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20 reasons to visit the Zendesk Apps Marketplace

From doing more with your data, to better closing the gap between sales and support, to…

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Better customer support through Zendesk and Google Apps for Work

The next step for any growing business is to manage customer relationships with a modern support…

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Customer service starter pack: five resources for managing a stellar support team

Managing a customer service team isn't easy. Get a head start with these five resources from…

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12 tips for maximizing your ecommerce customer service

From live chat to help desks to strategies for scaling, here are 12 ways to help deliver sensational ecommerce customer service. Zendesk customer Pickaweb explains the benefits of using integrated customer service software.

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How to “Bee Better”, one pair of socks at a time

Great products are often born to fill a need in the market, but the Bombas story…

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Play nicely in the ticket queue using the Play button or Guided mode

Optimizing ticket workflow is top of mind for any customer service manager and becomes especially important…

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6 steps for measuring self-service success

When I started as the Technical Documentation Manager at RJMetrics, my main focus was to get…

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How retail employee satisfaction affects the bottom line

At this year’s National Retail Foundation (NRF), Eric Feinberg of ForeSee presented a session about one…

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6 Steps to Deploying Chat on Your Website

Live Chat is a faster and more personal way to engage with customers. But to make…

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Bright Ideas: Customer Stories

On the surface, business seems like nothing more than a series of transactions. But underneath business…

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Tip of the week: Use the 3 Rs to identify when and how to say "No" in customer service

In this Zendesk tip of the week, we cover times when "No" is the right answer…

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The final four? Take your pick from 13 new Zendesk apps and integrations

If only there were an app to view your March Madness bracket right inside Zendesk…that would…

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Predicting customer satisfaction helps prioritize interactions and prevent churn

This report by Ovum, an independent research and advisory firm, features Zendesk’s new Satisfaction Prediction tool.…

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5 times virtual digital assistants should take the lead with customers

Siri, Cortana, and other personal assistants have permeated our lives; every day we depend on them…

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10 new Zendesk integrations for a jumpstart on better customer service

We need leap years to keep our calendars in sync. In addition to a little extra…

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Bright Ideas: Retail Customer Stories

What’s in store for the future of commerce? Transaction-based sales models have given way to a…

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Tip of the week: Porting numbers into Zendesk Voice

For the best audio quality and overall Voice experience, we highly recommend that you port any…

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