Posts Tagged ‘Service Cloud’

Live Agent as a product is easy to configure, but rolling out chat takes time and planning, though, especially around customer experience. Whether you’re thinking about it for the first time or looking to improve your existing chat solution, we’ve put together a short guide to get you started.

Using a platform like Salesforce means that customer support and sales get to share the same space and use the same data. The shared environment is a huge advantage over systems that only focus on one business area (like RightNow or Zendesk). To maximize sharing between both groups – we’ve put together some common use […]

As experts in innovative customer support, our team is knowledgeable about a wide range of support products (not just Service Cloud). In fact, we’ve worked with many fast growing companies who started out with a lightweight support tool like Zendesk when they only had a handful of agents. Many of those same companies have come […]

The Salesforce Service Cloud is helping companies provide stellar customer service across many channels. With the continuing growth of customer service access points, it’s important to have a comprehensive view of your entire spectrum of customer support. Whether it’s your call center, social media channels, email support, online communities, etc., insight into all of these […]

When moving from a service and support focused system like RightNow – our clients often have questions about what functionality will be different in Service Cloud. I’ve blogged in the past about general migration best practices but today I’ll be focusing in on a key difference between the two systems: Platform vs Product. Having worked […]

We’ve had the great privilege of helping many of our clients move to Salesforce Service Cloud. Some come from a world of spreadsheets and email, while others from complex webs of legacy CRM and ERP tools. This blog is the first part of an on-going series about moving to Salesforce Service Cloud from other solutions. Our experience has […]

Surprisingly, many support organizations today still don’t know how to deliver a “wow” customer experience.  Simply put, it starts with knowing your customers.  I’m not talking about the big picture, market research trends, I’m talking about the basics, like “Who am I? What products/services have I purchased? How long have I been a customer? What […]

When our Service Cloud clients ask us what we think of “Big Data” – we usually say that it really boils down to “smart(er) use of data”. What does that mean for Customer Service organizations? Setting aside the technical challenges – let’s look at some of the potential benefits of Big Data Technology for your business.

Who doesn’t want to make work more fun? Whether it’s for your customers, your employees, or your partners, making their online interactions with your company more engaging, interesting, and rewarding, can pay huge dividends in revenue and retention. If you’re a Service Cloud customer – you now get the Chatter Answers product for free.  That’s great […]

Salesforce.com (The Company) The salesforce.com juggernaut will continue at its current breakneck speed Service Cloud will approaches a $750m annual run rate, with much of the growth coming from RightNow, Siebel, and Zendesk replacements Salesforce.com and Workday will create a stronger partnership Salesforce (The Product) Socially oriented applications – Work.com, Salesforce Chatter Communities, and Chatter […]

Customers have control. That simple statement has huge implications for organizations today. Customers have more choices than ever in virtually every product and service category, have access to a wealth of product information and reviews online and through social networks, and expect to interact with your company whenever and however is convenient for them. In […]

Perficient is incredibly excited to see the continued investment salesforce.com makes in Salesforce Chatter, Salesforce Service Cloud, and the Force.com platform. These innovations provide our customers new ways to engage with employees, customers, partners, and the public at large. What does the announcement of Salesforce Chatter Communities have on the future direction of the Salesforce Customer Portal and Salesforce Partner […]