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January 2004
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January 2006
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CRM Service Awards: Service Elite Activision began to explore solutions that would give it the flexibility it needed to service its gamers in the channel of their choice. Last March, the company selected Salesforce.com Service Cloud and was able to roll out the product globally and across three of its contact centers within 90 days. |
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Call Centers Make or Break Relationships Bank service centers have become a crucial arena for managing customers' overall experience. |
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Speech Analytics Captures Consumer Sentiment Technologies blend data from different sources, emotional states, and moments in time |
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Call Handling Time Continues to Rise Sales and customer service calls take 16 percent longer today. |
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January 2012
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Can Mobile and IVR Avoid a Fight? Customer interaction technologies should support one another, not compete. |
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November 2014
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Work-at-Home Solutions Are Transforming Call Center Operations At-home agents can be as productive, if not more so, as those in the contact center. |
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Contact/Call Centers No longer just about back-office servicing, contact and call centers now provide banks with an opportunity to nurture customer relationships. |
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Customer Support: Keeping Up with the Digital Migration The phone is losing ground as a leading communication channel. Can you meet customers where they're going? |
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The 2011 Service Leaders Here are this year's class of service winners and leaders. Each leader is graded on three criteria - customer satisfaction, depth of functionality, and company direction - in seven categories of support and service. |
