Eptica

AUGUST 11, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 The importance of emotion to customer engagement. Published on: August 12, 2015. Building an emotional connection with customers isn’t easy. Author: Steve Nattress Many studies show that people are much more emotional and less rational than we like to think.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 The importance of customer service to midsize businesses. Published on: December 02, 2015. Given these challenges, how are they coping with becoming more customer centric? There should be agent tools and customer tools, designed on a common platform.

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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. Author: Michael Cheung Recent research from charity Citizens Advice found major differences between how UK utilities handle customer service.

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Eptica

JULY 6, 2016

Given this pressure, along with the need to operate as efficiently as possible, how are contact centers evolving to meet changing needs? The report is based on a survey of 221 UK contact centre managers working across 11 different vertical industries ranging from small contact centers of up to 50 agents to those with 200+ agents.

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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. Given this pressure, retailers need to balance reducing handling times while at the same time ensuring that customers receive a helpful, informative response to their query if they are to retain their business.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Friday, December 18, 2015 Telecoms customer complaints rising in the UK. Published on: December 18, 2015. However, the rise of superfast broadband, social media, IP telephony and on-demand/pay-TV services mean that it is now an essential part of the Christmas experience for the majority of families.

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Eptica

JUNE 3, 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. This shift to a mobile first world has a big impact on the customer experience and customer service. Share this page on: Tweet.

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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. So they may call, email , start a chat or contact you through social media.

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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. Web customer service Online, performance in the sector dropped, from answering 70% of questions in 2014 down to 67% in 2015. Share this page on: Tweet.

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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. Author: Michael Cheung The immediacy and reach of Twitter means it has become a vital channel for customer service. times over the past two years. Share this page on: Tweet. Share this page on: Tweet.

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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. This extends to the service that customers expect.

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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. The rise of social media and increasingly demanding customers has changed all of this.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Customer service in a multigenerational world. Published on: December 16, 2015. At the same time answers will need to be consistent, across every demographic, so make sure you have a centralized knowledge base in place to share information across your contact center agents and channels.

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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. The internet also underpins social media, which provides aggrieved customers with a platform to broadcast their complaints to the wider world. Be totally multichannel.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Date: Friday, October 9, 2015 Don’t neglect the positive side of customer service. Published on: October 09, 2015. According to the American Express Global Customer Service Barometer, 93% of American consumers talk about positive customer service experiences. This is a welcome development.

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Eptica

JUNE 8, 2016

Missing connections on email and social media The performance on email was particularly poor with just 30% of companies that were included in the study responding with successful answers, and an average reply time of over 44 hours. Turning to social media things were not much better. Share this page on: Tweet.

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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Date: Friday, November 27, 2015 Mobile – at the heart of the customer experience. Published on: November 27, 2015. Author: James Gladwish According to new academic research people check their smartphones 85 times a day and use them for a daily average of 5 hours. Share this page on: Tweet.

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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. Author: Pauline Ashenden Thanks to the internet, retail is a global industry, with companies now facing competition from peers around the world. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Retail Self Service Customer Experience Social Media 48

Eptica

MARCH 18, 2016

Static performance Overall, the UK research found minor changes in performance since 2015, with the total number of questions answered on the web, email and Twitter remaining static at 55%. 10% fewer companies allowed non-customers to email them compared to 2015. However, performance varied. 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

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. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Self Service Wireless Social Media Contact Center 50

Eptica

APRIL 26, 2016

Companies in France seem keen to engage with customers more via the telephone – 87% provided a contact number (up from 84% in 2015), with many sites even suggesting the best times for consumers to call. In France however the web still lags behind, only able to provide answers to 55% of queries.

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Self Service Customer Experience Social Media Knowledge Base 48

Eptica

AUGUST 19, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Robots – the future of customer service? Published on: August 19, 2015. Author: Derek Lewis Recent Forrester research pointed out the importance of understanding customer emotion and creating empathy with consumers if brands are going to deliver a successful customer experience.

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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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Eptica

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Date: Friday, November 20, 2015 Systems versus service. Published on: November 20, 2015. And this was without sharing my complaint on social media, where it would have potentially reached many thousands more. By the time all the paperwork was completed, I owed the old utility for a week’s energy.

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Avaya

JUNE 21, 2016

Experience in contact center deployment. When it comes to delivering unmatched customer experiences, Experience Is Everything. Ten years ago, we did not have web chat, smart phone apps or social media. Avaya Oceana is Avaya’s next-generation customer engagement platform.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 7 ways banks can transform customer experience. Published on: November 13, 2015. For example, when Wells Fargo bank located its in-house lawyer within its social command centre, it enabled all outgoing tweets and Facebook messages to be vetted legally much quicker than before.

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Experience Matters

APRIL 7, 2015

Today we announced the results of the 2015 Temkin Group CX Vendor Excellence Awards. In its third year, these awards recognize companies that provide products and services that help companies improve the customer experience they deliver. We brought the industry’s first customer engagement hub to market. Clarabridge.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We documented why we chose each of these customer service leaders in detail along with where to follow them on social media below. Adam Toporek is an internationally-recognized customer service expert, keynote speaker, and frontline trainer who helps organizations get results by thinking differently about customer service.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We documented why we chose each of these customer service leaders in detail along with where to follow them on social media below. Adam Toporek is an internationally-recognized customer service expert, keynote speaker, and frontline trainer who helps organizations get results by thinking differently about customer service.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Colin is an accomplished Speaker, a renowned Best-Selling Author, and a Co-Host of a successful podcast, The Intuitive Customer. Rudy Dalimunthe – VP of CX at Tokopedia, Ex Indosat – XL Axiata – Ernst & Young, CX & Customer Engagement Professional. LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

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Eptica

AUGUST 28, 2015

Date: Friday, August 28, 2015 What is a customer hub? Published on: August 28, 2015. Author: Steve Nattress When customer service first rose to prominence within organisations it was straightforward to define. You can find out more about the Eptica Customer Day 2015 and book your place here.

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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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Eptica

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 The rise of the customer hub. Published on: October 14, 2015. Author: Derek Lewis At a time when customer experience is becoming everyone’s job , it is vital that organizations break down any internal barriers that disrupt the customer journey. Share this page on: Tweet.

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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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Eptica

JANUARY 27, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Social customer service – why it is a continuous journey. Author: Michael Cheung All brands should now understand the importance of social media to customer service. Over 1 million people view tweets about customer service every week. Published on: January 27, 2016.

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