Customer Service Best Practices

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

VIDEO: Providing the ideal customer experience can turn prospects into loyal, lifetime customers -- a crucial aspect of a financial firm's future success. Watch this brief video to learn how an exceptional customer experience from the beginning can help your financial organization foster lifelong customer loyalty.

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 | Premiered: 10 Dec 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

EBOOK: Today, many businesses are looking for ways to reduce customer service costs without sacrificing satisfaction – and most companies are finding it challenging. Read this vendor e-book to learn how adding knowledge management to your customer service strategy can reduce costs while increasing agent productivity and customer satisfaction.

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

EBOOK: Read this expert e-book to uncover why customer experience management (CEM) technology is the key to improving customer satisfaction and learn how to provide a consistent customer experience across all communication channels through a comprehensive CEM strategy.

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

EBOOK: Leveraging self-service technologies in your contact center can significantly reduce costs, but successful implementation is tricky. Gain expert advice on how to ensure your self-service contact center initiative is a success. Read on to learn self-service contact center best practices, how to obtain executive support, and more.

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 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

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Discover how you can take advantage of the mobile revolution to deliver an improved and expanded service experience for your mobile device wielding users.

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 | Published: 15 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

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this white paper learn how social media is incorporated in the sales process, how companies are using social selling, and how to get started.

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 | Published: 02 Aug 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