The most significant developments to date have been on the organization’s end. Examples in contact centers: The invention of 800 number (toll free) service and ACD routing systems in the late 1960s and early 1970s; the introduction of workforce management capabilities...
Call centers (contact centers) are growing. Here are a few samples of recent news stories: WLBZ2, Maine: http://tinyurl.com/3lcf93c Times and Transcript, New Brunswick: http://tinyurl.com/3dnfm4r ABC News:...
We are seeing the emergence of the greatest customer movement in history. Is your organization ready? Are you ready? Studies reveal that the vast majority of consumers now use search engines, social communities and feedback sites to better understand a company’s...
(Note, a full version of this post recently appeared in ICMI’s Global Report on Call Center Practices. To subscribe, see link at bottom.) While social media projects often begin as marketing initiatives or as the responsibility of newly established...
Many organizations are restructuring so that all channels of contact with customers are under the same management umbrella. This is causing enormous internal structural change that involves IT, HR, marketing, operational areas – and virtually every other department. ...