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Getting up close and personal with customers on Facebook Messenger

Everlane is an online-only retailer known for their “radical transparency”—a value system they doggedly put into…

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Phone support do's and don'ts

In the world of customer service, voice support still holds steady as a channel that customers…

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Talk it out: introducing Advanced Voice, our new phone support product

In a world where customer relationships can make or break your business, it’s important that your…

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The best hold music since 'Careless Whisper'

Most companies' hold music is unlistenable. Here's how to make yours better.

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Chat Tags: a new way to read between the lines of your customer conversations

Live chat interactions are a treasure trove of actionable data about your customers. Zopim's new Chat…

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Welcome BIME Analytics Team to the Zendesk Family

We are excited to announce that we have acquired the company and team behind the award-winning…

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Innovate your customer service with embedded support

Digital customers no longer accept being treated like transactions instead of people. Thus, the growing demand…

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**Formatting** where you need it most. Introducing: Zendesk WYSIWYG

Improving the agent experience (and making it easy to use cat .gifs) was our guiding light…

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How to make your customer feedback form more visible

Gathering user feedback is one of the most straight-forward and effective tactics for improving your product…

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10 chat handling skills live chat agents need

Your customers love live chat. In a recent Zendesk Benchmark report, chat was revealed to be…

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6 best practices for chat etiquette

Communicating via live chat is different than interacting with a customer in person, over the phone,…

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Zen U Tip of the Week: How to customize auto-response triggers

Can a ticket be created on behalf of a customer (via a phone call for example)…

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Complex business hours? That's easy! Introducing Multiple Schedules

Zendesk users on the Enterprise plan can use Multiple Schedules to create an unlimited amount of…

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Tip of the week: Hide ticket forms based on the user's organization

Currently, when you create a ticket form, there is no tag for specific organizations. In this…

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Creative ways to keep customers entertained while they wait

Waiting for support or assistance is something that customers hate, but companies can make the wait…

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Revitalize your customer service with rotating roles

In the world of customer service, keeping things fresh and exciting for your agents is no…

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How to provide better live chat at scale: introducing Zopim Premium

Customer service is all about the connection forged between a support agent and his customer. But…

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