Customer Experience

31 Empathy Statements to Improve Your Customer Service Today

Words are important. Keywords and phrases are how we show that we are listening and that we want to help, especially those rooted in empathy. Saying the right phrase or words to a customer shows you are empathetic to the customer’s needs. In addition, saying the right words also can soothe an angry customer and…

CS Metrics

8 Benchmarks To Improve Your Live Chat Metrics

A live chat system gives customers direct access to help and service, wherever they are. Another bonus: Customers can multitask while waiting for an agent’s response. The same can be said for live chat agents, who can search and gather supporting information during a responsive live chat session with a customer without having to put…

10 Reasons Why You Should Have a Remote Customer Service Strategy

10 Reasons Why You Should Have a Remote Customer Service Strategy

Remote customer service is not just a growing trend in the workplace today — like many jobs, these roles are becoming permanent. More companies are allowing employees to work from home or hiring workers from all around the world to work on the same digital team. If you’re considering testing the waters, it may sound…

Customer Experience

13 Easy and Creative Contact Center Rewards and Recognition Ideas

Keeping employees happy and motivated is challenging in any workplace, and agent motivation is especially difficult for contact centers. Although you might think employee happiness is less of a priority than ROI, customer experience, or profit margins — research shows that happy employees are more productive. It’s here, at the juncture of happiness and productivity,…

7 Essentials to Managing Remote Call Center Agents

7 Essentials to Managing Remote Call Center Agents

People are working remotely more than ever thanks to the proliferation of online productivity, communication tools, and of course, the pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic, 31% of employees worked from home at least part-time. By March 2020, that number grew to 45% and then grew again to 62% by April 2020, according to…

Customer Experience

8 Proven Tips To Improve Agent Performance

If you’re focused on strengthening customer service within your contact center, the first step is to boost your agents’ performance. Why? Because agent performance directly impacts customer satisfaction and sales.  Agents are the foundation and most important asset of your company — they’re on the front lines. They’re in constant communication with your customers and…