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4 essentials for Operations Managers sending comms

Unfortunately, many Operations Managers’ projects kick off with the time-honoured cry: “the call centre’s blowing up!”.  It might be a network outage, a defective product, or a supplier failing to show. Either way, communications need to be sent to impacted customers. And invariably, that can’t happen right away. Sending a text message to impacted customers …

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Why digital insurance completely depends on the communications

The industry and customers are in agreement. It’s better to purchase, manage, claim and renew insurance with the least amount of human interaction possible. Less customer effort means increased customer satisfaction. The term digital insurance has come to encompass this movement towards non-human interaction. Interpreted literally, it means any web-based purchasing and servicing of an …

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How to send SMS notifications your customers will LOVE

“You star, you’ve saved 10 grand!” – the SMS notifications I wish my bank sent me. “You’ve made a $106.00 payment to a new BPAY biller” – the SMS notifications my bank does send me. Quite the contrast. It’s actually an achievement they’ve managed to make it this boring and unengaging.  Their automated text or …

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One huge mistake companies make in their communications

When David Risley talks business communication, get your pen and notepad ready. His rap sheet includes starting his own technology blog and founding website PCMech.com which generated over a quarter of a million visitors per month. When he started, the word ‘blog’ wasn’t invented. These days he manages the hugely successful www.blogmarketingacademy.com and doesn’t mind …

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5 Ways to Win with Real-time Communications

Most companies translate real-time communications to “system-triggered notifications”. Think shipping updates, taxi approaching SMSs, cancelled flight emails. All very useful in their own right. But if that’s where your real-time communications start and stop, you’re missing out. You’re sitting at the wheel of a Ferrari 360 Modena and using it to drive to the supermarket …

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