{"id":5027,"date":"2014-04-17T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insideintercom.io\/?p=5027"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:58:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T10:58:24","slug":"power-of-behavior-driven-messaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/power-of-behavior-driven-messaging\/","title":{"rendered":"How to trigger behavior-driven user messaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"opening_paragraph\">A poorly timed message is about as powerful as a badly timed punchline. Timing is of the essence.<\/p>\n<p>Using\u00a0Events\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/\">Intercom<\/a>, you\u00a0can now combine the live insight\u00a0Intercom\u00a0gives you into\u00a0<em>who<\/em>\u00a0your users are with the knowledge of\u00a0<em>what<\/em>\u00a0they are doing in your product to set up trigger messaging. Imagine the possibilities.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-behavioral-messaging\">What is behavioral messaging?<\/h2>\n<p>Behavioral messaging is the use of action-based triggers to send automated notifications to customers. To implement, place an order as an event, then use that event to trigger a relevant, timely, and contextual message to your users.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"would-you-like-fries-with-that\">&#8220;Would you like fries with that?&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Why does McDonalds ask this just as you have ordered your Big Mac?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It&#8217;s <strong>relevant<\/strong> \u2013 I mean, who doesn&#8217;t want fries with their burger?<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s <strong>contextual<\/strong> \u2013 you&#8217;re at McDonald&#8217;s <em>and<\/em> you&#8217;re obviously hungry<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s <strong>timely<\/strong> \u2013 it&#8217;s the exact moment you&#8217;re most likely to take action<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now, imagine your product was like McDonald&#8217;s and you are using Intercom to\u00a0track, personally communicate with, and keep your users coming back to your product for more.<\/p>\n<p>Got it?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-sell-a-lot-of-fries-with-behavioral-messaging\">How to \u201csell a lot of fries\u201d with behavioral messaging<\/h2>\n<p>Product managers, growth marketers, and customer success agents are already using\u00a0Intercom\u00a0to send\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/simple-improvement-product-mails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">well-targeted<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/increase-message-engagement-conversion-ab-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tested<\/a>,\u00a0and personal messages to users as part of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/customer-engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conversational customer engagement<\/a> strategy. The Events feature let them send triggered messages at the <em>perfect<\/em> time to further increase customer engagement and conversion.<\/p>\n<h3>Use triggered messaging to build better products<\/h3>\n<p>Using Events, product managers can trigger an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/messages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in-app message<\/a> when a user performs an action in your product, like using a new feature.\u00a0The best time to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/customer-feedback-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">customer feedback<\/a> on a feature is as soon as it&#8217;s been used.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/intercom-product-manager-jobs.png.png\" alt=\"Product manager events\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/intercom-product-manager-jobs.png.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/intercom-product-manager-jobs.png-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Increase engagement and conversion<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a collaboration product and you know that the more users there are in a trial, the more likely the trial is to convert to a paid account, then you can use an Event to trigger an email to users who are yet to invite a teammate, encouraging them to do so.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/intercom-growth-marketer-jobs.png.png\" alt=\"Growth marketer events\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/intercom-growth-marketer-jobs.png.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/intercom-growth-marketer-jobs.png-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Close the feedback loop<\/h3>\n<p>If you care about why a user decided to downgrade to a lower plan (and you should), then use an Event to trigger an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/in-app-marketing-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in-app message asking for product feedback<\/a> as soon as they downgrade. You can quickly identify concerning trends, and replies can be easily fed to the product team who can take appropriate action.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/intercom-customer-success-jobs.png.png\" alt=\"Customer success events\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/intercom-customer-success-jobs.png.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/intercom-customer-success-jobs.png-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tailor-your-message-to-a-tee\">Tailor your message, to a tee<\/h2>\n<p>Take what you know about <em>who<\/em> your users are (User Attributes) and combine it with <em>what<\/em> they are doing in your product (Events), and you&#8217;ve got a recipe for success.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/custom-data-plus-events.png\" alt=\"Custom data plus events\" width=\"600\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/custom-data-plus-events.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/custom-data-plus-events-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/custom-data-plus-events-520x700.png 520w, https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/custom-data-plus-events-446x600.png 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-results-speak-for-themselves\">The results speak for themselves<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/agorapulse-testimonial.png\" alt=\"agorapulse testimonial\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/agorapulse-testimonial.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/agorapulse-testimonial-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Drive customer success<\/h3>\n<p>The team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agorapulse.com\/\">AgoraPulse<\/a>, an\u00a0all-in-one platform to manage your Facebook page, were our heaviest users during the beta period, and it&#8217;s paid off for them in spades. They use Intercom\u00a0to automatically send an email to users immediately after they download their Quiz app for Facebook. The email is packed full of tips, tricks, and useful resources to drive customer success.\u00a0The email is nothing new, but the fact that it&#8217;s now sent at the <em>perfect<\/em> time based on an Event is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Looking at it, I saw it had a 35% open rate (that&#8217;s an email), that&#8217;s way more than our typical 25% open rate! And the CTR (11%) is also twice as much as what we get with regular emails.\u00a0Now, we need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/increase-message-engagement-conversion-ab-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A\/B test this with an in-app message<\/a> to see how they compare&#8221;, says Emeric. Nice work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sharepractice-testimonial1.png\" alt=\"sharepractice testimonial\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sharepractice-testimonial1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intercom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sharepractice-testimonial1-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Build an active community<\/h3>\n<p>Over at\u00a0SharePractice, an online community for\u00a0healthcare professionals to share knowledge, aid confident decision-making, and improve patient outcomes, the team have been using Intercom to increase adoption of the product.<\/p>\n<p>Using Events, they can automatically identify users that are yet to make a contribution and send them a personal message encouraging them to login and give back to the community. It&#8217;s working.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"start-tracking-events-on-us\">Start tracking Events, on us<\/h2>\n<p>We believe it&#8217;s crucial to see\u00a0what users are doing in your product in order to deliver them the absolute best experience. That&#8217;s why Events\u00a0are available for every Intercom\u00a0customer for free.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.intercom.com\/Intercom-for-user-analysis\/Tracking-User-Events-in-Intercom\">Check out our docs on Events<\/a> and watch this quick video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ruairigalavan\">Ruairi<\/a> put together to help you get started.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tell-us-what-you-think\">Tell us what you think<\/h2>\n<p>A big thanks to the team behind the scenes of Events\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shelliefitz\">Michelle<\/a> (Product Manager), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dehora\">Bill<\/a> (Principal Engineer),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobjlong\">Bob<\/a> (Engineer), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theirishpenguin\">Declan<\/a> (Engineer), and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jjosler\">Jamie<\/a>\u00a0(Engineer).<\/p>\n<p>Let them know what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poorly timed message is about as powerful as a badly timed punchline. 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Using\u00a0Events\u00a0in\u00a0Intercom, you\u00a0can now combine the live insight\u00a0Intercom\u00a0gives you into\u00a0who\u00a0your users are with the knowledge of\u00a0what\u00a0they are doing in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":5146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"category":[12897,4],"tags":[148,261,23,252],"coauthors":[364],"class_list":["post-5027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marketing","category-news","tag-customers","tag-event-driven-messaging","tag-in-app-messaging","tag-product-feedback"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Triggered Messaging: Behavioral Messages Increase Conversion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A poorly timed message is as powerful as a badly timed punchline. 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