Customer service is customer acquisition

The traditional way of seeing customer acquisition and customer retention as separate disciplines is an extremely dangerous way of running a modern business, because it traps you in a public lie. So says Sandra Galer, consulting director for Merchants, South Africa’s...

Engage SharePoint and maximise value

You need to identify your Content Types and Columns (metadata), and load all your content into SharePoint, says Kirk Schafer, director, Dac Systems. Problem is, there is a lot of content. And just like fiscal dumping is a no-no, just dropping a couple of thousand...

Ricoh helps measure print campaign efficacy

Ricoh has made it possible for print service providers (PSP) to give marketers a way to measure the efficacy of their print material in achieving campaign objectives and KPIs by linking it to traceable, digital resources. Clickable Paper has a new feature that help...

Boost customer satisfaction with technology

Developments in technology and new business trends such as social networking and mobility have all resulted to make the customer king within the mobile-first, cloud-first era, says Leon Wright, Cloud & Enterprise Business Group lead at Microsoft South Africa....

Engineering firms turn to lead generation

When it comes to lead generation, engineering firms have a tougher job than consumer businesses, as not only does cultivating new customers take time, but if marketing is too ‘out there’ it could impact on the firm’s perceived reliability. So says Louise Robinson,...

It’s all about the who and the woo

“Did you know that it costs more to gain a new customer than to have a devoted one? So, why then are budgets, in general, spent more on attaining new customers’ attention than offering attention to its current customers?” asks Ebrahim Dinat, COO at contact centre...