Support demand is rapidly and continuously increasing and few businesses are prepared to address the rising needs of their customers. According to TeamSupport’s State of Support report for 2022, overall support demand is rising at an average rate of 11%. That means your support team is getting more emails, more requests, more everything. Chances are that your support team is already getting hammered by the sheer volume of customer issues, not to mention the potential for complexity.

At Geckoboard, we work with many Zendesk customers around the world. One of the great things about Zendesk is that it offers a variety of pricing plans to suit different budgets and levels of usage. A key consideration when budgeting for a Zendesk Suite plan is allocating the number of agent seats (paid user licenses) for team members you add to your account. You can choose to start with a few seats and then increase your seat count as your team grows.

When it comes to connecting with customers, Zendesk is a fantastic solution. From Sales teams to Customer Support, over 100,000 businesses rely on Zendesk to create seamless customer experiences. With Zendesk being such a fundamental part of many businesses' data stack, it’s not surprising that many wish to visualize their Zendesk metrics on a live TV dashboard. In this article, we’ll take you through our step-by-step guide to setting up a TV dashboard for Zendesk.

Bringing the Humanity Back to Customer Support

A data visualization dashboard provides decision makers with a high-level view of their most important metrics. It combines numbers, charts, graphs, and other graphics designed to focus an audience on the metrics that matter. They can be helpful for spotting problems early, making decisions about where to allocate resources, and measuring progress over time.

For the companies that use it, Slack is the business equivalent of mission control. The collaboration hub that connects everyone’s work – wherever they are. Much more than a messaging platform, the secret to Slack’s success is how easily it integrates with the tools businesses use every day. From popular collaboration tools like Google Docs, to automated alerts and notifications for thousands of niche and specialist products.

Statistically, if you own or manage a website, you’re probably using Google Analytics. For countless business owners and marketers, Google Analytics is their go-to source for website performance data. Google’s dominance in the analytics world looks set to continue, even as it currently migrates its 35 million customers onto Google Analytics 4 (otherwise known as GA4 – the new version of its product) by July 1 2023.