Category: Digital Experience

Is the world turning off its axis?

“The old website makes me want to lose the will to live, none of it as a user experience is joined up”. These were the words used recently to describe Ryanair’s website by none other than Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s chief....

Customer service must keep a place for paper

You’d think that in today’s customer-focused economy most companies would try to avoid deliberately ignoring customer concerns. Yet a new study from Iron Mountain* reveals that over half (57 per cent) of firms in the UK do exactly that with...

Why great service is part of the DNA for IT Service Provider ‘ramsac’

Surrey based IT solutions provider ramsac, have established themselves as a people driven, business orientated IT business. For the first 10 years of ramsac’s life there was very much a family feeling with no more than 10 people on the...

Customer Experience vs. Customer Engagement

Retaining subscribers in this competitive environment is challenging. Marketing faster network speeds and offering new devices is no longer enough to keep customers on board. Mobile operators adopted Customer Experience Management (CEM) to optimize interactions from the customer’s perspective...

Who are The Inheritors?

Although it’s not exactly as William Golding had originally written in Lord of the Flies, we are all holders of a modern day conch – using it to wield as much power as we possibly can. Every day we spring out of bed and enter...

Could you be an Awards Judge?

Finalists have been announced for the UK Digital Experience Awards 2014 but there is still time to put yourself forward as a judge for the awards. Judging is an opportunity to share your knowledge and experience, and at the same time...

Business leaders feel most threatened by IT hazards

Cyber attacks are continuing to cause the greatest worry for organisations, according to a new report published by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), in association with British Standards Institute (BSI). IT threats are ranking above other threats such as natural disasters,...

US consumers twice as likely to share a bad service experience than UK counterparts

New research reveals that US consumers are twice as likely to share a bad customer service experience than those in the UK; whereas Brits are more inclined to recommend a company following a positive interaction. Following an inadequate experience, half (49%)...

Web chat: Why it’s becoming the customer channel of choice

Klaas van der Leest, UK Managing Director, discusses the benefits of Web chat and explains how to prepare for the chat revolution According to research by BTi, ‘web chat is climbing the ladder of customer channel preference’ and rapidly contributing to...

How Transformational Outsourcing can provide a new lease of life to contact centres

The past decade has seen a significant shift in organisations’ approach to customer management. Pre financial crunch saw companies aggressively building market share and rapidly deploying voice channels to drive the increasing volumes in customer contact. But over the years,...