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It's the season of giving new Zendesk app integrations. Learn all about how these new integrations can ease workloads for your sales and support teams.

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Enterprise service management - whether in its pure form or supporting digital transformation strategies - is still one of the hottest IT service management (ITSM) or service management trends.

We’ve all experienced bad customer service at one point or the other. And I’m sure we can all agree upon the fact that it can be extremely frustrating and time-consuming. But no brand wants to piss off customers on purpose. No brand wants to make their customers spend extra time and effort when they need help. So, where does the problem lie then? A lot of companies don’t consciously factor in customer effort when designing experiences.

Coppel, one of the leading department stores in Mexico, has been awarded Best Service Desk Improvement Project at the 2021 IT Service & Support Awards LATAM. The Service Desk Institute's IT Service & Support Awards seek to highlight the achievements of IT organizations as well as leaders working in the Digital Service Management and Technical Support industry.

Measuring sales success isn’t as simple as it sounds. There are many ways to assess sales numbers and customer growth, so the task can quickly become overwhelming. Before you know it, you have contradicting statements and you’re forced to start all over again. This is where KPIs, or Key Performance Indicators, are essential. In this piece, we’ll discuss what KPIs are, which KPIs to use in certain situations, and how to implement KPIs in your sales team.

No matter how successful a business is, every company is going to find moments where they need a sales boost. It might be towards the beginning to build a customer base, or somewhere down the line when sales are slow. This is the time for a sales promotion. In this piece, we’re going to discuss what a sales promotion is, the types of sales promotions, the pros and cons of using them, and the best strategies for your company.

Even though most of us hear "sales" and jump to the image of an individual buyer in a store, it turns out that the majority of sales money doesn’t come from customers but from other businesses. In fact, B2B sales are projected to bring in approximately three times the revenue of B2C sales by 2023.

Most businesses think they have a good sense of whether sales are up or down, but how are they gauging accuracy? With shifting budgets and different departments needing more or less from the company every month, having a precise account of every expense and how it relates to future sales is a must. That’s where the percentage of sales method comes in handy.

So you’ve got your service desk up and running. But how do you know that it’s running the way it’s supposed to be? Service desk performance is measured across many domains, so it’s not always clear-cut whether any optimization is necessary. Getting the right service desk benchmark can go a long way towards helping you make the best out of your brand new IT solution. Let’s talk about it.