Customer Experience - Brad Cleveland

Celebrating 30 Years of Contact Centers

Oct 6, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Videos

Here’s a short (four-minute) video Brad and the ICMI team developed that shows how service has evolved over the past three decades.

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 13: Statistics Behind a Service Revolution

Oct 1, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, The Edge of Service

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 13: Statistics Behind a Service Revolution Watermark Consulting hit something of a research jackpot with a simple correlation between stock price and customer service rankings. In the seven years leading up to 2015, they found...

The 12 Principles of Customer Relationships

Aug 27, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership

The principles behind building strong customer relationships are as important as ever in today’s hyper-connected economy. Evolving customer expectations, social communities, new channels and other developments have not changed the fundamentals. These 12...

Customer Service and Contact Center Statistics

Aug 20, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Research/Statistics

Are you looking for meaningful customer experience and contact center statistics? We put together a compilation that can help you make a case for great service. You can find it in the Statistics area of our website—and be sure to check back, because we’ll be updating...

Anticipating Customer Needs

Aug 18, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, Videos

Customer expectations are changing quickly! Here are ways to anticipate their needs.

How Will the Internet of Things Impact Contact Centers?

Aug 13, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Multi-channel Support, Workforce Management

As more smart devices become connected to the Internet, you can expect increasing impact on contact centers—beginning with the amount of data streaming into service operations. This will add to the workload of reporting and analytics teams, but will also put more...