Customer expectations are continually rising – and what is important to consumers is also changing rapidly. For example, thanks to the pandemic use of digital channels such as email, chat and social media has increased dramatically, changing the channel balance of customer service operations. Understanding what customers want – and delivering it successfully – is therefore vital to businesses. When…
It’s an understatement to say that 2020 was a year of huge change everywhere. Due to the pandemic we’ve seen major shifts in the contact centre, with existing trends such as remote working accelerating and customer needs changing dramatically. In this post, we highlight some of the key developments of last year in a review of our top blogs from…
As we come to the end of a dramatic and unprecedented year, everyone is looking forward to Christmas, even if current regulations mean it will be very different to normal. Thankfully, one thing that won’t change is the seasonal appearance of Father Christmas, delivering presents to millions around the world. The man in red has an unrivalled reputation for customer…
Driven primarily by the impact of the pandemic, 2020 has been a year of dramatic change in the way contact centres are run. We’ve seen the kind of evolution that you might expect to happen gradually over 5 years compressed into 5 months, as companies were forced to embrace remote working for the majority of their employees overnight. The positive…
Over the past few years’ customer service has undergone a huge transformation. It has never been more important to winning and retaining customers, with more demanding consumers asking more queries, across more channels than ever before. At the same time, a greater proportion of routine customer service queries are now handled through web and voice self-service – research suggests that…
Guest Author: Adrian Swinscoe Last year I published a new book called Punk CX. It came about due to my frustration with the lack of progress with improving customer and employee experience outcomes despite a huge amount of activity, enthusiasm and investment in the experience space. In the book I was calling for a more ‘punk’ approach to customer experience…