Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Today, we’re excited to unveil the newest message type in Intercom, Banners. Banners are a highly effective new type of message for your customer engagement strategy. Traditionally, banner messages have been relatively blunt instruments – eye-catching, sure, but not exactly sophisticated.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 22, 2020

In-app messaging is a key component of a strong customer engagement strategy – one that reaches users at the right place, at the right time, and is consistent across platforms. Here, we take a deep dive on in-app messaging – defining exactly what it is and how to make it work best for your customers. What is in-app messaging?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 4, 2022

. “Modern customers want immediate value, convenient communications, personalized interactions, and proactive engagement” Modern customers have high expectations when it comes to the online experience. They want immediate value, convenient communications, personalized interactions, and proactive engagement.

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Help Scout

AUGUST 22, 2023

Help Scout’s Beacon gives your customers access to email and live chat support, help documentation, and proactive messaging—all right where they need it. Read the full article

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Help Scout

AUGUST 22, 2023

Introducing Messages, a new way to convert more customers, reduce support requests, and build a better business proactively. Read the full article

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 31, 2021

We’re excited to announce that you can now send transactional messages using Intercom, empowering you to send all your customer messages from one easy-to-use platform. And because it’s Intercom, we’ve reimagined what “transactional messaging” looks like. What is transactional messaging? Order or delivery confirmation.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Proactive customer support Reactive customer support tends to focus on only the customer service issues directly in front of the support team, rather than pay attention to all of the areas where customers encounter problems and need to resolve issues. – The Hugo Team, Why Is Proactive Customer Service So Essential?

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Intercom

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With a modern conversational support solution, you can combine proactive , self-serve , and human support capabilities, so your team can get ahead of known problems with targeted messages , automatically answer repetitive queries with bots , and quickly resolve complex issues with automation and a human touch. Proactive messaging.

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Intercom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Proactive support is enabling companies like Tanda, TrueCommerce, Spendesk, Living Spaces, and SMARTY to support their customers before they even need help”. What is proactive support? Proactive support is a strategic approach to anticipating and delivering on your customers’ support needs, where they are, before they ask for help.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 18, 2021

Customers want to use messaging channels for support. Customers’ (and businesses’) preference for messaging channels has significantly grown since the onset of the pandemic. There’s never been a better time to invest in conversational support. Read the full study for more , or read on for some of our key takeaways.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 22, 2020

According to Nate Brown , the companies that move from reactive customer service to a more holistic, proactive customer experience (CX) approach will be the ones that ultimately survive and thrive. Erasing friction points forever with proactive CX. By investing in proactive support, you can erase common issues altogether.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Proactive customer engagement takes off. “By By 2025, proactive (outbound) customer engagement interactions will outnumber reactive (inbound) customer engagement interactions.” – Gartner, Inc. . With live chat in place to facilitate proactive customer interactions , organizations can easily engage website visitors.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 25, 2022

The phone notices that I want to use the apps at a particular time of day, so it pushes them to me proactively. Providing proactive experiences is part of the future I see for Customer Experience , a side effect of Customer Science. So, how can you create a proactive experience in your organization? Defining Proactive.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 4, 2021

The Rugs.com team uses Outbound Messages and Banners in Intercom to proactively communicate with and support their customers. When a known issue arises, Grayson explains that the team can trigger a pop-up message to let customers know that the team is aware of the problem and that it’s being worked on. “If

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 19, 2018

Tristan received an automated transaction message: his credit card was just used at a convenience store 20 mins away! Forward thinking companies are starting to make service a part of their product, with messaging at the core. Messaging is the dominant app on mobile, driving consumer interest in this channel.

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Ameyo Callversations

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Yet, these messages sometimes fail to show drastic improvements in the engagement metrics. Developing and working according to such a concept is the key to the technique known as Proactive Customer Engagement. What is Proactive Customer Engagement? Why shifting from reactive to proactive customer engagement is important.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 18, 2023

Proactively engaging and supporting your customers. Use the Swiss Cheese Method to “stack” proactive support measures in different formats and channels, such as Product Tours and Tooltips , to ensure the message gets across and customers get value from your updates.

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Shep Hyken

MARCH 2, 2022

Be proactive and reach out to the customer before they notice the problem. And when you do inform, consider this as you compose your message: . Keep the customer updated with ongoing messages as needed. . Customers want and expect you to be proactive with your communication, especially if something is wrong.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 13, 2021

For the first few years of widespread cell phone adoption, text messaging was considered obviously inferior to actual phone calls. They were thought to be abbreviated messages that could supplement real communications, rather than as a substitute for them. That shift in definition only accelerated with the rise of the mobile phone.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 9, 2021

We’ll walk you through a proven framework that combines proactive, self-serve, and human support to empower your team to get ahead of known problems, automatically answer repetitive queries, and quickly resolve complex issues. Chatbot and proactive message templates for providing fast, personal support.

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Intercom

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This is a make-or-break time for businesses to avoid disappointing their customers, to not only proactively communicate with customers about any challenges in fulfillment but also to earn their trust, and equip support teams with the tools necessary to lessen their burden.”. Read more: What is proactive support?

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TeamSupport

APRIL 23, 2024

Leveraging Automation for Proactive Support The true power of automation lies in its ability to turn data into actionable insights. By identifying patterns and pinpointing areas for improvement, your team can proactively refine strategies, addressing potential issues head-on and exceeding customer expectations.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 26, 2022

You have to figure out exactly why customers aren’t getting a resolution on the first interaction, so that you can address it proactively for future interactions. . Clarify your messaging. Are there places where your message is unclear, vague, or too complex? Err on the side of caution, and remember, clear is kind.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This approach can also extend to proactively contacting customers, for example, sending electronic communication about relevant promotions, follow-up calls to ensure satisfaction, etc. Being proactive is how you present your brand as ‘going the extra mile’ for your customers.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Over the last few months, we’ve released updates that help you improve and measure your conversational support efforts, engage customers with multichannel transactional messaging and other customer engagement enhancements, and integrate the tools you use every day – including WhatsApp! ??. Best of all? Is it possible to do this with Intercom?

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Aquire

AUGUST 2, 2021

In this competitive world, the success of any business depends on the quality of the proactive customer service it provides, rather than reactive. But, businesses are now adopting a proactive customer service approach that’s very closely tied to customer satisfaction, loyalty, and positive experiences. What do we mean by that?

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Intercom

AUGUST 17, 2021

That’s why forward-thinking businesses are turning to proactive support: so they can anticipate customer needs and deliver support when, and where, it’s needed. Proactive support is a crucial part of any good conversational support strategy, empowering you to pre-emptively deliver targeted, personalized support via messenger-based channels.

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Intercom

MARCH 10, 2022

Activate proactive engagement across your e-commerce site. Proactive engagement. This strategy empowers you to pre-emptively deliver targeted, personalized messages and support via messenger-based channels. Therefore, your team needs to be equipped with the right tools to work efficiently behind the scenes.

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Zendesk

JUNE 5, 2023

Key takeaways: Zendesk messaging is HIPAA-enabled, meaning healthcare organizations can manage their conversations at scale. Messaging allows healthcare organizations to do things like schedule appointments, send reminders, and provide virtual care while protecting patient data.

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Intercom

MARCH 1, 2023

Facebook Messenger had just been released, and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, as well as messaging apps like WhatsApp, were rapidly gaining popularity. In the years that followed, as we now know, messaging exploded. The world is filled with proactive support examples. But messaging was the thing.

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Zendesk

JULY 16, 2021

Messaging apps have the highest customer satisfaction rating of any support channel and their usage has skyrocketed. And businesses are following suit: 53 percent of companies that launched a new channel in 2020 added messaging. WhatsApp is not only the leading chat app for consumers, it’s also the top messaging app used by companies.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 25, 2020

We’ve written about how you can manage your customer communications in a crisis detailing how you can proactively make it easier for your customers to get the answers they’re looking for, as well as on dealing with the inbound queries that you might be facing. Only proactively communicate with your most active customers.

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Zendesk

JUNE 1, 2022

How a customer responds to marketing messages, engages with social media posts, and contacts your support agents—it all matters. True omnichannel experiences provide connected and consistent customer interactions across multiple channels (email, live chat, phone, messaging apps, etc.). Messaging apps. Communities.

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Shep Hyken

JANUARY 5, 2022

What I share with you today is a great example of personalized and proactive communication. Several lessons from this letter: This is proactive communication at its best. The message from BarkBox wasn’t about making a sale. We are keeping our eyes on the news and keeping you, your pups, and your community in our thoughts.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Thirty years after the first text message was sent in 1992, SMS is more popular than ever – but not just in the realm of texting friends and family. SMS messaging has taken off among customer service and support teams too, and the reasons are straightforward. Automate scheduled messages. Increase engagement.

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Logicalware

MARCH 21, 2022

Instead, businesses should be using proactive chat to improve customer experiences and drive revenue. What is proactive chat and why is it so important? This is where proactive chat comes in. Unlike reactive chatbots, proactive chatbots start conversations pre-emptively. Benefits of proactive chat.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Here’s a list of common questions our customers leave to Answer Bot: Tip 2: Add video messages to immediately engage new customers. To reduce customer frustration, proactively communicate response times during the holidays. What other questions can you automate, you might ask? Today’s customers overwhelmingly prefer self-service.

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