Laplante management
Optimization
What does optimization look like?
Optimization may begin with an Audit, you may already know the specific items you’d like us to address, or we can do additional discovery to determine the best path forward for you.
Click here to schedule with one of our optimization experts!
Custom Scope of Work
We would love to talk with you about how to improve your Zendesk instance! This could be anything from just one or two items to a full overhaul of your system; in any case, an initial discovery call is the best place to start!
Use this link to schedule a quick 15 minute conversation to get started!
Package Optimization
Our strong preference is to avoid one-size-fits-all contracts, because we’re convinced that it is a zero sum game where someone wins and someone loses. And we don’t want to start the relationship that way! However, we understand that sometimes you just need a quick sense of cost.
Below are fixed-price packages that can be purchased. If your company only needs to optimize very narrow or specific areas of Zendesk, a custom scope of work likely makes more sense. In any case, we would still love to work with you, we would just ask that you schedule a call with us so we can talk things through and find the right solution for you!
If you have a specific need that is not listed below, we’re still interested!
Click here to set up some time to talk through what you’re looking for!
Light
When you know you need a little help (up to 20 hours)- Add a new channel
- Add a new integration
- Update existing workflow(s)
- Create custom Explore reporting dashboards
Standard
When you need a partial refresh (up to 40 hours)- Anything from the Light package, plus
- AI Agents
- Knowledge (Help Center) customization
Advanced
When you need a full restart (up to 80 hours)- Anything from the Standard package, plus
- Custom sidebar app
Considerations for every optimization
There are four factors that will most often cause optimization cost and timing to fluctuate:
- Total number of channels (email, phone, chat, social media, etc.)
- If you already have the channels you need in place, you can expect things to be cheaper and faster. If you want a million new channels, it’s likely to increase both cost and timing.
- Total number of departments/workflows
- Having a lot of agents who do the same thing doesn’t necessarily complicate the configuration of your system. But segregating tickets based on department and/or type of ticket will. Be prepared for a longer, more expensive optimization if you have a diverse set of new processes that need to be configured.
- Integration with external systems
- Zendesk has out-of-the-box integration (most often via a prebuilt sidebar app) with hundreds of popular software systems. You can find the complete list here.
- So long as the software you’re looking to integrate has an open API, we will be able to put it together with Zendesk. Depending on the specific needs, it may be that we involve a simple middleware like Zapier or Power Automate, but that discussion is one to have with our team prior to work beginning.
- Meetings
- We will meet any time you’d like, just keep in mind that we’ll factor that into our scope of work.
If you have additional questions about optimization, we would love to help.
Testimonial
“LaPlante is the best! They are quick to respond and they make sure you know what and how they did something. I highly recommend using LaPlante.”
Bobbie Veil — Wellmore Holdings
