Customer Service Best Practices

WHITE PAPER: The way you do business has changed. Today's customers can make decisions about the products or services you offer without ever contacting your company directly, making an exceptional experience across all customer touch points paramount. Read on to learn about innovative technologies can help you enhance the customer experience.

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: You need to provide a flexible, efficient and consistent customer experience, but with the myriad of communication channels available today, legacy service strategies are inadequate. Read on to learn how unified communications and workforce optimization can provide the visibility and control needed to deliver exceptional customer service.

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Phenomenal customer service has never been more critical. A 2011 CEI report shows that 89% of customers will stop doing business with a company after a single bad experience. Inside this resource, learn more about the role of customer service in delivering a great customer experience and find out what strategies market leaders are using.

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 | Published: 13 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Today, customers hold the buying power – not marketing. In fact, research shows that 73% of customers will be loyal to brands that deliver a great customer experience. Read this paper to discover how the customer experience is driving business value and learn the 3 key principles  of delivering an exceptional experience.

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 | Published: 13 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This exclusive resource explores the factors influencing the changing commerce landscape, including the impact mobility and social networking are having on the customer experience, and outlines technology tools from Oracle designed to help you optimize your customer experience management strategies.

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 | Published: 12 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents the findings of a survey by Oracle to see how European shoppers currently feel about their experiences with businesses. It reveals consumer preferences in terms of communicating with brands, issue resolution, the impact of poor customer service and what makes the ideal customer experience (CX).

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 | Published: 27 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: Research shows that 90% of customer service decision-makers believe delivering quality service is paramount to success. But with tight budgets, businesses today need cost-effective ways of achieving higher service levels. Read on to learn how collaboration in your contact center can keep costs low while increasing service levels.

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Failing to adopt a customer service strategy for mobile devices could put your business at a serious disadvantage. Gartner research suggests that 80% of companies will suffer revenue loss from the lack of customer support on mobile devices by 2013. Read this paper to learn how to utilize the opportunities mobility offers customer service.

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 | Published: 29 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: Think that leveraging a social media contact center strategy won't work for your business? You may want to check the facts. As this white paper explains, case studies of companies with successful social media strategies within their contact centers abound. Open this paper to discover the perhaps surprisingly significant business benefits.

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: One of the biggest dangers in establishing best practices for your contact center is to do so in isolation from your self-service stakeholders. Instead, all customer "touch-points" must be viewed as part of a continuum. Customer touch points include Web Self-Service, Interactive Voice Response, Contact Center Agents, and Face-to-Face transactions.

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 | Published: 10 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, Internet.com explores how businesses can leverage the latest integrated sales and marketing solutions improve the effectiveness of both teams in an increasingly challenging environment.

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 | Published: 01 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: Businesses looking to reduce the costs of customer service should look to the cloud. A recent Frost and Sullivan study found that cloud-based contact centers can reduce TCO by 77% in the first year vs. on-premise systems. Read on to learn about a cloud-based customer service platform and the benefits it can provide your business.

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 | Published: 01 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about one application that can integrate your dealer management systems (DMS) and customer relationship management (CRM) applications to optimize performance. By filtering these processes to distributors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), you can maximize operation performance and leverage real time analytics.

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 | Published: 06 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: It's no secret that social media has changed consumer behaviors – but most companies are struggling to capitalize on the unique opportunities it has to offer. Review this resource to learn how incorporating social media into knowledge management, contact centers, and the Web can substantially enhance your customer's experience.  

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: As more companies begin to implement customer relationship management (CRM) applications, many struggle with common integration challenges. This paper offers a three step success model for CRM integration projects. Read on to learn the characteristics, implementation requirements, benefits, data replication and process integration.

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: It's critical that your ERP software is integrated and can talk to other business applications and systems. Those who embrace ERP integration will reap lower operation costs, increased customer satisfaction, and a lot of saved time. Read this paper to learn how integrating your ERP software will impact your company's operations and work flow.

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Customer data integration helps companies grow and thrive, but businesses still have a long way to go to implement customer relationship management (CRM) in a meaningful way. Check out what over 300 companies said about cloud, their CRM platforms, and customer data integration in this survey.

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 | Published: 20 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Companies are scrambling to implement CRM systems, but they might not be getting what they bargained for if they're not careful. Up to 80% are reporting they're not getting what they were promised. Read this paper and learn how to avoid pitfalls, develop a strategy for your CRM system, and much more.

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper is designed to help IT and business leaders at midsize companies find innovative ways to extend their customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities to capitalize on emerging trends such as cloud, mobile, social media and predictive analytics. Gain essential insight to get closer to your customers and ensure your company's survival.

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: Mobility has fundamentally changed the business world, particularly customer relationships. It has not only changed consumer expectations, but also provides a chance to drastically improve the customer experience. Read on to learn 4 simple steps to improving your customer's experience with mobility.

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper learn the Smart Commerce strategy developed by IBM, designed around customer needs, aspirations, and behavior. This paper goes in depth on each of the four key components of the strategy, demonstrating the work they've done with some of the top names in sports to deliver the Smarter Commerce experience.

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 | Published: 07 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Delivering an optimal web experience not only helps you engage with your customers, partners, and employees but also improves relationships and increases your competitive advantage. This resource explores why investing in web experience solutions can help you achieve this.

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 | Published: 30 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Social media has fundamentally changed the world of customer service. This comprehensive guide outlines the keys to success to realize your social customer service potential. Learn why actively engaging with customers is imperative, 4 vital customer services areas to focus on, and more.

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 | Published: 01 Jul 2012

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The feedback from social media can allow your business to demonstrate value to customers which will ultimately result in customer loyalty and higher revenues. Read this paper to learn how to join customer experience and social media feedback to eliminate customer pain points in a single reporting application.

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 | Published: 03 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: In order to prosper in today’s challenging environment, delivering high quality customer service is critical. This paper outlines an approach to building a solid customer service strategy and addresses common challenges as well as tips for avoiding and overcoming pitfalls.

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 | Published: 21 Jun 2012