Trends and Technologies In The CRM World
What’s the number one reason why customers give up on a company? Poor customer service. Companies that make it through tough economic times are the ones that keep a sharp eye on the bottom line but refuse to cut back on those extras that attract new customers, keep repeat customers from straying and entice the prodigals back into the fold.
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Sooner or later, you must face the fact that your customers frequently need help. Many companies attempt to handle this with a help desk or customer service department that responds to incoming calls. When call volume exceeds capacity, calls are deflected to voice mail. One of the biggest call center challenges is returning all of the calls that have been forwarded. Someone must first listen to the messages and then attempt to reach the caller before the issue can be resolved. A business can save money and improve customer satisfaction with an effective knowledge base.
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When you need to manage customer data, sales figures and other crucial business metrics, using customer service software is essential. A customer relationship management system will provide your sales reps with the ability to keep tabs on clientele, see buying history at a glance, review promotions and inventory, and chase down only the most viable leads. To be successful in sales, you have to give your customers what they want and what they need. The best way to do this is if you use an effective content management solution, as part of a larger customer relationship management (CRM) platform.
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I know I talk a lot about the amazing features of cloud computing, and what it can do, especially in the areas of CRM and sales, but it really is that impressive. If you don’t know what cloud computing is, your bottom line is begging you to find out. It’s tough to overestimate what a game-changer this development will be in help desk applications going forward.
Help desk software clearly keeps your customer relations going, and recent innovations in platform development have shown great promise. Some of the more exciting trends include cloud computing, and expanded self help solutions. In fact, both of these innovations are combining in exciting new ways to streamline processes, pleasing more clients.
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Naked Wines is a retail wine portal in the U.K. that serves as a great example of a small business embracing social media. Let’s look at one recent interaction:
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If you could take all the experience and knowledge and instincts of your employees and put it in a book that you could consult any time, would you? Of course! It’d be like having a company bible that answers all your questions, has protocol for any situation that might arise, and gives you best practice tips based on the collective experience of everyone who’s ever worked for or with you. It would be amazing. Think of the ways you could help your customers. Think of the ways you could help your employees. Think of the windfall that comes just from doing those two things.
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Social networking sites don’t serve any sort of new function. They exist to spread information. But even before we had Facebook, MySpace, and even AOL Instant Messenger, the web was about spreading information. What’s changed? Well, now everyone is a content provider. I can write this blog, you can post updates to Twitter, share photos on Flickr, edit videos for YouTube, etc. We’re still sharing information, we’re just sharing a heck of a lot more of it. And now that it’s you and I creating the content, a lot of it is more informal as well.
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