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International relations 101: The keys to multilingual support success

Zendesk customer advocate Teresa Rosado-Sanna takes a global, nimble approach to support, guided by one key philosophy for work and life: Where there's a will, there's a way.

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Introducing The Zendesk Suite

The Zendesk Suite bundles Zendesk Support, Guide, Chat, and Talk into a single omnichannel solution

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Meet Connect: A new product to automate and scale proactive support

Instead of asking “How can my support team keep up?” consider a different question: “What are the most important situations in our customers’ journey around which our support team can design proactive engagement and support?”

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5 ways a customer interaction can improve your business

Customers will call, customers will interact, and customers will even vent at you. But the truth…

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Repeat Customer: behind the scenes of great #CX

Zendesk's new podcast, Repeat Customer, is devoted to going behind the scenes of brands with truly great customer experiences

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Zola marries passion for support with modern tools

Zola combines compassionate customer service with modern tools and technology

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Be the type of tech support team you want to interact with

CircleCI relies on Zendesk to connect its remote, distributed technical support team with its customers. The company has seen gains in efficiency and satisfaction and built a custom open source Slack integration using the Zendesk API.

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Fill knowledge gaps with the Knowledge Capture app

A comprehensive knowledge base is an essential piece of a 21st-century support operation. But implementing it is just the first step—maintenance comes next.

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How Freshly provides seamless, time-sensitive support

By embracing omnichannel support, Freshly empowers its customers to contact them in the way that’s most convenient

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What is average handle time (AHT) and how do you calculate it?

Average handle time (AHT) is a customer service metric that measures the average length of a customer's call. Use it to improve operational efficiency.

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How not to be an asshole in the office kitchen

Not all office kitchens are created equal. Some are simple and clean, filled with the necessary…

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Be ready for anything: support forecasting and scheduling

Good support teams can meet the everyday challenges. Great ones use support forecasting to predict future scenarios and build for them.

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Smooth returns; return customers

Nothing simmers more comfortably on our back burner than stuff we need to return to the…

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The data-driven path to building a great help center

Given the importance of great self-service support, which course should companies take to build out theirs? We turned to the Zendesk Benchmark for answers.

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How Strava cracked mobile support and engagement

Strava creates fiercely loyal customers using a single, cross-device communication flow. Here's how they do it.

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Mullets are back in business—especially in customer experience

The mullet has been a part of the cultural conversation for decades, often eliciting some ‘80s…

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The startup spouse: a view from the other side of bed

Over half a million people become entrepreneurs in the United States each month. That’s a lot…

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