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How to Choose an Offshore Software Development Company (2021)

An offshore software development company is the first thing that comes to mind for many people when they think about developing software. The reason? Offshoring your software development tasks offers tons of benefits, like high-quality talent and lower rates. Now, you may have several questions — like where to find an offshore software development company, whether they all produce the same quality of output, and how you can distinguish a good offshoring partner from the rest. Don’t worry.

The 2021 Guide to Offshore Outsourcing Software Development

Offshore outsourcing software development is a form of delegation, where you hire a foreign company for your software development projects. These offshore companies provide high-quality custom software development services at lower costs. In this article, we’ll cover what offshore outsourcing software development is and how it could benefit your company. We’ll also tell you how to select the right offshore outsourcing partner and give you some simple tips to help you out.

How to build a customer support team from scratch (tips from 8 support pros)

Building a support team is like doing a jigsaw where all the pieces keep moving around: You’re trying to match customer needs with company priorities, maintaining a high level of service while onboarding new team members, and predicting how ticket volumes will shape hiring roadmaps. Even worse, if you’re the first (and only) person doing support at your company, you’re still juggling incoming tickets and covering all your support channels.

The Complete Guide to Delivering an Omnichannel Customer Experience

Customers have more options than ever. This is great from a customer point of view, but for businesses it means that having a great product alone isn’t enough to stand out. So how can you differentiate your brand? And how can you drive repeat sales and generate more referrals? A good place to start is delivering an omnichannel customer experience and streamlining customer interactions across all your channels.

From MVP to Production Ready With Serverless

Having been at startups my entire career, I’ve encountered the dichotomy between speed and scale when building software products.The usual attitude entrepreneurs take when building the first iterations of their products is “...we aren’t anywhere close to facing problems of scale, so let’s worry about that when we get there.” This first version of the software is built and shipped fast, and it’s only a matter of time before engineers realize that they simply don&#8217

5 Online Team Building Activities for Remote Teams in 2021

Teamwork makes the dream work — a cliche you would see on a tacky office poster — might sound lame but it’s very true. Humans are social beings, even more so when it comes to business. You can’t build or run it single-handedly. Heck, you wouldn’t even read this article if it wasn’t for the coordinated effort of several people! That is why remote work has become such a challenge for many teams.

5 ways to cultivate loyal customers through social media

Social media isn’t just the tool of teens—over the past year, it has quickly become one of the fastest-growing channels for customer support, with tickets up 181 percent since the start of the pandemic. Now, more than ever, customers are looking to connect with brands on their favorite social media platforms. In addition to meeting customers where they are, social media is a great method for customer outreach whether or not you pay to promote content.

Tackling remote workforce security challenges post-pandemic

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations are adopting or experimenting with new models of long-term remote work. For some, that means keeping their teams fully distributed. For others, it means giving employees more flexibility to work from home or even simply putting plans in place for the future. But this shift to remote work brings new challenges that both large enterprises and smaller organizations must face.

How to Flawlessly Ship Integrations with Third Parties

As a product manager, one way to increase functionality in your product development process (and also attract new users) is to integrate your product with another product. For example, Google Calendar has an integration with Zoom, where you can instantly set up a Zoom video meeting through Google Calendar. Google Calendar benefits from the Zoom integration because it easily enables its users to set up video calls within a seamless workflow.