Providing good customer support is a team game. Large or small, established enterprise or scrappy startup, support agents need to collaborate and work together to get answers. For example, customers often contact e-commerce vendors to check where their packages are. Support agents do not always have enough context to get this answer immediately. These agents check with their Inventory team to see what was ordered by the customer.

When it comes to the customer service industry, one of the most useful tools a support agent can have at their fingertips is a good customer service software. Now, the most obvious reason for this is how a helpdesk software improves an agent’s efficiency. This is because the software organizes the tickets an agent receives and expedites the response process. One of the most obvious advantages gained by using a customer support software is the ease with which you can track the status of a ticket.

Be it getting a ride whenever you want or ordering your favorite pizza from the comfort of your couch, on-demand platforms have made our lives quite convenient. A recent Burson-Marsteller’s survey about on-demand economy found that 86.5 Million Americans (42% of adult population) have used an on-demand service already. Added to this, the Harvard Business Review declared that the wide array of OnDemand apps and platforms have been adding 22.4 million users every year.

The Marketplace has been growing week on week and as usual, we have a new set of apps that have been added to our marketplace this month. This month has been an exciting time for us as we also had our partner webinar with CxMoments on 1o July 2018. Let’s dive into what the Freshdesk marketplace brings to the table this month to boost your customer experience and customer engagement.

Not a single day passes without negotiation for a customer service agent. It could be during conflict resolution or feature requests or when you are recommending an upgrade. Being a customer service agent is more than just dealing with difficult customers. Strong understanding and effective persuasion are the guiding stars to conduct a good negotiation. One also requires top-notch people skills to be adept in the art of negotiation.

No matter how great your products or services, some of your customers are bound to run into problems. That’s an unavoidable truth of business — but you can avoid losing customers because of those issues. It just requires a little extra effort on the part of your customer service team.

Why Data? At Facebook, there’s a well known phrase that goes “Data wins arguments”. I wouldn’t say that at CloudApp we’re a deeply argumentative bunch, but we do like to come up with hypotheses, test them, and see the results.

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is slowly becoming a part of our daily lives. Siri and Alexa are now household names, and their users have grown accustomed to how easy they make it to access information. And while these types of virtual assistants are primarily for personal use, AI also presents huge opportunities for businesses, particularly for customer service.