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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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Sh*t support agents say

Everyone wants good customer support, but if you’re a support agent, listening to people’s problems 40…

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Introducing our new ebook: Getting started with Zendesk Talk

To help teams provide—and continue to improve—great phone support, we’re excited to share our new eBook…

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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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What is customer happiness? (+5 ways to improve it)

Customer happiness—not customer satisfaction alone—is critical to long-term business growth and success.

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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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Announcing Text: adding SMS support to Zendesk Talk

More people use phones than laptops or desktop computers. And texting—which is a lower commitment than…

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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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How Harry’s uses Zendesk and MaestroQA to deliver effortless customer experiences

Harry’s brings the same focus on quality to their customer service as they do to their…

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How Zendesk measures the customer experience

Delivering on the customer experience is more than measuring customer satisfaction

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Momentum with Microsoft: announcing single sign on

We recently launched the ability for users to sign up to Zendesk Support with their Microsoft…

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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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Customer service is a team sport: Introducing Zendesk Support on Microsoft Teams

It happens all the time in business. Something changes: a mobile gaming company ships a new…

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Treat yo’ self to these 15 new apps and integrations

This Halloween there are no tricks—just treats. In October, we welcomed 14 new apps and integrations…

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Caught on video: The Zendesk rebrand

The new version of Zendesk has more colors, individual product identities, and a super sweet logomark.…

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Introducing the new Zendesk: Built for better customer relationships

Zendesk has evolved from a customer service product to a family of products for improving customer…

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