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The Supportive


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Episode 5: Escape the Queue

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Episode 4: Greatest Mistakes in Customer Service History

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Smile, You’re in an AI Photo

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Episode 3: Secrets of a Product Manager

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Episode 2: Self-service is the future of online support

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Between Two Borgs

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Episode 1: The Future of AI-Enhanced Support Teams

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The Supportive Podcast

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Catch Me if You Can

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First Impressions Last

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The Name of the Rose

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When Support Teams are Blamed for Product Problems

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A Very Help Scout Thanksgiving

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Navigating Product Changes in SaaS Support

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First Impressions Are Fast Impressions

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Going off Script

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Artificial Integrity: Trust, AI, and Customer Service

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Using ChatGPT for Customer Service

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How Distributed Customer Service Teams Improve Each Other’s Skills

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7 Predictions for Customer Service and Support in 2023

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Removing customer service accents via AI: The wrong solution to a real problem

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A Love Letter to Social Media Customer Service Pros

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Changing a Company Culture

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If Customer Service Were Really Superheroes

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Guiding clients to email support instead of their account managers

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Is Google's LaMDA sentient, and if so would it like a job?

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Museum of Customer Support: Ancient Fast Food

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Help Scout’s Conversation Corner on Experience This!

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Teaching Analytical Reading

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How to Change Your Team’s Behavior

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Museum of Customer Support: The First Shopping Cart

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Measuring Customer Service Success More Broadly

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Encouraging Support Teams To Write Help Docs

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12 Predictions for Customer Service Trends in 2022

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Fast Food vs. Fine Dining in Customer Service

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Dealing With Abusive Customers

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Museum of Customer Support: The World's Oldest Complaint Letter

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Writing Your Own Customer Service Recipe Book

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Terrifying Tales of Spooky Support

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Annual Planning as a New Customer Support Leader

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Visit Sea Sat, the Customer Service Restaurant

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Why Customers Ask Vague Questions (and What To Do About It)

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The Book That Changed My Customer Service Career

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The Supportive: A Series for Service Professionals

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What Should I Include in My Cover Letter?

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Telling My Boss About My True Career Goals

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Being Pushed to Offer Service Level Agreements Too Soon

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Balancing Soft-Skills With Technical Ability

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Breaking Into SaaS Support

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GPT-3 and AI in Customer Support

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The Best Role for a Second Customer Service Hire

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Avoiding Cherry-Picking in the Support Queue

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COVID-19's Impact on Customer Service Volumes

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AI, Curiosity, and the Future of Human Customer Service

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What My Mechanic Taught Me About Customer Service

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