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The biggest challenges facing support teams right now (and how to solve them)

Intercom, Inc.

Over the course of the past year, the customer support landscape has changed for good. And although 69% of respondents say that personalized support experiences are the key to building strong customer relationships, less than half believe that they can deliver those personalized support experiences at scale with their current tech stack.

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Customer care in a crisis: How support teams are navigating shifts in volume, wait times, and CSAT

Intercom, Inc.

” To find out, we surveyed 400 support managers, directors, and executives across both B2B and B2C and affected industries like media, healthcare, and technology. Inbound volume is spiking for half of support teams. We also spoke directly to support leaders to understand how they’ve responded to the effects of COVID-19.

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2022 on Inside Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

We’ve made it to the end of 2022 – 12 months in which everything changed for the tech industry. After booming for the best part of two decades, a number of factors coincided to transform the SaaS landscape and tech more broadly. As we know, we’re in the middle of a tech industry slowdown. Well that was quite the year.

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Product in Practice: Getting Value Out of In-App Surveys Takes Iteration

Product Talk

In each instance, Ellen found a solution that didn’t require too much time or technical know-how to set up. While Orion had started with a B2C focus, they got a lot of inbound interest in the B2B space. While her results were far from perfect, they’re a great reminder that continuous discovery is a journey. You can submit yours here.

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CX expert Bill Price on creating frictionless customer experiences

Intercom, Inc.

Of course, this doesn’t mean shutting down all your channels, crossing your fingers, and hoping for the best. “Instead of trying to optimize the contact center experience with all sorts of things, they said, ‘Let’s get rid of an inbound phone number.’ ” No inbound chat, no inbound email.

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How Digital Customer Education Can Win You More Business

Gainsight

Technology companies, in particular, adopted these points of differentiation to gain market share. HubSpot shot to fame due largely to its laser focus on inbound marketing. The proliferation of technology and low barriers to entry mean that anyone can start a business. What do they have in common?

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Calendar Audits as a Product Manager

The Product Coalition

Considering how multifaceted and cross-functional Product roles are, it is incredibly easy for Product Managers to get lost in the flurry of inbound requests. Moreover, if you are a Senior Product Manager, you would have the additional responsibility of reviewing their work. Calendar Audit?—?Split Calendar Audit?—?Split