In current times businesses are looking at how they can optimise their operations and work as efficiently as possible, while still delivering the high levels of customer service that consumers expect. This post outlines 5 key areas to focus on if you want to reduce hidden costs in the contact centre...
It’s essential that businesses are ready for changing customer needs, especially as we move closer to Peak. In the final part of this three-part series to help companies optimise their customer service operations, Anne-Merete Jensen explains 5 areas to focus on to ensure you have the right resources in place...
Thanks to the internet, consumers are now living in a world of almost infinite choice. Essentially this means brands need to earn (and retain) the trust of consumers if they want to keep them as customers. Here are 4 ways that listening can help drive greater trust and customer loyalty...
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.
We look at the importance of insight to customer service excellence, highlighting the three areas that brands need to focus on for success...
Understanding customer needs and emotions is central to delivering the experience that today’s consumers demand. However, most current Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs focus on structured data, from sources controlled by the company, such as feedback surveys sent out to consumers - this ignores a goldmine of information....
Given the complexity of business today and the rising expectations of consumers, most organizations will be on the receiving end of customer complaints. It could be down to a problem with an order, overcharging, or a complete failure to provide services, such as when a telco’s network goes down.What all of these examples have in common is that it will be the customer service team.