Nicereply

MARCH 9, 2021

Support automation helps customer support teams deliver the same (or better) customer experience much faster. No, there isn’t a bot that can answer all your customer questions instantly. Yes, automation can still create those frustrating loops that leave customers begging to talk to a human.

Customer Support 105

Customer Support Feedback Service level Engineering 105

TeamSupport

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

ServiceXRG suggests that by establishing standardized service sales processes and leveraging service sales automation, companies can assure that every service opportunity adheres to configuration and quoting practices. Identify issues that that diminish product performance or inhibit customers’ ability to use a product.

Customer Support 98

Customer Support Coaching Engineering Education 98

ShepHyken

APRIL 26, 2021

Tricia Morris has compiled a list of nine findings that anyone that has anything to do with a contact center and customer support should be aware of. Shifting the Customer Experience from a Cost Center to a Profit Center by Brian Solis.

Customer Service 337

Customer Service First call resolution Contact Center Engineering 337

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 14, 2021

They are not worried about what department, whether it be sales, marketing, or customer support, resolves their issues. Customers really only care about problems solved. What do customers expect from CX practitioners? Compared to sales and marketing, the advice given to CX practitioners is always lagging.

Customer centricity 162

Customer centricity SaaS Engineering Sales 162

ShepHyken

MARCH 12, 2021

He writes about how businesses need to realign their sales and marketing strategies in order to survive a post-pandemic world. The impact extends from B2C (business-to-customer) markets to B2B (business-to-business) sales as well. They may end up losing a lot of customers, and thereby, revenue opportunities.

B2B 367

B2B Journey mapping B2C Telecommunications 367

Kayako

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The term ‘customer service’ evokes nostalgia for sales clerks in long aprons in country town emporiums. Some see it as the old-fashioned version of customer support. Many people can’t distinguish between terms ‘customer support’ and ‘customer service’. SaaS companies and support teams.

Customer Support 103

Customer Support Customer Service SaaS Technical Support 103

aircall

MARCH 16, 2018

Our 2018 customer support strategy survey was sent to 475 industry leaders. How large is your customer support team? Participants were asked to name the one change that would have the largest positive impact on their customer support strategy in 2018… Survey Responses Reveal Trends to Improve Customer Support.

Customer Support 88

Customer Support Brand ambassadors Morale Surveys 88

Kayako

MARCH 14, 2018

Forget a 50-person department dedicated to customer support – you don’t even have fifty employees, period. Does that mean tiny businesses don’t have what it takes to provide amazing customer support? These two simple guiding prin ciples remind us how easy it can be to transform the customer experience. Far from it!

Customer Support 86

Customer Support Best practices Benchmark Metrics 86

CSM Magazine

JULY 2, 2020

Intercom , the Conversational Relationship Platform that helps businesses drive faster growth, has announced the launch of the Conversational Support Funnel, the first holistic framework for delivering and scaling modern, next-generation customer support through a messenger-first experience. Conversational support is the answer.

Customer Support 52

Customer Support Morale Chatbots Engineering 52

Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Tie together your support, marketing, and engineering teams to make for a world-class proactive outreach strategy. For instance: create a communication loop where your support team provides customer insights regularly with your product team. Finally, track it.

Customer Support 64

Customer Support Education Customer retention Engineering 64

Kayako

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Or maybe your helpdesk is limiting you to reactive customer service? Satisfaction for working in customer support has been sinking. Customer support professionals are 6.8% And support managers reported that maintaining and improving team morale is one of the top challenges they face.

Customer Support 68

Customer Support Feedback Best practices Engineering 68

Quiq

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As consumers continue their shift to online channels and major retailers cancel in-person Black Friday sales , brands must quickly adapt through new omnichannel tactics that capitalize on surges in online traffic. The Gift Recommendation Engine – Guided Selling. Gift FAQ & Customer Service Engine.

Sales 40

Sales Chatbots Engineering Personalization 40

Cincom

JULY 18, 2023

Aligning Engineering, Production, and Sales As one centralized source of product information, quote software can ensure that engineering, production, and sales are all on the same page. Your sales team will have the latest pricing at their fingertips.

CRM 52

CRM Sales Engineering Analytics 52

Babelforce

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

I went through all their FAQs and support videos. She nods again and asks: ‘ Did you call their customer support line?’. The age of the customer – it’s still going on. And happy customers stay put! #2 Are you going to have 10% more customers in a year? Then you need 10% more customer support capacity.

Self service 52

Self service Customer Support Chatbots Interactive Voice Response 52

Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

What Are B2B Customer Journey Touchpoints? B2B customer journey touchpoints are occasions when business customers interact with a brand. For example, a website visit, an online sales purchase and a phone support call are all potential customer journey B2B touchpoints. Customer service. Tech support.

B2B 115

B2B Journey mapping SaaS Engineering 115

TeamSupport

JUNE 16, 2020

However, even in these times, there are strategies to build stronger post-sale customer relationships the right way from day one. Let’s look at how businesses can successfully work with new customers to create a strong foundation for moving forward even during uncertain economic times.

Sales 59

Sales Customer Experience Management Engineering 59

Nicereply

AUGUST 11, 2020

If you’re a person that loves helping, finding a career in customer support can feel like a dream come true. Luckily for you, the needs of customers continuously evolve and, with them, the types of roles available to people like us who love to help them. Implementation Engineer. Sales enablement.

Customer Experience 105

Customer Experience Engineering Sales Best practices 105

ProProfs Blog

MAY 21, 2020

Customer Service Engineer. Customer Service Specialist. Remote Customer Service Representative. Customer Service Representative. What Are the Different Customer Support Job Descriptions You Can Post? Customer Support Representative. Remote Customer Support Representative.

Customer Service 166

Customer Service Engineering Customer Support Management 166

Cincom

JULY 18, 2023

Aligning Engineering, Production and Sales As one centralized source of product information, quote software can ensure that Engineering, Production and Sales are all on the same page. Your sales team will have the latest pricing at their fingertips.

CRM 52

CRM Engineering Analytics Sales 52

TechSee

MARCH 7, 2023

With a proven track record for designing and executing complex business strategies, she has achieved corporate objectives in engineering, operations, and customer service. Patricia Smith, VP of Customer Support, Hotwire Communications – Patricia was a finalist at the 2023 Stevie Awards for Customer Service, as Woman of the Year.

Chief Customer Officer 207

Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Telecommunications Finance 207

Hodusoft

APRIL 17, 2024

Best Practices for Using Auto Attendant Industries That Can Benefit from Auto Attendants Past and Present: A Brief History of Auto Attendant Before the invention of auto attendant, callers had no choice other than to wait for their calls to be picked up by a customer support representative. For support, press 2.

Real estate 52

Real estate Scripts Interactive Voice Response First call resolution 52

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2018

For example, algorithms are able to digest complex customer data and provide relevant content to individuals at the right time. AI-driven chatbots are being deployed more and more within customer support functions, but web personalization extends beyond just automated bots.

Customer Service 277

Customer Service Automotive Chatbots Airlines 277

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

From customer service agents to sales professionals, there are many types of client-facing roles in the workforce. These roles involve interacting directly with customers or clients to provide advice and assistance. They answer customer inquiries by phone, email or chat on a company’s website.

Technical Support 52

Technical Support Engineering industry standards Accountability 52

Customer Service Life

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Engineers and programmers care about bugs – Our engineering team works hard to make their code as bug-free as possible. Taking great pride in their work, they are likely to address these as quickly as possible to minimize the impact on customers. Let’s look at who tends to care about each issue type.

Upselling 83

Upselling Contact Center Engineering Banking 83

Totango

AUGUST 3, 2021

Here we’ll help you steer clear of the most frequent pitfalls SaaS companies encounter when deploying a freemium sales model. While giving away too little value can fail to motivate premium upgrades, giving away too much can be equally damaging to sales. Limiting customer support. Limiting the number of users.

SaaS 118

SaaS Best practices Sales Marketing 118

LiveChat

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The last decade has been defined by the customer becoming the center of nearly every business initiative. This intense customer focus has paid off for those who’ve gotten their customer experience just right. Here’s an example: the world’s favorite marketplace – Amazon – has perfected this customer support “workflow.”.

Customer Support 45

Customer Support Customer Care Entertainment Education 45

Solvvy

JUNE 22, 2022

When powered by these technologies, a chatbot works more like a conversation with another person rather than a search engine. Why Conversational AI is a Good Fit for Customer Service. Although conversational AI has applications in a variety of industries and use cases, this technology is a natural fit for customer support.

Chatbots 119

Chatbots Banking Self service Finance 119

Global Response

MARCH 25, 2024

What are the most common places customers have positive and negative experiences? Share the customer journey map with your marketing, sales, customer service, product development, and IT teams. Integrating customer journey mapping into CX strategies An unused customer journey map does a company no good.

Journey mapping 62

Journey mapping Banking Analytics Sales 62

TeamSupport

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They sat down with TeamSupport co-founder and COO Eric Harrington to talk about customer support in the time of COVID and building strong customer relationships. CIO Review: In your interactions with customers, what sense do you get of the challenges they face now in the CRM space and how is TeamSupport?

B2B 89

B2B CRM Morale Enterprise 89

TechSee

OCTOBER 19, 2021

retail sales – in 2020. For every $1 billion in sales, the average retailer incurs $106 million in merchandise returns. Every step in the return process, from return merchandise authorization (RMA) to shipping and receiving, processing, asset recovery, and disposal, adds another cost that further cuts into product sales revenue.

Average Handle Time 124

Average Handle Time Sales Analytics Technology 124

Kayako

JANUARY 17, 2018

Wootric recommends a few simple steps to keep employees across every team focused on the customer experience. Metrics like leads, revenue, and sales put a large emphasis on customer acquisition. That means many teams focus more on winning customers than on keeping them happy. NPS measures customer loyalty.

Customer Experience 179

Customer Experience Customer centricity Education Sales 179

VirtualPBX

MAY 12, 2020

The Marketing team at VirtualPBX completes a lot of outreach on search engines and social media platforms. As we’ve written about previously, our Advanced Call Reports tool has seen a lot of success with our Customer Support team in generating call logs about agent performance in call queues. Many Uses for Call Reports.

Marketing 93

Marketing Call Logging Engineering Advertising 93

CSM Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

Henry Spitzer, VP of Sales at Lusha explains how community building is a powerful and cost-effective way to increase retention by creating a central destination for users to find support, advice and best practices. Online communities serve as content engines that follow a one-to-many principle. The Bare Basics. About the Author.

Advertising 98

Advertising SaaS B2C Engineering 98

OctopusTech

AUGUST 14, 2023

Redesigning also includes search engine optimization, optimizing website speed, monitoring technical performance, and responsive web design. Studies show that almost 70-80% of users will research a business in search engines before making any purchase with them. This will increase the ranking and generate higher sales for your brand.

Engineering 62

Engineering Sales Advertising Technology 62

Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Triaging technical tickets and bugs before they are sent to our engineering team. Developing new strategies and building internal processes that help make your support team's work easier. Helping vet and implement new tools to assist the tier 1 team in easier, more-supported troubleshooting. You're driven and goal-oriented.

Technical Support 103

Technical Support Engineering APIs Education 103

SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Longer Customer Life – With a more valuable customer base, your sales team will have more opportunities to sell additional products and services to existing customers. This can help you grow your overall customer base by making your product or service an essential part of their daily lives.

Engineering 10

Engineering Sales Enterprise Self service 10

TeamSupport

JUNE 15, 2020

In 2008, when working for a former company where they could not find a true B2B (business-to-business) customer support solution, my colleague and TeamSupport Co-founder, Eric Harrington , and I set out to build one. And our customers have that same level of preparedness, visibility, and empowerment to help their customers.

B2B 64

B2B Self service B2C Customer Support 64