A few years back, fashion retailer Hot Topic won first place in an ICMI video contest for a creative portrayal of their “secret to service...
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10 Customer Expectations You Can’t Afford to Ignore
Erica Strother Marios with ICMI recently put together a slide show on ten key customer expectations (as described in Call Center Management on Fast Forward)....
Read More >>>The Definition of Customer Experience
This week, I was invited to share my definition of customer experience for CallCentre.co.uk by Hannah Brewer in her “ask the experts” article. You can...
Read More >>>Understanding the “Power of One”
Last week’s Contact Center Insider, ICMI’s weekly e-newsletter, includes an article I wrote “Understanding the ‘Power of One’ – As Important as Ever.” While we...
Read More >>>Celebrating 30 Years of Contact Centers
It’s a new year and a great time to reflect on how contact centers have changed over time. Here’s a short (four-minute) video I developed with the ICMI team...
Read More >>>Hiring Statistics
73% of contact centers say the complexity of customer contacts is increasing. (Source: ICMI) 73% of recruiters have hired a candidate through social media. (Source: Jobvite) Job posts get 36% more applications if accompanied by...
Read More >>>New ebook (free), ICMI’s Guide to Contact Center Metrics
I recently co-authored an eBook with Justin Robbins for ICMI and Five9. ICMI’s Guide to Contact Center...
Read More >>>Celebrating 30 Years of Contact Centers
Here’s a short (four-minute) video Brad and the ICMI team developed that shows how service has evolved over the past three decades.
Read More >>>Understanding Contact Drivers
(Note: The following is part of a new eBook from ICMI on contact center metrics, which will be released in October. Check back for announcements...
Read More >>>55 Billion
According to ICMI, 55 billion agent-assisted interactions are handled in the U.S. annually. Couple that statistic with Dimension Data’s research showing that 74% of organizations worldwide predict an increase in customer interactions. Pondering these numbers...
Read More >>>Contact Centers in a Connected World – Celebrating the Past 30 Years
Multichannel Contact Centers, by the Numbers
How many organizations are using various contact channels? Recent research (Understanding the Customer Journey, a study conducted by ICMI and LiveOps, 2015) explored channel usage...
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