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How Contact Centers Strengthen Ties Across the Organization

How Contact Centers Strengthen Ties Across the Organization

Effective communication across an organization is essential to sharing and using voice of the customer. And there are plenty of additional reasons to strengthen ties. Opportunities for ongoing product and service improvements and innovations almost always involve...

Emotion as a Key Driver in Customer Loyalty

Emotion as a Key Driver in Customer Loyalty

Earlier this year, Forrester released its "2014 Customer Experience Index," which ranked 150-or-so brands across 14 industries. Here’s a sampling of top brands by sector: Airline: Southwest Bank: USAA Consumer Electronics: Amazon Credit Card: USAA Health...

KLM Provides Wait Time Estimates on Twitter Page

KLM Provides Wait Time Estimates on Twitter Page

KLM harnesses Twitter for customer service, handling a diverse range of issues and steering customers to other channels when that makes sense. They even provide wait time estimates, updated every five minutes. This is a good example of an organization that meets...