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  • The commodity of loyalty

    By  Verint Connect Member

    For the first time in history, both Oxford and Regent Street were closed to vehicles before Christmas to help boost shopping traffic. The result was an estimated one million shoppers pouring into the area with takings up over £50 million on the same period…

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  • What is in store for customer service departments in 2012

    By  Verint Connect Member

    As we have blogged about before, we believe this year will be all about the customer experience as companies focus on building customer loyalty in a tough economic environment. There are several key trends emerging that we think will help companies achieve…

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  • Utility companies need to make sure they have the energy to support customers through prices changes

    By  Verint Connect Member

    One of the UK’s leading energy suppliers, EDF Energy , recently announced that it intends to cut its gas price by 5%. This was the first move of its kind by a major supplier, and several other companies quickly followed EDFs example, with SSE and British…

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  • Further evidence that customers are shouting, but organisations are not listening

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Research carried out for the Direct Marketing Association’s Response Management Council has found that the UK’s e-retailers are losing ‘millions of pounds’ in sales by failing to respond to customers’ online requests for product and service information…

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  • Seven Must Do’s For IVR Surveys

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Keep your surveys short Focus on three key areas Rotate your surveys Ask the critical question Always link the recorded call with the survey Involve the customer in your calibration process Take a risk

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  • Making the best of 2012

    By  Verint Connect Member

    With predictions of another dip in the Eurozone , UK’s biggest trading partner, and economic growth in the UK predicted to be just 0.6% in 2012 this will be another challenging year for UK-based companies.

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  • Banking in Eastern Europe

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Despite Eastern European banks seeing fantastic growth and excellent product margins over the last decade, their profitability has been relatively low. The reasons for this performance paradox are complex, but in the main they can be attributed to expensive…

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  • German study finds consumers believe organisations do not act on feedback shared

    By  Verint Connect Member

    We recently concluded research in Germany that found organisations strive to better understand their customers, yet more than one third of German consumers believe organisations don’t act on feedback shared.

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  • 3 things to ask yourself to see if your back-office is performing

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Claire Richardson, Verint Systems EMEA’s Director of Workforce Optimisation asks: Are you missing some much needed insight into the various moving parts of your back-office?

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  • The second question to ask yourself to see if your back-office is performing

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Claire Richardson, Verint Systems EMEA’s Director of Workforce Optimisation asks: Are you missing some much needed insight into the various moving parts of your back-office?

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  • Nearly half of French consumers believe organisations don’t care about customer feedback

    By  Verint Connect Member

    A new survey by Verint and the French Association for Customer Relationships (AFRC) found most French consumers (90 percent) are likely to tell the organisations they do business with when they experience poor service,yet almost half (41 percent) do not…

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  • The third question to ask yourself to see if your back-office is performing

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Claire Richardson, Verint Systems EMEA’s Director of Workforce Optimisation asks: Are you missing some much needed insight into the various moving parts of your back-office? Question 3: How Do You Tell the Stars From the Stand-ins? So now the stage…

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  • Five tips for achieving PCI compliance

    By  Verint Connect Member

    The industry is well aware of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which was designed to protect payment card information in any format in which it exists.

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  • How listening to the Voice of the Customer can help avoid costly marketing mistakes

    By  Verint Connect Member

    One of the biggest challenges faced by organisations today is that of listening to their customers across multiple channels. This video highlights the challenges organisations face in capturing feedback from all channels and how by not listening to the…

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  • Tip 2 for achieving PCI Compliance

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Engage with your contact centre technology vendors. Seek guidance from your technology vendors. They can share how their solutions can help assist in achieving PCI compliance. The PCI SSC fully supports the use of technologies involved in processing credit…

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  • Tip 3 for Achieving PCI Compliance

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Keep personal data confidential. Don’t just stop at protecting payment card information when increasing security across your datacentre. Remember that confidential data elements are identified in the 48 state breach disclosure laws and credit card data…

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  • Tip 4 for achieving PCI Compliance

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Don’t overlook physical layout issues. Traditional contact centre layouts that promote easy monitoring and access to supervisors can sometimes present unique challenges for contact centres. Do you have an open floor plan? If so, look at creating a “clearance…

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  • Tip 5 for achieving PCI Compliance

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Take work-at-home agents into consideration. Remote workers, including contact centre agents, may have special requirements as related to PCI DSS. If you have work-at-home employees who have exposure to payment card information, careful security screening…

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  • Listen up. Managed properly, big data can offer invaluable insight.

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Big data is fast becoming one of today’s most talked-about technology trends. Marketers are one of the professional groups who stand to gain most from these new-found capabilities to analyse data that a few years ago would have been too complex to capture…

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  • As the big 6 get competitive, customer service will set them apart

    By  Verint Connect Member

    With news this week that energy firms are being forced to revisit their tariffs, it’s likely that some of the world’s largest call centres are about to become even busier. Reported on the BBC this week, Ministers have expressed that energy firms must…

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  • 5 reasons to look at optimisation of the workforce across your enterprise

    By  Verint Connect Member

    1. You do not know how much time is spent productively

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  • The changing dimensions of customer service

    By  Verint Connect Member

    This week, analyst house Ovum released a report on the recent timeline changes to Facebook business pages and how one feature will change how customers interact with brands on Facebook. Customers can now send businesses private messages – enabling them…

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  • Verint Announces South African Personnel Appointments; Introduces Region Reseller

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Company Appoints Industry Veterans Craig Butler and Charlene Pienaar to Spearhead SA Expansion, Bringing Enterprise Intelligence Solutions to SA Market – Jasco Enterprise Named New SA Reseller Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT) today announced appointments…

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  • The Voice of the Customer – most companies listen, how they do so varies.

    By  Verint Connect Member

    With organisations continuing to face a tough economy and mounting competition, an increasing number of companies are taking action by fostering customer-centric cultures. The focus is on gathering, analysing and acting on the voice of the customer (VoC…

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  • Change in Community Banking

    By  Verint Connect Member

    Small community banking organisations are starting to think about how they can set themselves apart from the corporate giants and place themselves at the heart of the communities they support. Banking organisations in general face huge public scrutiny…

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