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<h3>About this Guide</h3>
<p>This guide is aimed at organisations who are investigating the <strong>online customer service</strong> (OCS) market.</p>
<p>Details about the various trends and issues within the sector can be found, as well as advice on how to select a customer service solution to best fit your organisation and its overall business objectives. </p>
<p>The technology offered by vendors in this guide ranges from email management solutions and intelligent FAQs, through to virtual interactive assistants, live chat or instant messaging features and online survey or feedback tools. </p><p>The guide contains 15 of the leading UK suppliers, profiled across two related but slightly different aspects of successfully operating customer service activity online:</p>
<p>-) <strong>Interaction</strong> - For example technologies such as intelligent FAQs and virtual or real agents.</p><p>-) <strong>Understanding</strong> - Tools (generally online survey or customer feedback technology) which enable organisations to learn about the customer experience and create improvements for the future. </p>
<p>Additionally, companies including Lastminute.com, Mars, O2 and Virgin Atlantic also offer insight about effectively running online customer services.</p>
<h3>Overview</h3>
<p><strong>Author:</strong> Jake Hird, Econsultancy<br /><strong>Pages:</strong> 139 pages<br /><strong>Structure:</strong> Market trends and issues, 15 vendor profiles </p>
<h3>Contents</h3>
<p>Like all our buyer's guides, the report starts with a look at trends in the marketplace, as well as our analyst forecasts for the growth of the online customer service market during 2009.</p>
<p><strong>Trends within e-commerce include:</strong> </p>
<ul>
<li>Growth of e-commerce drives emphasis on OCS</li>
<li>Greater focus on customer retention and engagement </li>
<li>Customers expect an integrated, multi-channel experience </li>
<li>Businesses need to consider channel hierarchy </li>
<li>Use of OCS technology to drive sales activity </li>
<li>Companies harness Twitter and user-generated content for customer engagement</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The 15 suppliers profiled are:</strong> </p>
<p><em>ATG, Bazaarvoice, Clicktools, Confirmit, Creative Virtual, Danesoft, Globalpark, InQuira, InstantService, iPerceptions, nGenera Customer Interaction Management, Parker Software, RightNow Technologies, Synthetix, Transversal.</em></p>
<p>You can download the free sample to see the full list of contents. </p>
<h3>Who Is This Guide For? </h3>
<p>This particular buyer's guide is aimed at organisations and businesses trying to understand and select online customer service solutions, or who are currently reviewing their activity in this area. It is also relevant for anyone wishing to engage, understand or research the complexities involved in this market. </p>
<h3>Related Resources </h3>
<p>We recommend that you also read the Econsultancy / cScape <a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-customer-engagement-report-2009">Online Customer Engagement Report 2009</a> for further information about supporting and engaging with customers online.</p>
<p><strong>You can download a free sample of the Online Customer Service Buyer's Guide.</strong></p>
<h3>About this Guide</h3>
<p>This guide is aimed at organisations who are investigating the <strong>online customer service</strong> (OCS) market.</p>
<p>Details about the various trends and issues within the sector can be found, as well as advice on how to select a customer service solution to best fit your organisation and its overall business objectives. </p>
<p>The technology offered by vendors in this guide ranges from email management solutions and intelligent FAQs, through to virtual interactive assistants, live chat or instant messaging features and online survey or feedback tools. <br /><br />The guide contains 15 of the leading UK suppliers, profiled across two related but slightly different aspects of successfully operating customer service activity online:</p>
<p>-) <strong>Interaction</strong> - For example technologies such as intelligent FAQs and virtual or real agents.<br /><br />-) <strong>Understanding</strong> - Tools (generally online survey or customer feedback technology) which enable organisations to learn about the customer experience and create improvements for the future. </p>
<p>Additionally, companies including Lastminute.com, Mars, O2 and Virgin Atlantic also offer insight about effectively running online customer services.</p>
<h3>Overview</h3>
<p><strong>Author:</strong> Jake Hird, Econsultancy<br /><strong>Pages:</strong> 139 pages<br /><strong>Structure:</strong> Market trends and issues, 15 vendor profiles </p>
<h3>Contents</h3>
<p>Like all our buyer's guides, the report starts with a look at trends in the marketplace, as well as our analyst forecasts for the growth of the online customer service market during 2009.</p>
<p><strong>Trends within e-commerce include:</strong> </p>
<ul>
<li>Growth of e-commerce drives emphasis on OCS</li>
<li>Greater focus on customer retention and engagement </li>
<li>Customers expect an integrated, multi-channel experience </li>
<li>Businesses need to consider channel hierarchy </li>
<li>Use of OCS technology to drive sales activity </li>
<li>Companies harness Twitter and user-generated content for customer engagement</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The 15 suppliers profiled are:</strong> </p>
<p><em>ATG, Bazaarvoice, Clicktools, Confirmit, Creative Virtual, Danesoft, Globalpark, InQuira, InstantService, iPerceptions, nGenera Customer Interaction Management, Parker Software, RightNow Technologies, Synthetix, Transversal.</em></p>
<p>You can download the free sample to see the full list of contents. </p>
<h3>Who Is This Guide For? </h3>
<p>This particular buyer's guide is aimed at organisations and businesses trying to understand and select online customer service solutions, or who are currently reviewing their activity in this area. It is also relevant for anyone wishing to engage, understand or research the complexities involved in this market. </p>
<h3>Related Resources </h3>
<p>We recommend that you also read the Econsultancy / cScape <a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-customer-engagement-report-2009">Online Customer Engagement Report 2009</a> for further information about supporting and engaging with customers online.</p>
<p><strong>You can download a free sample of the Online Customer Service Buyer's Guide.</strong></p>
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<p>An invaluable resource for those investigating the market for online customer service and online surveys, with profiles of leading vendors, the latest market trends and tips and pitfalls for buyers.</p>
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