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Customer Support is being turned upside down. Here’s what you need to do about it.

Intercom, Inc.

The internet is moving more businesses and people online, and driving a huge increase in inbound support volume. Once every decade or two, developments in technology trigger monumental changes in an industry. The two key changes are a shift to messenger-based support, and an investment in Bots and Messaging.

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

Intercom, Inc.

As a result, we’ve seen some major, long-lasting changes to how businesses and consumers communicate and build relationships with one another: The popularity of messaging channels is on the rise – messenger-based support is now the second most used support channel. Challenge #1: Limited team bandwidth, resources, and budget.

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Sparking conversations: How every team can benefit from conversational support

Intercom, Inc.

And for your support team, using the right conversational support tool and framework allows them to maximize their resources, so they can focus on solving complex queries and building long-term customer relationships. But conversational support doesn’t just benefit your support team. Teams that benefit: Sales, marketing.

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A playbook for the impatient SDR: 4 key tips to grow your sales career

Intercom, Inc.

Buyers now have more information than ever before, inbound and outbound SDRs have to change their approach to capture buyer interest and add value, and the skill set needed to be successful has changed. At the time I didn’t fully value the SDR experience or the skill set I was developing. The virtue of patience. Here’s why.

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Rugs.com increased their support efficiency 10x with Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

With the onset of COVID-19 and the accelerated move towards online shopping, Grayson Bagwell, Director of Business Development at Rugs.com, notes the sharp increase in shopping volume the business has experienced in the last 12 months as a result of people spending more time at home. “As We were using Olark chat, but it wasn’t very flexible”.

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The ultimate marketing technology stack for 2019

Intercom, Inc.

Stacks can be developed at the project, team, or functional level and are regularly used to improve internal collaboration, measure the impact of marketing activities and reach customers in new ways. Without this foundation, your marketing stack can become a set of siloed tools that will bog your team down in complexity.

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MadKudu’s Liam Boogar-Azoulay on building apps to expand your product’s reach

Intercom, Inc.

For instance, many teams build apps on Intercom so users can leverage their workflows and services within our live chat Messenger and messages. So I wanted to hear why that strategy makes sense for MadKudu and his advice for other teams thinking about building apps for their product. Short on time? The mission of MadKudu.