Customer Service Reports

EGUIDE: Customers are demanding real-time customer service and contact centers are being forced to respond. Explore the pros and cons of 4 main communication channels, how to use customer data to your advantage, and how you can achieve multichannel customer service success.

Posted: 20 Dec 2016 | Published: 14 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, customer experience pro Scott Sachs, President of SJS Solutions LLC, examines the maturation of online video chat as an effective tool in contact centers. Discover tips for architecting personalized customer journeys, and learn how to address some of the challenges of video-based customer service.

Posted: 16 Dec 2016 | Published: 14 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: Today's customer service professionals need to be able to reach out on whatever platform the customer feels the most comfortable with. In this expert e-guide, discover some tips on how to manage successful omnichannel customer service, as well as strategies for employing data monitoring to handle potential problems directly.

Posted: 14 Dec 2016 | Published: 14 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: Today's customers are more empowered and informed than ever, and they expect self-service to be available. In this e-guide, Scott Sachs of SJS Solutions discusses some of the challenges you will need to address, including more complicated inquiries and reduced opportunities to enhance customer engagement.

Posted: 20 Sep 2016 | Published: 02 Sep 2016

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, explore several customer experience initiatives to help you discern which tactics have the staying power it takes to make a positive impact on your company's ability to integrate analytics into its CRM systems. Find out how to derive actionable insights that can help you create a more personalized customer experience.

Posted: 01 Sep 2016 | Published: 31 Aug 2016

EBOOK: Mobile location-based services offer a treasure trove of customer data, but companies must walk a fine line between sound marketing and personal privacy.

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 | Published: 16 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: Call center agents need to be able to access customer account information, but historically they have struggled to do so. In this guide, explore how Service Cloud can help you streamline your agents' access to critical customer information, and how the platform's UI and Lightning development architecture play large roles in that.

Posted: 21 Jul 2016 | Published: 19 Jul 2016

EGUIDE: Customer service is a battleground on which many companies fight to gain competitive edge. Access an exclusive Q&A with Larry Robinson, Senior VP of Product Management for the Service Cloud, and learn how to create solid customer experience and agent productivity using a knowledge management system.

Posted: 20 Jul 2016 | Published: 19 Jul 2016

EGUIDE: Read our interview with Larry Robinson, senior VP of product management for the Service Cloud at Salesforce, in which he discusses the importance of creating a solid customer experience and agent productivity. He also talks about how Salesforce expects to deliver that with Salesforce IoT Cloud.

Posted: 20 Jul 2016 | Published: 19 Jul 2016

EGUIDE: Did you know that 61% of consumers must interact with a company on multiple channels to resolve a customer service issue? And did you also know that Salesforce has brought new capabilities to Service Cloud, aiming to help unify fragmented customer journeys? View this guide to learn about them, it's pricing and availability.

Posted: 20 Jul 2016 | Published: 19 Jul 2016

EGUIDE: The ability to process rapid-firing reams of IoT data can help you make it in our mobile-, social-, and cloud-driven era. In this guide, learn from experts how you (and how certain tools) can provide a smooth, effective digital transformation for maximum benefits.

Posted: 11 Jul 2016 | Published: 04 Jul 2016

EGUIDE: Omnichannel customer experience strategies break down data silos that have held back multichannel strategies. Read on to learn how to view different channels as part of the bigger picture, gauge your companies investments in each channel, and how the omnichannel approach is presenting a shift in how we think about customer experience management.

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 | Published: 24 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: Expert consultants and users from eBay and Boingo Wireless discuss contact center technology trends, mistakes, and best practices. Discover ways to upgrade your existing infrastructure to enhance the customer experience and help your company run more efficiently.

Posted: 21 Jun 2016 | Published: 07 Jun 2016

EBOOK: This expert handbook explores how to leverage context-aware technologies to create appropriately personalized customer experiences. Discover how to deliver on the promise of personalized content delivery with tools and strategies for web content management, marketing automation, machine learning, and more.

Posted: 19 Apr 2016 | Published: 15 Apr 2016

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide discusses why Prosound, a consulting company that focuses on improving customer phone experience, traded in their spreadsheets for a CRM system with mobile integration. Plus, learn the questions you need to ask yourself before implementing a CRM system.

Posted: 07 Mar 2016 | Published: 03 Mar 2016

EGUIDE: This e-guide offers expert advice for creating a successful omnichannel customer experience by utilizing a unified user interface (UI), service clouds, self-service tools, and more. You'll also learn how to implement a unified contact record for customer interactions so that you can create a consistent, satisfying experience for your customers.

Posted: 02 Mar 2016 | Published: 26 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: The multi-channel mandate is forcing contact centers to make dramatic changes. From tools to knowledge, get expert advice to ensure your agents are fully prepared for any customer request, with tools such as customer listening posts, so that they can provide satisfying customer service.

Posted: 02 Mar 2016 | Published: 26 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide explains the current landscape of the taxi-hailing application market (think Uber) and examines how location-based mobile apps are revolutionizing customer relationship management in hospitality, insurance, and retail with a big emphasis on the customer privacy concern.

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 | Published: 25 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: Without an effective way to integrate data from disparate systems, your mobile CRM can't help you optimize the customer experience. This expert guide explores how companies have overcome their data integration challenges to improve their mobile CRM.

Posted: 24 Feb 2016 | Published: 16 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, you will discover how the American Cancer Society's leadership is implementing a sophisticated multichannel engagement strategy to reach all those passionate about their cause. Download now to uncover how this strategy could be useful in helping your organization create meaningful multichannel engagement with your customers.

Posted: 23 Feb 2016 | Published: 17 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: In the "age of the customer" business leaders and decision makers are focusing more than ever on designing customer experiences to attract, engage, and retain finicky consumers. This white paper aims to help CIO's achieve this goal by training them to recognize 6 ineffective customer service strategies.

Posted: 23 Feb 2016 | Published: 16 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: In this e-guide you will learn how the right infrastructure can allow your marketers to harness your existing data to create seamless, integrated experiences for your customers on any channel.

Posted: 23 Feb 2016 | Published: 16 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide digs into mobile and multichannel CRM strategies that companies are leveraging to connect with customers better. You'll learn how a transit system provides real-time data on arrivals, departures, and delays for bus or train to riders' mobile devices, and much more.

Posted: 22 Feb 2016 | Published: 16 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, our CRM experts discuss how social media is transforming the way contact centers work. Learn strategies and best practices for implementing a social media customer service plan in your contact center.

Posted: 22 Feb 2016 | Published: 11 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: This exclusive e-guide digs into the challenges of implementing a social customer service strategy in your enterprise. Uncover considerations on deciding how the organization should interact with customers, which sector of the company should handle these communications, and more.

Posted: 19 Feb 2016 | Published: 11 Feb 2016