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Four Reasons Why Customers Prefer Twitter for Customer Service
Quick Response, Fast Action, Public Shame, & Instant Updates
by Patricia SeyboldTwitter is becoming the preferred customer service channel for many people. But many companies aren’t paying attention. Providing good customer service on Twitter could differentiate your firm and reduce support costs. -
Lumosity Harnesses 45 Million Brains
A Customer Ecosystem Focused on Improving Our Brains’ Performance
by Patricia SeyboldLumos Labs’ Lumosity is more than a set of brain-training games. It’s an ecosystem aligned around one customer-centric goal: helping people improve their brains’ performance. -
Customer Service Supplier and Product Update 2Q2013
2Q2013 Was a Mixed Quarter for Customer Service
by Mitchell Kramer2Q2013 was a mixed quarter in customer service—mixed in customer growth financial performance, products, and company activity. Impressively, Clarabridge, IntelliResponse, and Salesforce.com all earned our Customer Service Stars for the quarter. -
Good Service, but Missed Opportunity for Greatness
A Recommendation for Peapod Grocery Delivery Service
by Ronni MarshakPeapod grocery delivery service does a fine job of customer service, but a recent experience revealed a barrier between what they know about a customer and the customer service department. -
Agilent’s Virtuous Circle of Personalization
Customer Experience, Content Strategy, and Marketing Automation Create a Machine that Drives Customer Engagement
by Susan AldrichAgilent offers lessons on achieving a highly personalized experience for customers of all stripes at all phases of engagement. -
Have We Consented to Government Surveillance?
Do Citizens, Residents, and People in Other Countries Have a Right to Privacy in the Digital Age?
by Patricia SeyboldEdward Snowden’s whistle-blowing on the NSA, and Glenn Greenwald’s documentation of the technologies and processes used, are a wake-up call for citizens who believe that their private communications should remain private. -
Salesforce Radian6: An Insight Ecosystem
The Social Monitoring, Analysis, and Interaction Application of Salesforce Marketing Cloud
by Mitchell KramerRadian6 is the Salesforce Marketing Cloud component that does social monitoring, analysis, and interaction. It’s easy to learn and use; its analytics are powerful and flexible; and it integrates tightly with Salesforce Service Cloud. -
DuckDuckGo Respects Our Privacy
Fast, Simple Search with an Open Customer-Friendly Ecosystem
by Patricia SeyboldPeople who are concerned about online privacy are switching to search engine DuckDuckGo. Users are pleasantly surprised by, and engaged in, its rapid evolution. -
Customer Co-Design for Elder Independence
Approach for Elders to Age in Their Homes
by Patricia SeyboldDr. Allan Teel's new book tells the remarkable story of an innovative “virtual assisted-living” program that was co-designed with 40 elders in Maine and is now rolling out across the country. -
Tackling a Wicked Problem: Water Issues!
How the Delta Dialogues Project Is Using Dialogue Mapping to Build Shared Understanding
by Patricia SeyboldThe Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy wanted to engage key stakeholders in planning the future of California’s fresh water supply. They used CogNexus Group’s Dialogue Mapping™ to build shared understanding among polarized players. -
Customer Service Supplier and Product Update 1Q2013
1Q2013 Was a Good Quarter for Customer Service
by Mitchell Kramer1Q2013 was a good quarter for customer service. Customer growth was the highlight, and it drove good financial performance resulted. Product and company activity were high. M&A was big news as Nuance acquired VirtuOz. -
How to Address “Wicked Problems”
Use Dialogue Mapping to Build a Shared Understanding and Evolve a Group’s Thinking
by Patricia SeyboldJeff Conklin’s book, Dialogue Mapping: Building Shared Understanding of Wicked Problems, is a “must read” for people in groups grappling with intractable issues and/or for people who are designing products or solutions. Here’s why. -
Clarabridge Analyze, Collaborate, and Engage
Voice of the Customer Monitoring, Analysis, and Interaction
by Mitchell KramerClarabridge's Analyze, Collaborate, and Engage monitor and analyze customer conversations on internal and social channels. NLP-based monitoring and analysis are the key strengths. Read our evaluation. -
Will Klarna Become a Major Player?
Invoicing for Consumers Who Want to Pay After Receipt of Goods
by Patricia SeyboldKlarna is a deferred payment solution that lets online shoppers buy now and pay within 14 days. Klarna boosts conversion rates by removing consumers’ fear of online transactions. And Klarna removes the risk of fraud for online merchants. -
Customer Service Supplier and Product Update 4Q2012
4Q2012 Was a Very Good Quarter for Customer Service
by Mitchell Kramer4Q2012 was a very good quarter for customer service. Customer growth was the driver. Very good financial performance resulted. Product activity was up. M&A was big news as Nuance acquired VirtuOz. -
New Metaphors Spur Innovation
How We Describe Things Impacts How We Think about Using Them
by Peter HorneHow do we think about computer technology? We use analogies and metaphors to describe technical approaches that are invisible and irrelevant to most technology users. But the metaphors we use limit our ability to innovate. -
Why Alaska Airlines Considers Mobile Development a Core Competency
Speed Up Improvements in Customer Experience through Mobile
by Patricia SeyboldWith Curtis Kopf, Managing Director, AlaskaAir.com, and Customer Innovation at Alaska Airlines, we look at how he and his team are mastering agile development and making mobile technology a core competency. -
Salesforce.com Service Cloud Winter ’13
Cross-Channel Case, Knowledge, Account, and Social Network Management
by Mitchell KramerSalesforce CRM Winter ’13 offers a broad and deep array of customer service capabilities anchored by the Ser-vice Cloud. Read our in-depth evaluation. -
Amazon Takes on Apple in Digital Music
Combined CDs and AutoRip Make Amazon Cloud Player More Enticing
by Patricia SeyboldAmazon’s AutoRip feature surprised and delighted some customers and annoyed others. We like the fact that we now have digital access to MP3 files of the music we bought on CDs for free and without doing anything! -
Amazon’s Next Moves
It’s a Customer Ecosystem Poised to Become an Increasingly Important Part of Our Lives
by Patricia SeyboldAmazon isn’t “just” an online retailer; it’s a vibrant and layered customer ecosystem designed to help you get things done faster and cheaper. Amazon phones will bring added convenience. Amazon’s ads will be more relevant than Google’s or Facebook’s.
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