HP Receives Two Awards in May!

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News Advisory

HP Awarded Voice of the Customer Award for Web-based Tech Support

Award is second this month recognizing HP’s social support efforts

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 14, 2012 – HP today announced that its Web-based tech support channels have been awarded the “Voice of the Customer Award” at the Customer Response Summit 4 (CRS4) in Austin, TX. The award, which is presented by Execs in the Know, recognizes best in class organizations who achieve customer service excellence through emerging customer response channels.

The award honors HP for delivering a superior customer experience through multiple online support channels, including the HP Consumer Support Forums, HP Support Twitter handle, HP Support tab on the HP Facebook page, HP Support YouTube channel, and the mobile versions of the HP Customer Care and HP Consumer Support Forum sites. Through these online channels, HP provides more than 100 million technology support solutions annually.

“HP’s customer footprint is daunting in terms of its size and scope, yet HP has successfully managed to deliver best-in-class customer service by its creative implementation of multiple online and mobile support channels,” said Chad McDaniel, president of Execs in the Know. “When it comes to identifying leaders in the burgeoning customer experience space, HP has proven they are a company to watch.”

“Today’s customers want to be able to access tech support anytime, anywhere and from any device, and HP designed its online support strategy to address that need,” said Brent Potts, Vice President, Global Digital Support for HP. “HP’s Web support channels have quickly become the tech support option of choice for millions of HP customers, and we plan to continue to optimize those channels to deliver a superior customer experience and increase customer satisfaction.”

The Customer Response Summit series is a dedicated peer-to-peer forum, gathering industry service leaders to shape the future customer experience. For more information on this year’s forum, please visit http://www.customerresponsesummit.com/.

On May 4, 2012, HP was also honored with the received social software company Lithium’s inaugural Breakthrough Brand Nation Award (CEO AWARD) at the 2012 LiNC conference’s Lithy Award ceremony in San Francisco.  The Lithy Awards spotlight companies using Lithium technologies to build communities and address business goals in unique and compelling ways. The Breakthrough Brand Nation Award, dubbed the “Lithy of all Lithys”, is a new award and an especially prestigious honor since Lithium customers can not apply for the specific award.  The winner is chosen by Lithium executives, who select the best of all the Lithy entrants for the honor.  It recognizes the organization showcasing best practices across all categories for all companies using Lithium technology.

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