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• Webinar The Three Megatrends For Customer Service In 2021

  Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 1:00 p.m.-1:40 p.m. Eastern time (18:00-18:40 GMT) | Kate Leggett

  This pandemic has revealed a unique opportunity for customer service organizations. On one hand, it has elevated the importance of customer service to nurture customers to retain their loyalty...

• Report The Five CRM Trends In 2021 That Will Shape Engagement, Relationships, And Revenue

  Vision: The CRM Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Kate Leggett

  In the age of the customer, customer experience (CX) is the only source of competitive differentiation. CRM has the power to transform customer relationships, but firms have only started to tap its...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Conversational AI Raised Efficacy But Not CX During The Pandemic In Asia

  January 20, 2021 | Vasupradha Srinivasan

  Most organizations see value in service automation, especially when managing a crisis. Many have also made significant investments in service automation as a way to improve efficiency and customer...

• Report Use Popular Third-Party Messaging Platforms For Customer Service

  How To Borrow Moments To Serve Your Customers Where They Already Are

  January 20, 2021 | Julie Ask, Ian Jacobs

  Customer service organizations are adapting to increasingly social and connected consumers seeking service in their preferred channel. Consumers have embraced platforms like Apple Business Chat...

• Report Customer Service Shines Through The Crisis

  How Top Firms In Asia Pacific Differentiated With Customer Service For Better Customer Experiences

  January 19, 2021 | Amit Bhatia, Vasupradha Srinivasan

  As businesses coped with a string of crises in 2020, customer service was a crucial part of the response; sometimes, it was the only point of contact for customers in trouble. We interviewed three...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Contact Center Technologies For Customer Service, Q1 2021

  Twenty Technologies Underpin Customer Service

  January 19, 2021 | Kate Leggett, Ian Jacobs, Art Schoeller

  Customer service is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain their customers. To accelerate their performance in customer service, companies are evaluating and adopting a...

• Report Transform The Contact Center For Customer Service Excellence

  Executive Overview: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  January 15, 2021 | Kate Leggett

  Customer service is at a tipping point. Customers contact enterprises more often and via more channels; they shift between channels seamlessly and even use multiple channels simultaneously....

• Report Implement Effective Customer Service Metrics

  Benchmarks: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  January 15, 2021 | Ian Jacobs, Kate Leggett

  Customer service leaders can easily become distracted by the sheer volume of metrics available for tracking operational activities and may fail to deliver on key business goals. To keep customer...

• Report Research Overview: Technology And Software Services

  A Guide To Forrester's Application And Infrastructure Services Research

  January 12, 2021 | Amanda LeClair

  Tech and software services buyers face a complex landscape. Many services providers position as end-to-end digital transformation partners or the top partner for a specific platform, but when it...

• Report Prioritize The Tech That Paves The Path To People-First Marketing

  Tools And Technology: The Experience-Led Marketing Playbook

  January 12, 2021 | Stephanie Liu

  CMOs and marketers are increasingly aware of their potential impact on the customer experience (CX). Nearly half of global marketing decision-makers say it's a high or critical priority. CMOs and...

• Report Now Tech: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 36 B2B Marketing Data Providers

  January 11, 2021 | Steven Casey

  You can use B2B marketing data providers to create personalized and timely account-centric engagement, improve customer marketing, and achieve true customer obsession. But to realize these...

• Report Secure Your Customers And Protect Your Brand

  Executive Overview: The Cybersecurity And Privacy Playbook

  January 5, 2021 | Merritt Maxim, Laura Koetzle

  Today, CIOs and CTOs are transforming the foundations of their business using a range of technologies. A successful digital transformation must be accompanied by a cybersecurity and privacy...

• Report Chief Data Officers: Evolve Your Teams To Accelerate Impact From Data Insights

  January 5, 2021 | Jennifer Belissent, PhD

  In many organizations, the chief data officer (CDO) role has evolved to become more of a chief insights officer with purview over both data and analytics. With a single role responsible for the...

• Report Determine Your Data's Worth: Data Plus Use Equals Value

  Intermediate Level: Strategy Practices For Insights-Driven Businesses

  January 4, 2021 | Jennifer Belissent, PhD

  As the data economy heats up, the fear of being left behind leaves company execs in a cold sweat. Board members ask about data commercialization strategies, and the question that's top of mind for...

• Report Build An Outside-In Contact Center Roadmap

  Roadmap: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  December 31, 2020 | Art Schoeller

  In most industries, a large percentage of customer contacts need support from contact center agents. Developing a solid contact center roadmap in the context of a broader customer experience (CX)...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Brand Communication And Action Drive Perception For Indian Banks

  December 30, 2020 | Amit Bhatia

  Apart from spawning a health crisis in 2020, the pandemic inevitably also created an economic one, pushing financial institutions into the spotlight. Like their global peers, banks in India strove...

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  Playbook The CRM Playbook For 2021

  Transform Customer Processes And Systems To Improve Experiences

  The age of the customer means that a focus on the customer now matters more than any other strategic imperative. Forrester's CRM playbook outlines four steps that application development and...

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• Report The Market For Microsoft Business Applications Services Will Hit $10.3 Billion In 2023

  Implementation Service Providers Race To Build Solutions And Capabilities

  December 17, 2020 | Leslie Joseph

  Microsoft's portfolio of business applications in the cloud encompasses Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. These applications have seen significant growth, supported by a fast-growing but fragmented...

• Report Your Brand's Customer Experience Depends On Partner And Customer Understanding

  Best Practices For Qualitative And Quantitative Research With And About Partners

  December 14, 2020 | Angelina Gennis, Sam Karpinski

  B2B2C firms looking to improve the end-customer experience must first understand the current experience — not just of the customers but of the partners who deliver those experiences as well. This...

• Report How B2B2C Companies Can Invest In Their Partners And Boost Everyone's Bottom Lines

  Enable Your Partners To Maximize Efficiency And Increase Revenue

  December 14, 2020 | Angelina Gennis, Sam Karpinski

  B2B2C companies face a difficult challenge: How can they provide reliable, consistently excellent, and on-brand experiences to their end customers when they don't own all of the customer...

• Report Case Study: SBI Card Transformed Digital Customer Service With Targeted Automation

  December 14, 2020 | Vasupradha Srinivasan, Arnav Gupta

  Leading Indian credit card and financial services provider SBI Card transformed its end customer experience (CX) with targeted AI and automation initiatives. SBI Card put together a mix of...

• Report Multinational Firms Must Quickly Adapt To The UK's Divergence From EU Privacy Standards

  December 3, 2020 | Enza Iannopollo

  With Brexit negotiations coming to an end and a deal with the EU still out of sight, data protection matters are more uncertain than ever. Meanwhile, the UK data protection regulator is softening...

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  Webinar Customer Service Predictions 2021

  Customer Service Becomes A Critical Lifeline For Distressed Customers

  November 20, 2020 | Ian Jacobs, Daniel Hong, Julie Ask

  Customer service has long been tagged with the dreaded “cost center” label. But the pandemic kicked off a sea change in that perception. The purpose of customer service is no longer...

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  Webinar Retailers: Optimize Your Post-Purchase Experience To Delight And Win Customers

  November 19, 2020 | Emily Pfeiffer, Brandon Shaik

  Retailers and brands often miss the opportunity to create excellent experiences for their customers even after capturing an order. Unlike with regular marketing emails, customers are much more...

• Report Make Privacy A Competitive Differentiator

  Executive Overview: The Customer Trust And Privacy Playbook

  November 13, 2020 | Fatemeh Khatibloo

  Consumers are increasingly aware of the value of their personal data. As a result, companies can no longer afford to dismiss customer concerns about the use of that data — failure to respect...