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Introducing WinForce tech
Targeting New Customers
HBO Go? Or No Go?
GLDS Closed 4th of July
July WinCable Training
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June, 2011

14th - 16th  |   2011 NCTA Cable Show 

 

14th - 17th |  WinCable Intensive Training 

 

16th | WinCable for Accountants 

 

July, 2011

4th  |  GLDS Closed

 

12th - 15th  |  WinCable Intensive Training 

 

24th - 27th  |  Independent Show 

 

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Bring WinCable into the field with WinForce tech

 

It's destined to change how your company uses WinCable forever.  Imagine breaking the dependancies between technicians in the field and dispatchers in the office.  No more calls asking for urgent help to make account changes, swap boxes or close work orders.  With WinForce tech, technicians are empowered to service customers immediately while dispatchers can view the results of technician efforts in real-time.WinForce tech screen

 

GLDS' WinForce tech is a critical part of WinCable work management strategies. WinForce tech allows field personnel instant, real-time access to assigned work as well as customer and account details.  It eliminates calls into dispatch by putting WinCable tools on a hand-held device technicians can use to provide the best, quickest customer service possible.  WinForce tech supports any device with web-browser access but includes additional functionality if you're using an Android-based device.

 

The two-way communication provided by WinForce tech gives technicians a broad spectrum of subscriber and equipment data, and allows technicians to make certain account changes directly from their hand-held device. They'll have tools at their disposal to ensure they deliver the best, most efficient customer service possible.

 

To learn more about WinForce tech, visit our webiste, or conatct GLDS Sales.

Targeting New Customers

The last in a 3-part series 

 

The average cost for a customer service representative to field and resolve a billing-related issue is reported to be more than $1 per minute with the average call length being just under 6 minutes. For a company handling only 10,000 calls a month, this equates to over $700,000 annually.  In addition, a recent study of CSRs across the country revealed that the top reason for billing-related calls from customers is questions about prorated bills.  This is especially common with new customers since they are often required to pay partial months as well as the following month in advance.CSS

 

Presenting customers with a bill that is easy to understand will decrease those calls dramatically. A specially-designed, more detailed bill for new customers  can go a long way towards reducing bill-related inquiries. Before determining the design and deciding what information should be included, you'll need to know what information each customer needs.  In other words, you need to anticipate what questions will be asked by which customers and provide the answers based on specific needs. No doubt this process will result in several bill designs.

 

Read the rest of the article here plus an update on GLDS' SuperBill. 

 

HBO Go

 

We've seen the ads everywhere and so have your subscribers.  Because of that, we've heard from several of our customers that they are interested in offering HBO Go to their customers.  We've done some due diligence and believe we could offer a centralized, cloud-based content authorization platform that would make authorizing content from vendors like HBO, ESPN and NBC seamless to you as an operator. 

 

HBO GoSimply put, these content vendors would ask GLDS if it was ok to authorize a given subscriber.  We'd dip into your databases through an API we'd create and look for the presence of specific packages you'd identify as "HBO- like" content, for example.  If one or more of those packages is on a given customer's account, we'd authorize.  If not, we wouldn't.  While it might sound simple, interfaces from content providers have made it a tough project. 

 

While we're willing to take it on, we'd want to ensure there were enough committed GLDS customers to make the development worth the effort.  That's where you come in.   If you're interested in this kind of authorization platform, and you'd be willing to pay something each month for its use, please click here and let us know who you are.  We'll reach out and provide you with details.  If we get enough interested operators, we'll build it.

GLDS Closed for 4th of July 2011
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The GLDS offices will be closed on Monday July 4th, 2011 in observance of Independence Day. 

If you have an urgent support issue, the on-call technician is always available for Billable Emergency support - please be sure to mark your voicemail URGENT.  

 

July WinCable Training in Carlsbad
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If you've been thinking about sending a new (or reassigned) employee to WinCable training in Carlsbad, now is the time to sign up.  We have seats available in our July session taking place July 12 - 15.  

JUST ADDED! SuperController Itensive Training here in Carlsbad on June 29-30.

Click here for a registration form and more information.

 

Here's to a fabulous Summer!

 

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