“The customer is always right” said retail mogul Harry Gordon Selfridge in 1909. I don’t necessarily agree with this, but I do believe in the importance of good customer service, and with this comes good customer engagement. “Engagement” is bit of a new buzzword, and it seems to beat terms like customer service and customer […]

The true measure of customer centricity lies in how easy it is for people to find answers to their questions. This is why you need to optimize the self-service features of your customer care strategies. Self-service customer care is revolutionizing the customer experience in many ways. By giving customers easy access to information, you’re not […]

Self-service is steering customer support to a new direction by making knowledge accessible across touchpoints and at all points of the customer journey. Customer care is evolving, and the form it’ll take in the future is being shaped by today’s emerging trends. One of these trends is the increasing demand for faster and easier customer […]

As tools for customer self-service, visual aids help customers easily follow instructions and fully understand a product’s features. Customer self-service is rapidly becoming the new norm. With this feature, you re not only providing people an option, but you re also allowing them to make decisions independently. In other words, it empowers consumers by letting […]

A company’s customer service language speaks volumes about how well it knows the market it serves. Using it effectively even does a better job of building a certain image for a brand more than any other strategy could. It’s the same reason behind many businesses’ decision to partner with a multilingual call center—to provide the […]

Self-service customer support channels are undeniably a big help in easing out the delivery of assistance to today s modern customers, whose definitions of satisfaction and convenience are perched on online technology. Many companies can attest to their clients high demand for self-serving help desks in the forms of mobile apps, FAQ (frequently asked questions) […]

Giving customers access to a customer service knowledge base is a great way to be proactive. Instead of having to speak with representatives from your outsourced call center in the Philippines, your customers can now find self-help information however and whenever they need it. Since every brand must provide exceptional customer experience, creating more customer […]

The omni-channeling trend and the vast availability of web-based and mobile tools may make it seem that online customer service is widely embraced by businesses anywhere. Surprisingly, however, there are companies that hold out on self-help customer service tools. Some of them avoid outsourcing these functions for the misconceptions about their efficiency. They’re missing out […]

Before 2013 ended, IT and customer service experts predicted that self-help options will be a common fixture in most call centers this year. Many technical support outsourcing firms have since adapted to the then forecasted change by automating IT solutions with self-service systems that customers can access for minor tech issues. By doing so, they […]

Outsourcing call centers go to great lengths to ensure that they can deliver results to impress their clients. Oftentimes, this entails providing a positive workplace for their own workforce. Just like any industry, work in business process outsourcing (BPO) can be stressful, so it is only right for companies in this industry to ensure their […]