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From the Switchboard to Social Media: A Brief History of Customer Service

Sales and Marketing Management

Given such a clunky, limited system, it’s a wonder that this method of communication caught on at all. From a business standpoint, it’s imperative to provide customer service across a multiplicity of channels, too. They also helped pave the way for today’s multichannel customer service experience. You’ve Got Mail!

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5 best practices for offering excellent customer service

Zendesk Sell

Great customer service is a key part of any successful business. Poor customer service has the opposite effect. According to the NewVoiceMedia’s 2018 “Serial Switchers” report , poor customer service costs businesses around $75 billion a year. Only 5% did not share a negative customer service experience.

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Six Things Contractors Can Do To Improve the Bottom Line

Smooth Sale

Improve the Bottom Line Unsplash – CC0 License Improving Communication Don’t take a casual approach to communication – today’s customers don’t like it. Instead, develop systems that let you stay in touch with people before, during, and after providing services.

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What is a system? How to create a Successful system?

Apptivo

A system is an organized collection of subsystems needed to attain a specific goal. Many different inputs maketh a system which will help deliver the desired outcomes. Usually a system is made up of smaller subsystems. If one smaller sub system fails, the entire system fails to operate. Definition of a system.

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Top 3 Things Your Customer Service Software Needs to Have

SugarCRM

A growing number of businesses today focus on providing exceptional customer service. Thus, finding good customer service software is one of the main challenges faced by companies of all sizes, regardless of their profile. We identified the top three aspects that make such systems competitive for your enterprise.

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The Best 10 Web Chat Tools in 2019

Hubspot Sales

And 90% of consumers rate an "immediate" response as important or very important when they have a customer service question. Speed is everything for today's buyers and customers. Web chat tools can be used at almost every stage of the customer lifecycle. Take your pick from some of the best chat tools.

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Seven Things That Could Be Hampering Your Business Success Right Now

Smooth Sale

Whether it’s slow servers that test your staff’s patience or ancient POS systems that leave customers tapping their toes in frustration, your tech needs to keep up with the times. Customer Service Snafus Have you ever experienced unbelievably bad service that made a root canal seem fun?