{"id":14356,"date":"2018-01-17T18:40:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T18:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intercom.com\/?p=14356"},"modified":"2022-03-29T18:24:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T17:24:48","slug":"announcing-the-starter-kit-for-sales-live-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/announcing-the-starter-kit-for-sales-live-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the starter kit for sales live chat"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Intercom, we\u2019ve spent years learning first hand the benefits \u2013 and challenges \u2013 of making it incredibly easy to chat with your website visitors.<\/p>\n

And it’s working. Based on our own research and analysis, visitors who engage in live chat<\/a> are 82% more likely to convert to customers<\/strong>. But we know you don’t have the bandwidth for lots of real-time conversations that potentially lead nowhere, so how do you ensure you\u2019re having valuable conversations with potential buyers rather than time-wasters?<\/p>\n

The most effective way to make live chat an ROI-positive activity is to proactively message the right visitors with the right message. Today we\u2019re launching the Live Chat for Sales Starter Kit<\/a> that shows you how to do exactly that.<\/p>\n

Proactive messages, which we call Visitor Auto Messages<\/a> (VAMs), allow you to reach out to targeted segments of your website traffic with a short, relevant message. They act as a natural filter for low-quality leads; for instance, perhaps you only proactively message visitors on your pricing page, rather than on the homepage.<\/p>\n

In this starter kit<\/a> you\u2019ll get best practice advice and sample messages, so you can quickly create a proactive messaging strategy. Implementing it can take minutes with the right product (obviously we\u2019re biased and use Intercom, given we\u2019ve built an entire solution<\/a> to do exactly this job). But no matter what live chat product you use, the principles in this guide apply.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, read about how an Intercom customer used a simple VAM to quadruple the number of product demos<\/a> scheduled for their sales team.<\/p>\n

Live chat is the most low-friction way to talk to visitors on your site, but the other side of that coin is that it\u2019s the most low-friction way to talk to visitors with no intent to purchase. Use proactive messages to engage and capture your best leads before they bounce from your marketing site.<\/p>\n

Ready to learn all about proactive live chat? Head this way<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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