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Text support: get it right the first time

Including text support as part of your multichannel strategy is a great way to provide better…

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How to navigate the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on customer support

Forget what you think you know about customer support, for now. In just a few short…

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All aboard the integration train

This month brings quite a number of new integrations, mostly surrounding Sell, to better ease the workload of your sales team. Dive in

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Virtual events guide for startups

Businesses and startups alike around the world are rethinking how they work and meet, as well as how they reach out to their customers.

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Integration bonanza

Work from home has us feeling isolated and stir-crazy. We hope you can nerd out and lose yourself in this month’s integration bonanza

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What is automated customer service? A guide to success

There is a solution to long hold times and delays in email response times that customers increasingly expect: automated customer service

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The intelligent contact center of the future

While the proliferation of customer engagement channels can be challenging on a technological and operational level, it’s really good news for businesses

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What is customer acquisition? 9 strategies to acquire customers

Customer acquisition combines the power of sales, marketing, and more to get new customers on board

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3 ways to make AI practical and accessible in CX

Goal-oriented business leaders need an AI accessibility and usability revolution in CX. Ada's Ruth Zive shares sharp, actionable ways to create it

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5 ways financial services are banking on conversational customer support

Financial services are leaning into modern conversational experiences to manage their customer relationships

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Diving deep into CX trends: a Q&A with Ray Wang

Ray Wang of Constellation Research shares actionable insights into this year's most critical customer service trends

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Deep learning vs. machine learning

Uncover the inner workings of machine learning and deep learning to understand how they impact the tools and software you use every day.

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3 best practices to cultivate loyalty in customer service

There are actionable ways to drive loyalty through your customer support. And loyalty really matters

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Marketing for real (and retail) holidays: Should you do it? How? Also, when?

Should your business get in on multi-billion-dollar holidays like this Black Friday? It’s worth considering—see how (and why) it's done

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Top 22 benefits of chatbots for businesses and customers

Not all bots are bad—when it comes to customer service, the benefits of chatbots are many. See how the technology can take your customer support to the next level.

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Expanding omnichannel support with WhatsApp

Companies that serve a global customer base are increasingly putting WhatsApp at the center of their omnichannel support programs

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How moderators can make your community a better place

As community forums become essential tools for scaling support, it’s natural for companies to need some help keeping the conversation flowing. Here's why moderators are key to success.

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