Customer Enthusiast

DECEMBER 30, 2014

It occurred to me while reading through a list of 15 Customer Service Trends for 2015 assembled by Richard Shapiro, president of The Center For Client Retention , that nine of the 15 trends are related to omnichannel: a seamless approach to a consumer’s experience through all available shopping channels (e.g., Choose extraordinary.

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CloudCherry

DECEMBER 20, 2017

However, the consumer is evolving at the speed of light, and, thanks to technological advancements, the customer journey is changing just as quickly. Consumers used to be significantly more passive, and certainly had a higher level of trust in brands and the promises they were made. Not long ago, mapping that path was relatively easy.

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Tricia Morris

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The 2015 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report published by Parature, from Microsoft and Microsoft Dynamics CRM shows that geography does play a role in customers’ views on service. But are customer service preferences and expectations? Global Similarity Highlights. Consistently satisfying service is increasingly important.

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Brandwatch CX

JANUARY 2, 2019

We come across all sorts of interesting stats about social media sites and users, so we’ve collated the best of them in this bumper facts list. And it comes as a great fact sheet to give context to your social media marketing efforts. Social media statistics. billion active social media users.

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Alida

AUGUST 16, 2016

To appreciate just how dominant they have become, consider these stats: According to Forrester Research’s 2015 Customer Lifecycle Journey report, 81 percent of companies now have community-type support channels—a steep increase from 2012’s 67 percent figure. Technology and social media has given more power and influence to customers.

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Tricia Morris

JULY 7, 2015

The newly-released 2015 U.S. State of Multichannel Customer Service Report published by Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Parature, from Microsoft shows that consumers now use at least four different channels regularly when interacting with a brand or organization for customer-related questions and issues. The 2015 U.S.

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Brandwatch CX

MARCH 7, 2023

We come across all sorts of interesting stats about social media sites and users, so we’ve collated the best of them in this bumper facts list. And it comes as a great fact sheet to give context to your social media marketing efforts. billion active social media users On average, people have 5.54

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Alida

AUGUST 26, 2016

Brands use social communities mostly for marketing purposes, broadcasting information, building brand awareness and reaching greater audiences for campaigns and messaging. Social communities are useful for tracking what your competitors are up to and identifying broad consumer trends.

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Tricia Morris

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Recent consumer surveys have shown that just a single poor customer service experience can lead to the sudden demise of even the longest customer relationship. 76% of consumers say they view customer service as the true test of how much a company values them. 2015 Aspect Consumer Experience Survey ).

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GetFeedback

JULY 11, 2018

In 2015, Digiday conducted a study on customer satisfaction and found that, while the majority of brands believe they provide a superior customer experience, nearly 65% of their customers feel frustrated and misunderstood. CRM software designed to maximize engagement, track data, and analyze consumer activity.

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Joe Rawlinson

JANUARY 27, 2016

With a saturation of marketing and advertising, companies rely more on consumer emotions to sell a product. If you took the early Betty Crocker commercials of the 1950s and compared them to advertising in 2015, the differences would be night and day. But these four emotions and strategies are key ways to engage new customers in 2016.

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Experience Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report, What Happens After a Good or Bad Experience, 2015. consumers about their recent interactions with 283 companies across 20 industries. These social sites, however, are still an important channel for consumers under the age of 45.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 14, 2016

Naturally, I did what many of my fellow millennials would do and took my issue to social media. Apparently their social media was as backed up as their contact center. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter can no longer be given the diminutive title of “Fad”.

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transcosmos Information Systems

JULY 6, 2017

The increasing popularity of social media has given businesses a great opportunity to reach their customers where they’re at in real time. Today, social media plays an important role in the customer service industry. Social media is a channel for people to express their feelings, thoughts, and opinions.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

To learn more about Beyond Philosophy’s Naïve to Natural Model, please register for our Naïve to Natural Certification beginning February 2, 2015. Colin Shaw is the founder and CEO of Beyond Philosophy , one of the world’s first organizations devoted to customer experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

How do you use Social Media to enhance the experience? Social media is a great channel for enhancing the Customer Experience. But companies that don’t present a unified front to Customers either use social media as a one-way communication or don’t use it at all. Follow Colin Shaw on Twitter @ColinShaw_CX.

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Alida

JULY 28, 2016

In 2015, the analyst firm Gartner dropped big data from its Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies report. Social media platforms such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram are examples of the real-time datafication of customers’ lives. The big data hype is officially dead. The big drawback of big data.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Making a success of Twitter customer service. Published on: September 09, 2015. According to Nielsen, nearly half of US consumers use social media to ask questions and Twitter’s own analysis shows that tweets to major brands have increased 2.5 times over the past two years.

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Clarabridge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Let’s face it, enterprise software usually takes up a large portion of your social media and marketing budget. Justifying the cost of enterprise social media software isn’t always as easy and proves to be a time-consuming process to ensure a good fit for your company. Cost-Effectiveness. Advanced Support.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 14, 2015

Source: North American Consumer Technographics Customer Life-Cycle Survey 1, 2014, Forrester.com.). 19 March 2015. 30 March 2015. (Source: Brian Manusama, Gartner.com ). While call center usage is about the same, use of FAQ pages increased from 67% in 2012 to 76% in 2014, according to Forrester. Source: Morris, Tricia.

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Eptica

AUGUST 28, 2015

Date: Friday, August 28, 2015 What is a customer hub? Published on: August 28, 2015. As the number of channels used by customers began to expand, the web , email and social media may have been added to this remit. And why do you need one? However, the underlying approach remained the same.

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Think Customers

JUNE 2, 2015

It's pretty easy to see how pervasive the use of mobile devices has become with consumers. As of January 2014, consumers now spend more time on their mobile devices for Internet usage than on desktop PCs, according to comScore. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 The widening UK customer experience gap. Published on: September 30, 2015. The rise of social media and increasingly demanding customers has changed all of this. Unfortunately the study, which involved 10,177 consumers evaluating 272 brands, mirrors other research.

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transcosmos Information Systems

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

billion smartphone subscribers in 2015 around the world and researchers expect the rate to grow to about 6.1 For instance, with the advent of social media, customers can connect and “talk” with brands instantly through Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social networking sites (SNS). Be more social.

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Experience Matters

APRIL 7, 2015

Today we announced the results of the 2015 Temkin Group CX Vendor Excellence Awards. Clarabridge connects to all sources of customer feedback, including ratings and reviews , chat , both Clarabridge-generated and third-party surveys , blogs and forums , emails , call centers , social media , and voice recordings. Clarabridge.

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Eptica

AUGUST 26, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Why APAC consumers are the most demanding in the world. Published on: August 26, 2015. Author: David Chew Across the globe, companies are under increasing pressure to deliver a superior customer experience if they want to win and retain consumer loyalty.

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Eptica

AUGUST 14, 2015

Date: Friday, August 14, 2015 The 10 steps to digital customer experience success in banking. Published on: August 14, 2015. Author: Pauline Ashenden Twenty years ago, the majority of banking was carried out face-to-face through an extensive branch network and most consumers remained with the same bank for much of their lives.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 What the latest Apple launch tells us about customer service. Published on: September 11, 2015. As technology gets more complex, and consumers look to connect it all together, the importance of the customer experience becomes ever more vital. and How do I get a replacement manual for my product?

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Eptica

JANUARY 22, 2016

Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 So how did customer service perform in 2015? The US picture – could do better Overall 2015 was a poor year for customer service across the US, with close to six out of ten companies (59%) seeing a fall in customer ratings according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

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Win the Customer

MARCH 14, 2016

People can now be in touch and up to date through their phone, receiving news, keeping up with social media and even watching their favorite shows. This shift from desktop to mobile has impacted consumer behavior from the way we communicate to how we shop. consumer has now exceeded that of TV.”.

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Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? However, before exploring some of these trends in future blog posts, I’d like to take the opportunity to review 2015 – specifically some of the most popular topics covered by the Eptica blog. Published on: January 06, 2016.

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Provide Support

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Most important ingredients of social customer care. Today probably every business is sufficiently aware of the importance of social media for customer service. Just these facts alone are enough for companies to start giving basic attention to the quality of their social customer care. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 How to prevent utility customer service delivering a shock. Published on: October 06, 2015. A further four companies had over 400 complaints per 100,000, within the three months between April and June 2015. Consumers are increasingly happy to use chat, so it is time for utilities to offer it.

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Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. Author: Robin Tandon While the peak season for retailers isn’t yet over, many companies are already taking stock and looking at their performance, as well as studying the wider trends that emerged in the run up to Christmas 2015.

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Provide Support

AUGUST 30, 2016

Gone are the days when we didn’t need to worry about using social media for customer support. According to the Sprout Social report 90% of people surveyed have used social media in some way to communicate directly with a brand. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. But today, it’s not even a question.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Why customer service is still vital in the supermarket price war. Published on: September 23, 2015. This gap between best and worst replicates Eptica’s findings in the 2015 UK Multichannel Customer Experience Study. Those that were 1% below saw sales decrease by 1%.

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E Commerce Customer Service Social Media 2015 76

Eptica

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 What’s the best channel for U.S. Published on: November 04, 2015. The 2015 Eptica Retail Customer Experience Study therefore evaluated 500 U.S. It replicates previous research carried out in the UK and France , and aims to mimic the behavior of ordinary consumers across digital channels.

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