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National Customer Service Week 2019: The 3 key factors behind successful customer service

Published on: October 09, 2019
Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager

We’re now partway through National Customer Service Week (NCSW), which runs from the 7th-11th October. While how it is celebrated varies across the globe, there are three factors that unite good customer service - you need to get all of these right if you are to deliver the service and experience that today’s consumers expect.

4 ways to drive recognition in your customer service team

Published on: September 18, 2019
Author: Anne-Merete Jensen - Senior Business Consultant

Recognition means ensuring that the efforts of your agents are recognised and celebrated. How can you achieve this? Based on our experience, here are 4 recognition programs that really increase morale for all.

Trust – the embodiment of customer experience

Published on: September 11, 2019
Author: Guest author: Ian Golding

When it comes to the world of customer experience, often the consumer no longer knows who to trust. In this guest post, CX expert Ian Golding outlines the state of trust today and explains how brands can build lasting trust with consumers.

Why customer service is key to building brand trust

Published on: August 29, 2019
Author: Pascal Gauvrit - CTO

As the Summer holidays come to an end, it’s the perfect time to highlight the importance of service and experience to business success. Ahead of National Customer Service Week, we’ll be looking at key areas for customer service, starting with trust.

Why it is time to check your chat solution is meeting customer needs

Published on: August 21, 2019
Author: Steve Nattress

Chat is fast becoming a mainstream channel when it comes to customer service. However, while adoption has increased, so have customer expectations – this post outlines 5 features you should look for from your chat solution in order to drive success.

Why closing the loop is vital to Voice of the Customer success

Published on: August 07, 2019
Author: Taoufik Massoussi - Product Manager & Head of AI

Gaining real value from your Voice of the Customer (VoC) program requires not just collecting insight, but ensuring that all relevant teams across the business have access to this intelligence, and can then act on it. This is not always easy with traditional VoC approaches. Here are 4 ways you can ensure you successfully close the loop…

Why the future of customer service is AI and humans together

Published on: July 31, 2019
Author: Pascal Gauvrit - CTO

Since AI moved center stage, commentators have been queuing up to voice their concerns about its negative impact on people and jobs. However, CX success means balancing humans and technology – as the latest Forrester research explains…

Punk CX says ‘Great at a few or average at a lot’

Published on: July 24, 2019
Author: Guest author: Adrian Swinscoe

A Dimension Data report found that, on average, organizations are offering a choice of 9 different channels, forecasted to rise to 11 in 2019. That’s a hell of a lot of channels. In this guest post, Adrian Swinscoe explains why customer experience needs to get back to basics and shares insights from his new book – Punk CX.

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