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How to Hire a Customer Service Representative in 2020

According to figures from Dimension Data, 84% of organizations that work to improve their customer service offering report an increase in revenue. Looking to invest in customer service, in order to put together a stronger team and boost your business? Here’s the exact way to hire a customer service representative in 2020.

The 6 project management skills you need to have

What does it mean to be a great project manager? It’s not about qualifications or degrees (but those are good too, of course). It’s not even about simply delivering on the classic duties and responsibilities of a project manager (although obviously that’s a pretty big part of it). Those things are important. But being a really great project manager isn’t just about tasks, timings, and technical prowess.

Introducing HaloITSM

We’re really excited to announce we are changing our name to HaloITSM. We have had many (over 25!) years of exciting growth as NetHelpDesk, however our product has evolved and our team has expanded. We have grown far beyond a help desk, we now provide a system with serious power and functionality. As a result, we knew it was time to express this growth with a new name and product identity.

Scoro Highlights: 2019 in Review [Infographic]

2019 was quite the year! For Scoro, it was all about making sure we’re offering the best quality service possible. That’s why we put all our effort into rolling out many great features and tons of updates to further improve the overall Scoro experience. Our team would like to thank you for choosing Scoro and being with us on this remarkable journey. We’re grateful to have you on board!

Attention leaders: there's something your team isn't telling you

You’re a manager. You’re not one to pat yourself on the back, but you’ve got to admit: your team is doing pretty darn well. At least, that’s how it seems to you. Big projects are being checked off the list, deadlines are being met. You haven’t had to referee any heated conflicts, your inbox has no complaints. You’re good! But is that the whole story? Our research suggests your direct reports might describe the situation a wee bit differently.

Improve your sales workflow with the enhanced Teamwork CRM and Teamwork Projects integration

Optimize your sales workflow and make your team more efficient with the enhanced Teamwork CRM and Teamwork Projects integration. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve the integration between Teamwork CRM and the other products in the Teamwork suite. Our aim is to help you to streamline how you work so you can spend less time switching between tabs and getting lost in general admin and more time on delivering the work that matters.

Why Excel is an ineffective sales tracker (and what to use instead)

Many companies use Excel as their sales tracker tool. It’s one of the most popular database organization tools, so sales teams assume it’s the best software for tracking their activity. The reality is Excel isn’t an ideal sales tracker. It’s a complex software that can be a bottleneck for reps without Excel skills. More dangerously, Excel leaves room for error as a manual tool and limits analysis to hard-to-learn formulas and formatting.

Unit testing mmctl commands

Mattermost is starting a new open source campaign, this time around increasing the unit test coverage for the mmctl tool. The mmctl tool is a CLI application that mimics the commands and features of the current Mattermost CLI tool and uses the Mattermost REST API to communicate with the server. Using the tool, you can control and manage several Mattermost servers without having to access the specific machine on which the server is running.

A Guide to Video Technology for Support Teams

In our previous blog on video support, we discussed how video technology is changing the customer support landscape. In this article, we’ll take a look at how video technology can help boost the customer support you provide. We’ll also take a look at the technology required to offer video support.