The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 12: The Keys to Social Customer Service
The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 12: The Keys to Social Customer Service Being part of “the conversation”—listening to customers and interacting with them where they are—was until recently a powerful differentiator. But it’s now becoming a...
Smartphone Growth
As of December 2014, nearly 75% of all U.S. mobile subscribers aged 13 and older owned a smartphone. The highest adoption rates belong to mobile subscribers aged 25-34 (88.9%), and 18-24 (88.6%). In January 2013, the smartphone adoption rates for these groups were...
Multichannel Contact Centers, by the Numbers
How many organizations are using various contact channels? Recent research (Understanding the Customer Journey, a study conducted by ICMI and LiveOps, 2015) explored channel usage in service settings. The questions included both channels supported and the percentage...