Tag Archives: social media

How much business do you lose because of poor service?

I read this article in Call Centre Clinic featuring some new research that estimated British companies are losing £12bn a year of business due to poor service. It sounds like an enormous estimate – a billion pounds of business lost … Continue reading

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How did we promote a business before social media?

Social media is fast moving. What works today might not work tomorrow because trends shift so fast and new systems become available on a regular basis. Who can remember how popular Bebo used to be in Europe? Or Orkut in … Continue reading

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Watching me, watching you, the online brand discussions

Brands today know that people are talking about them online. We know this at Teleperformance because some of the biggest companies in the world trust us to monitor the online environment. Not to snoop on anyone, it’s mainly so consumer … Continue reading

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The omnichannel is becoming essential for all companies

A recent IDC blog by Leslie Hand explores some of the problems faced at retailer JCP in the US. Without going into detail on the problems this company faced or the recent departure of their CEO I was excited to … Continue reading

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Hfs: The latest for outsourcing in 2013

Hfs Research is a great place to look for pragmatic analysis of the global sourcing market and their latest annual ‘state of the outsourcing industry’ survey for 2013 has just been published. The key findings of the new research include: … Continue reading

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The majority of Australian brands are now using social media

At TP we have been advocating the use of social media as a customer support channel for several years now. In fact, one of our major research themes for this year is the development of the omnichannel, where customers can … Continue reading

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Who created the Omnichannel?

I have been talking a lot about how 2013 is going to be the year of the omnichannel. Just take a look back at my last few blog entries – I have probably mentioned it on almost every post this … Continue reading

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The omni-channel demands equal service for all customer service

Back in the day when writing a letter of complaint to a customer service centre was still the best way to get a response, how quickly did you expect to get a reply from the company you reached out to? … Continue reading

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Teleperformance in the Twitter top 100 for #custserv!

Call Centre is well known in the UK as one of the leading titles in the customer service industry and they have just relaunched their website to make it an even better online community for all things customer service related. … Continue reading

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Understanding the omni-channel is critical for success

An article in Call Centre Helper recently talked about web chat as ‘a disaster’ because web chats take far longer than calls and customers don’t feel that chat agents are as knowledgeable or as well supported as the voice agents. … Continue reading

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