The undeniable fact of the business world is that you cannot have a great product without an excellent customer support team. Yeah, you might have developed a top product, but you would need an efficient bunch of professionals to manage your customers’ queries. In these times when customers are known for switching brand loyalties often, your customer support team has to be on its toes to satisfy your esteemed clientele. Customers’ demands and expectations are changing rapidly.

As the customer service industry evolves, customers are increasingly expecting flawless customer service from companies. 56% of customers have stopped buying from a brand or switched to a competitor because of a single bad experience.1 For American consumers, that number jumps to a whopping 69%. If you want to meet this increasing demand for perfection, “hiring the right people” isn’t enough.

Every month, Developer Advocate Aydrian Howard brings together a team of Courier engineers on Courier Live to discuss which updates recently made it into production, what is happening with the features in beta, and what to expect from the product and team in the near future.

A step-by-step plan to help you frame your request, counter objections, and negotiate for what you really want.

When you’re faciliating a meeting or workshop with first-time Miro users, you may feel the pressure to properly educate them on the tool so your collaboration runs smoothly. Miro does offer “getting started” webinars, an expansive help center, and a vibrant community of users ready to help, but sometimes you just need to get participants quickly up to speed.

Although large companies generally gain stability in surviving growing pains, they face different challenges in managing their work across a large workforce. It is normal to see such companies divided into different departments, which then are made up of smaller teams. These smaller teams may each have their own lead or manager or, as is often the case, they may share leads or managers with other teams.

Leadership consultant Mike Krupit on how to navigate complex interactions with care and honesty.

Successful support, technical or otherwise, thrives on consistency. Businesses that consistently have fast, accurate, and friendly support resources available will have higher customer satisfaction rates than those who are continuously slow to respond, provide inaccurate information, or appear apathetic. But how do you provide fast, knowledgeable, and consistent support while keeping costs down?

We’ve now reached a pivotal point in customer service where it’s essential to take a proactive approach or get left behind, fast. In 2021, speedy customer service must be at the centre of your growth strategy. Knowing that speed is the most important factor contributing to higher CSAT scores, we created the “Cut the Wait” playbook. It’s a guide on how to improve customer satisfaction by cutting wait time.

The recent global crisis has altered customer behavior, pushing them towards digital-first channels of engagement. This has redefined customer service expectations, and has caused customers to place greater importance on speed over other parameters. So what does this mean for you? We commissioned Forrester to survey over 200 IT leaders for their take.