Multi-Channel Customer Service
Special Report: Messaging
February 15 by CCW Digital EditorTop 7 customer demands – and why messaging is the key to meeting them... 3 specific ways messaging can elevate the customer experience
Special Report: Omnichannel
February 01 by CCW Digital EditorCCW Digital confirms that only a small percentage of businesses are capable of delivering seamless, omnichannel experiences for their customers.It is not that they don’t want to; businesses almost uni...
IVR in an Omni-Channel World
February 21 by Customer Contact WeekThe phone channel continues to be the most direct way to resolve customer issues and escalations. Yet many IVRs haven’t been updated in years to reflect new technology and changing consumer trends. As...
5 Ways to Better CX with OmniChannel
September 13 by James WilsonDo you experience a mild sense of dread when you need to call a company you do business with to resolve a problem? If so, you’re not the only one. We’ve grown used to expecting less than stellar exper...
Omni-Channel is Seamless Engagement
June 07 by Customer Contact WeekOmnichannel in customer service is all about seamless customer engagement. The aim is to improve customer experience eliminating breakpoints between channels, making interaction data and history avail...
Multichannel Analytics -- You Can't Leverage The Technology Without People and Process
July 23 by CCW DigitalOrganizations are quickly moving to implement multichannel analytics with the intention of using this tool to improve the customer experience, but in the rush they are all too often neglecting to have...
Spirit Airlines & the Difference Between Service and *Customer* Service
January 02 by Brian CantorCustomers are generally wrong to criticize Spirit Airlines. Yes, you read that correctly. Brian Cantor, the guy who seemingly makes a living ranting about poor customer service experiences, the gu...
What it Takes to Drive Satisfaction from Your Contact Center
October 24 by CCW Digital EditorHype does not have a guaranteed impact on reality, and nowhere is that more evident than in customer management. The latest research in conjunction with CFI Group’s Contact Center Satisfacti...
Dear Best Buy: Saying Sorry is Nice, Being Customer-Centric is Better
August 27 by Brian CantorA business that upsets customers should apologize. A business that is truly sorry knows that an apology is only the beginning of making it right. So aggressively trained and conditioned to show r...
CCIQ Presents: Executive Report on Multi-Channel Customer Management
August 23 by Customer Contact WeekBased on the simplest possible conception—communicating with customers in more than one medium—nearly 88% of organizations are "multi-channel." But when it comes to actually delivering a...
Customer Management Lessons from "Seinfeld" - Part Four
August 15 by Brian CantorComparatively elite from beginning to end, it was not until its fourth season that "Seinfeld" truly established itself as an ubiquitous force with which to be reckoned. Though many critics argue t...
Verizon Forgets What Customer Service is All About; Ignores 5 Keys to a Great Experience
August 06 by Brian CantorWhen, upon calling into a customer service line, you must pass through an endless gauntlet of unhelpful IVR instructions, you can probably conclude you are not in for the most customer-centric exper...