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On The Ticket, you'll hear Intercom's Customer Support team in conversation with the customer service leaders, renowned customer experience thinkers, and influential authors who are shaping the field of customer support. Follow The Ticket to get the weekly episodes and sign up for our twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletter 🏠 www.intercom.com
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How do you build something people actually want and will use time and time again? Sharing lessons we've learned in the six-plus years building Intercom, in this series you'll learn how to evaluate your current product, how to decide which features to build in a haystack of those you shouldn't, best practices for getting those features used, and much more.
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Every message a business sends is an attempt to get the recipient to either feel something, know something, do something or say something. At its core messaging is all about increasing engagement, and Intercom on Customer Engagement is a buzzword-free guide to creating and sending the right message, to the right people, at the right time.
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In this series Intercom takes you inside the marketing lessons we've learned the hard, expensive and messy way. We include the insights that helped us grow from zero customers to more than 20,000, but we’ve been careful to be honest and have worked hard to avoid the usual truisms. Instead, we’ve focused on actionable advice we think will benefit any early stage startup – from crafting early messaging, to managing a product launch, to keeping product and marketing aligned.
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In this episode of The Ticket podcast, Fred Walton, Conversation Designer at Intercom sits down to chat with Beth-Ann Sher, Senior Knowledge Manager at Intercom, about the role of a knowledge manager in an AI-driven customer service landscape. Beth shares her journey from being a product marketing manager to becoming a knowledge manager and discuss…
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In this episode of The Ticket podcast, we explore the research conducted by Intercom on providing a remarkable customer experience with Senior Product Researcher Lynsey Duncan. Joining Lynsey are Bobby Stapleton, Senior Director, Human Support and Declan Ivory, VP, Customer Support to discuss the key findings including the importance of problem own…
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Intercom president Archana Agrawal discusses how AI is transforming customer service by challenging the traditional trade-offs between quality, speed, and cost. Tracing the evolution from personal, local interactions to global call centers and digital channels, she explains how AI can handle simpler queries swiftly, freeing human agents for complex…
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Providing great customer experiences requires deep knowledge about your customers. In this episode of The Ticket, Serena Chan, Research Advocate of Customer Experience at Dovetail, discusses how to conduct the right type of research and apply it to your CX. She talks about leveraging data effectively, balancing intuition with customer knowledge, an…
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Intercom's Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton and VP of Customer Support Declan Ivory discuss the different strategies for getting buy-in from your execs when adopting AI-first customer service. We also hear the experiences of Constantina Samara, Head of Support at Synthesia, and Pat Barlow, Support Lead at Dovetail. Watch this episod…
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Intercom's Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton and VP of Customer Support Declan Ivory explore strategies for getting AI buy-in from CS teams. We also hear the experiences of Ben Peak, Director of Technical Support at Robin; Elli Neeld, Product Education Content Creator at HoneyBook; and Carl Olsen, General Manager of Operations at Sha…
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In this episode of The Ticket, we explore how AI can maximize team efficiency in customer support with Ruth O'Brien, Senior Director of Automated & Proactive Support, and Leanne Harte, Senior Manager of Customer Support. They'll share valuable insights on effective AI implementation, the impact on support teams, and actionable advice for leaders lo…
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This week Intercom’s Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton, Senior Product Marketing Manager OIivIa Singerlla and Staff Product Manager Alissa Tyrangiel discuss some exciting news in AI-first customer service. Watch our latest Built For You Episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTAzvif5fzw 😁 Follow the people: https://www.linkedi…
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Great brands that endure always leap on new opportunities. To understand the new AI opportunity, you must understand the underlying technology. Our VP of AI, Fergal Reid, is the perfect person to explain that technology, and how it will transform the way you provide customer service. Fergal has been working on applying machine learning to customer …
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This week on The Ticket podcast, Intercom’s Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton and Director of Customer Support Operations Anthony Lopez unpack how customer support leaders can confidently guide their teams into this new strategic future being driven by AI. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAHX07s8eDU 😁 F…
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Renowned customer service and CX expert Shep Hyken joins Declan Ivory, VP of Customer Support at Intercom, to discuss highlights from his Achieving Customer Amazement Study and wants to help you create an amazing customer experience.and emerging trends shaping the future of customer experience. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com…
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Intercom's Declan Ivory, VP of Customer Support, and Ruth O’Brien, Senior Director of Automated and Proactive Support, discuss how AI has fundamentally changed things not just for our team, but for every support team. They unpack why it’s so critical to get onboard with AI and how they’ve reimagined and evolved Intercom’s Support org to take full a…
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This week on The Ticket podcast, Intercom’s Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton and Director of Customer Support Operations Anthony Lopez break down how our own Customer Support team got started with AI. They discuss what the first three months looked like as the team made the switch to an AI-first approach, and offer some practical ad…
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Our Chief Product Officer Paul Adams talks about how AI has raised the bar for what great customer service looks like and what it takes to rise to the occasion. He explains our vision for AI-first Customer Service, and how we’re making that vision a reality. You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X3iNjM89fRA?si=fDtP8tl-FY4PHxxm Fol…
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Intercom’s Senior Director of Automated and Proactive Support Ruth O’Brien and Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton discuss the impact AI is having on customer service careers, and what “new world” support roles and career paths look like compared to “old world” ones, based on their own personal experience. Watch this episode on YouTube…
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Today, we're delighted to have Mercer Smith, VP of Managed Operations at PartnerHero and the author of "CXOXO: Building a Support Team Your Customers Will Love." Mercer joins our own Bobby Stapleton, Senior Director, Human Support at Intercom, to share her expertise on using AI to elevate your customer service operations without sacrificing the per…
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In today’s episode, we’re joined by Declan Ivory, VP of Customer Support at Intercom, and Bobby Stapleton, Senior Director of Human Support at Intercom who explore how our own Customer Support team is benefitting from Intercom's Fin AI Copilot, our brand new intelligent personal assistant for customer service teammates. We'll uncover how Fin AI Cop…
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Intercom's Senior Director of Automated and Proactive Support, Ruth O’Brien, and Senior Product Marketing Manager, Olivia Singarella, dive into what Fin AI Copilot is and why every support team needs it. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV6RK_-qGkQ 📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/ticket-welcome-fin-ai-copi…
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This week on The Ticket we're bringing you the first episode of "Off Script", a new series of candid conversations with Intercom leadership about the extraordinary AI-driven transformation we’re currently experiencing. In this episode, Intercom Co-Founder Des Traynor talks about the generative AI revolution that startups and all of technology – and…
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This week's guest, CX author and speaker Stacy Sherman, is an expert at turning that aspiration into reality. In this episode, she joins our Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton to discuss her Doing CX Right framework to design a standout customer experience to help you get – and keep – customers, and shares her best practices for empowering y…
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This week our Director of Automated and Proactive Support, Ruth O’Brien, and our Director of Human Support, Bobby Stapleton, dive into the importance of creating a culture of knowledge management for unlocking AI success and delivering a great customer experience. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNujY05wFAE 😁 Follow t…
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Over the last decade, support tech stacks have become fragmented and clunky, slowing support teams down and holding them back from providing fast, personal customer experiences. Now, with recent tech advancements, support teams that adopt a complete AI-first platform can provide world-class customer experiences at phenomenal scale. In this episode,…
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Intercom VP of Customer Support Declan Ivory chats with Jenna Elliott, VP of Global Customer Success at digital analytics platform Amplitude, about the intricacies of driving customer success in today’s world and what the roadmap for businesses aiming to thrive in this era looks like. 📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/amplitude-jenna-ell…
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With AI handling a greater proportion of customer issues, the balance between cost and value is undergoing a huge and rapid shift. In this episode Declan Ivory, our VP of Customer Support, and Bobby Stapleton, our Director of Human Support, unpack a lot of the implications of this new reality. 📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/economics-…
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Declan Ivory, VP, Customer Support at Intercom sits down to chat with Simon T. Bailey, author of 'Be the Spark: Five Platinum Service Principles for Creating Customers for Life'. They chat about how to be the spark in customer service, how to foster an environment of operational excellence amongst your CS team, why emotional moments for your custom…
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Bobby Stapleton, our Director, Human Support, hosts this fascinating conversation with Declan Ivory, VP, Customer Support and Anthony, our Director, Customer Support Operations, in which they explore how the survey results of our Customer Service Trends Report 2024 shed light on the ways customer service is changing. 🗂️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction …
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Jeff Vincent is Group Product Manager at Hupspot. In this interview from our archives in 2016 Jeff worked on the product team at Wistia, the video platform for business, but formerly ran their customer support operation. The common thread is a focus on solving customer problems. Jeff joined us for a wide ranging chat which covered everything from h…
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Intercom Co-founder Des Traynor sat down with Paul Adams, our Chief Product Officer, and Emmet Connolly, our VP of Design for a conversation on the good, the bad and the ugly of 2023 and our expectations and predictions for the year ahead. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLix8mAp5k8 Read a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/…
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CX expert Camille E. Acey joins us to explore the ever-changing landscape of the industry: from embracing AI and automation to managing teams in a time with layoffs, we’re delving into the nitty gritty of balancing the needs of different customers with the constraints of limited resources. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpXJANfww…
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Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli joins Intercom co-founder Des Traynor for an engaging conversation on Synthesia, the future of video, and the transformations that lie ahead. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa61Pn_mWXk Read a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/synthesia-ceo-victor-riparbelli-generative-ai-video www.int…
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2023 was the year AI changed everything – and Intercom has been at the forefront of the revolution. Listen to highlights from our conversations about how AI is transforming customer service and the world of tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Worried about customers leaking out? Learn how a remarkable customer experience can be your best marketing and sales strategy as CX keynote speaker and author Dan Gingiss joins us on the show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Where are startups better suited to challenge established players? Can they transform mature categories with an AI-first lens? How do these risks play out in horizontal and vertical markets? Intercom Co-founder Des Traynor caught up with Christoph Janz, Partner at Point Nine Capital, to pick his brain on the implications of generative AI for SaaS c…
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Learn how implementing a service culture across every department of your company can pave the way for a customer-centric transformation that elevates the customer experience to new heights from Jo Causon, CEO of The Institute of Customer Service. Read a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/jo-causon-customer-service Watch a video of thi…
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AI is revolutionizing the customer service landscape, and with it, the traditional role of a support agent. On today's show we're joined by an industry panel of experts to answer the questions - what does that future look like for support teams? And how can you best prepare for the new opportunities and challenges to come? Today's guests: Christian…
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Sound plays a considerable role in determining whether a customer experience is good or not. This week, in an archive episode of Inside Intercom from 2021, you’ll hear how Intercom landed on its notification sound and how a round of customer feedback gave way to the blip, bop, clack, hiss, shake and tick. Note: This episode contains notification so…
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In this archive episode of Intercom on Product from 2019, Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss 6 key ingredients for product strategy and aligning this with company strategy. Click here to read the Michael Porter paper, What Is Strategy mentioned in the episode. Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/intercom-on-product-ep07/ See Privacy …
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On today's show we sat down with Peak Support's President and Chief Strategy Officer Hannah Steiman to chat about leadership enablement and why it’s key for support teams in high-growth companies. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGoaHcgwSsc Read a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/training-support-leaders-with-peak-…
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In this archive episode from 2021, IBM's Chief Design Officer and Global Vice President Arin Bhowmick joins us to discuss the role design plays at IBM, the importance of user research, and the principles of building ethical, sustainable AI. Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/arin-bhowmick-ibm-on-ethical-ai/ See Privacy Policy at htt…
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Customer success can often feel like an ambiguous and unquantifiable concept, yet maintaining your performance in this area is essential for scaling your business. In this episode from our archives, former Senior Director of Customer Support Kaitlin Pettersen chats to Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta about solving the CS equation. Read a full transcript he…
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Intercom's Director of Automated and Proactive Support Ruth O'Brien caught up with HubSpot’s Director of Customer Support for EMEA Noel O’Reilly to chat about how AI and automation are affecting customer service today and HubSpot’s AI strategy for support in the year to come. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-vS-QVuTU Transcript:…
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Today we sit down to talk with the legendary Professor Leonard Berry to talk about his book 'On Great Service' and his framework for improving service quality. Professor Berry has written ten books in all, including: Discovering the Soul of Service; On Great Service; Marketing Services: Competing Through Quality; and Delivering Quality Service. Wat…
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In this episode of Intercom on Product, our Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor and Paul Adams, our Chief Product Officer, discuss how AI is going to transform the software industry, and how startups can identify the best AI opportunities to target vulnerable incumbents. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California P…
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In this episode, Intercom’s VP of Product Design Emmet Connolly catches up with Elizabeth McGuane, UX Director at Shopify, to talk about her love of words, incorporating semantic concepts into the design process, and the importance of building a shared language. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:…
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In this episode, our Senior Director of Machine Learning, Fergal Reid, joins Emmet Connolly, our VP of Product Design, to take superintelligence head-on – the knowns and the unknowns, from the ethics to the threats and the challenges of regulation. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYBQzO2u1Xs Read a transcript: https://www.intercom…
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In this episode we chat with AI guru Andrew Louder about selecting and implementing the right AI tools for your business. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YSf2O0EEZBg Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/unlocking-productivity-with-ai-andrew-louder See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:…
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We're joined by Behnam Tabrizi - author of 'Going on Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation'. Behnam shares insights on how to create a culture of perpetual innovation that will allow organizations to adapt to new environments and seize new markets. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2lQn6DEU5s Transcript: https://www…
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We chat with Chip Bell - author of 'Inside Your Customer’s Imagination: 5 Secrets for Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions' - to chat about how building co-creation partnerships with customers can tap into a well of creativity that will drive your business forward. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1VJauEyNE Rea…
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In this episode, we chat with Lynn Hunsaker - author of Innovating Superior Customer Experience - about how customer centricity can be a motor of innovation – and how understanding the customer’s needs, wants, and preferences will pave the way for businesses to flourish. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZKIBUW8Lk Tra…
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