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8 Best IT Workflow Automation Practices to follow for Chatbots designed with Workativ Assistant

Previously, on the “Chatbot Best Practices for designing a Conversational Experience with Workativ Assistant” blog, we would’ve delved into the things to do before designing a dialog flow for a chatbot and how to set up the actual dialog using Workativ Assistant’s Dialog Designer and test it. In this blog, we’ll be looking into what all we should do before setting up an automated workflow using Workativ Assistant’s intuitive 3-Step Automation Designer.

Resuming business operations? Here's a checklist of canned responses you might want to add to your Freshdesk

The COVID -19 pandemic has overstretched customer support teams across all industries. Many organizations faced a massive influx of customer requests for help, and in most cases, they were not resourced to respond appropriately. Now more than ever businesses need a customer engagement platform that enables their customer support teams to do more with less.

Use group messaging to deliver great customer experiences

Uncomplicating the customer experience can be especially challenging for companies with complex ecosystems: think of buyers and sellers within marketplaces like eBay or Reverb, or the web of interconnected business owners, drivers, and customers on the receiving end of food or furniture deliveries.

Get over the Pandemic standstill: Leapfrog with Digital Assistants that enable business continuity during COVID-19

Ah, yes. “I’m working from home today.” Just thinking about saying this (before all the COVID drama started) makes one genuinely happy. While everyone’s at the office, you get to enjoy a day or two taking work-from-home — relaxing a bit, sipping a cup of coffee, as you work at your own pace, without anyone looking over your shoulder, listening to some music on your TV or smart speaker. But now, what you used to enjoy occasionally, has become your daily routine.

Not yet using Zendesk with Workativ Assistant Chatbot? You're missing out a lot...

Ah yes. Zendesk. The name itself has some “Zen” to it. Zendesk lets a company maintain peaceful business operations — whether it’d be during workplace IT support or during customer service, one has to just create a Zendesk ticket and voila! Their issue would be solved in a jiffy. But what if I told you can make this process even more faster using Workativ Assistant? Yes you can. Want to know how?

Introducing the new Asana for Microsoft Teams

The way the world works is evolving and Asana, through its integration with Microsoft Teams, gives teams the tools they need to securely collaborate, communicate, and coordinate their work, from anywhere. That’s why we’re excited to deepen our collaboration with Microsoft, and announce the launch of our new and improved Asana for Microsoft Teams integration.

Activities to Improve Teamwork and Collaboration in the Workplace

The best work teams are those that are well-structured, know how to communicate and interact with each other. Motivation, participation, organization, commitment, trust, common objectives and problem solving are the seven fundamental characteristics of teamwork. Do you know the advantages of teamwork, what its characteristics are, what group dynamics are the most useful? We’ll tell you.

Lockdown: Digital Transformation in Action

Like many groups, my friends and I tend to bond through constant sarcasm and making fun of each other. So when a friend in our circle recently revealed to the group that he had secured a new job overseeing digital transformation in a financial organization, the news was met with some gentle teasing. This got me thinking – while ‘digital transformation’ has been in the collective psyche for some time, definition (and understanding) can vary greatly.

Part 2: Managing the Post-sale Customer Experience in Uncertain Economic Times

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed some strategies for helping to navigate new B2B (business-to-business) customer relationships during uncertain economic times. But what about existing customers? It can be difficult to pinpoint exactly which businesses will be impacted the most and to what level they will need to alter budgets.