Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

If you’ve ever had to set a goal, it’s likely you’ve come across the SMART framework.* A SMART Goal is a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, and Time-related.

From booking rep appointments to even boosting your ecommerce conversion rate, sales calls can massively impact the success of your business, which is why it’s so important to know how to measure sales productivity by the success of your calls. When the discussion of sales calls comes up, many people instantly think of cold calling (phoning prospective customers before they express any kind of interest in your product or service).

It can feel like there’s little more to say about remote working. We know about the pressures on businesses, the adjustment to makeshift bedroom offices, and the way some workers have gradually gravitated to hoping they never see a return to traditional office structures.

In this article we’ll explore why many Customer Service teams are turning to IQS (Internal Quality Score) as their North Star metric to guide their customer service quality. Fantastic customer service quality occurs when customer wants are met and surpassed through support interactions. But the ‘customer wants’ box is a difficult one to tick.

Whether it’s Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, most businesses use spreadsheet tools. In fact, if you're a small to medium sized business (SME), it’s likely that spreadsheets are your main way of tracking sales performance. However, there is one huge downside to both Excel and Google Sheets – data visualization. When it comes to visualizing your KPIs, spreadsheets are not a great tool for helping people quickly and easily understand what’s going on.

If there is one word that growing SaaS companies loathe the most, it is probably churn. Churn of any kind can be worrisome, but revenue churn, in particular, can kill a business if neglected. Revenue churn is a measure of how much money your company loses during a given period of time, typically per month. Fortunately, revenue churn can be reduced with the right knowledge and strategy.

Ecommerce analytics tools can provide you with powerful data-driven insights that help you measure your business’s progress and stay ahead of the curve. In 2019, retail ecommerce sales worldwide amounted to 3.53 trillion US dollars and e-retail revenues are projected to grow to 6.54 trillion US dollars in 2022. Ecommerce is booming and to maximize your reach and remain competitive it’s important to have the right tools to analyze your business’s success and areas for improvement.