A great customer experience is required for today’s businesses, and customer support as a service (CSaaS) brings the right people and processes together to help you deliver best possible customer support to your customers. Your call center agents are on the frontline every day, helping your customers resolve issues quickly and effectively to drive customer […]
It’s exciting to have a product or service that everyone’s raving about. But staying ahead of your competitors requires a customer support framework that enables delightful customer experiences, every time. Your customers have lots of questions before and after they buy from you. Something you should be aware of is that they’re starting to form […]
Customers have never had more expectations in terms of quality service. Managing these demands without the benefit of powerful communication tools, such as contact center as a service (CCaaS) software, is a huge undertaking. A comprehensive system of cloud solutions will put you on pace to delight customers with a competitive advantage. With the right […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Small business phone systems were once fairly limited in the functions and capabilities that you could get. Small business owners expect little more from their phone systems than to allow for multiple inbound and outbound calls simultaneously. In today’s marketplace, those are pretty minimal expectations. If this is your current functionality, it’s fair to question […]
In the early days of call centers, call center agent performance wasn’t a primary concern for most companies. Call agents provided minimal services like answering basic questions. Call centers grew out of necessity. To a large degree, they were viewed more as a cost center than a growth center. As the internet has become a […]
If you’re one of the many small businesses that are considering how cloud services can enhance your business, it’s worthwhile to compare cloud phone systems before making your final choice. Cloud-based phone systems are an accessible and affordable phone service option, so it’s no surprise that they’re becoming so popular. When you compare cloud phone […]
Advancements in technology have made it possible for companies to create a full-featured customer support framework for customer support teams. New tools create greater transparency for customers, revealing that company practices that were in the background. Social media and other online platforms give customers greater opportunities to express their opinions publicly. This type of forum […]
Call whispering is a part of a suite of features provided by some business phone systems. These features focus on training and allow managers to monitor calls, coach calls, and join calls to coach and support call agents. With the call whisper feature, only the call agent can hear a manager listening in or speaking […]
Today’s customers expect more. Customer support as a service is the key to meeting those expectations. As a business you should strive to deliver the best overall customer experience. Historically, customer service does not get a great reputation. Customers frequently feel they have to put up with long wait times, marginal customer service and canned […]
The relationship of customer service vs customer experience is important to define. With online shopping being so popular, customers now have many more touchpoints with brands. Instant access to information and multiple communication channels have changed how customers expect you to respond to their inquiries and requests. Today’s customers expect you to answer their questions, […]
The right small business phone system makes life at work better and easier for everyone in the company. The market offers many different configurations of small business phone systems and they have more features and capabilities than ever before. Many businesses are still running on traditional phone systems and believe they don’t have a good […]
The phone system for modern business
