Customer experience

How technology can bridge the customer engagement gap

Published on: April 21, 2015
Author: Robin Tandon - Senior Product Marketing Director

In a previous blog post I highlighted the growing gap between customers and companies, and how this lack of understanding is undermining efforts to improve customer experience.This was demonstrated by the Eptica Study: The Power of Linguistics in Customer Service. Based on research with both consumers and agents, it sought to identify the frustrations that are undermining the UK customer...

Meeting rising email expectations in customer service

Published on: April 17, 2015
Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager

Companies face two key challenges when it comes to delivering customer service today. First, consumer expectations are continually rising, with every organization, no matter what sector they are in, judged against the standards of the best. This means simply outshining your peers is not enough – you need to compete with every company that a consumer might interact with in order to win their ...

Travel customer service – just the ticket?

Published on: April 15, 2015
Author: Lloyd Buxton - Business Development

The travel industry has been transformed by the rise of digital channels. Consumers now turn to the web first when researching and booking flights and holidays, using the reach of the internet to create tailor made itineraries, rather than visiting a high street travel agent. Sites such asTripAdvisor, along with social media, have also introduced a powerful way of sharing opinions about the s...

What does Facebook for Business mean for customer service?

Published on: April 08, 2015
Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager

Customers today want to communicate with businesses on more and more channels – and the number is increasing all the time. The last few weeks have seen the launch of multiple new ways of communicating – all of which have the potential to impact customer service.Firstly, Periscope and Meerkat, two new live streaming services have been introduced. Sitting on top of Twitter, these apps al...

5 ways of spring cleaning your customer service

Published on: April 01, 2015
Author: Anne-Merete Jensen - Senior Business Consultant

Now that the clocks have gone forward, the weather is improving and the Easter break is nearly upon us, many people are setting to work on de-cluttering their houses and sprucing up their gardens. For those of us working in customer service, it is a good time to apply the same spring clean mentality to our contact centers, blowing away the cobwebs and ensuring that everything is performing smoothl...

The need to bridge the customer engagement gap

Published on: March 27, 2015
Author: Robin Tandon - Senior Product Marketing Director

Whatever industry an organisation operates in, building mutual understanding between customer and company is at the heart of creating engaged, long-term relationships. However there is a growing gap between the two sides, according to new Eptica research.

3 ways of successfully making customer service everyone’s job

Published on: March 25, 2015
Author: Eptica

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, successful businesses understand that customer service is everyone’s job. Whether you are the CEO, staff the contact center, are a delivery driver or work in a store, you contribute to how consumers view your company. Brand reputation can be destroyed by factors as diverse as a security breach, poor public relations or even an ill-judged tweet by a...

Evaluating the 2015 UK retail customer experience

Published on: March 20, 2015
Author: Lloyd Buxton - Business Development

Retailers face growing market challenges. Despite the UK climbing out of recession, consumer confidence is still fragile and likely to remain so in the face of a number of uncertainties on the horizon; a potential hung parliament, eurozone worries and interest rate rises. It’s not surprising that shoppers are still price sensitive, and are happy to move to rivals.

Can companies meet rising customer expectations?

Published on: March 18, 2015
Author: Robin Tandon - Senior Product Marketing Director

Think like a customer and value their time if you want to win and retain their business. These are the headline findings of recent research from Forrester, which looked at changing customer expectations and channel preferences.

UK government embraces multichannel

Published on: March 11, 2015
Author: Lloyd Buxton - Business Development

Customer service is critical for organisations across every industry. Consumers are now demanding the same high levels of service, whatever type of company they are dealing with. This means that they expect a utility or bank to provide a similar experience to a retailer – and are not shy at complaining if they don’t receive the service they want.This equally applies to the public secto...

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