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Getting conversational: HubSpot’s CEO on a new species of disruptor

Intercom, Inc.

Old communication tools, like email and forms, simply don’t match the ways modern customers want to talk, connect, and receive help. Customers who had enough of receiving unsolicited communication quickly armoured up with these new “protection” tools. For HubSpot, that enemy was outbound marketing.

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Intercom’s product principles: Creating personal products by design

Intercom, Inc.

Whether we’re creating tools that improve personalization or strengthening our privacy and security, Intercom has always been committed to bringing a personal touch to every change we make to our product. For example, the outbound composer in the new Inbox is designed according to a channel-first model. A simple example?

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Why customer engagement is the key to business growth in 2022 and beyond

Intercom, Inc.

When a prospect is intrigued by your outbound marketing and reaches out to your support team to ask a question, is that a marketing, sales, or support issue? As a result, digital technologies are being seen as the critical differentiators they are. The answer is yes – it’s both. Yes, yes, and yes – it’s everyone’s business.

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What is proactive support?

Intercom, Inc.

But now that customer experience has become a critical differentiator for modern consumers, this reactive approach to customer support is no longer good enough. Using clever features like outbound messages , banners , product tours , and more, you can provide customers with the help they need before they have to contact your team.

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Strategic Product Management: The Role of a Strategic Product Manager

Userpilot

Product differentiation and positioning are important aspects of strategic product management because they allow you to build a product that meets the needs of the right customers in the right market and stand out from the crowd. Market research, differentiation, and positioning are necessary to prepare for the product launch.

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Finding Product-Market Fit – Expert Advice From Prowly’s CEO Joanna Drabent

Userpilot

Joanna founded and ran the Kolko PR agency from 2010 to 2016 where she noticed there was a need to automate the PR processes and there was no tool on the market to make that possible. Going global was difficult for Prowly, but after a year and a half, they found that their differentiating factor was catering to SMBs rather than enterprises.

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Four beliefs shaping our vision for customer support

Intercom, Inc.

Poor support tools and tech stacks are slowing teams down. The tools that support teams use are often clunky and outdated. Clunky legacy support tools make it hard for support agents to find the right information quickly. Plus it’s an amazing way to differentiate against the competition. Which grows loyalty….