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Creating a Dialogue: The Importance of Branding through Social Media: While most companies are still in the nascent stages of capturing and engaging their audiences through social media, recognizing... read more
social media | brand | brand strategy
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Operationalizing Social Media and the End of Analysis Paralysis: “Social Media is like teen sex. Everyone wants to do it. No one knows how. When it’s finally done there is surprise... read more
social business | social media | strategy
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Accounting for Presenteeism In Call Center Planning and Forecasting: Call Center representatives have some of the most rigid and, oftentimes, unpredictable schedules. For call center leaders, call... read more
call center workforce management | talent | Alvarez & Marsal
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The Unintended Consequences of Social Media Part 1: The impact and opportunities of social media for companies is undeniable. Social media can be integrated as part of a company’s channel... read more
social media | customer service | call center
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Five Ideas for Motivating and Engaging Your Call Center Representatives: Struggling with ideas on how to engage and motivate your call center representatives? There is one thing that I know from... read more
call center | call center representatives | call center management
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The Business Case for IVRs and Automated Speech Recognition: Over the last five years, leveraging self-service to drive down costs and improve customer satisfaction has garnered a lot of attention... read more
interactive voice response | ivr | automated speech recognition
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Defining Trust in Customer Strategy—Call Centers and Beyond: Vampire Bats and Customer Strategy A few years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a practitioner-only focus group led by one-to-one... read more
value to the customer | call time | customer trust
Events of Interest
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Customer Experience Management for Banking & Financial Services
Venue to be confirmed, London, UK
September 18- 20, 2012 -
12th Annual Minimising Churn and Building Customer Profitability
Amara Hotel, Singapore
June 6- 7, 2012 -
3rd Annual UAE Customer Service Week
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
September 30- 3, 2012 -
Customer Experience Management in Telecoms: UK Summit
Chelsea Football Club, London, UK
July 16- 19, 2012
Articles
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Contributor: Melissa KovacevicYou Hired Me for Customer Service, Not Sales: I’m sure you’ve met this person on the phone or face-to-face. They are fri... read more
Tags: customer service | agent engagement
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Contributor: Brian CantorThe Social Mistake You Cannot Afford to Make: From emphasizing personalized responses that read like they came from humans rather than r... read more
Tags: social media | social crm | roi
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Contributor: Brian CantorBest Buy, Coca-Cola Case Studies Prove ROI of Social Media? (Well, Not Really): A recent Forrester Research study that swept media outlets off their feet reveals tha... read more
Tags: social marketing | roi | social media
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Contributor: Brian CantorGoogle’s “Coffee” – Are Your Customers Ready for Your Message?: Shortly after my first encounter with Google Chrome’s new “Coffee” ad sp... read more
Tags: google | marketing | branding
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Contributor: Brian CantorSurprising Reality of What Truly Keeps Call Center Leaders Up at Night: As the call center continues to evolve, your team will naturally explore innovative soluti... read more
Tags: call center | contact center | agent engagement






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