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How live chat can warm up your cold outbound leads

Intercom, Inc.

For most sales teams, “personalizing” a cold email simply means referencing a person’s job title or company and sending them links to case studies or blog posts in the hope of generating a single click-through. From outbound to inbound. The conversation typically ends after that click.

Outbound 218
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From first touch to qualified lead: How to use live chat for sales

Intercom, Inc.

For many years, B2B companies have executed their inbound sales funnel in a traditional manner that looked a little something like this: Visitor prospects. Using live chat for sales, you can: Qualify inbound leads using customizable bots that ask relevant, targeted questions. Marketing qualified lead (MQL). Sales qualified lead (SQL).

Inbound 245
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Switch on the next generation of phone support

Intercom, Inc.

That’s why we’re excited to introduce Intercom Switch: the easiest way to move inbound call volume to messaging. Introducing Switch, Intercom’s personalized solution to high inbound call volume. With Switch, we aimed to make it not just possible, but easy, to move inbound call volume to messaging. 6 reasons to Switch.

Inbound 209
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Tactics to stay ahead of the curve and boost efficiency with proactive support

Intercom, Inc.

According to a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Intercom in April 2021, Drive Conversational Experiences For A Future-Ready Customer Support Strategy , 59% of support leaders and decision makers find a lack of proactive support to be a barrier to conversational support at scale. Here’s how they’re doing it.

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2021 Engagement Benchmarks for Media Apps

Alchemer Mobile

In our 2021 Mobile App Engagement Benchmark Report , a study of 1,000 apps across a billion+ app installs, we take a close look at apps in the Media and Entertainment category. They also had a high inbound message response rate of 77% compared to the macro average of 72%. But while few in number, their surveys were successful.

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Building Resolution Bot: How to apply machine learning in product development

Intercom, Inc.

Case study: Resolution Bot. Support teams get a lot of repeated inbound questions, which get tedious to answer. I think the ups and downs of that year – the things we are proud of, and the things we messed up – provide a good case study for how to approach an ML project. Achieving this balance in practice requires a lot of work.

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How pricing strategy helps shape your entire business model

Intercom, Inc.

At this level, your customer acquisition strategy needs to primarily be an organic one, based on inbound marketing, such as creating quality content that educates the market and attracts prospects to your site. If your application is a self-service one, focus on content and inbound marketing as your primary source of leads.

Strategy 195