Zendesk Onboarding Guide

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(written by Maddy Osman of The Blogsmith. See full article here.)

The Zendesk suite offers several products, like support, chat, talk & (of course) sell. 

In this Page, we'll outline how Zendesk Support to create a simple ticketing system to improve customer experience.

Share these workflows with your team to get them started with Zendesk and boost productivity.

Getting started with Zendesk

If you're new to the platform, check out this video for a quick intro on what Zendesk is and what your team can expect.

Now, let's get you started. Signing up for Zendesk is simple. All you need is an email address to sign up for the platform’s 14-day free trial — and you don’t even need to enter your credit card details. 

Accepting customer tickets through Zendesk

After you create your Zendesk account, the next step is to set up channels where customers can submit tickets. Zendesk lets you accept tickets through multiple channels, such as: 

• Text.

• Voice calls.

• Email.

• Social media messengers. 

Let’s see how you can set up these channels to accept service tickets. 

Assigning, merging and solving Zendesk tickets

Let’s start the Zendesk basics by learning how to manage tickets. 

Customers may open tickets through multiple channels, but you can view them all on your Zendesk dashboard. Then, you need to assign the ticket to a member of your customer support team. 

After solving tickets, the customer support agent needs to mark them as solved. In some cases, they may also need to merge two similar tickets. 

Here’s how the Zendesk ticketing solution works.

Adding a view in Zendesk

View is a key Zendesk feature. It works by grouping customer issues or tickets based on specific criteria. A view gives the customer support agent an overview of all the tickets relevant to them.

You can create views based on:

• The submitter.

• Assigned date.

• Organization.

• Due date.

Customizing ticket form in Zendesk

Customizing ticket form in Zendesk

You can customize the fields in a customer support ticket form. You’ll have a default ticket form when you first sign in to Zendesk Support, but you can change it based on your needs. 

Adding agents and admins to a Zendesk account

Zendesk lets you add an unlimited number of agents and admins to your support account. You can also add a light agent and end users.

Both agents and end users can create customer support requests.

Adding Zendesk Chat to your website

Zendesk offers a chat solution so you can communicate with your customers in real time. You just need to log in to Zendesk Chat to create the widget code, then add that code to your website to enable customer interactions through chat. 

Be a Zendesk Pro!

Learning how to use Zendesk will empower your customer support team to answer customer questions and solve issues proactively. The platform can also help them streamline the ticket resolution process. 

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