social messaging

New product suites democratize service and sales software by making it easy to try, buy and use Zendesk, Inc.  announced new, powerful Support and Sales Suites, expanding its service-first CRM solutions by enabling service and sales teams to instantly connect with their customers and have natural conversations across all touchpoints. The modern set of offerings helps companies easily build positive, long-term customer relationships. “Today’s digital-first customers expect real-time, ongoing and personalized…

63% of Britons Don’t Believe That the Big Messaging Platform Providers Respect Their Privacy Rights Open-Xchange, the open source communications software provider, announces the results of a UK consumer survey conducted by Censuswide. The survey examines attitudes towards the big messaging platform providers (i.e. Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp), as well as wider consumer trust in the technology sector. The geopolitical issues affecting Huawei appear to have had little effect on how UK consumers view the Chinese firm. Only…

New Whatsapp Business API Tool Delivers on Zendesk’s Vision to Connect Customer Conversations across Web, Mobile, and Social Messaging Zendesk, Inc. announced WhatsApp for Zendesk, a new WhatsApp Business API connector, that allows businesses to quickly and easily reach and respond to WhatsApp users. Zendesk offers the only trusted messaging solution that pulls in all customer conversations into a cohesive interface across web, mobile and social messaging. With these enhanced capabilities, Zendesk now powers even more…

Wildfire Systems, Inc. announced the launch of Wildlink, the first monetization system for social messaging and digital communications. Wildlink rewards consumers for making word-of-mouth recommendations, while driving incremental revenue for merchants and platform partners. Over 20,000 e-commerce sites are in the Wildlink network, including Hotels.com, Expedia, Nordstrom, Sephora, REI, Ticketmaster, 1-800-Flowers and Walmart. Wildfire Systems has launched Wildlink, the first platform for monetizing social messaging and…