the Contact Center? The challenge for contact center managers will be finding a way to offer the best customer service at the lowest cost. Here are seven trends that we can't ignore. |
CRM
January 2012
Leonard Klie |
Customer Service Is a Complex Ecosystem As more communication channels become available, running contact centers has become increasingly complex. |
CRM
July 2014
Donna Fluss |
Is It Time to Replace Your Complaint Management System? Flexibility is the key to meeting evolving business challenges. |
CRM
May 2008
Barton Goldenberg |
Is Your Contact Center Built for Multichannel Customers? The boom in self-service doesn't mean your agents are off the hook. |
CRM
November 5, 2015
Marge Connelly |
Bigger Data vs. Smarter Data? Smarter Wins Mining customer interactions for compelling insights can drive big gains. |
CRM
June 2004
Emmy Favilla |
10 Strategies for Customer Service Success Contact center managers can no longer define success by call duration alone. |
CRM
October 19, 2010
Koa Beck |
Genesys Announces a New Social Media Strategy Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, an Alcatel-Lucent unit that provides enterprise and contact center software, recently launched a new strategy for social media, one that allows companies to use integrated tools to monitor and address consumers through social media channels. |
CRM
February 2, 2004 |
Hot Seat: Self-Help Alters the Service Landscape As Web self-help grows in popularity among both customers and the companies that serve them, CRM magazine asks: Can Web self-help solutions enable companies to bring outsourced customer service efforts back in house? Why or why not? |
CRM
May 2013
Leonard Klie |
Toronto's Nerve Center Provides Easy Access Canada's largest city improves customer service with Toronto 311. |
CRM
March 1, 2005
Jason Compton |
Managing the Minutia An effective workforce management strategy increases service levels with less effort. |
CRM
September 2013
Leonard Klie |
Which Interaction Channels Are Most Popular? Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and email top the list, but online customer support gains ground. |
CRM
October 19, 2012
Joshua March |
The Changing Nature of Customer Relationships How social media is forcing large companies to rethink CRM. |
