People who have spent a certain amount of time selling to and servicing customers are very quickly able to identify certain patterns in customer behavior, indicating the ones more likely to be difficult to work with than others. Below I’ve listed the most common warning signs that you’ve got a problematic customer on your hands. Customers Who Emit a Bad Vibe This sign is probab [...]
Need to conference in a hurry? We’ve got you covered. In our latest Android and iOS beta release, we’ve made it even easier to attend and participate in conferences from your mobile device. By re-developing our mobile video conferencing capabilities from scratch, we’ve been able to add functionalities previously only available via the Webclient. Plus, users will benefit from in [...]
Hot Off the Press! 3CX has been named UC Platform Supplier of the Year at the 2020 Comms Business Awards, which were held virtually from London this week. Fighting off fierce competition from leading vendors like 8x8, Wildix, and Telcoswitch, the judges awarded the top spot to 3CX’s communications system. Entrants were judged on their commitment to the channel, innovation pipel [...]
As a sales manager, keeping tabs on your business operations and your team members can be a challenge. After all, no sales manager can be everywhere at once! Instead, your sales representatives need to give you the information required to keep everything running smoothly. It is only by measuring performance through relevant KPIs that you can begin to understand the day to day m [...]
Happy new year everyone! For most of us, this holiday season was a little different from what we're used to. We hope that, despite the circumstances, you all managed to have a relaxing and joyful time. Even after everything 2020 threw at us, the 3CX community continued to grow and our members never stopped asking, advising and supporting its users. Thank you for your contributi [...]
You probably don’t know this, but I was a partner at an MSP for many years. I led the charge to find and close new customers and my greatest fear was the vendor taking those customers directly. So I understand why partners always ask if 3CX is taking the end-users directly. 3CX Develops. You Deliver. 3CX does not sell directly to end-users and we don’t plan to in the future. I [...]
2020 was a challenging year for everyone, but here at 3CX, we didn’t let it slow us down. A whole host of interesting features and improvements were introduced that our customers are already enjoying, but there were also changes that were equally important, yet not so obvious. Let’s take a look at what happened behind the scenes: A Fresh Start for Our SIP Trunk Engine One of th [...]
Live chat customer support has rapidly grown in popularity in recent years. But, this should come as no surprise; it’s beneficial for customers and brands alike. Live chat undeniably improves customer service levels. Companies appreciate it for its customer satisfaction and loyalty-building benefits. Customers, on the other hand, have learned that the little box in the corner o [...]
The latest 3CX Live Chat has just been released and makes the pop-out option the default option for handling chats. This avoids any issues that might occur if the visitor navigates away from the page that they are on. The pop-out mode is now enabled by default for new installs using the 3CX Live Chat plugin. Update the plugin and then enable the “Pop out to new window” option. [...]
This roadmap blog post was supposed to precede v18 but the dev team was actually progressing so fast they actually overtook me on this “road”. And so this roadmap blog post doesn't just outline our vision for 2021, but it also includes the v18 alpha for you to download and check out this christmas! It's not feature complete but it allows you to test first hand an early v18. 3CX [...]
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