By Verint Connect Member
Analog video has performed well in the retail environment for many years, foiling shoplifters, identifying employee theft and generally helping to minimize the effects of shrink on the bottom line. Cost concerns and a history of on-the-job success might…
The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu stated “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” This begs the question: what matters most—the journey or the destination? The answer depends on the situation. When customer satisfaction is the benchmark,…
By Verint Connect Member
Was it ever in doubt? Well, I guess that depends on your perspective but now that England has booked their place to Rio what plans will you be making? If you haven’t already confirmed your plans to go you will want to hurry up – I heard on the radio today…
By Verint Connect Member
Today’s customers have a voice. In fact, one of my colleagues likes to say, “Even the ants have megaphones!” And, they are using them to tell their stories about you—in surveys, contact center calls, emails and chat sessions, as well as on Facebook, Twitter…
By Lisa Pleman
Did you know that you can use filters and publishing features within Impact 360 Workforce Optimization (version 11.1 and higher) to communicate and confirm Overtime (OT) and Voluntary Time Off (VTO)?
By Paul Stockford, Chief Analyst, Saddletree Research
To an enterprise, there is nothing more important than loyal, satisfied customers. Businesses lose billions every year to customer defections. In the banking industry, the boutique consulting company cg42 calculated that in 2013 the top 10 US retail banks…
By Verint Connect Member
According to a recent article in Forbes , business leaders are now realising that it is difficult to compete on price, and that customer service is the differentiator. This is the topic of a new book - The Effortless Experience: Conquering The New Battleground…
By Verint Connect Member
Increasingly, companies are capturing and analyzing customer interactions, sentiments and trends across multiple channels, improving performance and optimizing the customer experience with a unified workforce optimization solution. Following are some…
By Verint Connect Member
The Verint Experience was recently held during the ASIS 2013 show in Chicago, where tens of thousands of security professionals converged at Chicago’s McCormick Place to network, connect, learn, and take in the latest security technologies. This environment…
By Verint Connect Member
“Now that we’ve addressed their issue, the customer actually seems happier with us than they have ever been before.”
By Verint Connect Member
It’s been a long-held challenge for workforce planners to adequately staff up their organisation for the ‘lunch-time rush’. Late morning to early afternoon has typically seen consumers diving for the phone en masse in a bid to contact their service provider…
By Verint Connect Member
I remember being told that a customer who receives excellent customer service will tell one person about their experience, but a customer who receives poor service will tell ten. This always seemed quite harsh to me, as if little appreciation was given…
By Verint Connect Member
Have you seen the vast number of “top tip guides” related to getting more out of your employees and technology investments? I have to say that some of these guides are good, but some are definitely not so good. These guides, along with my colleague’s…
By Verint Connect Member
Companies face many challenges on multiple fronts. Most notably for me is the somewhat conflicting idea of improving customer service whilst reducing cost. Surely this is an impossible task? Not necessarily.
By Verint Connect Member
In a “previous life”, I was a senior stake holder/manager in a large Contact Centre Operation with a multi-channel environment. With complex front and back office departments, various geographical locations with employees’ with different skills, languages…
By Verint Connect Member
The world of customer service is evolving and understanding the next generation of consumers must be a priority for organisations in order to best understand where to focus their efforts. Retaining and generating loyal customers, healthy profit margins…
By Verint Connect Member
It is surprisingly easy to switch suppliers. In the last three years I have switched banks, TV, broadband and mobile. While an increasingly easy process, for obvious reasons it is not necessarily promoted. For the years I complained about my bank, my…
By Verint Connect Member
I read an interesting article recently about how some people are naturally very “smiley” and others are not. The ability to smile a lot, and to put people at their ease, seems to be a disposition people have, and not something that can be easily taught…
By Verint Connect Member
Over the past year I have seen and experienced many great examples of social media communication, where organisations are listening, responding and engaging with followers. Unfortunately, for every business that gets it right, there are many who don't…
By Verint Connect Member
As retail banks see an increase in the use of Internet and Mobile banking technology, the need for day to day use of the Retail branch continues to fall, yet branch numbers remain steady. Why is that and how can banks deal with an ever decreasing footfall…
By Verint Connect Member
The Verint blog is getting even better! Since its inception, you’ve come to expect content that provides helpful insight and tips for enhancing customer relationships, maximizing the voice of the customer and employee, improving workforce productivity…
By Verint Connect Member
Recently I had to go through the rigmarole of renewing my car Insurance. It’s probably worth mentioning that I had no desire to leave my current provider; quite the opposite in fact. I had the misfortune this past year to be involved in a minor altercation…
By Paul Stockford, Chief Analyst, Saddletree Research
The Christmas decorations are on display at the local Walmart. Last night I saw a TV commercial with Santa dashing through the snow on a Schick electric razor. Children know they’d better watch out, they’d better not cry, they’d better not pout and I…
By Verint Connect Member
The Video and Situation Intelligence division of Verint is pleased to announce that the company has been recognized in the 2013 IMS Research Video Surveillance Report as a leading provider of network video surveillance in today’s dynamic video security…
Verint’s Daniel Ziv, vice president, voice of the customer analytics, recently wrote an article for MediaPost about effectively using analytics to reduce customer-related risk in today’s increasingly “noisy” world.
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