What can be more important than patient satisfaction? Patient health naturally, but patient satisfaction isn’t all that far behind. For essentially any healthcare organization, patient satisfaction is the backbone of success, yet all too often it’s left on the backburner. There’s really only one way to improve the happiness and satisfaction of patients – a better experience. But what ultimately entails an ideal patient experience?

What makes customer support software great? These solutions require more than just dedicated customer support teams – without the necessary features, a ticketing software solution is hampering your efforts. Ticketing software goes far beyond just addressing customer issues, it forms the backbone of customer support operations. So what must-have features make a great customer support ticketing system that ensures success with your customers?

Training new hires on the fly isn’t easy and yet it’s quite common. When a support team is missing hands, chances are that new support agents will be hitting the tickets with precious little preparation. Needless to say, this can quickly lead to problems with customers. When a customer chats in with a new or particularly green support agent, the team member might provide wrong information or generally make some mistakes.

If your B2B business is aiming to grow in 2022 (whose isn’t?) then chances are that your sales team is chasing new business. It’s a reasonable strategy – new business acquisitions means more revenue. But what if this new business is replacing churned customers and there is no net growth? Even worse, what if this strategy is plugging a hole of capsized revenue left by more churned customers than acquired ones?

When it comes to angry customers, you can never put in too much heart. But sometimes it can seem that the more care you put in, the outcome doesn’t change at all – the customer is just as angry. In customer care cases, it’s important to be professional yet empathetic, and always remember the purpose of customer support, uplifting your customers and driving retention.

As unfortunate as it is, having poor experiences with businesses seems to be a universal truth for everyone in the 21st century. Even with the internet and all of the conveniences of the digital age, products still don't arrive, they break, or they don't operate the way they are supposed to. On a basic level, disappointment is inevitable.

To be successful in 2022, it’s vital that you bring customers to the forefront of your B2B business. However, did you know your customer support software is likely holding you back, or outright preventing you from achieving this? To truly be a customer-first business, you need to know what your customers’ goals and pain points are, support them in ways that make these goals more achievable (or alleviate their hindrances), and ultimately help them grow.

In today’s world, a proactive and communicative customer experience is a necessity. Companies can no longer afford to be aloof in the digital space. Live chat software connects businesses with their customers, drives revenue and growth, and provides a universally better experience that drives customer satisfaction. Given the continuous, digital transformation of the business world, the ongoing absence of live chat software only creates a void.

This week is Customer Service Week – an international celebration of the importance of customer service and of the people who serve and support customers on a daily basis. At TeamSupport, we honor our employees who work hard every day to ensure that our customers have a smooth, easy customer service experience. However, getting our organization to run like a well-oiled customer service machine didn’t happen overnight. Here are our 5 steps to creating a truly customer-first team.

People do business with people they like. That’s about the oldest known business strategy! And it still holds true today, particularly in B2B environments, although it may look a little different today than it did back when (quarterly business reviews over a Zoom call versus a two-martini lunch, for example). Just as any relationship takes time to build, developing a trust with your customers that feels almost like a friendship will take time as well.