E Source , a provider of independent research, advisory, and information services to utilities, major energy users, and other key players in the retail energy marketplace, recently released its  2011 Review of North American Electric and Gas Company IVRs and 3 of the top 7 ranked utilities are leveraging ClickFox customer experience analytics to optimize IVR effectiveness and increase self-service success. One top-ranked provider  increased IVR containment from 30% to 70% with…

This week, Carl Lyon, Discussion Chairman for The QoE (Quality of Experience), a forum designed to foster collaboration and best practice-sharing within the customer experience industry, met with ClickFox experts in Denver to exchange insights on customer experience trends, measurement and business impact in the modern age. The QoE brings together senior executives from large organizations to explore the issues and address the challenges involved in delivering exceptional customer and…

ClickFox CEO, Marco Pacelli, has a new column over at Business Insider . We’ll be sure to cross-post his articles here as well. Enjoy!

Has a customer service experience ever made you want to scream? You’re not alone. As consumers, we have high expectations for the companies we invest our money in. And when they fail on service, send us through migraine-inducing communications loops and waste our time, we’re…

We’ve been busy lately, building a team of top sales talent from software giants Oracle, SAP, IBM, Salesforce.com and others to address the growing need among the Fortune 500 for better customer intelligence tools to improve service and streamline business.

The new hires, attracted to the ClickFox solution and market opportunity over the past six months, comprise a powerful direct sales team to help clients analyze and solve the growing challenges in an increasingly complex customer…

ClickFox today announced a multi-year contract with a leading energy company to address one of the primary strategic goals of the organization: optimizing the customer experience across touch points to constantly meet and exceed customers' expectations. The organization which serves millions of residential, commercial, and industrial customers will leverage CEA to analyze the end-to-end customer experience through each communication channel to gain a deep understanding of key customer behaviors, preferences and trends not possible with traditional…

ClickFox today announced that it has signed a multi-year contract with a leading energy company to analyze and improve the complete, cross-channel customer experience. Serving more than 4 million consumers, the organization will leverage CEA to track and analyze customer behavior across channels, including Web, IVR, and call center agent interactions from a central marketing data warehouse to identify ways to optimize self-service, reduce customer frustration, and improve first contact resolution. Marco Pacelli, ClickFox's CEO says:…

As customer experience becomes more strategic in today’s enterprise, ClickFox Pulse answers the demand for executives to gain direct, easy access to key customer experience metrics and insight, enabling them to keep their finger on the ‘pulse’ of their customer and their business. Pulse draws on ClickFox’s unique ability to unify the customer experience by leveraging data from all customer interaction channels, including: retail, Web, IVR, call center, email, chat and mobile/SMS applications. Powered…

The report , which describes ClickFox as the “most prominent” vendor in the contact center market, notes that consumer behavior is changing with the emergence of newer service channels like web and mobile: “The rapid uptake of web-based collaboration tools such as social media make understanding customer behavior across all channels a crucial part of the effort to provide stellar customer experiences.” Ovum analyst, Aphrodite Brinsmead, also notes that “A greater number of customer…

ClickFox today announced that it will host an industry webinar featuring Forrester Research, Inc. Vice President and Principal Analyst, Elizabeth Herrell on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 1:00 pm Eastern. The complimentary webinar, “What Consumers Really Want”, will present the findings from recent online surveys where consumers answered questions about their interaction preferences and most frustrating customer service issues. Herrell will draw on her recent report, “ Real-Time Analytics for Contact Centers …

ClickFox today announced the launch of ClickFox GO! , a new packaged software and services offering aimed at companies with light to moderate interaction volumes and limited customer service channels. The ClickFox GO! solution will enable companies of any size to gain deep and powerful insight into customer experience trends and issues faster, easier, and more affordably than ever before. Leveraging the industry-leading…