Multi-channel Support - Brad Cleveland

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 15: Getting Mobile Customer Service Right

Dec 22, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Leadership, Mobile, Multi-channel Support, Research/Statistics, The Edge of Service

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 15: Getting Mobile Customer Service Right There are an estimated 7 billion active mobile phone subscriptions today—one for every living person on the planet, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Of...

Encouraging Customers to Use Self-Service Channels

Dec 15, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Service, Multi-channel Support, Self-service, Videos

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 14: Hiring for Service: It’s Time for a Rethink

Oct 29, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Multi-channel Support, Organization and Culture, The Edge of Service

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 14: Hiring for Service: It’s Time for a Rethink Imagine dropping onto Earth from another planet. Your task is to explore our economy—jobs, what we produce, and how we hire and train people for those roles. You’re not...

Building a Customer Service Ecosystem

Oct 20, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Service, Leadership, Multi-channel Support, Videos

Customer experience is not a program, a department, a contact center, self-service capability, or CRM system—it’s much more. It’s an ecosystem, comprised of many components that must seamlessly work together. It’s the result of a culture and approach that spans the...

Improving the Accuracy of Schedules

Sep 15, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Multi-channel Support, Videos, Workforce Management

How Will the Internet of Things Impact Contact Centers?

Aug 13, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Multi-channel Support, Workforce Management

As more smart devices become connected to the Internet, you can expect increasing impact on contact centers—beginning with the amount of data streaming into service operations. This will add to the workload of reporting and analytics teams, but will also put more...