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When Do You Know it's Time to Switch Helpdesk?

There are times when a company or its support agents can be unhappy with the helpdesk they use. The reasons for this can vary – either the UI is not user-friendly, or the helpdesk does not easily integrate with other platforms, and many more. Yet, businesses tend to stick to one helpdesk despite their shortcomings – why?

15+ Customer Support Tools Every Support Team Needs

If your business (being it eCommerce, brick and mortar or any other type) is going to attract and retain high-value customers, you have to offer amazing customer support. In other words, you have to build strong relationships, give your customers what they need, and show them you care. So your support team must use the best customer support tools available.

How To Build A Customer Service Strategy And Drive Repeat Business

A good customer service strategy can be extremely rewarding in the age of social media. People love to publicly acknowledge when they’ve had a memorable customer service experience. On the other hand, poor customer service can make them forget all the good experiences your company has offered. Building an airtight customer service strategy is the best way to weather the demands of today’s savvy customers.

6 steps to build your service recovery program

Contact centers collect a range of customer data, from common support questions to customer satisfaction surveys. However, they often lack the processes to take immediate action on this data. Collecting real-time customer feedback enables service teams to instantly act on a negative interaction and save the relationship.

Mizzen+Main brings service lead retail to life with Sunshine

For millions of men, dressing with confidence is a lot easier said than done. Nothing gets in the way of looking and feeling good like sweat stains or being stuck in stiff, restrictive shirts. Whether customers are finding the perfect fit for the office, hitting the links on the golf course, or chatting with customer support for care instructions, we want every step of the customer journey to be as high-quality as our shirts.

Time to team up: Zendesk's new partner program

Together we’re better. We know that we are at our best when we work with partners to deliver great customer experiences for mutual clients, whether that’s ensuring that help desk software has been optimized for workflow efficiency, training agents on how to forge better connections with customers, or simply assisting clients in their efforts to improve the health of their support organization.

Beyond the bottom line: Building a business on customer empathy

Delayed passengers clustering at an airline check-in counter looking for answers. Someone with billing issues navigating a phone tree after a stressful emergency room visit. The person with the mispronounced name crankily grabbing their cup from the cafe queue. We know these experiences—we may have even lived and breathed them, and the feelings they trigger, ourselves.

Zendesk Showcase SF: Creating the next wave of contact center culture

“Culture trumps strategy,” say most leadership coaches. “Culture eats strategy for lunch.” As a CX leader, you may agree, but do your support agents feel the same? Delivering a top-notch customer experience means support agents must be inspired by your company’s intended culture and get collaboration, empowerment, and meaning. In this session, Tiffany Apczynski, VP of Social Impact and Public Policy at Zendesk, explains how to break free from the call center of yesterday and shows you the three tactical things you can implement immediately. You’ll learn tips and tricks for creating a contact center culture for today and the future.

Zendesk Showcase SF: Make customer-focused decisions in a data driven world

Making quick, confident, data-driven decisions is difficult—if not impossible–when your customer data is fragmented across different channels and tools. With Zendesk Explore, all your customer data is consolidated in easy-to-build dashboards and reporting. Zendesk's Andrew Forbes and Pinterest's Derrick Diaz show you how to better understand your customers, and measure and improve their entire experience. It’s a data-driven world, so let the data do the talking.