Built on the results of an annual survey of Internet shoppers worldwide, the 2013 Live Chat Effectiveness report outlines Internet shopper communication and purchasing behavior and preferences. The report includes findings specific to live chat technology, as well as other engagement channels, such as phone, email and social media. This year’s report explores how Internet shoppers use these various channels […]

The technology industry is shifting to more of a services-led business model than ever before. According to the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA), organizations are making fundamental changes to their organization structures, delivery models are changing, support organizations are adding new capabilities, and mission statements are changing at breakneck speed. They are adding new services, taking on new roles and […]

This paper conveys how the pressure to increase customer satisfaction metrics with less funding will increase as companies look for new ways to differentiate their services and reduce customer churn. To get ahead, customer support organizations must maintain a focus on using the right measures of success. They need to empower agents to support more customers better, providing them with […]

Customer service has evolved from a reactive activity viewed largely as a cost center-based tactical necessity, to a proactive management task that can in many ways set a company apart from the competition. At the same time, the channels by which customers receive support are growing and fragmenting very rapidly. The telephone is still the primary mode of support, but […]

For companies that sell products or services that require technical support, the support customers receive might be the only personal experience they can use to gauge their satisfaction with an organization. Since, for many of these organizations, customer satisfaction directly affects revenue, measuring customers’ satisfaction with the service experience and the services provided is extremely important as it enables these […]

Best-in-Class organizations execute on a strategy that supports the multi-channel nature of customer requests. These leading organizations do not just open up their service infrastructures to accommodate new channels, but also empower their teams to deliver an effective and consistent experience regardless of the channel selected by the customer. This document will highlight the key business capabilities that support a […]

Based on research with more than three hundred companies, this report takes a close look at how live chat is used and measured in support settings, how organizations use live chat to engage with prospects and customers, metrics used to measure live chat success in support engagements and why organizations believe live chat helps them to achieve their business goals.

Live chat has proven itself in the support world by providing fast return on investment through easily-achieved agent efficiencies. While there is still ground to cover in the opt-in world of passive chat, the new frontier in web-based customer engagement technology lies within a more dynamic discipline – the optimization of invitation driven chats. In this whitepaper, BoldChat® – with […]