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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

As the focus of contact center turns to creating value rather than reducing expenses, KPIs like customer satisfaction and service level will become increasingly favored over metrics like Average Handling Time. 69% of customers surveyed attributed their good customer service experience to a quick resolution of their problem.

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Evolution of the support rep: from outsourced to in-office

Kayako

A great indicator of this is in 2008 odesk.com had 2,500 job postings 2,500 for “virtual assistant”, and by 2012 that number had risen to 25,000. Today Upwork.com shows 53,000+ for virtual customer service work alone. For instance, if their only metric is service level agreements, the quality won’t be in line with an inhouse team.

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Expansion Selling Strategies: Tips for SaaS Companies

CSM Practice

It is no surprise that discretionary spending practices lead customers to reconsider whether or not they need to renew or expand certain subscriptions. Since most SaaS companies started after the 2008 financial crisis, this is the first test of the sustainability of the model during the crisis. 4. Train Internally.

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Expansion Selling Strategies: Tips for SaaS Companies

CSM Practice

It is no surprise that discretionary spending practices lead customers to reconsider whether or not they need to renew or expand certain subscriptions. Since most SaaS companies started after the 2008 financial crisis, this is the first test of the sustainability of the model during the crisis. 4. Train Internally.

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