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Tap into the right self-service analytics to measure success

You know that self-service helps scale support operations, and that self-assist user portals keep customers happy, too.

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Using more than technical skills to solve technical issues

When it comes to customer support, there is a wide range of issues a team could be presented with on any given day.

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Demystify your data: the 3 types of customer analytics

Customer analytics can tell you what you want to know about your customers, leading to sharper predictions and actionable roadmaps for achieving your desired results

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5 Customer experience trends for 2018

Businesses that improve upon their customer experience through technological advances, while also prioritizing what the customer wants ahead of other considerations, will gain a competitive

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See your business goals through by offering live chat

It’s crucial that your live chat goals align with your business objectives.

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Integration domination

We’ve got plenty of new apps that will help you ensure your customers experience the best support possible.

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Holiday retail and the omnichannel customer experience

For much of the world, the holiday season starts in the fall and ends with a few New Year’s resolutions in early January.

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Hold the line—your new hold music has arrived

There are plenty of places to get high-quality on hold music for cheap—or even free.

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The four C’s of cherry-picking

Learn the causes and solutions Cherry-picking has a negative connotation.

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Your customers want an omnichannel customer experience

No one likes the experience of reaching out to a faceless company; they’d rather feel like they’re reaching out to another human—or better yet, a friend.

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Knowledge management cultivates high-performing teams

The first prospective customer I spoke to after starting at Lessonly was a call center leader.

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Time to build a support operations team

It might be difficult to determine how and when to add a support operations team. Learn how we did it.

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Customer support like texting your (girl)friends

We’re each the sum of the five people we spend the most time with, says Olivia June, founder and CEO of VINA.

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Say it with an emoji. Yes, even at work.

Whether or not you it, modern communication often involves emojis or their predecessor, emoticons. They’ve even…

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Happier agents go with the flow

We all know how great it feels to be in the zone.

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5 must-haves in B2C customer support

B2C companies need to invest in features that account for their consumers’ behaviors, so we highlighted the 5 must-haves features that ensure every customer can be heard

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The Multi-channel Customer Care Report

Customers simultaneously want the warmth of human communication and the speed and efficiency of automated service.

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Everyone is an SME in the self-service economy

Self-service experiences play a valuable role for scaling companies, helping them optimize internal resources and give customers more value.

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Building real relationships through technology

BombBomb uses video—and Zendesk Support, Guide, and Chat—to rekindle a sense of human connection with its customers

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