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How To Turn Around A Customer’s Bad Product Experience

A bad product experience can still end with a loyal customer. Turn complaints around by responding to reviews quickly, writing a human reply, listening actively, apologizing sincerely, and solving problems together.

Kerry Provenzano

Tips that Everyone in Customer Service Should Know

Good customer service comes from clear personality traits and communication habits. Get tips on being friendly, professional, and yourself, then listening, avoiding judgment, restating problems, and remembering the person.

Brad McCarty

So you want to be a recruiter?

Becoming a recruiter means choosing between in-house HR and staffing agency work. Compare both settings, what sourcers and other recruiting roles do day to day, the skills and traits that help, and how to get into the industry.

Marcie Arvelo

So You’ve Signed Up For A TextExpander Trial, Now What?

Starting a TextExpander trial includes more than the app. Walk through each step, from signing up and reading tips emails to meeting your account executive for a demo, getting started, and continuing to learn.

Kerry Provenzano

Networking Best Practices (and Templates You Can Use!)

Networking builds career and business opportunities, especially as work goes remote. Get best practices on who, when, and where to network, how to listen and introduce yourself well, plus templates you can adapt.

Brad McCarty

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Asynchronous Work

Asynchronous work lets teams collaborate without being online at the same time. Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of async work against synchronous models, drawing on TextExpander's years as an async team.

Kerry Provenzano

Templates for Answering FAQs on Social Media

Social media templates help support teams answer frequently asked questions consistently. Choose platforms, set a tone, and use sample response templates and suggested openings for common customer questions.

Brad McCarty

The Symbiotic Relationship Between Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing work best as partners aiming at the same goal. Understand how marketing increases sales, where the two functions differ, and which marketing strategies help sales teams generate leads and revenue.

Kerry Provenzano

Team-building Activities for Asynchronous Teams

Asynchronous teams can go days without a live call, which makes connection harder. Get strategies for async team-building that works, plus five activities designed for distributed teams across different time zones.

Kerry Provenzano