Eptica

JUNE 3, 2016

Date: Friday, June 3, 2016 Customer service in a mobile-first world. Time spent on mobile devices grew by 117% year on year between 2014 and 2015 and nearly half of all ecommerce transactions now take place on mobile devices. This shift to a mobile first world has a big impact on the customer experience and customer service.

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Eptica

MARCH 18, 2016

Date: Friday, March 18, 2016 UK retail customer service failing to move forward. Customers are pushing retailers to innovate and deliver new services , improved experiences at lower prices. These factors increase the focus on the customer experience as the key point of differentiation for retailers.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Date: Thursday, September 3, 2015 Meeting the customer service needs of APAC millennials. Published on: September 03, 2015. Be multichannel While millennials are extremely active on social media, they don’t want to receive service exclusively through the likes of Twitter and Facebook.

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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. This changing banking landscape, combined with continued low interest rates, means that the customer experience is now central to being successful in the market. Be totally multichannel.

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Banking Multichannel Customer Experience Finance 85

Vonage

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Half of consumers move on after poor customer service. In NewVoiceMedia’s whitepaper, Serial Switchers Strike Again , we learned that 49 percent of consumers switch companies after receiving service that does not meet their expectations. Poor customer service costs business billions annually.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Comparing the retail customer experience in the United States and United Kingdom. Published on: November 11, 2015. For the United States, Facebook was also evaluated as a customer service channel. Given this competition how do retailers in Britain and the United States compare?

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Eptica

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 3 ways of reducing customer query volumes. Published on: October 21, 2015. This rising volume of customer interactions, covering everything from questions about products and post-sales queries, to complaints and positive feedback , threatens to overwhelm many organizations.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Date: Friday, February 5, 2016 Meeting Millennial Customer Expectations. Author: Neil Cox In 2015 the US Census Bureau reported that Millennials outnumbered Baby Boomers for the first time , meaning they now make up a quarter of the population. Published on: February 05, 2016. Share this page on: Tweet. Share this page on: Tweet.

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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. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Published on: September 28, 2015. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

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Contact Center Multichannel Customer centricity Abandon rate 81

NICE inContact

JANUARY 26, 2016

The ability to provide an excellent customer service experience is a key differentiator in today’s Era of the Customer for businesses of any size and every vertical market. The question of how a small business can win the customer service battle is crucial to business success and sustainability.

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Eptica

JUNE 24, 2016

Business success depends on a wide variety of factors and it can be hard to isolate customer experience in dollar figures. In 2015 he published a report looking at the difference in revenue growth between pairs of similar businesses in five sectors (cable communications, airlines, investments, retail and health insurance).

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Customer Experience Multichannel Airlines Self service 50

Eptica

MARCH 14, 2018

How are UK banks doing in terms of the customer experience? In the latest Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience study , we evaluated the real-world online experience of 100 leading companies – including ten banks – by asking typical customer questions over the web, email, Twitter, Facebook and chat.

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Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Based on consumer research into how customer experience strengthens loyalty, it shows both individual company scores and how the wider economy is performing. Looking through the research, I can see four key trends for CX and customer service professionals to focus on: 1. This shows in their performance within the Index.

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Eptica

APRIL 26, 2016

These findings come from the Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study , which has tracked the changing face of customer service in the UK, France and latterly the United States , over the last five years. You can download the full Study (in French) here , but these are the top five conclusions: 1.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 5 Ways of improving handling times this Christmas. Published on: December 09, 2015. Additionally, while customers are always demanding, the time they are willing to wait for an answer is even shorter at Christmas. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Sykes

MARCH 5, 2019

The acquisition is consistent with the company’s core strategy, as implementing, designing and managing digital operations is a precursor to achieving the best possible digital customer experience. These services are delivered through multiple communication channels including phone, email, social media, text messaging, chat and digital self?service.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

MAY 8, 2015

Recent research (Understanding the Customer Journey, a study conducted by ICMI and LiveOps, 2015) explored channel usage in service settings. How many organizations are using various contact channels? The questions included both channels supported and the percentage of total contact volume. Here’s a summary of the findings:

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Brad Cleveland Blog

MAY 8, 2015

Recent research (Understanding the Customer Journey, a study conducted by ICMI and LiveOps, 2015) explored channel usage in service settings. How many organizations are using various contact channels? The questions included both channels supported and the percentage of total contact volume. Here’s a summary of the findings:

Multichannel 20

Multichannel Contact Center Multi-channel support Self service 20

Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

In other words, why invest in chasing after customer expectations when you could be shaping those expectations yourself? This blog post is not about the top customer service trends to watch out for in 2018. What we have compiled here is a list of today’s industry-leading customer service examples.

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Customer Service Chatbots Customer centricity Customer Care 40

Comm100

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

A Complete Guide to Omnichannel Customer Service. The state of customer service is always changing, and brands must keep up. Customers now use an average of nine different channels to connect with companies, and they expect the support they receive on these channels to be fast, convenient and personalized.

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Customer Service Multichannel Chatbots Healthcare 88

Eptica

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 The state of UK email customer service. Published on: November 18, 2015. Email usage by sector Contact Babel’s research, which was carried out with UK contact centre managers, found that email makes up an average of 17% of incoming queries from customers.

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Customer Service Multichannel Transportation Self service 75

Eptica

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Date: Monday, October 26, 2015 Christmas is coming – is your customer service ready? Published on: October 26, 2015. 4 Customers don’t want to be tied to a particular channel Particularly in the run up to Christmas, shoppers will use a wide variety of channels and devices when researching and buying gifts.

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Multichannel Customer Service Contact Center Self service 88

Sykes

MARCH 18, 2019

SYKES’ differentiated full lifecycle management services platform effectively engage customers at every touchpoint within the customer journey, including digital marketing and acquisition, sales expertise, customer service, technical support and retention. It delivers cost?effective About Symphony Ventures.

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Technical Support Enterprise outsourcing Business Process Outsourcing 16

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Why aren’t organizations embracing digital customer service? Published on: September 16, 2015. Author: Steve Nattress The spread of digital customer service channels, from email and chat to social media , can provide organizations with significant benefits.

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Customer Service Multichannel Upselling Self service 76

Eptica

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 What’s the best channel for U.S. retail customer service? Published on: November 04, 2015. So at Eptica we thought it would be a good time to look at how they perform when it comes to the customer experience.

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Customer Service Multichannel Self service Advertising 76

Eptica

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 6 ways of delivering successful knowledge management projects. Published on: October 28, 2015. Define the part of knowledge in the customer journey Will knowledge be used across the customer journey, and if so, how does it fit in today’s multichannel world?

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Management Multichannel Self service Contact Center 78

Eptica

APRIL 29, 2016

Date: Friday, April 29, 2016 Insurers struggling to connect with customer service. Greater competition and the rise of price comparison sites are impacting revenues and margins, while customer loyalty is a thing of the past. In 2015 just half gave accurate answers. Published on: April 29, 2016.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 Festive failings in UK customer service. Published on: December 11, 2015. Clearly the stakes are high, and delivering fast, responsive customer service and a superior experience are key parts of attracting and retaining shoppers in the run up to December 25 th.

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Customer Service Multichannel Self service Contact Center 49

Eptica

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Date: Friday, November 6, 2015 5 key customer service skills – and how technology can help improve them. Published on: November 06, 2015. Author: Anne-Merete Jensen Recruiting and retaining high quality customer service staff is one of the cornerstones of keeping consumers happy and loyal.

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Technology Customer Service Multichannel Self service 76

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Today’s customers expect omnichannel. customer service. How is omnichannel customer service different from (or: better than?) multichannel customer service? Customer service must support many (“multi”) channels because that is what customers expect.

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Multichannel Benchmark Contact Center Self service 54

CSM Magazine

MARCH 7, 2016

Despite its importance to consumers, email is falling behind social media when it comes to customer service, with UK brands answering just 38% of emailed questions, according to a new study. Social media cemented its position as the fastest channel for customer service.

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Multichannel Entertainment Customer Service Banking 40

Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

Customers value the quality of customer service as much as price and quality of products. According to an American Express study , “Americans will spend 9% more with companies that provide excellent service.” Recent trends in customer service show that companies can delight their customers while generating revenues.

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Eptica

MARCH 4, 2016

Author: Pauline Ashenden Over the past five years Eptica has regularly evaluated the multichannel customer experience offered by 100 of the UK’s biggest brands , across ten sectors. Back in 2014 in a survey by Gartner , 89% of companies predicted that in 2016 they would be competing mostly on the customer experience they offered.

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Multichannel Self service Advertising Surveys 50

RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

With the rise of technology that allows better customer service, customers are becoming more demanding – that’s why to satisfy and retain them, you need to develop your contact center in accordance with the worldwide trends. ot CX transformation from contact centers to multichannel, omnichannel, robotics and proactive CX.

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Contact Center Technology Benchmark Chatbots 64

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Consumers say Customer Service is important to them when choosing a brand and forming loyalty with it. 97% of Customers believe that Customer Service is important to them when they choose where they do business. consumers said they have stopped doing business with companies that blow it with Customer service.

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Customer Service Multichannel Self service CRM 379

Eptica

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Consistency – the missing ingredient in retail customer service? Published on: November 25, 2015. Retailers are multichannel, but not consistent So, how good are U.S. retailers in particular at being consistent and multichannel? On the positive side, U.S.

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