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Geckoboard conquers global support with data

Research by Global Workplace Analytics found that the number of full-time US employees who regularly work at home has grown by 115% since 2005.

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How Spokeo connects more people, faster than ever

Spokeo uses the Zendesk Support, Guide, and Chat products, along with a key integration with Tymeshift, to provide seamless omnichannel support across its email, live chat, and self-service channels

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First reply time: 9 tips to deliver faster customer service

First response time refers to how quickly an organisation can respond to a customer. Learn how to measure, track and improve this crucial metric in our guide.

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Sales and support: Collaborating to increase growth

This is the third post in a four-part guest blog series from Base CRM dedicated to exploring the ways that sales and support can partner to help drive each other’s KPIs and business objectives

Join 2,000 service leaders at Zendesk Relate 2026

Over three days, you’ll hear from headliner Ali Wong, Emmy-winning comedian known for her witty, authentic storytelling, alongside leaders from Levi’s, ASOS, Canva, Supercell and more. Relate is where service leaders connect, learn and discover new resolutions.

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Making the most of an NPS survey

What can an NPS survey tell you about your customer experience?

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Operation integration

Check out our great new apps and integrations, all designed to help you make the most of Zendesk: Lightning Macros Lightning Macros is a handy app that helps you customize your macros on the fly

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Introducing Answer Bot®

A new way for customers to find the answers they seek even faster - introducing Answer Bot.

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Communication is key to great tech support

Alex has a background in technical support, but it was his experience as a history and French teacher that fine-tuned his knack for communicating

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How will artificial intelligence assist customer service agents?

The latest innovations in artificial intelligence will showcase features with big upsides for agents

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Knowledge management is power—and empowering

Equipping your frontline customer service teams with product knowledge is one thing.

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Customer journey map: What it is and how to create one (and examples)

Every company wants to understand what makes customers come to their business – and what makes them leave.

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Fantastic voyage: Customer journey mapping is well worth the effort

Customer journey mapping is a way for companies to see what customers really and truly experience with your brand, whether they’re browsing your knowledge base or being talked through a concern by

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Which call center metrics should you really focus on?

There are a few call center metrics that tell a broader story beyond the number. They can even provide details you weren’t looking for in the first place

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Customer success for the win-win

Your customers live busy lives, so you have to enable your customer success team to make the process of learning to use your product as streamlined as possible

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What is SLA? Customer service SLAs guide + free templates

Here’s how and why you should create service level agreements.

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The benefits of proactive chat

The name of the customer service game these days is knowing what your customers need before…

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6 Reasons why every call centre should use an integrated ticketing system

Despite major improvements in other realms of customer service, many companies are using outdated technology and…

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Ticket deflection: the currency of self-service

Forrester Research predicts that self-service will be the #1 customer service trend in 2017 because of…

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Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for CRM | Zendesk

In this report, Magic Quadrant for the CRM Customer Engagement Centre 2017, Gartner examines the global market for customer service and support applications.

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