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Customer Engagement

Prioritizing your customers and strengthening your business are two sides of the same coin. Ask your customers what they want and need first—then find creative, insightful ways to follow through.


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How live commerce can break down customer-experience barriers

Learn how live commerce puts the power back in the brand's hands and improves the overall customer experience.

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8 customer service standards to elevate your business

Customer service is a key differentiator in today’s competitive business landscape. Set customer service standards and regularly refine them to delight your audience and boost brand loyalty.

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How to build a content strategy for your business

Content marketing is an important part of today’s digital strategies. Over 80% of marketing teams use…

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What are customer touchpoints? Examples and how to identify them

Customer touchpoints shape how consumers view your brand. That’s why mapping the customer touchpoint journey is so important for your business and the customers you serve.

Discover AI innovations shaping service at Zendesk AI Summit

Join us for our biggest digital event of the year. Hear from LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, be the first to see new AI innovations, and choose sessions tailored to your role. Plus, get your AI questions answered by experts during the live Q&A. Now available to watch on demand.

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How customer experience is helping payment companies and digital banks to differentiate

As consumers, we are living our lives through technology – and increasingly mobile technology at that.…

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Google Business Messages: 3 best practices for customer service teams

Meet customers where they are and build stronger connections with them through Google Business Messages.

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How to use Apple Messages for Business for customer service

Use Apple Messages for Business to connect with customers on the Apple devices and platforms they use every day.

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Shaping an agile culture

In 2020, just 16 per cent of executives said they were confident that their firm’s drive…

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Agile practices (4): Prioritising fast responses with live channels and social messaging

There’s no magic formula for agility. What works for your team (and your customers!), may not…

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What is forum software and how can it benefit customers?

Before there was social media, there were forums. And now there is social media, there are…

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Live chat: how can you make it work for your customers?

Live chat customer support is proven to be an effective way to communicate with customers or…

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B2B customer service: what it is and how to do it right

It’s a common myth that B2B companies aren’t as focused on customer service as their B2C counterparts.

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The psychology behind customer engagement with surveys

Survey design psychology is a complex field, looking not only at the way your survey appears…

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Contact centres vs call centres: what is the difference?

Are you unsure whether to invest in a contact centre or a call centre to help…

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Finding the recipe for the new, connected retail experience

To say that 2020 was a challenging year for retail is somewhat of an understatement. But…

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Why the digital evolution starts with customer loyalty

It was Deepak Chopra who said, “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” History has taught…

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Business texting for customer service

Business texting is using channels like SMS and WhatsApp to deliver personalised, convenient and scalable customer service.

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4 types of communication styles in the workplace: What’s yours?

Everyone has a unique way of giving and receiving information. Identify patterns to collaborate more effectively by learning the four communication styles.

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