Tag: Customer engagement

The Conversational Age of Customer Engagement

We all know customer service can create a real competitive advantage. Get it right, and your efforts will translate directly to your bottom line. Fall flat, and lose out on a valuable differentiator in today’s competitive marketplace. In many respects,...

We’ve reached the Age of Customer-Centricity. But what DO customers really want?

The multi-level infrastructure and communications shift, demanded in large part by digitization, has rapidly become a critical issue for Communications Service Providers (CSPs). That’s because, in the telecommunications world, new subscriber growth has slowed and profits have slowly been eroded...

The Importance of Self-Awareness

Have you ever missed an opportunity only because you didn’t know that you could have made it once you think positively about your hidden powers? It’s crucial for anyone to know how important it is to start thinking and improving...

You Can’t put a Price on Being Nice: Top Tips for Call Centre Staff

For many organisations, the contact or call centre is still the shopfront of the business. At last count, there were 6,175 contact centres in the UK, employing some 772,500 agents. As the first port of call for clients and customers,...

Quality: The Pillar of Customer Experience

Companies are shooting themselves in the foot consistently when it comes to their Customer Experience. Why though…and how do we help them improve? In the past 18 months, we’ve seen several major Customer Experience (CX) blunders from big brands. Three that come...

Diversity & Inclusion: The Keys to Improved Customer Contact

In the world of customer contact, the nurturing of a diverse and inclusive culture not only creates a team that reflects the market it is serving, but it generates an environment where people can bring their whole selves to work...

First Contact Resolution: The key Measure in Contact Centres

There are many common customer service metrics in place in contact centres: CSAT, NPS, FRT, CES, AHT, FCR, the list goes on. Some are more valid than others and some are simply outdated and add confusion and conflict to both the...

Why Contact Centres Should Think Before They Speak

We’re flush with new ways to engage with customers, but businesses should be more data-driven, rather than simply throwing more manpower on the frontlines. In the era of new contact centre touchpoints, the touchpoints themselves matter less and less because...

Warning for Finance and Utilities Over Growing Customer Satisfaction Perception Gap

UK financial services and utilities businesses are underperforming when it comes to complaint handling, despite their growing belief that customers are satisfied with their performance. That is according to Huntswood’s Complaints Outlook 2019 report, which combines research from financial services and utilities firms...

Five Ways Cloud can Empower Your Customer Service Team

As any reader of CXM knows, Customer Experience is a key business differentiator. Businesses working in every sector, from IT to healthcare to retail, needs to deliver fast, effective, and memorable customer service to stand out from the crowd. Consumers...