Good training teaches employees in the customer service realm how to handle complex customer issues in the most efficient and customer-friendly way possible. This is important, as customer service is the touchstone for all kinds of customer-facing interactions. In training CS representatives, it’s crucial to help them understand a) what they are doing; and b) why they doing the job. It’s also important to encourage them to form strong relationships with customers through consultative communication, and ensure the customer is taken care of through the life of their relationship with a company.
Are you the Yoda of your friends and family, full of realism and words of advice? You may not realize it, but if you’ve ever worked in a customer facing position, you’ve likely learned some hard lessons about life. The call center can truly open your eyes to human behaviour and the psychology behind it. By interacting with people constantly, it’s inevitable that you’ll eventually get hit smack dab in the face by some real-life wisdom during your time at work. It might take years, even decades, to cultivate the knowledge and humility call center agents learn in a fairly short period of time.
Chatbots have earned a number of pseudonyms over the last few years. Some are accurate representations of the technology; others are just downright wrong. I mean, you wouldn’t call your customer service agent by a different name other than the one they gave you, right?
The weight social media has on brand affinity and customer satisfaction is constantly growing. Today 
Few people would argue that technology is rapidly changing our culture, but it is the rate at which these changes are happening that may be surprising to some. In five years, it is estimated that our technology will be 32 times more advanced than it is today. Social media is one of the primary drivers of these advancements because it turns every business into a 24/7 global establishment.
Have you thought about implementing a call-back feature in your workplace? Are you weighing out the benefits? Call-back solutions could be instrumental in creating a positive working environment for your staff. It has the capacity to 
Customer loyalty is the backbone of any successful business. It is also the key to profitability. Statistics show that attracting a new customer can cost up to 30 times more than keeping an existing customer, according to The Chartered Institute of Marketing, and most industries 
Fall is in the air, and with it comes the promise of Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a time to put aside the cynicism and negativity of everyday life and be thankful for the upstanding customer service interactions that are sometimes ignored in the media in favor of more attention-grabbing negative headlines.
Millennials (those aged 18 to 30) aka Generation Y, are the next generation of customers that businesses need to attract in order to succeed. This generation is set to overtake baby boomers on spending power, and will surpass Generation X soon after that. The challenge is they are so different from past generations that businesses must adapt to a new style of customer service.
Facebook is constantly redefining the social media game, and the popular networking site’s recent foray into e-commerce, via its base of business “like pages”, is no exception. While recent changes to the Facebook business algorithms and advertising have a lot of companies rethinking their social strategies, the same customer service motto still rings true: Communication is key.
