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Zappos – The Emperor has No Clothes?

I am not sure if you saw this news story. Zappos got hacked on the weekend and data related to 24 million customer was exposed in whole or in part, see the story below. The most interesting thing about this event from my perspective was the last line in the article which states that [...]

Customer Interaction, Service & Experience – January 17

Below are some of our favorite blogs and posts on call centers, customer service, and customer experience that we have come across in the past few days. Hope you enjoy reading them as well. Let us know your thoughts comments and suggestions- we appreciate the feedback.

Customer service needs friendly return Delaware News Imagine how [...]

Customer Interaction, Service & Experience – January 16

Below are some of our favorite blogs and posts on call centers, customer service, and customer experience that we have come across in the past few days. Hope you enjoy reading them as well. Let us know your thoughts comments and suggestions- we appreciate the feedback.

Personalizing customer experience at every touchpoint KMWorld Magazine The [...]

The Evolution the Call Center Audit – Benefits, How & Why…not as dull as it sounds

Just recorded this presentation and insights around call center audit value, purpose and opportunities.

On the journey to meet your customer experience and organizational goals it is essential that you can judge where you are at as well as where you are going. A contact center audit provides that assessment, guides your journey,… You [...]

#fiveideas The Results are In- Read the Post and Vote on this Weeks Topics

By: Colin Taylor Last week I asked for your help – I wanted to find out the topics that resonate with you the call or contact center operator. I promised that once you voted for your favorite I would write the article post. Well you did your part and I did mine, you can read [...]

Why the Quality Listening program Should Not be a Performance Review

Why the Quality Listening program Should Not be a Performance Review By: Colin Taylor

Let’s look at the numbers. In a customer service call center where the quality assurance program requires the evaluation of 4 calls per month. The average agent will handle approximately 1,600 calls in the month. This means that the 4 calls [...]

Customer Experience & the Call Center

The call center doesn’t define the customer experience, but can be held accountable to deliver it.

In this presentation Colin Taylor shares how you can mitigate conflicting messages and expectations and align your call center with the desired and expected customer experience.

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The Snapshotz Online Update August 2011

A Snapshotz of August: Conversations and contributions from International contact centre figures A Snapshotz of August: Technology trends in a nutshell, knowledge and skills for the modern contact centre manager, Industry voices and positive health in the contact centre, why customer service is viewed [...]

Can a SaaS Based Call Center Tool Deliver Real Savings?

Can Snapshotz deliver $ savings in the public sector?

This public sector organization employing 55 agents conducted a review of their centre using the Snapshotz Online tool and support from Customer Services Audit. Initially not expecting to find anything new as multiple databases and an archaic CRM tool were big bugbears. However it was decided [...]

Shoulder Massages to Boost Morale

Here is an interesting story of using massages, dinners and beverages to boost morale and keep call center agents engaged.

Stressed Christchurch staff get shoulder massages Hard worked Christchurch City Council customer service staff are receiving free shoulder massages every 10 days to boost morale. Call volume at the council’s contact centre has doubled since [...]