Every industry is facing greater competition and a need to react more quickly to customer needs, often in real-time. How can marketers become more agile, particularly when it comes to understanding and acting on customer insight more rapidly?
Today’s consumers demand more from the customer experience than in the past, including asking more detailed questions covering a wider range of issues than ever before. This means effectively managing your knowledge is vital – here are 4 ways you can successfully deliver the right answers to your customers across every channel.
Artificial intelligence is one of the most-talked about topics in the world today - to help executives cut through the noise Eptica’s Managing Director and CTO, Pascal Gauvrit picks three books to read if you want to improve your understanding of the subject.
The last 25 years have seen the rise of contact centers, both within organizations and in the public mind. What is the state of the industry today at a time of rising customer expectations and the growth of artificial intelligence? Based on the latest Contact Babel research, here are 5 key priorities for CX and customer service today...
Trust is central to any brand’s relationship with its customers. 9 out of 10 consumers will change supplier if they lose trust in a company. Yet brands are failing to build trust through basic customer service mistakes, according to the newly published 2019 Eptica Digital Trust study.
Across the globe and in every sector, customer expectations are rising. This translates into greater volumes of incoming queries for brands, as consumers demand more meaningful conversations if they are to remain loyal. How can brands ensure they are delivering the experience customers want with finite resources?
Retailers don’t need reminding that the peak Christmas season is now upon us, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday already in full swing. Given the importance of Peak to retail success and ever-increasing competition, it is no exaggeration to say that this Christmas will be make or break for many companies. How can they ensure that they thrive?
Given the importance of understanding what consumers want, most brands focus heavily on listening to the Voice of the Customer (VoC). Research carried out for Eptica found that 78% of companies measure customer satisfaction, but that they struggle to get real value out of their programs. Here are 3 ways to deliver real value from Voice of the Customer insight....
Driven by budget pressures and rising expectations from citizens public sector organizations are currently undergoing a major change. They need to deliver more with less, but at the same time meet the needs of a more digitally-savvy audience. Achieving this relies on applying four key principles....
Customer service is changing dramatically, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation leading more and more consumers to interact with brands through technologies such as self service. How will this impact the role of the customer service agent in the future?