Advice and answers from the Portside team

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What is Portside?

New here? See how Portside helps teams work from first touch through onboarding and everyday support.

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11 articles in this collection Written by Marion Delacroix, Tomás Ferreira, Priya Raghunathan and 4 others

Installing Portside

Everything you need to know to install Portside and set your workspace up properly.

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34 articles in this collection Written by Tomás Ferreira, Otto Lindqvist, Wren Halliday and 2 others

Getting started with Portside

Everything you need to get your team moving in the first week.

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8 articles in this collection Written by Priya Raghunathan and Emeka Nwosu

The Portside Platform

Tracking the people who use your product, so the platform can act on what it knows.

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47 articles in this collection Written by Marion Delacroix, Otto Lindqvist, Emeka Nwosu and 7 others

The Messenger

Setting up and customising your Messenger so conversations start in the right place.

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28 articles in this collection Written by Wren Halliday, Tomás Ferreira, Priya Raghunathan and 3 others

Modern Inbox

Set up the faster new Inbox and give your teammates and your customers a calmer experience.

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39 articles in this collection Written by Priya Raghunathan, Emeka Nwosu, Marion Delacroix and 4 others

Tickets

Go past simple live chat — handle slower, more complex customer requests asynchronously.

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12 articles in this collection Written by Wren Halliday and Otto Lindqvist

The Inbox (legacy)

Using the legacy Portside Inbox to support customers and convert leads at scale.

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51 articles in this collection Written by Tomás Ferreira, Marion Delacroix, Emeka Nwosu and 4 others

Outbound messages & campaigns

How to send precise messages and run campaigns that reach the right people.

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19 articles in this collection Written by Otto Lindqvist, Priya Raghunathan, Wren Halliday and 1 other

Outbound chats, posts & banners

The right message at the right moment captures leads and keeps customers connected.

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23 articles in this collection Written by Marion Delacroix, Emeka Nwosu, Tomás Ferreira and 3 others

Outbound emails

Everything you need to know about sending email from Portside, and making sure it lands in the inbox.

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33 articles in this collection Written by Priya Raghunathan, Otto Lindqvist, Marion Delacroix and 6 others

News

Share contextual, relevant announcements with the customers they actually affect.

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4 articles in this collection Written by Wren Halliday

Custom bots

Automate the repetitive steps in your funnel, offer proactive help, and keep customers moving.

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21 articles in this collection Written by Emeka Nwosu, Tomás Ferreira, Priya Raghunathan and 1 other

Product tours

Show customers the route to a first win with interactive product tours.

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16 articles in this collection Written by Otto Lindqvist, Marion Delacroix, Wren Halliday and 1 other

Tooltips

Teach people in place and drive adoption without interrupting them.

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6 articles in this collection Written by Priya Raghunathan

Surveys

Ask one good question at the right moment, then act on what customers tell you.

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9 articles in this collection Written by Marion Delacroix and Emeka Nwosu