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A History of Customer Support Technology

Team Support

1980s-1990s: The Dawn of CRM Software The next two decades saw the adoption of computerized systems for customer support. Companies started using customer relationship management (CRM) software to manage customer information and interactions. One of the early pioneers in CRM software was ACT!,

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BigChange Elevates Green Ambitions for VM Elevators

CSM Magazine

” VM Elevators was established in London in 2008 and has since grown to a nationwide company serving more than 50 locations across the UK. We are also reducing harmful emissions with home working, advanced scheduling and sharing of resources with other BigChange users. These are real savings for both the planet and the business.”

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CCaaS Trends: The Evolution of Cloud Contact Centres

Lumoa

Migration to the Cloud Buoyed by the COVID-19 outbreak, cloud migration dramatically increased during the steepest economic contraction since the 2008 financial crisis. So it’s no surprise CX leaders will continue to increase their investments in it this year.

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Top 20 Books Every Customer Experience Professional Needs to Read Now

Chattermill

Zappos founder Tony Hsieh’s book is essential reading for all customer experience professionals. in 2000 to over $1 billion in 2008 by focusing relentlessly on customer success. The Convenience Revolution: How to Deliver a Customer Service Experience that Disrupts the Competition and Creates Fierce Loyalty by Shep Hyken.

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Top 50 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

Storyminers

An author, keynote speaker and international authority on business management trends, he has been a thought leader in customer-centricity since 1998. His new book Hooked on Customers (April 2014) reveals the five habits of leading customer-centric firms. Leslie O’Flahavan.

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Discovering Business Value within Community

Lithium

In fact, none of our in-the-trenches employees that should have been talking about ROI with our very own Khoros customers during the years 2008-2012 initiated the subject; instead preferring to be reactive and let our customers come to us with ROI questions that we could barely muddle our way through answering.

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Top 50 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

Storyminers

An author, keynote speaker and international authority on business management trends, he has been a thought leader in customer-centricity since 1998. His new book Hooked on Customers (April 2014) reveals the five habits of leading customer-centric firms. Leslie O’Flahavan.