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The relationship between customer loyalty and expectation

It’s easy to be in love with a brand when everything’s going well. When, for example,…

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12 funniest customer service scenes in film and television

Bad customer service—when you’re not at its mercy—can be pretty funny. We’ve all been there before,…

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The magic of a good business partnership: don’t start out as friends

Penn and Teller are a fantastic example of how business partners can be successful when their…

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**Formatting** where you need it most. Introducing: Zendesk WYSIWYG

Improving the agent experience (and making it easy to use cat .gifs) was our guiding light…

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How to make your customer feedback form more visible

Gathering user feedback is one of the most straight-forward and effective tactics for improving your product…

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10 chat handling skills live chat agents need

Your customers love live chat. In a recent Zendesk Benchmark report, chat was revealed to be…

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6 best practices for chat etiquette

Communicating via live chat is different than interacting with a customer in person, over the phone,…

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Zen U Tip of the Week: How to customize auto-response triggers

Can a ticket be created on behalf of a customer (via a phone call for example)…

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Complex business hours? That's easy! Introducing Multiple Schedules

Zendesk users on the Enterprise plan can use Multiple Schedules to create an unlimited amount of…

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Tip of the week: Hide ticket forms based on the user's organization

Currently, when you create a ticket form, there is no tag for specific organizations. In this…

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Community Tip: How to track support tickets you assist but do not own (SME/Consultant/Senior engineer)

It's common for engineers to seek help from senior engineers in order to resolve tickets or…

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Creative ways to keep customers entertained while they wait

Waiting for support or assistance is something that customers hate, but companies can make the wait…

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Zendesk on Zendesk: The lifecycle of a problem ticket

Join us in the Zendesk forums today for the next installment of our Zendesk on Zendesk…

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Community tip: Funneling customer orders through Zendesk

My company recently got rid of our CRM for various reasons and, while we were not…

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Revitalize your customer service with rotating roles

In the world of customer service, keeping things fresh and exciting for your agents is no…

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How to provide better live chat at scale: introducing Zopim Premium

Customer service is all about the connection forged between a support agent and his customer. But…

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Community tip: Best practices for using views

Views are the primary way of managing tickets in Zendesk. The tickets displayed in a view…

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