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After a successful first season earlier this year, Zendesk Morning Show is back on our screens streaming its Autumn edition. For a second time, we join the Zendesk team on Vismedia’s 3D virtual stage for weekly insights on everything customer experience.
What is Zendesk Morning Show?
Zendesk Morning Show is an innovative and unique use of online video that helped Zendesk find a fresh, exciting way to reach out to audiences and create demand with customers during the COVID-19 crisis.

March 2020 ushered in a period of transition and stress. We saw in-person events pause, and we saw and global audiences shifting to digital channels. It meant the usual marketing mix that brands used to speak to their customers had to change. First came Zoom webinars, then came Zoom fatigue. Long-form content as we knew it was struggling to engage in a rapidly changing world – so something had to cut through.
How is Zendesk Morning Show different to a webinar?
The show takes inspiration from Andrew Marr and Sophie Ridge, the titans of the morning talk show. Unlike any webinar, Zendesk Morning Show needed to have a studio and set design strong enough to support the format and own the attention span. But under lockdown rules, Zendesk couldn’t get cameras and hosts all in one room.
So, they engaged us to help them with an innovative new approach unlike any other webinar: a 3D virtual set design.

From home offices, spare bedrooms and kitchens all over the world, Zendesk Morning Show speakers filmed themselves remotely under the guidance of Vismedia’s experienced video production team.

We scaled-up the footage and stitched it together in a totally custom-built CGI set to create a broadcast-style show that looked polished and felt at home with Zendesk’s branding.

Prelini Udayan-Chiechi, Zendesk’s VP Marketing in EMEA, is at the helm of ZMS. She steers each episode talking to teams, customers and partners. Each 15-20 minute episode tackles a new theme to highlight key changes in the world of customer experience.
The show has been a great success for Zendesk. Speaking on SEMRush’s Marketing Scoop podcast, Prelini Udayan-Chiechi said that viewing figures for Zendesk Morning Show outperformed webinars by over 35%.
What did we learn from making Series 1?
We learned that teamwork really does make the dream work. Innovative technology is just the start of the process. Really, internal teams do the rest by rallying around and driving the idea forward. Zendesk and the Vismedia team worked as one unit, enabling open and honest chats about what worked and what needed to be done better.
Promoting the show worked the same way. As global teams got more involved and excited to be a part of the show, word-of-mouth helped naturally propel the show to new audience segments.
“The more that teams got behind it, the more that momentum built,” Prelini said. “And with that momentum, that’s what brought more audiences in as well.”
Get the full insights from our Ignite 2020 presentation
In the “next normal”, the 3D virtual set design stand outs from the crowd with high-quality, engaging B2B content. So, unlock the value and gain the insights. Learn the top dos and don’ts of producing a B2B show. Click here to watch the session.