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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 18 November 2019
Many organisations embark on a CX strategy with a future state in mind. This is of course the starting point of any successful strategy, but those organisations that truly succeed at Customer Experience understand that the end point is an idea, not...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 18 November 2019
Innovation has become a catch phrase used by many organisations, however, often it is not translated into action or long lasting impact. The bedrock...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 12 November 2019
Big, hairy, audacious goals are what moves Smoke CI forward. Throughout our 10 year history we have set ourselves goals, that from the outside, seem...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 08 November 2019
Building a business is not easy. Building a sustainable business even more so. It takes more than a big idea, it takes people working together,...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 06 November 2019
In the world of software, change is both exponential and normal. Resting on ones laurels will leave you resoundingly in the dust of your competitors....
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 21 October 2019
Smoke Customer Intelligence is an Appfoundry partner offering a Voice of the Customer platform to Genesys clients. Through working with our Genesys...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 17 October 2019
It is inarguable that customer experience and listening to the Voice of the Customer is essential. Customers are more likely to rebuy and remain...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 27 August 2019
As the weather warms into Spring, many are gripped by a feeling of renewal and the urge to declutter and tidy. There is, in fact, a biological reason...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 07 August 2019
In 1956, 2000 South African women staged a march to the Union Buildings in protest of amendments to the Urban Areas Act. They acted against the...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 18 January 2019
Metricising customer service for successful CX
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 27 September 2017
The CEM Summit this year was one of the best events I have been to. It was an amazing opportunity to discuss pertinent industry issues. The level of...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 29 August 2017
It doesn’t matter which industry you’re in, if you have customers you need to provide a great customer experience. And make sure it’s what...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 02 August 2017
Small, start-up businesses in South African face challenges on a daily basis. From finding the right partners to invest in the new business, all the...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 27 July 2017
After a recent, very shocking, customer experience with a service provider, I had to ask myself, “who’s responsible for customer experience in this...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 21 July 2017
In today’s highly competitive market, more and more companies are using customer experience (CX) as a competitive differentiator. If you’re in the...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 21 July 2017
As Smoke CI grows and strives for continual improvement, we have migrated our support ticketing system to a new, global provider. Through this new...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 25 May 2017
Gone are the days where you could just sweep negative client feedback under the carpet and go about your business thinking your client is loyal to...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 25 May 2017
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 04 October 2016
Insurance companies are facing greater challenges in a market characterised by product saturation, soft pricing and competitive premiums. The rise of...
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Smoke Customer Intelligence: 15 June 2016
Four out of ten contact centres don’t analyse the data they collect… Contact centres are known for the vast number of metrics they use to measure...
