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Customer support management

The secret sauce to any great customer service and support organization is the team that makes it all possible. Check out our lessons, tips, and philosophies to help you engage and equip your agents so they can have better customer conversations.


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Forrester’s 2017 Customer Service Trends

Exceptional customer experiences have become the norm—these days customers expect seamless, helpful, and deeply personal service.…

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How efficient customer service affects your bottom line

Your customer service agents might be hard workers, but if systems are preventing them from being…

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Are your customer experience initiatives working?

As the customer service playing field has changed, so have the criteria for measuring success. Enter…

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Improving phone support efficiency

Moving to a phone support solution that’s integrated with all your other support channels—like Zendesk Talk—can…

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Agile customer service drives revenue

Offering customers access to top-notch customer service teams is a box smart companies need to check,…

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Zendesk Feature Close-Up

This quarter, our Customer Education team zoomed in on a foundational aspect of Zendesk Support: Groups.…

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Community Tip: How to improve feedback loops with automated peer reviews

Follow this Zendesk community tip from BetterCloud to improve feedback loops using the Zendesk API, Google…

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How to manage customer satisfaction in a crisis

Keeping your cool can be challenging when a crisis occurs and you’re faced with a massive wave of support requests and frustrated customers. Ensuring customer satisfaction during these times starts with the resolve to be prepared and stay calm — and a having crisis management plan in place.

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5 behaviors every leader should adopt to create better customer experiences

Good leadership paired with good company culture leads to happy employees

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Why new college grads should try a customer support career

Customer support agents gain a wide range of skills that can lead to big opportunities

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How Businesses use Machine Learning for Customer Experience

Leveraging data to predict customer satisfaction is more important than ever––it can help your business engage…

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Employee engagement: Definition, examples, and strategies

Engaged employees tend to have higher retention rates, provide better service, and increase company profitability.

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Customer service starter pack: five resources for managing a stellar support team

Managing a customer service team isn't easy. Get a head start with these five resources from…

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12 tips for maximizing your ecommerce customer service

From live chat to help desks to strategies for scaling, here are 12 ways to help deliver sensational ecommerce customer service. Zendesk customer Pickaweb explains the benefits of using integrated customer service software.

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How retail employee satisfaction affects the bottom line

At this year’s National Retail Foundation (NRF), Eric Feinberg of ForeSee presented a session about one…

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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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