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Part 1 can be found here Part 2.1 can be found here
This post was begotten by interesting comments I got to part 1. My assumption that everyone should already understand the functions that comprise CRM, and how they should be addressed in building [...]
On Tuesday October 6th 2009 Helpstream announced a new module for their Social CRM Product: Social Marketing. I had a briefing with Bob Warfield (CEO) and Bill Odell (VP of Marketing) to understand better what the new offer is all about, and how it moves the company closer to [...]
Twitter is dying.
Here are the symptoms:
Microblogging peaked and began the descent into the trough of disillusionment in Gartner’s 2009 Hype Cycle for emerging technologies Twitter has long suffered unscheduled outages due to architecture, scalability, and now Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. And they lose users each time they are down. Facebook acquired FriendFeed [...]
IVR systems get no respect.
An IVR could be considered a great addition to a call center. It handles all incoming calls, resolves the simple requests for service through interactive applications, routes the calls to the most appropriate agent, and captures identifying information to pass along . Is the perfect attendant and can scale to [...]
Are you organizing people the right way?
I read a post from @TheBrandBuilder where he talked about dropping the word followers from Twitter, replacing it with something else. He made the point that it is not about leading, it is about creating a community. I read a post from
There is always a better way to do everything.
Whatever project you are working on, someone will always tell you how to do it better, faster, easier, cheaper. You will figure out a better way to do it, as soon as you are done. Someone, somewhere, ran a research project that you could’ve used to [...]
How do you measure the effect of a conversation?
Until now, and still continuing in most contact centers, Customer Service has been measured on the efficiency of its performance: number of calls per hour, times it takes to answer a question, time to answer an email, etc.
Organizations that moved to managing experiences migrated their [...]
A Methodology for Crafting Awesome Experiences – Part 1, Introduction A Methodology for Crafting Awesome Experiences – Part 2, Strategic Measurement Framework
In this installment, we are covering the first of the four stages of the Methodology, Designing the Customer Experience.
Designing [...]
Implementing Social Media has no effect on Loyalty.
Loyalty is achieved over a long-time, building trusty relationships and consistently delivering to expectations – or exceeding them. Expectations are set by the organization in response to customer’s needs, with an eye to what they can do to meet their needs as well. Not providing service through [...]
