For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals (Length: 12 pages)

This is a Consumer Technographics document

May 30, 2007 (updated July 17, 2007)

The Business Case For Interactive Help In Financial Services

Online Chat And Click-To-Call Should Be A Part Of Any eBusiness Strategy

by Brad Strothkamp

with Carrie Johnson, Brendan McGowan

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Interactive help — which includes online chat and click-to-call — has come of age. That's a good thing, considering tomorrow's financial services shoppers will increasingly be found online. Financial firms contemplating their long-term eBusiness strategy need to consider the role of interactive help. Firms like E*TRADE Mortgage and Dell Financial Services have found such technologies to be an integral part of meeting their Web sales goals.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemTomorrow's Researchers Use The Online Channel — And Nothing Else

itemReaching Out To Consumers Who Won't Reach Out To You Online

itemOnline Chat And Click-To-Call Is The Answer — With One Caveat

itemFour Factors Affect Success Using Interactive Help

WHAT IT MEANS

itemThe Future Of Interactive Help For Financial Services Firms

Forrester studied industry developments and used Consumer Technographics® data to uncover trends in the use of interactive help technologies.

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Analyst: Brad Strothkamp
Technology: Channel Design Strategies, Customer Experience, Customer Relationship Management, Packaged Applications, Web Site Design
Industry: eBusiness/eCommerce, eBusiness/eCommerce Adoption, eBusiness/eCommerce Strategy, Financial Services, Financial Services Customer Experience, Financial Services Customer Relationship Management
Geography: North America

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