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What's What at Zendesk: Stay connected in real-time with social messaging

Social messaging has skyrocketed in popularity for customers getting in touch with customer service. It can be hard for companies to think about how to spin up and manage new channels. Our new improvements make it easy to pull the social messaging options customers want into a unified conversation across channels, including chat, email, and phone support. Join Claire Peracchio to dive deeper into Agent Workspace: Social Messaging to see this update in action.

Team Building Activities To Avoid (And 7 Activities To Do Instead)

Interested in learning about some engaging team building activities? Sure, team building activities are a great way to boost morale, increase collaboration and create a group of tightly-knit coworkers. However, team building activities are only useful if they are informative and enjoyable at the same time. Unfortunately, your average team-building activity doesn’t live up to this. Most team building games are embarrassing, awkward, and a waste of time!

Part 1: The Strategic Role of B2B Customer Support

Businesses buy your products or services to help their operations run efficiently and to meet their customers’ expectations. And while robust product features are important, it is the added benefits of B2B (business-to-business) customer support that can accelerate product use and drive optimal performance to help customers reach their full potential. In other words, effective B2B support forms the foundation for long-term successful customer engagements.

What Is Customer Value And How to Build It

Value isn’t measured the same for everyone. It can be found in the price of a product, but it can also be so much more than that. To your clients, the real value of your products may be found in their quality, their uniqueness, their practicality; even the feelings they get when they buy them. So, to your clients, what is customer value? How do you measure it? And, most importantly, how do you create customer value? Let’s find out.

What Is Omnichannel? (And Why It Is So Crucial For Businesses)

What does it take for a business to succeed? Regardless of your industry, lowering the cost of customer acquisition, increasing sales and customer retention are probably among your primary business goals. In a perfect scenario, your business interactions seamlessly acquire new customers, retaining current clients while upselling. However, in today’s fast-paced world, the customer journey has become shorter.

How to Measure Employee Productivity in the IT Industry

Want to learn how to measure employee productivity in the IT industry? It’s no secret that measuring employee productivity is one of the hardest things to do these days. As there are so many variables to keep track of, determining how well an employee is performing can be a very confusing process for most businesses. And when you’re dealing with the IT sector, this can become even more challenging! But don’t worry.

The ultimate guide to a successful discovery call

Have you ever asked someone for their phone number but then stressed about that first call? It can be daunting to pick up the phone and call a stranger, but it’s the only way to get to know someone. Discovery calls are the same way—somewhat daunting, but critical to building relationships with leads. They’re your chance to get to know the prospect and introduce them to your business.

A Full Guide to Digital Agency Project Management (2020)

Did you know that 77% of high-performing projects use project management tools? Despite the apparent connection between using project management software and great efficiency, adoption rates for these tools remain fairly low among organizations — only 22%. So, here’s the first piece of advice in this guide — for any digital agency that seeks to be groundbreaking, trustworthy, and competitive, project management tools are not an “if” or an afterthought.