Zendesk offers many benefits that traditional CRM help desk softwares don’t have. Traditional CRM help desk functionality can provide good financial returns for a company. However, Zendesk can provide even better overall business benefits, because it’s functionality goes beyond traditional CRM help desks. There are many scenarios in which the relational database and and integration capabilities of a CRM system are important. Using two different products and connecting them together can be puzzling. Here are six points that highlight why you should deploy both Zendesk and CRM. 1. Subscription cost Especially for a smaller organisation with a small support...
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Companies like Uber and Square are innovative digital companies, that utilize a secret weapon in their industry – empathy. Companies like this are often called digital disrupters. They are pushed to the customer forefront by having empathy for customers dealing with bad systems and processes. Especially in CRM processes, a little bit of empathy can go a long way. According to a public report by Gartner in 2016, through 2020, businesses that reflect empathy towards their customer in some way when deploying their CRM technology, are three times more likely to fend off a digital disrupter. This requires full...
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It can be tricky to determine what is the best software to serve your customers. Software Advice surveyed IT professionals to understand what people value in help desk software. They reported that Zendesk was a clear market leader in Help desk technologies. The market share is currently 68.7 percent. Customers reported that Zendesk’s great interface, extensive automation, live chat support and self-service channel-building tools make it a great customer service platform with all the right pieces. Despite this, you know what is best for your company. While Zendesk is a very recommended solution, there are a lot of options...
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Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software allows companies to stay close to their customers by managing the relationship in all aspects. This includes the entire customer lifecycle: first contact, ongoing inquiries, lead nurturing, conversion, renewal and long-term interaction. CRM is not only about closing sales and chasing leads, it goes far beyond that. Zendesk is very smooth to integrate with CRM software packages. Ideally, organizations have total management of their sales and marketing tools in one place, integrated with their help desk. This results in better customer service, and better customer relationships. Not just a database Especially small businesses think...
Continue readingHow artificial intelligence will improve your ticketing system
There is a lot of talk about how artificial intelligence is going to come and change customer service, but how exactly will it help you to handle more tickets in less time, and make your ticketing system more productive. Effective AI ticketing system translates routine tasks into efficient communication. Customer service agents will commonly receive insignificant customer inquiries such as cancellations. Agents get bogged down by low-level routine tasks, so they could benefit from an AI-powered ticketing system that can quickly point customers towards the answer they’re looking for. For example, as the ticket comes in, the ticketing system...
Continue reading4 benefits of using cloud-based help desk software
Zendesk offers a cloud-based help desk solution. What does that mean and what benefits it offers to your business. In this article, we will go through what are the 4 major benefits of using a cloud-based software. Flexibility and scalability Cloud-based help desk services, like Zendesk, are ideal for businesses with growing demands. The cloud offers businesses more flexibility versus hosting on a local server. For example if your needs increase it’s very easy to scale up your cloud capacity, there’s no need to invest in server capacity and software licenses. Likewise, if you need to scale down again,...
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