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How a great customer experience comes from chat support Article

How a great customer experience comes from chat support

Live chat alone can't define your customers’ experience - how they navigate the site, how they engage with support, and where they are on the customer journey all come into play

Slack kills at onboarding customers: Here’s how Article

Slack kills at onboarding customers: Here’s how

Slack—the team communication tool that is taking over the world—has become ubiquitous and obvious.

See your business goals through by offering live chat Article

See your business goals through by offering live chat

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

Understanding bot abilities—and limitations Article

Understanding bot abilities—and limitations

Even as AI makes strides toward reading human emotions through facial expression and verbal sentiment analysis, they’re not programmed to feel human emotion.

Did somebody say… new integrations? Article

Did somebody say… new integrations?

Let's take a look at some great new integrations designed to improve and extend your use of Zendesk with new integrations for November 2017

Chatbots and the future of real-time communication Ebook

Chatbots and the future of real-time communication

Companies are using chatbots to scale more and more.

The paradox of channel choice Article

The paradox of channel choice

It’s good to offer all support channels, but not all the time, and not everywhere.

New additions to the Apps Marketplace Article

New additions to the Apps Marketplace

Check out these new integrations, all designed to help you provide great support and get the most out of Zendesk.

Pain points of live chat and how to solve them Article

Pain points of live chat and how to solve them

Ping!

Scaling real-time communication Article

Scaling real-time communication

Many of us expect constant real-time communication with not only friends and family, but with businesses as well.

Increase useful live chat requests on your website Article

Increase useful live chat requests on your website

You’ve got a live chat widget on your website and you’re ready for the first few chats to come in.

Are proactive chat scripts the answer? Article

Are proactive chat scripts the answer?

How your agents handle the delicate back and forth of a live chat conversation matters. Some may say proactive chat scripts are the answer. But are they?

Live chat vs. phone support Article

Live chat vs. phone support

There are a few key differences between live chat and phone support that can impact your team, your customers, and your business

The benefits of proactive chat Article

The benefits of proactive chat

The name of the customer service game these days is knowing what your customers need before they ask, making proactive chat an essential tool

Multi-channel customer service, made-to-order Article

Multi-channel customer service, made-to-order

“People remember how you make them feel,” said restaurateur Danny Meyer at a retail trade show earlier this year.

How to increase conversions with chat Article

How to increase conversions with chat

While adding a live chat channel can increase website conversion rates by 29 percent, you can further optimize your chat channel and increase conversion rates with chat conversion tracking

Setup your agents and end-users for success with Chat Article

Setup your agents and end-users for success with Chat

You’ve made the important step of deciding to implement a new Chat channel, but now what?

Work smarter: live chat best practices Article

Work smarter: live chat best practices

As with any communication channel, there’s a right way and a less effective way to offer live chat to your customers

Why firsthand product experience is the best teacher Article

Why firsthand product experience is the best teacher

Meet Peachy Garcia, who currently holds the record for most chats served here at Zendesk.