SMC Consulting Supports Cocom in Brussels with EU Digital Covid Certificate

14 September 2021 No Comments

SMC Consulting implemented through N-Allo, a Freshworks’ helpdesk solution product called ‘Freshdesk’, an omnichannel customer support software, to handle questions and issues related to the EU Digital COVID Certificate. Examples of such issues include: missing or incorrect vaccination data of which the vaccinator needs to re-register or correct the vaccination details.

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ITSM Meetup Benelux

30 November 2020 No Comments

How do you cope with the transition from ITSM to ESM? What does the future of ITSM hold? Which skills and tools will be required to keep up with the changes happening? How can you leverage the current crisis and benefit from it? How can you turn this into business opportunities and boost employee engagement? These are just a few questions we will look into and explore. during the ITSM Meetup Benelux on Friday 10 December.

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Top 5 Questions (and Answers) About GRC Technology

17 July 2020 No Comments

According to Google Trends, searches for “business continuity planning” skyrocketed on March 12, around the same time the US declared a national emergency in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic forced this oft-overlooked back-office function into the spotlight, bringing along with it economic turmoil.

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How to Drive Customer Engagement

8 July 2020 No Comments

Here are some great statistics, compiled by SMC Consulting, on the state of customer engagement today.

The best ways to engage consumers are:
Surprise offers or gifts for being a customer (61%)
More convenient shopping process (50%)
Solving a problem or question (45%)
Recommending products based on needs (27%)
Keeping customers up to date on the latest news and products (23%)
Welcoming customers when they visit (20%)
Engaging customers on social media (9%)

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When It Comes to Cybersecurity, the Small and Medium Business Community Needs to Do Better

16 June 2020 No Comments

One third of small and medium businesses (SMBs) use free, consumer-grade cybersecurity tools, one fifth maintain no endpoint security, and 43 percent have no cybersecurity defence plans, placing their business-critical assets at risk.

This is a critical oversight. The economic fallout from COVID-19 is a stark reminder that SMBs make up the vast majority of the nation’s businesses at the local level. Small businesses comprise 99.9 percent of all businesses and employ nearly half of all workers.

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