Learn how McKesson and Ogilvy have used social software to convert their Customer Support into social help centers with dramatic reductions in resolution time and increased alignment with sales ...
Learn how McKesson and Ogilvy have used social software to convert their Customer Support into social help centers with dramatic reductions in resolution time and increased alignment with sales initiatives.
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Socializing Customer Support to Drive Business ValuePresentation Transcript
Socializing Customer Support to Drive Business Value Kate Leggett, Senior Analyst Forrester Research Timothy Kelly, Executive Director of Support McKesson Physician Practice Solutions Evan Shumeyko, Director@Ogilvy Ogilvyone Worldwide
Ninety percent of customer servicedecision-makers tell Forrester that agood customer experience is critical totheir company‟s success. Sixty-threepercent think the importance of thecustomer experience has risen.
A good customer experience is good for business
But, few companies deliver anoutstanding customer experience
Customer service decision makers walk a fine balance between the needs of customers and the needs of the business
Contact center managers look to reducing handle times and increasing satisfaction
Inaccurate and inaccessible corporateknowledge increases costs and decreases customer satisfaction Email
Collaborative knowledge technologies take off, and help with delivering a good customer experience
Social collaboration software moves theneedle on all customer service metrics
McKesson Physician Practice Solutions Tim Kelly, Executive Director of Customer Support Physician Practice Solutions March 28, 2012
Slide Breakout• What We‟re Doing with Socialtext / Goals• Visual – Sync Strategy Between Workspaces• How We‟re Leveraging the Social Platform• What We‟re Measuring / Metrics• Results / Impacts• Visual – Our Space 11 !
What We‟re Doing• Authoring all Contact Center Solution articles, process, policy and Product Content to Socialtext• Using the primary workspace create a 1-4 click strategy for teams to access content quickly – Activities / Signals stream – Searching• Secondary Strategy aimed at standard Product „Table of Contents‟ approach• Creating Segmented and Synchronized Workspaces for Value Added Reseller Community and Customers to leverage content authored in PPS Workspace 12
Content Sync Strategy 13
How We‟re Leveraging the Social Platform• All Support team members use tool as single source of knowledge• Tagging Content for automatic publishing to VAR and Customer Workspace• Using Groups to collaborate with public and private access privileges – Example: Tier 2/3 team Private Group shares content Tier 1 should not access – Example: Training Academy has Public group for all to comment/dialogue on Training content and direction• Social validation of solutions content with „Read Only‟ Product and Policy content• Self Paced Training through Video Available Via Dashboard 14
What We‟re Measuring / Metrics• Contact Center Measurements – Average Speed to Answer (ASA) – Average Handle Time (AHT) – Grade of Service (GOS)• Agent Level Metrics – Same Day Resolution of Cases (SDR) – Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) 15
Results / Impacts from January to March• ASA* – Improved (Reduced) 66% – From 33” to 11”• AHT* – Improved (Reduced) 11% – From 22” to 20”• GOS* – Improved 25.75% – From 53.5% to 79.25% * Averaged Across Product Teams 16
PPS Central and PPS VAR Central 17
Results / Impacts from January to March• Same Day Resolution* – Improved 11.75% – From 33% - 44.75%• Customer Satisfaction* – Improved .67% – From 51% to 51.67% * Averaged Across Product Teams 18
Ogilvy CRM Connections Socialtext Evan C. Shumeyko, Consulting Director evan.shumeyko@ogilvy.com19
The challenge: Howdo we bringcollaborative brandconversations to lifeinside the callcenter?
What Works | Best Practices Agent Engagement Dialogue Team Optimization Collaboration Ogilvy Consulting | CRM Connections
Risk | Inform Without Measuring • How do know what‟s working? • Can we adjust our approach quickly, cost effectively? • How do we give the agents just what‟s needed. • Can we easily measure agent satisfaction? • We are pushing knowledge but are also we pulling? Ogilvy Consulting | CRM Connections
Solution | SOCIALTEXTEnable knowledge-sharing, collaboration, conversation monitoring & relevance. Socialize Branding & Campaign Industry Assets Knowledge at Agents Fingertips Measure Knowledge- Training Share and Content Collaboration Usage Monitor Listening Post Activity
Results: Business & Brand BenefitsROI: Top performer on the pilot sales team was the earliest adopter and user of Socialtext Hearts: Ramped up from 1 pilot team to 5 client call True Engagement center teams in approximately 1 year ~500 agents total as of 4/12 10% increase in conversion rate within key market segments Minds: UnderstandingImproved Customer Experience: Evolving dialogue strategy Drives deeper understanding Wallets: Fosters social business principles safely Consultative DialogueHelps clients “socialize the enterprise” from the ground up Call Center Agent Actualization
Thank you• Q&A• For more information on Socialtext, please visit www.Socialtext.com• Recording will be available on Socialtext• How to reach us us: – Kate Leggett - @kateleggett kleggett@forrester.com http://blogs.forrester.com/ – Timothy Kelly - @mckesson tim.kelly@mckesson.com – Evan Shumeyko - @ogilvydigital evan.shumeyko@ogilvy.com – Sandra Ponce de Leon - @socialtext sandra.poncedeleon@socialtext.com
About Socialtext• First Enterprise Social Software Company founded in 2002• Communications & collaboration platform that helps your employees “In the Flow of Work”• Social Layer is our vision• Flexible Deployment options: Secure on-site or hosted appliance• Widely recognized as Visionary & Leader among key analysts
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