Implementing the Zendesk customer service software as part of your company’s operations can be time-consuming, but with the best practices and advice in this hands-on guide, you can shorten the procedure considerably. You’ll learn the purpose, benefits, and pitfalls of each Zendesk feature, with examples of how to configure it to match your company’s needs and processes. Written by written by two experienced Zendesk product trainers, this book is distilled from years of working in the trenches, launching customer implementations, and answering thousands of questions from participants throughout the world. With it, you’ll be able to determine the best way to put Zendesk’s vast potential to work for your company. Apply custom branding to your user-facing support portal Mitigate risk by implementing various Zendesk security features Manage profiles and permissions for users, agents, and administrators Create tickets from email, voice, chat, feedback tabs, and social media Capture and classify help requests through standard and custom fields Use techniques to build an efficient agent support process Automate your business rules in Zendesk to streamline your workflow Provide your customers with self-service support

Implementing Zendesk as part of your company's operations can be a time-consuming process. In this hands-on guide, author Stafford Vaughan provides the most comprehensive set of best practices for setting up and using Zendesk, distilled from years of training companies how to launch this popular customer service software. You'll learn the purpose, benefits, and pitfalls of each Zendesk feature, with examples of how you can configure it to match your company's needs and processes. Through several real-world examples, you'll also discover how other companies use the product, so you can determine how best to put Zendesk's potential into practice for your business. Customize your Zendesk customer service tool with your brand Create tickets using email, voice, chat, feedback tabs, and social media Implement security measures, including ways to safely login from social media sites Generate profiles and permissions for your Zendesk customers, agents, and administrators Understand the data capture lifecycle, and control the fields your customers are required to fill out Apply techniques for making your agent process more efficient Modify Zendesk to reflect your existing customer service process Use forums to provide self-service support for your customers

Implementing Zendesk as part of your company’s operations can be a time-consuming process. In this hands-on guide, author Stafford Vaughan provides the most comprehensive set of best practices for setting up and using Zendesk, distilled from years of training companies how to launch this popular customer service software. You’ll learn the purpose, benefits, and pitfalls of each Zendesk feature, with examples of how you can configure it to match your company’s needs and processes. Through several real-world examples, you’ll also discover how other companies use the product, so you can determine how best to put Zendesk’s potential into practice for your business. Customize your Zendesk customer service tool with your brand Create tickets using email, voice, chat, feedback tabs, and social media Implement security measures, including ways to safely login from social media sites Generate profiles and permissions for your Zendesk customers, agents, and administrators Understand the data capture lifecycle, and control the fields your customers are required to fill out Apply techniques for making your agent process more efficient Modify Zendesk to reflect your existing customer service process Use forums to provide self-service support for your customers

Master the art of providing effective IT services to your customers by leveraging Zendesk About This Book Deep dive into the functionalities of Zendesk and improve your organization's customer services Learn how to expand the capabilities of Zendesk by integrating and extending it with third-party tools A master level guide that manages tickets, channels, and workflows along with advanced security features Who This Book Is For This book is for proficient Zendesk administrators who want to unlock the full potential of their Zendesk environment by gaining a deeper understanding of Zendesk's advanced customization options. What You Will Learn Customize ticket channels such as Email, Twitter, Facebook, and Web-Widget Add business rules to create a more effective and automated Zendesk environment Use Zendesk apps to add more functionality to the Zendesk setup Extend Zendesk with JIRA and Salesforce Create custom metrics within GoodData in order to set up customized and automated reports Learn how to secure and troubleshoot Zendesk In Detail Zendesk is a cloud-based customer service solution that is widely used because it is easy, efficienct, flexible, and low cost. It is highly scalable and is great for organizations of all sizes. If you're a Zendesk administrator and are looking to explore advanced-level concepts, then this book is for you. It covers the core functionalities such as managing users, groups, and the organization, and creating and adding custom fields. You will learn how to add customized ticket channels to your account. Then, you will focus on customizing business rules and extending Zendesk with JIRA and Salesforce. Towards the end, the book emphasizes security and troubleshooting aspects as well as providing tips and tricks to create a more efficient support environment. By the end of this book, you will be able to turn a basic Zendesk setup into a highly customized working environment. Style and approach This advanced guide provides easy to understand examples to ensure you gain expertise with Zendesk.

Prepare for AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) exam success with this Exam Cram from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT certification. This is the eBook edition of the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) Exam Cram. This eBook does not include access to the Pearson Test Prep practice exams that comes with the print edition. AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) Exam Cram is an all-inclusive study guide designed to help you pass the updated version of the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam. Prepare for test day success with complete coverage of exam objectives and topics, plus hundreds of realistic practice questions. Extensive prep tools include quizzes, Exam Alerts, and our essential last-minute review CramSheet. Covers the critical information needed to score higher on your AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) exam! Demonstrate baseline AWS Well-Architected Framework knowledge to support and maintain AWS workloads Use AWS monitoring and logging services and remediate issues based on monitoring and availability metrics Implement scalability and elasticity for reliability and business continuity Use AWS services to provision, deploy, maintain, and automate cloud resources Implement and manage security controls to meet compliance policies and requirements Implement, configure, and troubleshoot network features and connectivity issues Identify and implement cost and performance optimization strategies