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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 [...]

Who said all the Call Center Incentives were Gone?

Just read the Site Selection Groups’ Economic Incentives market Report for December 2011 and it became very clear to me that incentives can still be a significant inducement to business locations and drive localized economic development.

The December reports references 186 projects garnering incentives of more than $750 million. The largest project listed is [...]

7 Reasons You Need a Consultant when Looking for a New Call Center Site

By: Colin Taylor

Why would you want to retain a consultant? Common wisdom would have it that all they do is “borrow your watch and tell you the time”. What can a consultant really bring to the table that can assist your center and your organization when you a looking at moving or establishing a [...]

#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 [...]

What Call Center Metrics mean to Customers

What Call Center Metrics mean to Customers By Colin Taylor In the daily operation of our call and contact centers we throw around metrics and performance measures like they were candy. It has been said that call centers produce more data and more measurement opportunities than is possible in almost any other communications channel. But [...]

Effectiveness Indicators – First Call Resolution, Calls / Resolved

Effectiveness Indicators – First Call Resolution, Calls / Resolved Turaj Seyrafiaan In the recent years, First Call Resolution (FCR) has become a buzz word in the contact center industry! Everyone is talking about it and it appears that everyone is working on improving the results in their center. Everyone agrees that this is an important [...]

How Easy is Your Call Center to Deal With?

“Simplify, simplify”, said David Thoreau and that is good advice for today’s call center and contact center operator. In our call center consulting practice we have seen many organizations that added too much complexity into the process that created barriers and obstacles for customers to overcome. [...]

Most Challenging Callers

While working on a call center consulting engagement with one of the largest garbage companies in the country we encountered what was likely the most difficult customer I have ever experienced. We were working in a mid- sized call center and discussing their customers. The company serviced urban, suburban and rural customers in the city [...]

Toyota Just Doesn’t Get It- Poor Design = Poor Experience

I like to think of myself as having patience, though it has been said that I don’t always suffer fools well. I was having a happy retail experience, well at least as happy as one can have when you leave $1200 with the dealer. I did need new front brakes, so all in all I [...]