Salesforce Console Best Practices: Creating A Desktop Your Agents Love, Part 1
Apr 17 2015
The Salesforce Console has a lot of power under the hood. That power comes from features like standard record layouts, workspaces, sidebar and footer components, keyboard shortcuts, push notifications, presence, macros and multi-monitor mode. What is the best way to bring them together for the business needs of your organization? This blog gives you tips on how to configure and get the most out of your Console. Read More»
3 Tips to Maximize Sales Productivity and Increase Conversions with inContact
Mar 11 2015
For Dan Bergstrom, Director of Demand Conversion at Workfront, the conversion numbers are important, but his people are just as important. In just over two years, Dan and his team have helped Workfront gain 49% year over year growth and increased their efficacy through targeted coaching. A customer of Salesforce... Read More»
What Police Forces, Public Sector Can Learn From Private Sector Strategies
Mar 10 2015
I have been working on our Service Cloud product at Salesforce for over 9 years. During that time, I have had exposure to all kinds of global customer service stories, each capturing a common thread – customer service leaders looking to close the gap between company and consumer, especially as... Read More»
5 Ways to Build Empathy With Your Customers
| Mar 2 20155 Ways to Build Empathy With Your Customers
Mar 2 2015
Empathy – the ability to understand and share the feelings of others – is essential to providing better customer experiences. If you understand your customers, you’ll be well equipped to give them exactly what they need. Here are 5 specific practices that companies can use to engage with customers to... Read More»
Now Live: The Spring '15 Release
| Feb 17 2015Now Live: The Spring '15 Release
Feb 17 2015
Spring ’15 features are now available! The Spring '15 release is the 46th major release of the Salesforce Customer Success Platform. With over 250 new and improved features, you can now connect with your customers anywhere, with the Customer Success Platform. Also, we are excited to announce that the Spring... Read More»
Drive Next-Generation Customer Engagement & Experience With the 4 P's
Feb 16 2015
Technology is now the greatest change agent and the driving force for companies in today’s connected and digital world. The rise and convergence of many new and emerging technologies has changed the way how customers, partners and employees communicate, engage and collaborate at work. In the age of the customer,... Read More»
3 Things You Miss When You Sell Anything Online
| Feb 13 20153 Things You Miss When You Sell Anything Online
Feb 13 2015
Personal shoppers will teach you how to dress well by dragging you from shop to shop until you learn. Tailors will make the most stylish and best fitting clothes of your life if you meet them in person. And for the big decisions in life - from mortgages to life... Read More»
7 Unexpected Things I Discovered About Customer Experiences
Feb 11 2015
1. The definition of customer experience is: Multifaceted When I started researching customer experience (CX), I expected to find a standard definition for the term pretty easily. I figured I’d read a few blogs and immediately understand what Customer Experience is. Actually, I thought I already knew what it was,... Read More»
The Future of the Call Center
| Feb 9 2015The Future of the Call Center
Feb 9 2015
Let’s imagine you’ve got a problem with your cable. Say, you’ve ordered HBO to catch the new Game of Thrones season, but you can’t see the channel. Who would you contact? And how would you contact them? Your options, these days, range from your cell phone to your Twitter account.... Read More»
"How the Smart Agent Console Can Transform Your Customer Service": A New Salesforce E-Book
Feb 9 2015
Customer service teams are expected to provide service that is more personalized, smarter and faster than ever before to satisfy their modern customer. The challenge is in not only meeting these expectations, but continuously exceeding them. In order to tackle the challenges, customer service teams need the best technology at... Read More»