The “Great Expectations” gap – Customers crave great customer service but don’t want to pay a premium

Half of consumers (50%) say they wouldn’t be willing to pay more to receive good customer service and just a fifth (21%) say they would be willing to pay over 10% more. That’s according to a new consumer survey conducted by Enghouse Interactive. Continue reading The “Great Expectations” gap – Customers crave great customer service but don’t want to pay a premium

Avaya Enters Strategic Partnership with Microsoft to Deliver Avaya OneCloud™ Solutions on Microsoft Azure

Avaya, a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration, and Microsoft Corp. have expanded their global partnership by pairing the industry leading Avaya OneCloud™ portfolio with Microsoft Azure to provide organisations with more options to increase their productivity and customer engagement with unrivalled reliability, agility and scale. Continue reading Avaya Enters Strategic Partnership with Microsoft to Deliver Avaya OneCloud™ Solutions on Microsoft Azure

Majority of CX Experts Believe Customer Empathy is Necessary to Create Business Value, But Employers Views Differ

Alida, a leader in Total Experience Management (TXM), has published a new research report, Empathy in Action: The Business Value of Customer Empathy, conducted together with Bodine & C., and the Customer Experience Professionals Association. Continue reading Majority of CX Experts Believe Customer Empathy is Necessary to Create Business Value, But Employers Views Differ