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3 hidden costs of Freshdesk: Why low license fees can be deceptive

When choosing a customer service solution, there are many factors to consider, and let’s face it — cost is high among them. Freshdesk says you’re saving money on their low license costs, which is a part of the total cost of ownership, but there are big trade offs to know about. Here are the top three things you should consider.

Mattermost joins Red Hat, GitHub and Google in the CVE Program to maintain an international, open data registry of security vulnerabilities

Mattermost is joining Red Hat, Google, and GitHub and over 130 other leading technology organizations authorized to be a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Numbering Authority (CNA) by the CVE Program. The world’s most privacy-conscious enterprises and governments rely on Mattermost’s self-hosted, open source collaboration platform to keep their most vital communications safe and sovereign.

12+ Slack Games And Apps For Remote Teams (2020)

Trying to find ways to inject some fun into your remote team’s work days? With COVID forcing employees to adopt remote working, communicating with teams via apps like Slack and Zoom has been on the rise. But staring into a computer screen all day without any work colleagues around can take a toll on an employee! So, what can you do to help your team have a bit of fun? How about trying out some Slack games?

Part 2: The Strategic Role of B2B Customer Support

In Part 1 of this blog series, we introduced the concept of how to position the investment in customer support as a strategic value aligned to current business practices and target outcomes—based on the whitepaper co-produced by ServiceXRG and TeamSupport. Now in Part 2, we’ll talk about the evolving role of B2B customer support.

Why Distrito moved from Slack to Rocket.Chat (and any startup community should do the same)

Supporting 250 startups from Brazil, Distrito is an innovation platform that helps startups to succeed and support the digital transformation of Enterprises. Their mission is to uplift startups through a Strong Innovation Ecosystem focused on Community, Leap, Venture, and Data Mining. In order to bond their ever-growing startup community and manage their team of 140 people, implementing a comprehensive communication tool was not only a necessity but also inevitable.

New: Visualize and report on project data with Dashboards

We know from research that the average knowledge worker spends 60% of their day on “work about work” like searching for information, communicating project updates, and chasing down deliverables. It’s grinding, arduous work that’s been made even harder by the challenges of remote working, but it’s also a must-do for team leads who need to stay on top of project progress and status updates. Or is it?

Productivity vs Efficiency Explained (Plus Tools to Help with Both)

Confused about the differences between productivity vs efficiency? Productivity and efficiency are both crucial metrics when it comes to assessing the performance of your business. In fact, they’re so extensively used that most people use them interchangeably! However, even though they’re closely related, they’re not the same thing.

Are we ready for the next generation of workers?

Millennials were outsiders in the workforce for a long time. It was a big challenge to manage them well. How do you drive them? How can we organise the work environment in such a way that they can thrive? As an established Millennial Coach, I can share with you that the millennials are a precious and highly emotionally intelligent generation that can be steered towards the greatest things. Partially, today's world is that enjoyable due to the brilliance of myriad millennial internet entrepreneurs.

10 positioning statement examples to inspire your brand messaging

Building a great product isn’t enough to stand out in the market. What you need is a compelling message—one that speaks to your audience and is unique to your brand. How do you make sure you’re telling the same story to every customer across every touchpoint? One key tactic is writing a positioning statement.