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Organisations Should Build on Pandemic Messaging to Retain Customer Trust

December 8, 2025September 16, 2022 by CSM Newsdesk
People reading SMS messages during COVID pandemic

A study which examined the corporate social responsibility (CSR) messaging of Fortune 100 companies on Twitter during the pandemic has found that organisations could better communicate with their customers..

5 Ways to Boost Customer Services in the COVID Era

December 8, 2025December 15, 2021 by Samantha Clark
Customer support agents

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken businesses across all industries. With that in mind, here we take a look at the essential ways to empower your customer services in the COVID era..

What Is the Future for Customer Service After the Pandemic?

December 8, 2025July 13, 2021 by Mike Sandy
Waiter wearing mask in restaurant

While most businesses could continue working from home, the hospitality industry was left dwindling throughout lockdown. Pubs, bars and restaurants closed their doors, and many companies lost revenue..

Future-Proofing Business Transformation: Four Lessons from the Pandemic

December 8, 2025June 23, 2021 by Sundara Sukavanam
Change management meeting

Over 60 per cent of CEOs they believe digital transformation will spur an economic boom in 2021. To capitalise on this, leaders will need to navigate transformation projects with speed and precision..

How To Maintain Strong Customer Engagement During COVID-19

December 8, 2025May 24, 2021 by Mike Sandy
Open for business during COVID-19

At the time of this pandemic where physical interactions are eliminated or social distancing is introduced, how will you be able to engage with customers and continue to connect with them on a deeper level?

What’s Next For Contact Centres That Moved to the Cloud During the Pandemic?

December 8, 2025May 17, 2021 by Tom Goodmanson
Cloud Contact Center

Tom Goodmanson, CEO at Calabrio, reveals recent research results and shares ideas on how to harness the next level of strategic potential for new and existing cloud-based contact centres..

Preparing For Life After COVID-19 – Starting With Your Employees

December 8, 2025April 15, 2021 by Ross Daniels
Support team return to the contact centre

Ross Daniels at Calabrio believes now is the time for organisations to plan their pandemic escape route. Here, he kickstarts the road to recovery with three tips on how to turn your agents into brand ambassadors..

Facemasks, Safety Signs, and Hand Sanitizers Won’t Keep Your Customers

December 8, 2025December 16, 2020 by Bill Quiseng
Small business open during pandemic

Facemasks, door signs, floor decals, partitions, and hand sanitizers won’t keep your customers. Such safety protocols in response to the pandemic are expected from your customers..

What Came First COVID-19 or Poor Customer Service?

December 8, 2025November 3, 2020 by Abbie Heslop
Consumer making complaint call

As many organisations hide behind the pandemic for failing service standards, Abbie Heslop, Commercial AI Analyst, EBI.AI shows how to buck the trend using Artificial Intelligence (AI)..

Adapting Customer Experience (CX) for a Post-COVID World

December 8, 2025October 13, 2020 by Maz Javadzadeh
Customer Support Agents

Maz Javadzadeh, client relationship director at Paragon Customer Communications outlines why businesses have a unique opportunity to position themselves at the forefront of transitions in consumer behaviour..

Leading with Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic

December 8, 2025October 5, 2020 by Jeff ​Eilertsen
Manager taking coronavirus precautions in masks

The coronavirus brings new and unique challenges to organizations in every industry in all parts of the world. People are working in a time of tremendous uncertainty and stress..

4 Strategies to Drive Customer Loyalty: Post-Pandemic Edition

December 8, 2025August 14, 2020 by Anastasia Tatsenko
Customer wearing mask

In today’s irregular world you need to make sure your customers are loyal to your brand. Anastasia Tatsenko, Head of Sales and Customer Success at NetHunt CRM explains..

The Impact of COVID-19 on Customer Service Job Market Trends

December 8, 2025July 13, 2020 by Sue Marcus
Women wearing mask while shopping

The coronavirus pandemic has drastically impacted every sector and industry, perhaps none more so than the customer service job family..

The Types & Benefits of Virtual Experiences [Infographic]

December 8, 2025June 30, 2020 by CSM Newsdesk

Purity, the experiential marketing agency have produced this useful infographic to help inspire new ways of creating virtual experiences in the new reality..

Calabrio Study Finds Pandemic is Accelerating the Evolving World of Work for Contact Centres

December 8, 2025June 25, 2020 by CSM Newsdesk
Call Center Agent

Results of a new study released by Calabrio show most contact centres are embracing work changes and expect them to benefit the industry long term..

Customer Service After COVID-19: The Choice Is Yours

December 8, 2025May 26, 2020 by Bryan Horn
Customer in mask during Covid19 pandemic

How you treat your customers during the COVID pandemic will set the stage for the future. Bryan Horn looks at the way forward after the crisis..

How to Market Customer Experiences in a Time of Isolation

December 8, 2025April 23, 2020 by CSM Contributor
Customers enjoying the experience

Now is the time for brands, businesses and organisations to look at what they can achieve, provide and do, to create an online, virtual version of themselves..

How to Boost Communication With Your Team During the Pandemic

December 8, 2025March 30, 2020 by Hira Ali
Office Manager

Wherever you’re working, what’s most critical is how and what is communicated by the business leaders to their teams..

The Contact Center Questions Raised by Coronavirus

December 8, 2025March 12, 2020 by Roger Beadle
Coronavirus COVID-19

We all know we should expect the unexpected – that’s the nature of business. But what if you had to cease operations in multiple cities and countries at the same time?

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