Martin Hill-Wilson

JUNE 4, 2015

The interplay between customer and employee engagement. The average proportion of employees engaged at their work could be as low as just 13%. The UK was placed 18th out of 20 countries, with UK employee engagement decreasing over the past 12 months. This is a hot topic. You can grab the sources from his article.

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Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Great customer experience brands are not only “visual storytellers” but they are supporting their customers as those brand loyalists visually communicate about their brand journey. Thanks to livestream.com we know: 81% of internet and mobile users watched more video in 2016 than 2015.

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Talkdesk

MAY 10, 2016

Medium || March 10, 2015. Customers today, especially millennials, see less separation between their business and personal selves and expect their business relationships to be more personalized. Fortune || April 27, 2015. We are thrilled that Tzuo will be speaking at Opentalk 2016. Further Reading. LinkedIn page.

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Alida

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

In our e-book The 10 Smartest Brands: How They Use the Competitive Advantage of Customer Intelligence , we reveal how companies like D E WALT, LinkedIn and Salomon engage with customers to make better marketing, customer experience and product innovation decisions. Boosting customer satisfaction with Alliant Energy.

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PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 18, 2015

In keeping with millennia of human tradition, let’s look back at our top ten blog posts from 2015. Without further ado, here's number 10: Starting off this list is a post for those who are confused about how to measure customer experience improvement. Keep an eye out for new posts in the new year! Thanks again for reading!

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Last month, Adobe Marketing VP, John Travis, shared insights from Adobe’s 2016 Digital Trends report, including which opportunities businesses are most excited about this year. Customer Experience. “In In 2015, it gained momentum. During a 12-month period between 2014 and 2015, Calabrio recorded more than one billion calls.

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Alida

MARCH 30, 2017

At a recent Vision Critical webinar, Sam Trimboli, consumer insights specialist at Price Chopper, joined us to discuss how customer insight is helping the company thrive in the increasingly fragmented grocery industry. Trimboli highlighted three benefits of using customer insight. Early results show accelerated growth.

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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? Will all of these predictions come to pass in 2016?

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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. Being able to find answers to their questions quickly is therefore a vital part of the customer experience. Entertainment retailers propped up the bottom of the table, dropping 8% since 2015, to a score of just 57%.

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Eptica

APRIL 18, 2016

Date: Monday, April 18, 2016 Hanging on for telecoms customer service. Published on: April 18, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past telecoms has gained a reputation for poor customer service. Its latest data found that the total volume of telecoms and pay TV complaints decreased between Q3 and Q4 2015.

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Eptica

MARCH 11, 2016

Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 How good are UK brands at email customer service? Published on: March 11, 2016. However, UK brands are struggling to cope with the emails they receive , with performance overall worsening according to the latest Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study.

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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. For example in the 2014, 13% of companies claimed to offer it, and in 2015 this doubled to 26%.

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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

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Date: Friday, October 14, 2016 What customers want this Christmas when it comes to service. Published on: October 14, 2016. over the course of 2016 holiday shopping season in the US, hitting $655.8 over the course of 2016 holiday shopping season in the US, hitting $655.8 Share this page on: Tweet.

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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. Customers are pushing retailers to innovate and deliver new services , improved experiences at lower prices. 10% fewer companies allowed non-customers to email them compared to 2015.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 15, 2017

today announced that bottled water surpassed carbonated soft-drinks in 2016 to become the largest beverage category by volume, capping what it described as a “remarkable, decades-long streak of vigorous growth.”…Total billion gallons in 2015 to 12.8 The article went on to note: “Industry tracker Beverage Marketing Corp.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 How does customer experience affect sales growth? Published on: November 16, 2016. Author: Neil Cox Customer experience has been front of mind for marketing and customer service professionals for a number of years, but does it really have a big impact on the bottom line?

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Alida

JULY 28, 2016

To learn more about this topic, join us at the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit , where Lauren Meewes, senior program manager of seller at eBay, and Catherine Makk, vice president of global insights at HarperCollins, will share how to use customer feedback to give context and meaning to big data.

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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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Optimove

OCTOBER 24, 2019

What if I told you there’s one place with answers to questions such as how to engage customers in the era of marketing overload, or what is the real value of a lost customer? How to structure marketing strategies in the age of the customer? How to win with long-term customer engagement?

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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. 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.

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Tricia Morris

OCTOBER 19, 2015

CRMUG Summit 2015 landed record-setting attendance numbers recently with Microsoft Dynamics CRM users across sales, marketing and service converging to share use cases, tips and successes in their areas of expertise. Conference attendees landed some terrific takeaways including these five related to the Summit’s new customer service track: 1.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 How customer service techniques can ensure a stress-free Christmas. Published on: 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.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Date: Friday, February 5, 2016 Meeting Millennial Customer Expectations. Published on: February 05, 2016. 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. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Date: Friday, October 16, 2015 The opportunity for European customer experience. Published on: October 16, 2015. Author: Olivier Njamfa From Berlin to Bermuda, and San Francisco to Singapore, consumers increasingly demand a superior customer experience from the organizations that they choose to buy from.

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Eptica

JUNE 24, 2016

Date: Friday, June 24, 2016 The ROI of improved customer experience. Published on: June 24, 2016. Author: Chris Eideh Businesses understand that improving the customer experience has a direct impact on revenue generation. Happier customers are more loyal, will spend more and recommend your company to their friends.

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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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ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

“What can help me get committed and loyal customers?”. But trust me, factors like: Product quality, Awesome support, Marketing reach, Efforts to engage customers, . Efforts to retain customers, help you formulate effective loyalty programs that your customers enjoy being a part of. Mobile Customer Loyalty.

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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. This means that delivering the right levels of customer satisfaction is a journey not a destination. Wales has the happiest customers , scoring 78.6, points to 77 out of 100. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Avaya

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Simple, instant and natural engagement is at the heart of the next-gen CX (Customer Experience). Yet this is exactly what one of our customers, NYC311 , has achieved, marking a significant milestone in its journey as the No. 1 provider of NYC non-emergency government services and information.

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Eptica

JUNE 8, 2016

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Unhappy holidays? The state of UK travel customer experience. Published on: June 08, 2016. 69% of routine travel questions were answered online, up 10% from 2015, with all scoring between 6 and 8 out of 10. The one glimmer of hope came from the performance of travel companies on the web.

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Storyminers

MAY 16, 2016

[Originally published on APADMI Apr 20, 2016 – Advice & Guides, Blog as:]. For example, encouraging reviews and promptly responding to feedback can aid a positive user experience, whilst also increasing trust between company and customer. What do you feel will be the biggest changes in 2016 to retailers due to mobile tech?

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Date: Friday, November 27, 2015 Mobile – at the heart of the customer experience. Published on: November 27, 2015. Fail to deliver what customers want, and, no matter how good your desktop experience, you are likely to lose business if you fail to deliver on mobile devices. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

APRIL 26, 2016

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Comparing the customer experience in the UK and France. Published on: April 27, 2016. This increases the focus on delivering an excellent customer experience to consumers, wherever they are located, if companies are going to have meaningful, engaged conversations with their audiences.

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Avaya

APRIL 6, 2016

Customer engagement is a competitive battleground. After all, customer expectations are always high, and technology always evolving. To stay ahead of the competition, we have to be vigilant about meeting or exceeding the needs of our customers. The Internet makes finding and switching to a competitor easier than ever.

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Verint

MARCH 28, 2018

Emerging technologies have significantly transformed customer engagement in recent years, from the rise of mobile reducing face-to-face communication, to artificial intelligence (AI) driving innovation across a range of sectors. The rise of new technology will continue to influence how customers engage with brands.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2015

billion on Black Friday, British consumers are much less satisfied with retail customer service compared to Christmas 2014. This is according to new research from multichannel customer engagement software provider Eptica. Despite record UK sales of £1.1 37% of Britons are unhappy with the experience in store, with 27%.

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