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Highlighting your customer service capabilities

Companies must bring their "A game" to improve their customer service capabilities, or risk losing out…

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5 tips for training call center agents

Did you know that agent demeanor is even more important to consumers than fast resolution or…

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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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7 Tried-and-Tested Tips for IT to Get the Most Out of Zendesk

At BetterCloud, we know that Zendesk is a powerful tool for tracking, prioritizing, and resolving our…

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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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Gartner disrupts the traditional analyst model with new FrontRunner Help Desk quadrant

I recently attended a Gartner event in Las Vegas. It was designed to support the business…

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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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Delivering SMS support with Text from Zendesk, featuring rapidly-growing startup Favor

On-Demand with Evan Aldrich and Ryan Nichols With the growth of mobile apps and the on-demand…

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Channel changes score high with Ditzo’s online insurance customers

Ditzo’s decision to eliminate both email and voice as contact channels in early 2016 was a…

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How to build ideal workflows in Zendesk Support

Join our latest Fine Tuning discussion to learn more about the remaining “building blocks” of an…

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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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Customize your chat widget with the Web SDK

Because it is often the first place a customer looks when they want help, the Zendesk…

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How to add value to your customer data

Analysts often say uncovering customer insights is like finding a needle in a haystack. However, customer…

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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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How to make the most out of live chat

Most customers prefer chat to email—why wait for a response via email when a question can…

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