
Unified Communications Brings Real Business Value
The world of enterprise communication and collaboration is altering at lightning velocity. New communication capabilities, known as...

From hi to buy: 6 live chat sales techniques
Adding live chat to your funnel is a great way of generating more sales and targeting specific leads in a more effective way, ensuring...

All walk and no talk? How to grow your product’s voice
The way we interact with the world is increasingly determined by the software we use, but despite that growing dependence, we only truly...

Respect the inbox: How to improve customer communication
We’ve written a lot about how to send the right message at the right time. And while timing is important, how many messages you send also...

Understanding direct and indirect competition
Sometimes your customers really want to use your feature or product, but they also want something else that simply isn’t compatible with...

A day in the life of a message
There’s a classic Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip that’s always stuck with me. In it we see our pint sized hero climbing out his bedroom...

Make online messaging personal by embracing the nonverbal
At Intercom we want to enable businesses to communicate with their customers in a personal and meaningful way. One of the ways we do this...

Using case studies to tell your story for you
It’s easy to forget how much those of us in B2B SaaS companies ask of our potential customers. We’re not just asking them to whip out...

Send the perfect message with the five Ws
Sending high-impact, well-timed and targeted messages requires insight and laser-sharp focus on your recipients. No amount of clicks and...

Sincerely yours: 8 tips for writing like you really mean it
Sharing the insights of the entire Intercom team has always been one of the core principles of this blog. If you read an article about...

What everyone ought to know about subject lines
In most things in life, roughly 80% of effects come from only 20% of the causes. 80% of Warren Buffet’s wealth comes from just ten...

4 areas where designers need to get comfortable
In times past, design was an afterthought. The last stage of the product creation process. The final visual layer and the point in time...

Keeping information flowing as you grow
When a startup is 10 people working together in a room information flows easily and seamlessly. If you have a question you ask your...

Talking tech with non tech people
Explaining complex software to customers who may not have a technical background certainly has its challenges. Frustration for both...

Why voice bots will rule the chatbot landscape
When consumer internet arrived in the 1990s, it ushered in a new age of communication. Free internet chat applications like ICQ, MSN and...

How do you say no to customers?
Building a successful product means getting good at saying no. But exactly how do you say it? When you’re on the front line, representing...

12 steps to create a great messaging strategy
An effective messaging strategy is the bedrock upon which you can build customer engagement. Unless your customers value what you say,...

Your customers have mastered emoji. Now it’s your turn.
At Intercom, we’re always curious about how messaging shapes the way we communicate online with customers and website visitors. We’d be...

How to create effective push notifications
Over the past 20 years, the ways in which content has been distributed have completely changed. We’ve moved from huge portals of...






















