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4 Reasons You Need to Be Using the Phone for Customer Support

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Lacking a prominently displayed phone number on your website makes an unfavorable impression: in 2013, 47% of people reported feeling “frustrated or annoyed” and “more likely to explore other brands” when unable to contact a business directly. We’ve seen that the phone channel can serve as your safety net. Solve for growth.

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4 Reasons You Need to Be Using the Phone for Customer Support

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Lacking a prominently displayed phone number on your website makes an unfavorable impression: in 2013, 47% of people reported feeling “frustrated or annoyed” and “more likely to explore other brands” when unable to contact a business directly. We’ve seen that the phone channel can serve as your safety net. Solve for growth.

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6 Key Factors to Improve Customer Retention

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In 2013, an inventor named Jamie Siminoff appeared on the hit TV show, Shark Tank , hoping to land an investor for his company. 76% of customers claim that they trust content published by “normal” people more than content pushed by actual brands. Five years later, Amazon acquired it for $1.1