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How Automation Can Boost CX and Efficiency
Two interlinked trends are driving customer experience today. In an ever-more competitive, winner takes all world, brands understand the vital importance to the bottom line of engaging more deeply with their customers. At the same time,...
How Automation Can Boost CX and Efficiency
Two interlinked trends are driving customer experience today. In an ever-more competitive, winner takes all world, brands understand the vital importance to the bottom line of engaging more deeply with their customers. At the same time,...
The best digital marketing stats we’ve seen this week
It’s a fascinating roundup of digital marketing stats this week, featuring just how much extra money data literate companies make, and how many paid brand collaborations are disclosed by influencers on social media...
CRM trends: Customers increasingly contacting brands as demand for chatbots grows
The average UK consumer now contacts organisations 9 times per month, equating to 463.5 million monthly contacts – which costs brands an estimated £1.227 billion per month to answer, according to new research...
UK customers now contact brands nearly half a billion times every month, costing organisations £1.227 billion.
New research highlights the growing volume of consumer queries that UK brands now need to handle, and the increasing cost this imposes on companies.
Are brands giving consumers the right answers?
Today’s brands understand the importance of delivering service that meets customer expectations. They recognise that a big part of this is about managing knowledge in order to deliver fast, consistent, personalised and accurate responses to questions...
C-suite career advice: tips for aiming at a c-level position
What was the most valuable piece of career advice that you received? This was given to me by someone I worked with when I was in the UK. He told me to always do what you like and enjoy, rather than being sidetracked into other things.
UK consumers demand better – or they’ll move to rivals
Providing more detailed, personalised answers to consumer questions on their channel of choice is now key to winning and retaining customers – but brands in the UK are failing to meet rising expectations.
UK consumers ‘demanding more detailed, personalised answers from brands’
Providing more detailed, personalized answers to consumer questions on their channel of choice are now key to winning and retaining customers – but brands in the UK are failing to meet rising expectations. 91% of consumers surveyed say this makes them...
Put knowledge at the heart of your CX or consumers shall move to rivals
91% of consumers surveyed by Eptica say not answering their questions satisfactorily annoys them and makes them less loyal, with 75% complaining that customer service agents don’t have the information needed to respond to their queries.
Consumers demand better & more detailed answers from brands
The research, part of the 2018 Eptica Knowledge Management Study, found that consumers have rising expectations. 88% want brands to be more transparent and provide more in-depth information, while nearly two thirds (65%) say their questions...
Consumers demand better answers from brands or they will move to rivals says new research
Providing more detailed, personalised answers to consumer questions on their channel of choice is now key to winning and retaining customers – but brands in the UK are failing to meet rising expectations...
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Brands failing to deliver on the CX with chatbots says new study
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Consumers increasingly want to use chat for customer service
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Significant drop in digital customer service performance among UK insurers
The Digital Insurer
UK insurance digital customer service worsening: 68% of queries left unanswered
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Eptica included in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for the CRM Customer Engagement Center
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UK retailers not delivering on customer experience, claims report
Computer Weekly
Less than 8% of retailers respond to customer queries across all channels
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Chat and email rule for customer queries but too many stores lag on reply speed
Engage Customer
UK insurers beat those in the US for Digital Customer Experience
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U.S. Insurance companies fail to deliver on digital customer experience
Insurance Post
Insurers struggling to adapt to digital channels, leaving millennials in the dark
Insurance Business
Morning Briefing: US insurers stuck in an analog world says study
Canadian Underwriter
U.S. insurers failing to deliver on digital customer experience: study
Only Strategic
Leading UK insurers need to improve responses to Social Media enquiries
BizReport
UK insurers performing well on email, not social, for customer service
MediaPost
Brands' Choice: Respond To Emails, Or Pay To Recruit New Customers
RetailCustomerExperience
Facebook, email top customer service channels in U.K.
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Facebook is the UK’s Favourite Customer Service Channel
Engage Customer
Facebook and Email beat Twitter for Retail Customer Service in the UK
FashionMag.com
Facebook named most accurate digital channel for customer service
Retail Technology Review
Retailers must merge channels to deliver seamless customer service
eMarketer
Room for Improvement in Retailers' Social Customer Service; Response rates are above average on Facebook
EssentialRetail
Letter from America: A post-mortem on round one of Christmas shopping
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U.K, U.S. consumers not thrilled with online holiday shopping experience
BizReport
Customer service experience not living up to shoppers' expectations
Internet Retailer
The UK’s newest shopping day, Black Friday, surges with nearly 36% online sales growth
Retail Dive
U.S. Consumers Unhappy with Holiday Retail Customer Experience in Store and Online
4Hoteliers
Email delivers the fastest and most accurate customer service in retail
RetailCustomerExperience
Email beats out social network tools in consumer communications
The Mad Marketer
Are customer service departments neglecting social media?
BizReport
Holiday Roundup: Email beats social, shoppers don't like the creep
MediaPost
Three-Quarters Surveyed In Retail Study Say Email Is Best Customer Service Channel
Merca 2.0
En atención al cliente, ¿es mejor el e-mail que las redes sociales?
InformationWeek
U.S. retailers only answer 20% of questions sent through Twitter finds Eptica study
Business Today
Social Service: More Customers Are Venting Complaints On Social Media
MyCustomer
“Negative connotations” affecting insurance sector experience
Contact Centres
Contact Centre Transform Into A Customer Experience Powerhouse
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How do UK insurers score for multichannel customer experience?
MyCustomer
Insurers advised not to forget traditional channels when communicating with millennials
MyCustomer
Eptica Positioned in Gartner Magic Quadrant for the CRM Customer Engagement Center
NetImperative
CRM trends: Most consumers feel brands misunderstand them online
Marketing Tech
Brands are losing customers thanks to language barriers and poor online responses
Financial Newslink
UK insurers failing to deliver multi-channel service to customers says survey
Contact Centre News
Eptica research finds multichannel customer service not improving
Call Centre Helper
Social Customer Service Pioneers Make it Harder for Latecomers & Here’s Why…
Engage Customer
Four In Five Customers Will Switch After A Bad Digital Experience
Contact Centre News
Brands risk customer churn by failing to understand consumers on digital channels
Contact Center World
Industry Research : UK Retailers Failing at Email Customer Service but Improving on Twitter
MyCustomer
Gamification and customer service: How to make it the perfect combo
MyCustomer
Customer service departments leave 50% of online queries unanswered...
Contact Centres
Eptica research sees Twitter overtake email for fast, accurate customer service...
RealBusiness
Companies struggling to cope with multichannel customer service...
Contact Centre News
UK brands are failing to improve the customer service they offer, according to a new study...
.rising
Twitter overtakes email for fast, accurate customer service, says study
CallCenter.co.uk
Seven tips on building a business case for customer service investment
Internet Retailing
Monsoon and The Works use new technologies to boost customer experience
Internet Retailer
UK e-retailers pay a price for failing to make information easy to find
Contact Centre News
Over half of UK shoppers can’t find basic information online
Contact Centre News
UK retailers failing to deliver on Twitter, but improving email customer service
Contact Center World
Eptica Positioned in Gartner Magic Quadrant for the CRM Customer Engagement Center
Contact Center News
Eptica Positioned in Gartner Magic Quadrant for the CRM Customer Engagement Center
Call Center Helper
Azzurri has added Eptica email and knowledge management to its portfolio...
The Drum
Only 39% of companies answer customer service questions asked through Twitter
BizReport
Twitter a 'dangerous game' for companies neglecting their presence
RealBusiness
Twitter least effective customer service channel for UK brands...
Contact Center News
Twitter least effective customer service channel for UK brands, according to new study
