Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

The last two years have proven that customer-first businesses must be flexible to thrive. That means meeting customers where they are—and where they haven’t been able to be. How do you, as a business, satisfy the human need for social interaction amid physical distancing? How do you nurture brand loyalty when you can’t work off of facial cues? And—keeping your ultimate goal in mind—how do you convert interactions into sales and ensure a good experience remotely?

Although most agents enjoy solving customer problems, the pandemic has put them under a new kind of pressure. Mix frustrated customers, soaring query volumes, budget cuts, and new remote work setups, and you’ve got a recipe for burnout. In 2022, many businesses recognize the importance of workplace mental health, and are taking steps to ensure the well-being of their teams.

With the advent of cloud services and their flexibility in terms of both accessibility and pricing, many companies moving from an on-premise model to a cloud/hosted model. This has become especially true when it comes to service desk operations since they require constant software and hardware support as well as a robust ticketing system that can keep up with user demand.

At this point in the sales market, there’s no such thing as a truly unique company or product. With hundreds of overlaps in product types, product features, company values, and overall pricing, it’s challenging to stand out from the crowd and even harder to do so without blowing your budget. Value chain analysis lets you pinpoint the costs and values of every aspect of your business so that you can put your best foot forward and increase your profit margin.

Internet Explorer (IE) was once the most used web browser out there. You'd have to go back to what was practically the internet Paleolithic for that, but the truth still stands. Now, with this once titanic force being decommissioned by June 15, 2022, we’re facing the end of an era. And nostalgia aside, what does the IE end of life mean for the world of IT and the service desk? Furthermore, what precautions do you need to take now that it's on its way out?