No sooner than the Thanksgiving leftovers have been put away, some family members will settle down for an afternoon of football while others rush out to shopping malls and retail stores to get a jump on pre-Black Friday sales. In recent years, retailers have found creative ways to enhance the holiday shopping experience for their […]
Without customers who make purchases, refer friends, and keep coming back for more, it’s very hard to grow a business. Making your customers feel important is a vital component of this cycle. Businesses typically rise to the top when they offer the types of products and services that people want. But warning: This doesn’t mean […]
Customer support best practices are the engine that powers your promise of ensuring a great customer experience. What do best practices really mean? Best practices refer to a set of guidelines and viewpoints that are generally accepted as the most successful way to operate (in an ethical and responsible manner) for a particular industry. Best […]
Historically, companies could base Black Friday and Cyber Monday staffing needs on numbers from previous years. However, brands with an online retail presence must react accordingly to all the challenges we’ve faced in 2020. Because of COVID-19, the public has largely avoided retail stores for the better part of the year. Instead, online shopping has […]
Call metrics give you a more objective way to assess your call center team’s performance. For companies using remote or distributed teams, physically sitting-in on calls isn’t an option. While good training programs will help enhance the customer experience, managers need the right tools to help guide their onboarding and teaching efforts. A dashboard that […]
The best small business phone systems should help you increase profitability and provide a great customer experience — all while remaining easy for your call agents to use. With those end-goals in mind, how does your current small business phone system measure up? Given the phone’s familiarity, it can be difficult to rethink what’s possible. […]
Most modern call centers are now using VoIP infrastructure, which means VoIP call quality plays a major role in creating a great customer experience. There’s nothing more frustrating for customers than not receiving help or clarification due to poor call quality or technical problems. To ensure a great customer experience, it’s vital to monitor the […]
Difficult or counterintuitive workflows don’t serve anyone well. However, the right software integrations can streamline business processes. Software integrations, also known as VoIP integrations when connected to your phone system, will simplify and streamline your workflows so all processes move along as they should. How? Software integrations, combined with call center software, give the proper […]
If you’re ready to streamline communication and collaboration within your company, VoIP integrations will set your employees up to work more efficiently. VoIP integrations operate like a gateway that brings all the latest business tools into one place to help you increase productivity — setting the stage for growth. VoIP integrations are gaining in popularity […]
Businesses have lots of options for digital solutions today and the issue of UCaaS vs CCaaS leads the pack as one of the latest hot topics in call center software solutions. In general, the “as a Service” concept is getting more complex and versatile all the time. Innovation and flexibility reflect some of the prime […]
Internet systems are getting faster and better all the time and that makes a VoIP phone system an attractive option for business phone systems. That said, there are still many things to consider when considering switching out your traditional phone system. How does a VoIP phone system work? What’s involved? A quick overview of the […]
VoIP call quality is a primary factor in delivering a great customer experience. It can be easy for everyone to go about their day and not pay too much attention to the quality of calls. Over time, call quality can begin to slip, leaving you at a loss as to how to fix the problem. […]
We decided to completely rebuild and relaunch our iOS mobile application. This decision wasn’t made lightly, and involved many months of deep engineering work. The end result — we hope — is a more delightful mobile app experience for our customers. Greater reliability Faster app performance A more beautiful and intuitive design We want our […]
The phone system for modern business
