Salesforce.com just revealed another reason why the Service Cloud is the world’s #1 customer service app: Introducing Chatter Communities for Service.  

Chatter Communities for Service will turn the old world of legacy portals upside down by enabling customers to tap directly into a private social community of industry peers and company experts. And unlike any other customer support solution, Service Cloud will seamlessly tie social communities together with a complete social contact center, all based on a common knowledge base. We’re excited about what this means for the future of social customer service.

Here are the highlights of Chatter Communities for Service:

  • Customizable, Branded Experience: Chatter Communities for Service will leverage the Chatter Communities platform to give companies a customizable, branded location where their customers can ask questions, find answers, and receive help from both other community members and from the company directly.
  • Single Place for Customer Support: Customers will no longer waste time searching through dozens of potential online help destinations to find the answers they need. With Chatter Communities for Service, customers will have a single destination to get answers quickly.
  • Seamless Experience Across Channels: Customers expect to be able to start an interaction in one channel and finish it in any other channel with zero hiccups. With a common customer social profile at the heart of Service Cloud, Chatter Communities for Service will deliver a unified customer service experience that lets companies deliver seamless support across channels, even if the case begins in social media and is resolved in a service community.
  • Conversations and Knowledge: Chatter Communities for Service will leverage a single underlying knowledge base to help customers find the right answer, the first time, every time.
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