
Lessons learned from scaling a product team
There’s been lots written about how Internet businesses should build software, from books like The Lean Start-Up, and posts from Google...

What’s new: a better inbox, mobile apps, and more
This year we’ll be posting regular updates on the improvements we’re making and new features we’re shipping in Intercom. We’re kicking...

Storyful stays relevant, timely, and authentic with Intercom
When your business delivers time sensitive content to the busiest newsrooms on the planet, efficient communications and support are...

The opportunity at Intercom
I recently left my job at Google to head up the Product Design team at Intercom. Here’s why I thought Intercom was worth taking the leap....

How daPulse used Intercom to increase user engagement by 24%
If you’ve got a complex product with a lot of functionality it can be challenging to onboard new users and get them engaged. One company...

Designing our new blog
Earlier this year we began investing in our blog, by hiring a full time editor and deliberately increasing our publishing frequency....

Magoosh increased conversion 17% with onboarding experiment
To message or not to message new users, that was the burning question facing the team at Magoosh, so they used Intercom to find out what...

Know the value of your customers
Customer information is most valuable when consolidated. When all your information about all your customers is in the same place, every...

How Invision uses Intercom to scale authenticity
“Would I want to receive this in my inbox?” This is the single most important question Ben Jordan (pictured above), VP of Customer...

This is not a map
Customers will always surprise you with the creative ways they use your product. It’s not deliberate on their behalf though. They’re just...

Building a platform at Intercom
When you think of Salesforce.com, what do you think of? The CRM tool for salespeople? A product for managing marketing campaigns? Or the...

How Somewhere uses Intercom to build its community
If you’ve started a business or were a part of a founding team, you probably remember the feeling when the first customer walks through...

Design principles: in-app messaging
We recently released the second generation of a core Intercom feature, in-app messages. Redesigning a core-feature is always high risk,...

Using Intercom to take a SaaS business global
When you launch a start up you want to go global and reach as many international markets as possible. But bridging the gulf between the...

Harnessing user research with Intercom
It’s a given developers know their products better than their users but this can lead to a gulf in understanding between them. Listening...

The blind product manager
Ask any product manager and they will tell you that seeing and talking to their users is critical to success. Yet few walk the walk and...

Why I left Google to join Intercom
After a 7.5 year international adventure with Google, I’ve joined Intercom as Director of Research. So, what lured me away from the...

First impressions of working at Intercom
Intercom is not just the product – it’s also a great place to work. I recently joined Intercom, and last week took the time to write a...

Design principles: a shared inbox for your team
We recently released a completely redesigned team inbox for Intercom to make it even easier for companies to talk with their customers....
























