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How the pandemic has changed customer support forever

Intercom, Inc.

As a result, companies need to understand their customers and deliver to their high standards if they want to stay competitive. “How can you ensure that your support team is still providing personable, conversational support at scale?” 53% of support teams have seen an increase in support queries since COVID-19 hit.

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Nailing your customer support interview at Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

In this post, we’ll cover everything you need to know to feel comfortable and prepared when interviewing for our Customer Support team. . The Customer Support interview process. Whether you’re applying for a Customer Support Specialist role, or a Customer Support Engineer role, the process is very similar.

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Helping from afar: Running customer support remotely

Intercom, Inc.

Global customer support teams are used to working across different offices. But as we consider how we take our customer support fully remote, we are rethinking how we would use our workflows, automation tools, and day-to-day rituals to protect our team dynamics and productivity. Create a sense of normalcy and fun.

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Moving from reactive to proactive customer support

Intercom, Inc.

Simultaneously, support teams are struggling with spikes in conversation volumes. A proactive customer support approach is the key to regaining control. The typical support “strategy” is to let common issues roll in for support reps to address. What is proactive customer support?

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Building Product to Enhance Customer Support: The Key to Customer Retention in an E-commerce Business

Speaker: Bhavana Angadi, Senior Product Manager at Hopscotch (Demand & Growth) | Former Product Manager at Bigbasket

If you were to ask an E-commerce Product Manager what they would do to increase retention, they might suggest improving engagement by personalization/gamification, or by introducing loyalty programs. While these are both fantastic answers, they fail to acknowledge one important issue.

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Strategies to take your customer support global

Intercom, Inc.

We share their advice for other leaders looking to expand their customer care to more languages and timezones. The ROI of global customer support. Setting up global customer support requires dedication and investment. So excellent global customer support can be a source of revenue. Increased revenue.

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The ultimate customer support tech stack for 2022

Intercom, Inc.

Customer support is more business-critical than ever. But in today’s fast-paced world, your customer support can only be as effective as the technology that underpins it. Study after study shows that the vast majority of support teams are unhappy with their current customer support tech stacks.