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Communication Counts in Online Customer Relations

Rik Logtenberg on Sep 24, 2006

"If visitors to your Web site become annoyed, it is very easy for them to broadcast their irritation: They are already online!

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An Intro to CRM

Rik Logtenberg on Sep 11, 2006

Wikipedia has a great article on customer relationship management (CRM), which is gaining a lot more attention these days. Wireless is everywhere, so why can't we use the Internet to store our company contacts, manage our group scheduling, and handle our customer support? Well, there's no good reason why not, and hundreds of reasons why it makes sense to think about this for your business. This article will get you started on understanding the basics.

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Service Driven Companies Make More Money

Rik Logtenberg on Aug 01, 2006

Recent surveys suggest that companies who place customer relations as their top priority are able to charge up to 9% more for the goods and services they offer and grow twice as fast as the average.

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Speech recognition improving customer service

Rik Logtenberg on Jun 06, 2006

Natural language speech recognition is markedly improving voice-activated self-service. Powered by artificial intelligence, these speech-recognition systems are altering consumer perceptions about phone self-service, as calls for help no longer elicit calls for help. That, in turn, is spurring renewed corporate interest in the concept of phone self-service. In 2004, sales of voice self-service systems topped $1.2 billion.

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