Eptica

JANUARY 12, 2017

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 What were the top customer service trends of 2016? To help we’ve analyzed all 100+ posts published on the Eptica blog in 2016, and picked a top ten, based on a combination of readership and industry feedback. Is a lack of consistency letting your customer service down?

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Making the change from call center to contact center. Published on: February 03, 2016. Author: Laurence Chami 20 years ago customer service existed in a world dominated by voice , hence the widespread reliance on call centers to manage customer service interactions.

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Eptica

JULY 1, 2016

Date: Friday, July 1, 2016 Building a Customer Engagement Hub. Published on: July 01, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Delivering a seamless, high quality customer experience is extremely complex. Orchestrating this changing landscape requires a new approach.

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OpinionLab

AUGUST 29, 2017

For this, you need to know the specifics of how customers behave and what they actually want. This is exactly why we recently surveyed 24,000 consumers and 1,000 businesses globally. When you look at customer retention across industries, the findings are quite striking. The difference between the 2015 and 2016 figures are clear.

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Eptica

JULY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, July 8, 2016 Delivering what US consumers want. Published on: July 08, 2016. Author: Chris Eideh Knowing your customers is at the heart of designing and delivering the right experience to engage with them successfully. So, what does this mean for customer experience?

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Eptica

AUGUST 26, 2016

Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 What do consumers want from brands today? Published on: August 26, 2016. Author: Derek Lewis Companies understand that meeting customer needs is central to business success. New research from the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) therefore provides some vital insight.

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Tricia Morris

JANUARY 11, 2016

We’ve all heard the saying “customer service is the new marketing,” but with 89% of companies expected to compete mostly on the basis of customer experience in 2016 (compared to just 36% in 2010)*, it’s not just marketing where customer service makes an impact. Employee Empowerment: Where to Start.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Contact Center Satisfaction Negatively Impacting the Customer Experience by Andrew Berger. Telecompetitor) Contact center satisfaction has worsened over the last two years despite investments in new customer engagement channels, according to new market research released by BoldChat. by Lia Winograd

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Uniphore

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

3 And it only takes one bad conversation with a customer going viral to reach thousands of existing and potential new customers. In fact, bad customer service impacts customer retention more than good customer service. Studies show that 82% of consumers will stop doing business with you.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Date: Friday, October 7, 2016 7 key issues that are holding back digital transformation in insurance. Published on: October 07, 2016. To find out how they are performing, the 2016 Eptica Insurance Multichannel Customer Experience Study evaluated 100 U.S.

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Eptica

JUNE 1, 2016

Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 What is holding back chat in customer service? Published on: June 01, 2016. Author: Neil Cox Amongst consumers, chat is fast becoming a mainstream channel for customer service. In the 2016 study it again grew exponentially, to 44% of brands surveyed.

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Provide Support

JUNE 2, 2016

In today’s digital, fast-paced world customer expectations and the rules of customer engagement are rapidly changing. What used to be acceptable and satisfactory in customer service a while ago is no longer enough. While failure to address the changing consumer needs can put your business at risk. Read more.

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Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4 lessons from the Forrester CX Index. Published on: August 17, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Forrester has just published its 2016 US Customer Experience Index , providing an update on the state of CX across multiple sectors. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Delivering the benefits of customer service outsourcing. Published on: December 14, 2016. Author: Dharmesh Ghedia Whether it is to add capacity in specific areas, helping expansion into new markets or bringing down costs, outsourcing is a central part of customer service.

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Eptica

JULY 27, 2016

Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Is customer service investment actually delivering? Published on: July 27, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Despite the rising importance of customer service on both sides of the Atlantic, the UK is widely seen as lagging the United States when it comes to the experience that companies deliver.

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Eptica

MAY 25, 2016

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Mapping digital transformation in customer experience. Published on: May 25, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the fast-moving world of customer experience there is no shortage of new trends and technologies for companies to evaluate and adopt. over the course of the year.

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Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Published on: January 06, 2016. Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets.

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Eptica

APRIL 13, 2016

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 The move to meaningful conversations in customer experience. Published on: April 13, 2016. Author: Olivier Njamfa Over the past fifteen years, the importance of customer experience has grown dramatically. As well as being more important, the emphasis within customer experience has changed.

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Eptica

JULY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Understanding 6 key trends in UK customer service. Published on: July 06, 2016. Author: Steve Nattress Customers are increasingly demanding about the levels of service that they receive from brands. The persistence of non-integrated and siloed channels is also seen as a major problem.

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Eptica

JANUARY 25, 2017

Author: Pauline Ashenden The latest Institute of Customer Service (ICS) UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI) has a positive message for everyone involved in customer service. Overall, consumer satisfaction has risen to 77.8, compared to January 2016, marking the fourth straight improvement in results.

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Eptica

JANUARY 20, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Looking into the customer service crystal ball. Published on: January 20, 2016. Author: Robin Tandon Having recently looked back on customer experience in 2015 , what is predicted for the coming year?

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Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Date: Friday, August 19, 2016 Why email is more important than ever for customer service. Published on: August 19, 2016. Author: Neil Cox While it is widely considered a mature channel, email is becoming more, not less important when it comes to customer service.

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Eptica

JUNE 3, 2016

Date: Friday, June 3, 2016 Customer service in a mobile-first world. Published on: June 03, 2016. Research from Ovum/Tyntec with US and German consumers show that it is driving changes in behavior in four key ways : Consumers expect faster answers on mobile channels. Consumers want to interact on new channels.

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Eptica

MARCH 31, 2016

Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 Websites lead the way for UK customer service. Published on: March 31, 2016. Author: Dharmesh Ghedia With an increasing amount of our time spent online, company websites are now more often than not the first port of call for consumers looking for information from brands.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Date: Friday, October 28, 2016 Turning service into sales with chat. Published on: October 28, 2016. Author: Angus Prentice Good customer service leads to happier, more loyal customers who stay with you longer, spend more and are more likely to recommend your business to family and friends. The result?

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Eptica

MARCH 18, 2016

Date: Friday, March 18, 2016 UK retail customer service failing to move forward. Published on: March 18, 2016. Transformed by the internet, new entrants and ever more demanding consumers, retailers cannot afford to rest on their laurels. 10% fewer companies allowed non-customers to email them compared to 2015.

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Eptica

JUNE 10, 2016

Date: Friday, June 10, 2016 Adding emotion to the customer experience. Published on: June 10, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Delivering the right customer experience isn’t just about systems and processes – it is also about how the consumer feels during, and at the end of, the journey.

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Eptica

MAY 27, 2016

Date: Friday, May 27, 2016 Narrowing the gap between US and UK customer experience. Published on: May 27, 2016. Author: Derek Lewis Consumers in the US are six times more likely to receive outstanding consumer experience than their counterparts in the UK.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Getting ready for Christmas – 5 areas for retailers to focus on. Published on: September 14, 2016. Author: Anne-Merete Jensen It may seem like a long time in the future for consumers, but as every retailer knows Christmas is coming – fast. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Customer expectations are changing and growing just as rapidly as the channels and technology consumers are empowered with to engage, encouraging (if not demanding) that brands and organizations embrace a strategy of non-stop, customer-centric adaptation. 2015 Aspect Consumer Experience Survey ).

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Date: Friday, February 12, 2016 Has UK customer service turned a corner? Published on: February 12, 2016. Author: Derek Lewis In today’s fast changing world consumer expectations are continually rising. This means that delivering the right levels of customer satisfaction is a journey not a destination.

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Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Date: Friday, August 12, 2016 Delivering the benefits of knowledge management in customer service. Published on: August 12, 2016. Domestic & General With more than 7 million UK customers, Domestic & General is the UK’s leading warranty specialist. were more confident in dealing with customer queries 86.7%

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Eptica

APRIL 8, 2016

Date: Friday, April 8, 2016 Technology with the human touch. Published on: April 08, 2016. Deflecting incoming queries There are times when consumers don’t want to interact deeply with an organization – they just want an answer to a simple question, and they want it now. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

APRIL 29, 2016

Date: Friday, April 29, 2016 Insurers struggling to connect with customer service. Published on: April 29, 2016. Greater competition and the rise of price comparison sites are impacting revenues and margins, while customer loyalty is a thing of the past. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Author: Pauline Ashenden With the holidays now nearly upon us, spare a thought for customer service teams who have to keep working right up to, and through, Christmas itself. Add in telecoms and utilities, and of course, the emergency services and you can see that the holidays are far from quiet in the customer service world.

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Eptica

MARCH 4, 2016

Date: Friday, March 4, 2016 How good is the experience offered by UK brands? Published on: March 04, 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. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Digital disruption in insurance – why it is all about service. Published on: September 21, 2016. In many markets insurers are already under pressure due to rising costs and more demanding consumers. Recent research from Fujitsu points to insurance being next in line for digital disruption.

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