Customer Service is the provision of labour and other resources, for the purpose of increasing the value that buyers receive from their purchases and from the processes leading up to the purchase. With the rising dominance of the service sector in the global economy, customer service has grown in importance, as its impact on individuals, households, firms, and societies has become widespread.
White Paper Published By: Aberdeen Group
Published Date: Oct 19, 2011
A true 360 degree view of the customer is a win-win situation for all parties involved: buyers benefit from better service and efficiency, and sellers derive improved loyalty and, inevitably, more repeat business from established customers. This report will explore how Best-in-Class companies take a holistic approach to providing a complete, accurate and integrated view of customers to improve satisfaction and retention without losing sight of customer profitability. As a result of these strategies, companies with more accurate and timely information about their prospect or customer can more efficiently respond to communications, ensure customer satisfaction with better service, and drive toward a larger lifetime value of each account, customer or client.
Webinar Published By: GoToAssist
Published Date: Oct 05, 2011
It is imperative in today's economy to not only gain customers but to keep them. Without the right set of tools and measurements, however, this can be a daunting task.
Watch this on-demand webinar with Jill Griffin, author of Customer Loyalty, as she delves into practical tools you can use to measurably improve the satisfaction and brand attachment of high-value customers.
White Paper Published By: GoToAssist
Published Date: Oct 05, 2011
This new TSIA white paper explores 3 fundamental metrics - operational, quality and cost - that you should include in your services dashboard, outlines specific measurements to track in each area and provides industry averages for key metrics to help with benchmarking.
White Paper Published By: GoToAssist
Published Date: Oct 05, 2011
The challenges of today's service and support environment just might be keeping you awake at night. The expectations are great and the daily demands relentless. But there's hope.
By moving away from the current break/fix technical support model and providing a value-added customer experience, organizations can gain a significant business advantage.
This TSIA white paper identifies the 6 toughest issues impacting service and support organizations today, and it offers guidance on improving service levels and how to differentiate competitively based on quality of service.
White Paper Published By: IBM
Published Date: Sep 22, 2011
This white paper highlights the performance and scalability potential of InfoSphere DataStage 8.1 based on a benchmark test simulating a data warehouse scenario. The benchmark is designed to use the profiled situation to provide insight about how InfoSphere DataStage addresses key questions customers frequently ask when designing their information integration architecture.
YouSendIt is a Web-based secure digital file delivery company, which lets users securely send, receive and track files on demand. It is an alternative to sending large e-mail attachments, using FTP, and sending CDs or DVDs or tape or USB flash drive via Sneakernet. The sender can enter the recipients' e-mail addresses, attach the file and send it; the recipients receive an e-mail notification with a URL that lets them download the file.
Webinar Published By: IBM Software
Published Date: Sep 13, 2011
As marketing programs become more expensive, and response and conversion rates plummet, knowing your customers is key to maximizing the profitability of your direct marketing campaigns. View this brief video to learn how you can gain valuable insight into your customers' behaviors and more accurately predict how they will respond to your marketing efforts.
White Paper Published By: IBM Software
Published Date: Sep 13, 2011
Read this white paper to learn five practical steps your company can take to achieve customer intimacy: 1. Plan your goals, methodology and metrics; 2. Capture the right customer information, including structured and unstructured data; 3. Predict customer behaviors; 4. Act on these insights with relevant, timely offers to optimize the predicted outcome; and 4. Expand successes into other areas.
White Paper Published By: Adobe
Published Date: Sep 08, 2011
Regardless of the size of your organization or the depth of your CEM needs, Adobe can help you achieve your CEM goals with the industry's most comprehensive and versatile design tools and runtime support for realizing state-of-the-art CEM solutions. Download this white paper to learn more.
White Paper Published By: Intermec
Published Date: Sep 08, 2011
This white paper identifies best practices for workforce optimization, resource management, revenue assurance and performance control, explains how technology supports these processes, provides leveraging current mobile and wireless technology to enhance processes to improve productivity and profitability.
White Paper Published By: Limelight Networks
Published Date: Jul 15, 2011
Learn how to improve customer experience and transform visitors into repeat customers by:
* Customizing your video player to match your brand
* Making your video shareable with unique URLs
* Deploying video without increasing costs
* Using web acceleration to improve video performance