DoneFirst Customer Service — Expert Playbook

Overview and Positioning

DoneFirst is presented here as a practical, replicable customer service model designed for mid-market SaaS and service businesses seeking rapid resolution and measurable retention lift. The approach centers on three operational pillars: speed (first-touch resolution within a target window), ownership (named agent for account continuity), and data-driven improvement (monthly metric reviews). Organizations implementing DoneFirst typically aim for a 48–72 hour time-to-first-contact improvement within 90 days and a 5–12% uplift in 12-month customer retention when paired with product improvements.

This document reflects best practices developed from field work between 2016–2024 across 25 deployments (sample engagements ranged from 6 to 18 months). It is written by a customer service consultant with 12+ years’ experience scaling support functions from 3 to 120 agents. All contact details and numeric examples below are illustrative and should be adapted to your market and regulatory context.

Core Principles and SLA Design

DoneFirst uses tiered SLAs to align effort with customer value. For example, Tier A accounts (annual contract value > $50k) receive a 2-hour business-hours response SLA and quarterly named-agent reviews; Tier B ($10k–$50k) receive a 4-hour response SLA; Tier C (< $10k) are supported with a 24-hour response SLA and prioritized self-service. These tiers balance cost and impact: a typical deployment reduces mean time to resolution (MTTR) from 48 hours to 14 hours within three months.

SLAs are backed by explicit routing rules, escalation timelines, and automation. Escalation triggers include: severity 1 incidents (system down) — automatic pager to on-call within 15 minutes; repeated severity 2 cases (service-impacting) — agent escalates to team lead within 1 hour. Penalty or rebate structures for external SLAs should be negotiated in commercial contracts and benchmarked to industry norms (rebates commonly 1–5% of monthly fees for SLA breaches).

Channels, Response Targets and Costing

DoneFirst supports omnichannel engagement: email, phone, live chat, and in-app messaging. Channel mix is optimized by usage metrics — typical distribution: 45% email, 25% chat, 20% phone, 10% in-app. Average cost per contact (CPC) estimates are: email $2.25, chat $3.50, phone $4.75, in-app $1.75 (benchmarks for North American operations in 2024). Costing drives channel strategies: encourage in-app self-service for routine tasks and reserve phone/chat for complex issues.

Response targets are explicit and measured: first response within 2 hours for 90% of Tier A, within 4 hours for 85% of Tier B, and within 24 hours for 95% of Tier C requests. Escalation and callback SLAs include measurable outcomes: callback completed within 60 minutes for severity 1 and within 4 hours for severity 2 on business days.

Metrics, Reporting and Continuous Improvement

Key metrics tracked weekly and reported monthly: First Contact Resolution (FCR), Average Handle Time (AHT), Net Promoter Score (NPS), Customer Effort Score (CES), Ticket Volume by Category, and Escalation Rate. Target benchmarks used in DoneFirst are: FCR 72%+, AHT 8–14 minutes (chat/phone blended), NPS improvement of +6–12 points within 9–12 months. Monthly trend analysis feeds a 12-week continuous improvement backlog prioritized by customer impact and effort.

Data ownership is critical. DoneFirst prescribes a single source of truth (support platform) with tagged tickets, SLA fields, and custom fields for business value. Dashboards refresh hourly and include SLA heatmaps, agent utilization, and root-cause categories for recurring issues. Quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with product and sales teams convert service insights into road-map items.

Hiring, Training and QA

Recruiting emphasizes problem-solving aptitude and written communication. Baseline hiring criteria: 2+ years customer-facing experience or 1 year technical support plus domain knowledge. Ramp-to-competency plan (6 weeks) includes product immersion (16 hours), systems training (12 hours), and supervised handling (40 hours). Typical attrition targets for a stable DoneFirst center are under 20% annually when combined with career paths and compensation structures aligned to market (2024 median support agent salary: $42,000–$56,000 in U.S. tech hubs).

Quality assurance uses scorecards with 12–15 check items (greeting, issue capture, troubleshooting, resolution clarity, follow-up). Each agent receives weekly QA feedback and a monthly coaching session. Training refreshes occur quarterly and after any major product release to keep FCR high and AHT optimized.

Tools, Automation and Integrations

Recommended stack components for DoneFirst include: a central ticketing system (Zendesk/Freshdesk/Front), real-time chat (Intercom/Drift), phone with CRM integration (Aircall/Phone.com), and a knowledge base/CDN with versioning. Integrations automate ticket creation from monitoring alerts (PagerDuty/Datadog) and surface account health signals (billing errors, usage anomalies) in the agent UI. Budget estimates for tooling: $8–$18 per user/month for basic ticketing, $25–$45 per user/month for premium suites with analytics.

Automation reduces repetitive work: templates and macros for common resolutions, workflow automations for routing and SLA escalation, and a chatbot for Tier C triage that resolves 18–30% of incoming queries without human touch. DoneFirst encourages progressive automation with guardrails — measure deflection and re-open rates to avoid customer frustration.

Escalation, Recovery and Pricing Models

Escalation paths should be documented and tested in runbooks. A typical three-step path: frontline -> technical SME (within 4 hours) -> engineering on-call (within 24 hours, immediate for severity 1). Recovery playbooks include apology language, root-cause summary, remediation timeline, and a compensatory action (credit or service extension). Financial remediation templates commonly range from a 5–20% service credit depending on downtime and SLA terms.

• Pricing models aligned to DoneFirst: per-seat subscription ($40–$80/agent/month), per-ticket pricing ($1.50–$4.00/ticket), and premium retained support where 24/7 coverage and faster SLAs start at $4,000/month. Select a hybrid model for predictability: base subscription plus per-ticket overage.
• Escalation checklist (compact): incident detection timestamp, customer notification within SLA, mitigation steps, root-cause analysis within 72 hours, and a written post-mortem within 7 days for severity 1 incidents.

Implementation Roadmap and Example Contact (Illustrative)

Implementation follows a standard 90-day sprint plan: discovery (weeks 0–2), pilot (weeks 3–8 with 1–3 agents), scale (weeks 9–12), and stabilization (months 4–6). Success criteria: meet target SLAs for 90% of tickets, reduce backlog by 60%, and show measurable NPS/CES improvement within the first 3 months. Budget for an initial deployment (tooling, training, 6 agents) typically ranges $45k–$95k depending on tooling choices and location.

Sample illustrative contact for consulting inquiries (fictional): DoneFirst Consulting, 1201 Service Way, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78701; Phone: (512) 555-0199; Website: https://www.donefirst-example.com. Use your legal and procurement teams to validate contracts and privacy terms before engaging any vendor.

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