Customer Interaction

Precision monitoring is a process that is enabled by the introduction of speech analytics into contact centers.  According to a new DMG report, managers set up special QA searches in their speech analytics application – it is a best practice to set up multiple searches to address various aspects of QA. Here are some recommended searches:

1.Greetings – define all of the appropriate ways agents should perform a greeting, and capture interactions where this does not happen.
2.Closings – same...

It should come as no surprise that people are frequently dissatisfied and annoyed with the level of customer service they receive from the companies and organizations with which they do business. Surveys consistently find that many people are not getting the kind of service and help they feel they deserve. Complaints run the gamut from not being able to find answers on company Web sites, to not being able to speak with a knowledgeable company representative. Given the countless...

In the wake of the Great Recession businesses face a rising tide of regulations and restrictions on the financial services industry. After a year of preparation, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection has started operation amid great expectations that it will change the way Americans interact with financial institutions large and small.

As it rolls out new regulations, and as other provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act take effect, expect corporate IT resources to be tied up implementing them for...

As the contact center landscape changes, so too must the reporting and analysis solutions that drive decision-making and performance management. Each contact center is a unique mixture of systems, applications, people and culture serving a specific customer or client segment, each will need a different roadmap to their destination.

There are four common reasons that contact centers are driven to undertake this journey in the first place:

1. Current reports don't meet requirements: Typically,...

The demand for customer collaboration solutions is somewhat new but growing fast. Not surprising for a new market is the confusion caused by competing vendors' claims for their solutions. A recent Frost and Sullivan white paper, Customer Collaboration - A Richer Customer Experience Drives Profits,  provide a "what to look for" list as an aid to sorting out these claims:

• Web-based co-browsing functionality that works with all modern browsers and computer operating systems found in the market,...

Gartner predicts the worldwide spend on social CRM offerings will balloon to more than $1 Billion by the end of 2012.   What does the  Social CRM bandwagon mean for the customer service executive? Does the hype and focus placed on social media translate into real business value? Are consumers really clamoring to have their questions answered on Facebook? Are they abruptly changing their online habits and taking their customer service questions into the social channel en masse?

A sober...

Pillar #1: Holistic Multiple Touchpoints = Multiple Opportunities
The first step to creating a superior, loyalty-building customer experience involves cross-channel interaction analytics. Customers today communicate with companies across a variety of touchpoints, from Web-based forums to Twitter feeds. Discovering what’s really happening across all these channels, and knowing how to react can be challenging.

Pillar #2: Contextual Putting Service in Perspective
Closely linked with the insight and...

Just as poor customer service can rob a company of precious revenue, a superb customer interaction can boost an organization’s bottom line. In fact, according to a recent survey by Strativity Group, 73 percent of consumers stated that they would expand their purchases with a vendor by 10 percent or more if the customer experience was superior. And 55 percent of consumers agreed that they would stay with a vendor for 10 years or more as long as the experience remained superior. Rising customer...

 One of the key priorities for a customer care organization is the engagement and retention of customers. To strengthen rapport with customers at scale, some companies are turning to interactive outbound interactive voice response (IVR) solutions. However, poorly executed outreach can alienate customers rather than ingratiate them, so it is important to select a platform that delivers your ideal customer experience.

Customer service is increasingly viewed as a strategic element of a product’s...

Features commonly provided by unified desktop solutions are as follows:

Single login/logout - Once the agent logs into the application they have unified access to multiple applications. There is no need to log in and out to access data bases or other applications.

Pre-populated screen pops - Unified desktops rely on the CRM as well as other sources, such as IVR entries and data gleaned from enterprise data bases to fully populate screens before the agent takes the call. All unified desktops pop...

Since the emergence of multi-channel self-service, there is a growing disconnect between the typical strategy employed in telephone self-service design and what many customers actually need. A new Nuance report details the results of a commissioned survey which attempts to uncover customer channel preferences for an array of banking tasks, including recommendations for optimizing the IVR to both accommodate those preferences and minimize the frustrations associated with today’s multi-channel...

Customer Experience has become the mantra of senior management looking to enhance revenue and margins. This is a huge opportunity for whichever department can create a unified picture of the current CE and then help management to decide how to manage and improve it. Innovative, data driven departments as diverse as customer service, quality, consumer affairs or marketing services could capitalize on this opportunity to dramatically raise both their visibility and status within the organization.

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The following are some more information on the vendors who attended the IQPC event.  

Analytics

For companies frustrated with isolated or disparate data sources, 360'CRM's latest advances in its InSight data analytics tool provides new levels of actionable information for the Call Center or Channel Management practitioner.  InSight not only automatically draws call center performance data in to a common, universally comparable dashboard and report analytics library, it also integrates internal...

The staff of CRMXchange was present at the IQPC Las Vegas Call Center Week. IQPC did a commendable job with the content and speakers in the event. The exhibit hours were long, running close to 11 hours on day one, but the vendors were pleased with the amount of interest that people showed in their products and services. 

We traveled the exhibit hall. Below are some vendor highlights.

Analytics

Contact Solutions – The Continuous Improvement Practice (CI) is based on a unique methodology and supported...