Thursday, September 25, 2008

DMNews' Database Weekly: Unilever tapping voice of the customer in call centers

September 25, 2008

News


Unilever tapping voice of the customer in call centers

Lauren Bell September 24, 2008

In an effort to improve the consumer experience and gather better customer information, Unilever has started using Astute Solutions' RealDialog tools in its call centers. RealDialog uses a linguistics engine to analyze customers' questions in their own words and then provide contact center agents with conversational responses.
 

Georgia tourism gets a CRM boost

Lauren Bell September 22, 2008

The Georgia Department of Economic Development has equipped its tourism Web site with OpenTravel CRM. It will use the system largely to enhance its brochure fulfillment, with the goal of trimming two to three days off of the fulfillment process.
 

Reed Elsevier set to acquire ChoicePoint, minus public records business

Lauren Bell September 19, 2008

Reed Elsevier Inc. has agreed to divest some of its ChoicePoint assets in order for its $4.1 billion acquisition of ChoicePoint Inc. to be approved by the FTC.
 

HSBC taps SAP to link to corporate clients

Lauren Bell September 18, 2008

In an effort to provide a better customer experience, the HSBC Group has tapped the SAP NetWeaver platform to streamline and automate communications between the bank and its corporate clients.
 

Focus Worldwide forms Hong Kong partnership

Bryan Yurcan September 18, 2008

Focus Worldwide, the international division of Focus USA, has entered into a strategic partnership with Datatrade Ltd. of Hong Kong. The two companies will work to help multinational companies that are trying to launch or grow their marketing efforts throughout greater China.
 

Column


Multisourced lists — responsive, hot and enhanced

Ari Ginsberg, president, Contact Marketing LLC September 24, 2008

Postage is rising, response rates are dropping and we have exhausted and saturated the traditional response files. However, finding a new source of recent buyers who responded to direct mail, is very hard to come by.
 

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