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CUSTOMER CARE NEWS
Customers Excellent Customer Service Boosts Consumer Spending
A majority of Americans report that quality customer service is more important to them in today’s economic environment (61%) and will spend an average of 9% more when they believe a company provides excellent service.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Customers Innovation for Call Centers
Most companies still suffer from the checklist mentality when it comes to managing how their reps engage with customers. We've seen companies move away from this "one-size-fits-all" approach and creatively teach their reps to use simple word choice to radically shape how a customer perceives an interaction.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
People Shop Smart For Superior Employee Training Firms
You want to invest in training to boost employee performance. But what's the best way to shop for the best training programs?
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Customers Online Travel Websites are Still Failing to Deliver
According to a recent study, 43 out of the 47 websites reviewed have been affected by “satisfactory,” “poor” or “very poor” customer service scores, with the airlines sector failing to answer over 51% of all email queries.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Customers Customer Care Concerns Stop Brits From Spending Online
British consumers are dissatisfied with the levels of customer care and advice offered by online retailers, with more than a third claiming that these factors prevent them from spending more online.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Customers Overall Satisfaction among Residential Electric Utility Customers Increases
Residential customer satisfaction with utility companies averages 630 on a 1,000-point scale in 2010, increasing from 618 in 2009.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Technology PPL Electric Utilities Sees More Customer Preference for Web, IVR than Phone
PPL Electric has enabled its interactive voice response, or IVR, system to allow customers to get an updated account balance, make a payment, or report a power outage through it. The company has claimed that nearly 400,000 transactions were handled this way during the first five months of 2010, up 34% over the past two years.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Customers How Savvy Firms Monitor Customers' Online Chatter
"Companies used to believe a 24-to-48-hour response time was sufficient, but the clock has been reset," Bell says. "If a customer service representative doesn't respond to someone complaining fairly quickly, it looks like I'm ignoring the customer."
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Customers Customer Service as a Growth Engine
Executives are paying more attention to customer service in an effort to increase sales and gain market share in the economic recovery.
Friday, 09 July 2010
Customers An Escape Hatch From Being Stranded on Hold
When put on hold, users can hang up, and are then called back when a customer service representative finally picks up.
Friday, 09 July 2010


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