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Look at any desktop or in any junk drawer and you’re bound to see a stack of Post-It Notes. You may be surprised to learn that the idea for Post-It Notes wasn’t born out of endless focus groups or relentless brainstorming sessions, nor to fulfill a high-level corporate strategy or objective. Rather, a couple of curious employees at 3M are responsible for creating what has grown into one of the company’s most recognizable products.
With 92% of consumers expecting to continue to contact customer service at or above pandemic-era rates, we are facing a future where companies that aren’t customer-centric will have a hard time surviving. This is why companies must keep up with customer service trends so that they’re able to cater to these evolving customer needs.
The internet has changed the way businesses operate. It has also changed the way customers behave and expect to be treated. In order to stay ahead of the curve, businesses need to be proactive in their customer service – and that includes offering proactive live chat.
“Time isn't the main thing. It’s the only thing.” This quote by Miles Davis aptly summarizes the importance of time management in an entrepreneur's life. While there are thousands of time-tracking tools available on the internet for every purpose you could think of, finding the right one that suits your needs is quite a challenge. Given the pros and cons of each one of them, it’s quite a time-consuming (pun intended) exercise.
SaaS product review websites are essential for business owners or users in making informed decisions. With all due respect to SaaS companies, they are so prone to SaaS product promotion that they boast about their products in the same way a mother would about her children in the content they produce, intending to capture users' attention. I'm sure they have confidence in the capabilities of their SaaS products, but it's clear that user needs are essential when narrowing down the product options.
What does a movie about baseball have to do with digital transformation strategy? If you’ve ever seen the film, Money Ball, it’s the story of Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A‘s baseball team, who’s charged with a Herculean task—building a winning baseball team on a shoestring budget. But since he’s pretty good at math, he pioneers the field of sabermetrics—the empirical analysis of baseball stats to find players with untapped potential.
A well-thought-out shift schedule can be your competitive advantage, especially in industries that need to operate 24/7, like healthcare and law enforcement, and in companies that need to offer round-the-clock support. Not only will a customer service representative’s shift schedule impact their overall mental and physical health, they also disrupt sleeping patterns – which can affect an employee’s energy and durability.