Self-Service & Assisted Service

  • KANA Service Experience Management 11

    Process-Oriented Customer Service

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    KANA SEM 11, the topic of this evaluation, provides the facilities and tools to design, orchestrate, analyze, and manage their fundamental customer service processes.
    Dec. 23, 2010
    Technologies
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  • Customer Service Company and Product Update 3Q2010

    An Excellent 3Q2010 for Customer Service

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    3Q2010 was an excellent quarter across financial performance, product activity, and company activity for 11 leading customer service suppliers; eGain and Moxie Software earned Customers.com Customer Service Stars.
    Dec. 16, 2010
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  • IntelliResponse Answer Suite 6.0

    Delivering "One Right Answer" to Customers' Questions

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    IntelliResponse Answer Suite can deliver a single result, the “One Right Answer,” to the search queries that represent any and every customer service question; consider this offering as the front door for your customer service experience.
    Oct. 21, 2010
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  • Customer Service Company and Product Update 2Q2010

    A Very Good 2Q2010 for Customer Service

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    2Q2010 was a very good quarter across financial performance, product activity, and company activity for 11 leading customer service suppliers; customer growth in the quarter was flat.
    Sep. 16, 2010
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  • I Need Help Now!

    Providing Customer Support When and Where They Need It

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    In a crisis situation, customers need service fast, regardless of the details of their service level agreements.
    Jul. 15, 2010
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  • nGenera Knowledgebase 9.0

    Excellent Knowledge Management, UI Content Management, and Analytics

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    nGenera Knowledgebase 9.0 is a widely used and well proven offering. New capabilities support social media and communities. Enhancements significantly improve the self-service UI and analytic functionality. Read our evaluation of it in this report.
    Jul. 1, 2010
    Technologies
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  • Customer Service Company and Product Update 1Q2010

    A Steady 1Q2010 for Customer Service

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    This report details the 1Q2010 customer growth, financial performance, product activity, and company activity of the 10 leading customer service suppliers.
    Jun. 17, 2010
    Technologies
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  • How to Approach Customer Experience Management

    An Overview of Patricia Seybold Group’s Recommended Game Plan

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    In this report, you’ll learn how the Patricia Seybold Group defines and approaches customer experience management.
    May. 27, 2010
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  • Customer Service Evaluation Framework

    How to Evaluate Customer Service Products and Services

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    This framework is designed to speed the evaluation of any of customer service product by analyzing its positioning, deployment, customer activities and channels supported, escalation facilities, key technologies, analytic functionality, and viability.
    May. 26, 2010
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  • The Wrath of Customers

    Are We Blaming Providers for Things Beyond Their Control?

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    Sometimes customers go overboard with their negative emotions. But we’re all human. So what can you do about it?
    May. 6, 2010
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  • Customer Service Company and Product Update 4Q2009

    A Very Good 4Q2009 for Knowledge Management-Based Customer Service

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    This report details the 4Q2009 customer growth, financial performance, product activity, and company activity of the 10 leading KM-based customer service suppliers.
    Mar. 11, 2010
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  • Salesforce.com: KM-Based Customer Service in Service Cloud 2

    Salesforce.com’s First Release of Capabilities to Support KM-Based Customer Service

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    Support for KM-based customer service in Salesforce.com applications is provided by capabilities in Service Cloud 2, Customer Portal, and Salesforce Knowledge. These are new capabilities delivered with the Winter ’10 release in November 2009.
    Dec. 23, 2009
    Technologies
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  • Customer Service Company and Product Update 3Q2009

    A Good 3Q2009 for Knowledge Management-Based Customer Service

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    3Q2009 was a good quarter for KM-based customer service. Customer growth improved and good financial performance resulted. Product activity was very high. KM-based customer service is positioned for a very good 4Q2009 and a strong 2010.
    Dec. 10, 2009
    Technologies
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  • Lithium Social CRM Suite

    On-Demand Platform for Supporting Customer Communities

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    Lithium Technologies’ Social CRM platform is an impressive set of SaaS applications interconnected via search, ratings and rankings, and many other integrated components. If your customer base is sizable enough, we recommend Lithium for your short list.
    Nov. 19, 2009
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  • An Unexpected Customer Experience with the Registry of Motor Vehicles

    A Great Customer Experience Story

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    The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles provides an excellent customer experience when renewing your driver's license online. Obviously, whoever designed the site thought through the customer’s point of view!
    Nov. 5, 2009
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  • Customer Service Company and Product Update 2Q2009

    KM-based Customer Service Rebounds in 2Q2009

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    KM-based customer service rebounded in 2Q2009. Customer growth and financial performance improved over 1Q2009. Several suppliers made significant product announcements. Two suppliers did some M&A.
    Sep. 17, 2009
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  • How Well Do E-Tailers Handle Gift Giving?

    A Customer Experience Framework and Customer Experience Test Drives

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    Customers are clear about the gift-giving features they want on e-tailing sites. We evaluate five sites, Amazon.com, Gifts.com, Lowes.com, MagicCabin.com, and Cafepress.com, against these criteria.
    Aug. 12, 2009
    Strategies
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  • Self-Service CX Performance

    Response Time and Availability for Key Customer Self-Service Activities

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    From the customers’ standpoint, the most critical performance metrics are response time and availability at the customer user interface (UI). If you can’t respond within their timeframes, then they’re going to abandon you for the competition.
    Jul. 30, 2009
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  • Customer Service Company and Product Update 1Q2009

    After Seven Quarters of Growth, the Recession Catches Up to Customer Service

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    The recession slowed KM-based customer service in 1Q2009. Customer growth and financial performance slipped for all but two of our suppliers.
    Jun. 4, 2009
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  • Customer Service Company and Product Update 4Q2008

    Still Growing and Going Strong!

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    4Q2008 was the 7th consecutive quarter of growth for KM-based customer service. Customer growth improved and good customer growth resulted in good financial performance.
    Apr. 2, 2009
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