Customer Experience - Brad Cleveland

Staffing for Mobile

Jan 26, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, Mobile, Multi-channel Support, Videos, Workforce Management

Are Your Mobile Apps Ready for Prime Time?

Jan 19, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Mobile, Research/Statistics

Get your apps in good shape and, by all means, don’t dither—get them out there. But you’ve got to ensure they are ready for prime time. In results that were probably no surprise, a Compuware study found that customers have little tolerance for glitchy or...

Smartphone Statistics

Dec 29, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Mobile, Research/Statistics, Social Media

Retailers reported that sales via smartphones grew an average of 87% in 2014. (Source: Forrester, 2015 report) 71% of in–store shoppers who use smartphones for research say their device has become more important to their in-store experience. (Source: Google) 59% of...

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 15: Getting Mobile Customer Service Right

Dec 22, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Leadership, Mobile, Multi-channel Support, Research/Statistics, The Edge of Service

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 15: Getting Mobile Customer Service Right There are an estimated 7 billion active mobile phone subscriptions today—one for every living person on the planet, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Of...

Align the Organization to Deliver the Best Possible Customer Experience

Oct 14, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture, Videos

Helping Customers Serve Themselves

Oct 8, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Self-service

Are we doing enough to enable customer self-service? Here are some statistics to consider: 72% of customers go online to serve themselves, but only 52% find the information they are searching for. (Source: Zendesk, 2013) Only 26% of companies offer self-service...