{"id":17901,"date":"2021-04-28T09:44:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T08:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=17901"},"modified":"2023-01-16T11:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T11:48:12","slug":"how-to-make-your-customer-support-more-responsive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/how-to-make-your-customer-support-more-responsive\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Your Customer Support More Responsive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly 95% of consumers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.customerthermometer.com\/customer-service\/customer-service-and-satisfaction-statistics-for-2020\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cite customer service as important<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their choice of and loyalty to a brand. A lack of good customer support can cause you to lose out on users, impacting your revenue. In fact, businesses can grow their revenue <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netomi.com\/customer-service-statistics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by as much as 8%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> above their competition when they improve the customer service experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17906\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-4.png\" alt=\"pagecloud (4)-411\" width=\"1117\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-4.png 1117w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-4-300x194.png 300w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-4-640x414.png 640w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-4-768x497.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bain.com\/insights\/are-you-experienced-infographic\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bain &amp; Company<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just setting up customer support isn\u2019t enough. You also need a customer support team that is responsive and is proactively helping your users to use your product or services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve listed ten ways you can <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/leading-contact-centre-teams-through-change-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improve your customer support<\/a> and make it more responsive.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 Ways to Make Your Customer Support More Responsive<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Provide a live chat option to be more accessible<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start with, you need to make sure that your users can access your team to ask questions, get help, and raise issues. Provide live chat on your product or within your website so that users can connect with your customer support at any time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When setting up a live chat, you can customise the chat widget to reflect your brand colour and even add a friendly message within the widget to provide a positive experience for your users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17905\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-3.png\" alt=\"pagecloud (3)-994\" width=\"882\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-3.png 882w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-3-300x231.png 300w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-3-640x492.png 640w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-3-768x590.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/what-is-live-chat\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike phone support, where your customer may have to verbally describe the issue they are facing on your website, you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/engage\/channels\/live-chat.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">integrate your live chat with co-browsing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that lets your agent see what the customer sees; and fix these issues immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Assign agents around the clock to actively help your users<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on what you sell, the size of your business, and the geographies you cater to, you may need to have agents supporting customers round the clock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having the right number of agents on call can be critical. Too few and you may end up with frustrated and angry customers. Too many, and you have a bloated workforce that eats into your margins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a number of ways to optimise your agent strength while ensuring high responsiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Segregate your standard customer requests into high priority and low priority requests. To an insurance company, a new claim request from a customer can be a high priority depending on the specific insurance they are signed up for. However, a call regarding updating contact information is a low priority.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heavily integrate your phone support with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/en-au\/interactive-voice-response.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IVRs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so that all non-priority calls get automatically answered or registered as new tickets without the need for a human agent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17903\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-1.png\" alt=\"pagecloud (1)-848\" width=\"995\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-1.png 995w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-1-300x192.png 300w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-1-640x410.png 640w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-1-768x492.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/us\/en\/blog\/interactive-voice-response\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a global customer base, you could hire a small team from different parts of the world like Eastern Europe, India, the Philippines, and Mexico that can serve across different time zones. You may ensure they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/preply.com\/en\/blog\/english-for-business-communication\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">speak a common language like English<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so that they may be assigned interchangeably to customers from around the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Communicate on time\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you have set up live chat and assigned agents to handle the traffic, the next priority is ensuring that your customer support responds to customer queries instantly. Your users are not interested in waiting for your team to get back to them, and would even leave your brand for a competitor in such cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One study found that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/go.forrester.com\/blogs\/16-03-03-your_customers_dont_want_to_call_you_for_support\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">66% of US online adults<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> believe that valuing their time is the most important thing a company can do to provide them with a good online <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/definitive-guide-customer-experience\/\">customer experience<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure that your response time is less than 30 seconds to deliver quality service and keep your customers happy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One way to ensure timely response is by tracking response time as one of the performance metrics for your support agents. Holding them accountable for their response time will make your support team more likely to keep their turnaround time shorter and they would even pay attention if they are a few seconds late.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Automate your workflows<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As your business grows, a lot of inefficiencies creep into the system. It\u2019s important to keep your processes lean and efficient. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fatfinger.io\/muda\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Japanese philosophy that believes in identifying and eliminating such wasteful activities, tasks, and actions from your processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One way to follow this philosophy is by setting up automated workflows and responses. So, if a user asks a common question, you can set up templated responses that your customer support tool will send them automatically. This way, your team won\u2019t have to pitch in and instead, can focus on higher priority issues and questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17904\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-2.png\" alt=\"pagecloud (2)-241\" width=\"691\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-2.png 691w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-2-300x174.png 300w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-2-640x371.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.groovehq.com\/support\/golden-rules\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GrooveHQ<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setting up <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/workflow-software\/no-code-software\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automated workflows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is easy with the right tool. This would allow your customers to ask questions and be automatically directed to the right knowledge base article that can help them fix their issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Create a wiki for your customer support team<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to make it easier for your support agents to find the right answers without having to do their own research or check with other team members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wiki is a database of information that allows your team to document and reference knowledge and best practices about the work they do. So, your customer support wiki would consist of information about questions that users ask, common issues that are still being worked on, and even access to tools that support agents would need while working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s how you can create a support wiki:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pick a tool that your team commonly uses to document their work. This could be Notion or any other similar documentation tool. Read about the different types of tools you can use for your team wiki.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up a structure for your wiki, adding sections for different types of problems and questions. This will help the team find information easily.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Populate the wiki with all the right information and links to other resources as needed. This step would take more time and your team can add more content as they continue working and come across new questions from users.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create autonomy within the team so that your support agents continue populating the support wiki.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t@media (min-width: 768px) {\r\n\t\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-img {\r\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\r\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-img img {\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta {\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #001138;\r\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 30px;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-copy {\r\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 0 30px;\r\n\t\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\r\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-copy .btn-primary {\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta  CID-cta-2FdM5dTp IID-cta-69d1f41b99828\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"cta\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-img\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/female-contact-centre-agent-working-from-home-on-the-floor-with-her-baby-daughter-is-on-the-sofa-laptop-headset-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Call to action banner\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-copy\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;\">New research: Leading UK contact centres through change. Learn from the experiences of your peers.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-center\" style=\"display: block;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" style=\"margin-top: 16px; font-weight: bold;\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Read the report\" href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/leading-contact-centre-teams-through-change-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-dl-additional-info=\"New research: Leading UK contact centres through change. Learn from the experiences of your peers.\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"New research: Leading UK contact centres through change. Learn from the experiences of your peers. | Read the report\">Read the report<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Create and set up canned responses and templates to respond quickly<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your customer support receives a lot of messages every day. They have the added pressure of having to respond to users with the right response within minutes of their message. You can simplify this process by setting up canned responses and message templates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These responses can be copied by your support agents and used with some modification. Since users tend to ask a lot of common questions, the canned responses will make your agents more efficient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your support team can search your directory of responses and pick the right one instead of having to research and write out the entire response. It saves time and assures a better experience for your users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two ways to save responses for a quick turnaround:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Add canned responses to your support wiki so that support agents can reference them and copy the response as needed. You can set these responses up when creating your wiki. You may also deploy <\/span><a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/the-rise-of-chatbots\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI in customer support<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to find the right canned response to deliver to your customer\u2019s query.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17902\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-5.png\" alt=\"pagecloud (5)-277\" width=\"1062\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-5.png 1062w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-5-300x192.png 300w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-5-640x409.png 640w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pagecloud-5-768x491.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1062px) 100vw, 1062px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/the-rise-of-chatbots\/\">AI chatbots<\/a> are used. Source: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1025267\/ai-chatbots-usage-in-customer-service-organizations\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statista<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Save responses within your live chat software. Use tools that allow your support team to save responses and quickly pull them up while chatting with a user. With responses stored within your live chat tool, there\u2019s less tab switching.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Build a knowledge base for users to self-diagnose problems<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not all problems require a chat with your support staff. You can make it easier for your users to find solutions to their own problems by building a knowledge base with a collection of articles they can search through. Users can then get the help they need through this help desk, whether it\u2019s understanding how to use your product or learning why they are facing a common issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/startup.unitelvoice.com\/help-desk-software-alternative\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plenty of online helpdesk tools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that come equipped with the ability to launch a knowledge base. When creating your knowledge base, here are a few best practices to adhere to.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go through your past chats to understand common questions asked by your users.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rewrite the support response to offer a generic, non-personalised solution to the problem. Make sure to use plenty of screenshots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also create walk-through videos that help new users onboard to your tool faster.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of available <\/span><a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/definitions\/knowledge-base\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">knowledge base solutions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> make it possible for businesses to capture user feedback on how useful the answer is to the user\u2019s query. Turn this feature on.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a knowledge base is an ongoing affair. Make use of analytics as well as user feedback to routinely rewrite answers, as well as create new topics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a particular response is too broad, split it up into multiple responses that address more niche questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of customer research into a solution starts on Google. Look into keyword searches and see if you can create better helpdesk articles based on these search terms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your support team can also give feedback to your content team on your users\u2019 experience with the helpdesk and if there are any knowledge gaps.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Send weekly or fortnightly emails to keep your users in the loop and share tips\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just helping users while they are on your platform isn\u2019t enough. Be more proactive in helping them by sending weekly or fortnightly emails, keeping them in the loop about new updates to your product, scheduled downtimes, and best practices for using a specific feature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, too much of anything is never good. Also, depending on what you sell, your messages may not be top priority for customers. So, make sure that you set the right frequency for your email communications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Mailchimp is the most popular email marketing tool out there, do check out the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/moosend.com\/blog\/mailchimp-alternatives\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">several alternatives on offer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and pick one that fits your business requirements the best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When crafting emails to your users, here are some best practices to make them worth a read and increase clicks back to your product:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think of what your users may be looking for during that time, whether it\u2019s best practices or topical tips like for Christmas or Valentine\u2019s Day. Create <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hubbion.com\/compare\/landing-page-builder-tool\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">landing pages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are highly topical and targeted.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share learnings from your success stories with all your users and give them actionable steps on getting those results.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask users what they want to know and what results they are trying to get. You can then use this feedback to share insights that are relevant to user needs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta style-3 mid  CID-cta-2FdM5dTp\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-copy text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"h2\">How to meet customer expectations, manage remote agents and set staff up for success.<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" style=\"margin-top: 16px; font-weight: bold;\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Read the report\" href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/leading-contact-centre-teams-through-change-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-dl-additional-info=\"How to meet customer expectations, manage remote agents and set staff up for success.\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"How to meet customer expectations, manage remote agents and set staff up for success. | Read the report\">Read the report<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. For ongoing issues, send notifications to keep users in the loop<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are always new issues and bugs to expect in any product. But how you tackle them and <\/span><a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/how-to-plan-your-business-communications-strategy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communicate this to your users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can help you win their trust and build your credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When such issues crop up, inform your users instantly and let them know that your team is on it. Set expectations for what problems they can expect, and give them an estimated timeline for when they can expect a resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few ways to give users timely status updates about issues that haven\u2019t been fixed yet:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up a dedicated status page so that users can track updates to issues in real-time. There are several online tools that can help you to create and update product status.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also set up notifications to be shown on your product dashboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you do not have an online product, then make use of platforms like Twitter to keep users informed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also send automated emails about status changes to your users as and when an issue evolves. Again, this process can be automated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/email.uplers.com\/blog\/complete-guide-to-create-your-first-email-template\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with preset email templates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that can be triggered for specific use-cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. Create internal processes to easily tackle user issues and escalate them quickly<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create internal processes that can expedite support response and resolution times. Here\u2019s an example of a well-defined internal process that your support team can follow:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a user reports an issue, the support team evaluates the issue and raises a support ticket, assigning the right team (development, design, sales, account management) to the ticket and asking for a timeline for resolution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The assigned team lead evaluates the issue and reports back the solution they are planning to implement and when the issue will be resolved.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The support team gives the user an update about the issue and gives them the expected resolution date.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the issue hasn\u2019t been resolved 12 hours before the expected resolution date and time, the support team follows up with the assigned team to understand if the issue will take more time and to update the user accordingly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving an expected resolution date and time, and constantly updating the user makes it easier for them to rely on the business and trust your team to follow through.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up more responsive customer support and increase your loyalty!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your customer support is a vital part of growing your business and by prioritising it, you can improve your responsiveness, boost customer loyalty, and increase revenue. 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