We’ve all been in a queue, waiting patiently whilst the agent is “busy helping other customers”. But, “your call is important”, remember. And “did you know, you can get answers to your queries on the website ”? Now I don’t know about you, but hearing these things makes me feel like just another number on
What’s this then? We’re all ears… A Sonic logo is a short melodic tune that’s used to reinforce a brand’s identity. It’s like logo, but for your ears. You hear them on the radio whilst you’re stuck in traffic, when you load up Netflix in the evening after a long day at work, or when
How do you deliver messages to your customers? Chances are it hardly involves the postman these days. With the likes of social media, blogs, email and contact centres, you’re spoilt for choice with the ways you can talk to customers. And when you communicate clearly and consistently through all of these channels, you create opportunities
I have been sorting out a few bills this week and was struck by the number of companies still asking me to give full card details over the phone. These weren’t small companies either, one major mobile provider was on the list. From May 2018, any organisation which processes or stores personal data, including payment
I called my mobile phone provider today and was very quickly offered the chance to pay 50p to prioritise my call because ‘we are experiencing high volumes of calls today’. I didn’t take up the ‘opportunity’ and then my call was answered in approximately 2 seconds. I was amazed by this from a brand experience
I have noticed a big increase of people asking me to ‘give me a 9 or 10’ when you receive our post interaction survey. This happens on the phone and in store. As a consumer it makes me uncomfortable and working in the industry it means to me that customer sat is being used as
I read a stat this morning that said by the end on 2016, 40% of all contacts will start on a digital channel. I know some organisations that are over that number already but many are nowhere near. I still believe (and many research papers back this up) that the phone is still trusted more