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Transforming your customer service in 4 steps
What are the keys to transforming your customer service operation? It could be the literal million-dollar question.
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How will artificial intelligence assist customer service agents?
New innovations in artificial intelligence will have big upsides for customer service agents, notably for their productivity and efficiency with customers
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Knowledge is power—the many knowledge management system benefits
Learn about the many knowledge management system benefits
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The art of business analysis in customer support
Jen Neuls’ early career was in the arts. Now as Senior Business Analyst for Zendesk’s Advocacy…
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FAQ-page design: Be savvy about self-service
With DIY on the rise, customers will greet a well-designed FAQ page as a useful tool—and a welcome relief.
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Machine learning: a new potential in customer service
Machine learning will soon affect many aspects of our lives, so here are some potential innovations coming to customer service by way of machine learning
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How video can enhance self-service
The human brain processes video at astounding speeds. Try using it in your support pages.
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Optimize your customer service training
Correctly investing in customer service training not only ensures that customers receive the best possible service,…
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Building trust with automatic answers
Automatic answers are exactly what they sound like: they're answers that are immediately given to a…
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Are proactive chat scripts the answer?
How your agents handle the delicate back and forth of a live chat conversation matters. Some…
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Deliver a seamless online customer experience
In this post, we’ll share how you can stand out from the crowd with a better…
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How AI is shaping the latest customer support trends
With the growing vigilance of how trends are being affected by automation, we've noted a few…
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Let customers choose your business hours
So how do you pull off delivering 24/7 business hours? By being smart humans and using…
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Improve your support tickets with video
A well-done, just-the-right-length how-to video can yield big relief at one more problem off the table. Which is where our friends at Wistia come in
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Customer experience strategy: A step-by-step guide
Build a customer experience strategy to consistently create positive experiences that resonate with your audience.
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Raise your ticket deflection ratio with smart self-service
It's time to demystify ticket deflection and improve your deflection ratio
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A comprehensive guide to customer service SLAs (+ 3 free templates)
Here’s how and why you should create service level agreements.
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