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Everything you need to know about the consumer of 2017

Vonage

Half of consumers move on after poor customer service. In NewVoiceMedia’s whitepaper, Serial Switchers Strike Again , we learned that 49 percent of consumers switch companies after receiving service that does not meet their expectations. Poor customer service costs business billions annually.

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The social media dilemma: how to get the most dangerous customer service channel right

Vonage

At NewVoiceMedia, we’ve recently updated our Serial Switchers report and found that UK businesses are collectively losing £11 billion per year through poor customer service. While the cost of bad service might seem huge, it’s actually 1.2 But, what makes customers switch to a competitor? billion less than in 2013.

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The Top Trends in Customer Service for 2016

Comm100

Consequently, as newer technologies enable more ease in performing business transactions, consumers will have higher expectations when it comes to customer service and sales support. In recent years, consumers have placed greater importance on the quality of customer service than on the price and quality of products alone.

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NEW REPORT: 63% of UK Consumers Have Left a Brand Due to Poor Customer Service

Tricia Morris

With the Institute of Customer Service reporting that customer satisfaction in the U.K. brands and organizations to know as much as possible about consumers and their growing expectations for service across channels. A newly-released 2015 U.K. The 2015 U.K. Download the 2015 U.K.

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Evolution of the support rep: from outsourced to in-office

Kayako

In this post, I’ll walk you through the recent history of customer service, showing you why some companies have chosen to outsource their support teams, (not to be confused with offshoring which is when the work is done overseas but still remains part of the business), and others prefer to keep them in house. Here’s why.

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Flying in the face of poor customer service

Helen Dewdney

It was also in breach of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 for not providing services with reasonable skill and care. Thomson (now TUI) was in breach of the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tour Regulations 1992 Regulations 12 and 13 regarding alterations in the package holiday. 2) Taxi upgrade: £64.

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How Customer Service Can Save Cable

Customers That Stick

In the Temkin Group’s 2015 Experience Ratings Industry Snapshots, Internet Service Providers were ranked last out of 20 different industries. Comcast announced recently that it will be putting a massive effort behind changing its customer service. The announcement will come as welcome news to many Comcast customers.