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Why is customer service more popular than ever?

Why is customer service more popular than ever?

by Marcus Hickman | 18 Mar, 2019 | Customer experience, Our blog

The promise of digital transformation was automation, simplification and reduced demand failure. Implicitly, and often explicitly, there has been a related prize for organisations providing products and services – that of less need for expensive, people resourced,...
Why are we witnessing the ‘averagisation’ of customer service?

Why are we witnessing the ‘averagisation’ of customer service?

by Marcus Hickman | 8 Feb, 2019 | Customer experience, Our blog

Originally published in MyCustomer Consumer perceptions of customer service offered by most businesses across most sectors are broadly similar and middling – in other words, undifferentiated. Why is this? And what does it mean for your company? Big businesses have...
After 7 years, how is the Internet of Things changing customer experience?

After 7 years, how is the Internet of Things changing customer experience?

by Marcus Hickman | 16 Nov, 2018 | Smart Service, Our blog

In 2011 we wrote about how Internet of things technology would impact customer experience in “The Big Switch – How customer service is becoming smart” . Back then, (and in this follow-up report) we identified several drivers which we thought would smooth the way...
Algorithms and Big Data: Are they enough to make good business decisions?

Algorithms and Big Data: Are they enough to make good business decisions?

by Marcus Hickman | 23 Sep, 2018 | Our blog

Informally, an algorithm is a set of instructions that transforms inputs into outputs. However without us noticing, and combined with big data, they have taken over modern life. From airport runways, to personalised advertising to even replicating the voice of Donald...
Personal finance dashboards: What could be better?

Personal finance dashboards: What could be better?

by Marcus Hickman | 22 Mar, 2018 | Customer experience, Our blog, Voice of the Customer (VoC)

How should financial providers design online sites and Apps to best inform and educate their customers about their personal finances? The growing use of personal finance dashboards to visualise data and the launch of Open Banking in 2018 could be the catalysts to...
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