Voice of the Customer - Who Do You Listen To

Posted By Lior Arussy   |   Monday, January 4, 2010   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

The growing importance and awareness of the customer experience had driven a growing number of companies to implement voice of customer programs. These programs can divided into two categories – 1. Market Research and 2. Customer Surveys. Companies typically use market research to identify unmet customer needs but use customer surveys to understand customer’s perception about the quality of individual transactions or the general relationship.

During the course of numerous client engagements, we...

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Hosted Contact Centers

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Friday, December 11, 2009   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

2008 was an impressive year for the hosted call center infrastructure market, and the first half of 2009 is proving to be even better. Research showed that the worldwide economic recession drove many organizations in all verticals to consider hosted contact center infrastructure solutions. DMG found that many of these companies were not classic risk takers, but rather companies that viewed hosting as an opportunity to do business differently, without a great deal of initial investment.

Growth of...

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The Rise of Alternative Customer Communication Channels

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Monday, December 7, 2009   |   [0] Leave a Comment »
A recent contact center study by Ventana Research shows that 44% respondents expect their customer interaction volume to increase in the next 12 months, compared to only 14% that expect to see an overall decrease. More interesting though are the reasons behind the expected growth, one of which is the expansion of contact channels. Contact center executives expect a massive growth in instant messaging (137%) and text messaging (128%), along with a modest growth of 11% expected for the use of...continue reading this post »