customer experience - Brad Cleveland

Can You Afford to Ignore Social Media?

May 26, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Customer Surveys, Research/Statistics, Social Media

Proactively engaging your customers yields many benefits. For example, research conducted by CFI Group finds that customers who post their contact center experiences on social media sites and then receive follow up from the company rate their overall customer...

We’re Getting Better at Providing Great Customer Experiences

May 4, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Customer Surveys, Research/Statistics

According to Forrester’s Customer Experience Index, in 2014, 11% of brands were rated at “excellent” compared to 0% in 2007. Conversely, the number of brands rated at “poor” or “very poor” dropped from 35% in 2007 to 11% in 2014. Clearly, there’s been a shift in how...

Get It Right with Mobile Apps

Apr 30, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Mobile, Research/Statistics, Self-service

Mobile apps are an important part of the emerging customer service landscape. Don’t dither getting there. But by all means, ensure they are ready for prime time. In results that are probably no surprise, a recent Compuware study found that customers have little...

60 Million Hours?

Apr 28, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Research/Statistics

According to a stat provided by Fonolo, Americans spend a combined 60 million hours on hold with contact centers, each year. Who knew?

Interview on Building a Customer Service Ecosystem

Mar 11, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, Videos