Andy Black
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We're using Basecamp for team communication, and communicating with clients. It's pretty good, but we think we need some sort of ticketing system and service (help) desk.
I prefer to call them Service Desks rather than Help Desks. It's there to provide a service, not just help. IT guys will know this from ITIL training, which I put myself through years ago.
I've heard good things about Helpscout.net so am trialing it.
I'll update this thread with findings.
First things first, I got an onboarding email asking if I had any questions.
This is what I emailed them:
My scenario is we are a team of 3-4 and have about 20 clients. I’d like clients to email support@ and for us to know exactly which client it’s from. Are we able to setup rules based on the incoming email address so emails are labeled/categorised by client?
Do you have a series of videos that explain how to use Helpscout? (I’m not a fan of registering for live demos or webinars.)
This was the response:
In terms of creating rules, it sounds like our Workflow feature is what you're looking for! Workflows can be manual or automatic. Automatic workflows can be created to look for certain conditions, and then a set of actions will take place. Here are the relevant help pages:
Based on what you described, you could create a workflow like this:
And as for explainer videos, we do indeed have those:
I prefer to call them Service Desks rather than Help Desks. It's there to provide a service, not just help. IT guys will know this from ITIL training, which I put myself through years ago.
I've heard good things about Helpscout.net so am trialing it.
I'll update this thread with findings.
First things first, I got an onboarding email asking if I had any questions.
This is what I emailed them:
My scenario is we are a team of 3-4 and have about 20 clients. I’d like clients to email support@ and for us to know exactly which client it’s from. Are we able to setup rules based on the incoming email address so emails are labeled/categorised by client?
Do you have a series of videos that explain how to use Helpscout? (I’m not a fan of registering for live demos or webinars.)
In terms of creating rules, it sounds like our Workflow feature is what you're looking for! Workflows can be manual or automatic. Automatic workflows can be created to look for certain conditions, and then a set of actions will take place. Here are the relevant help pages:
Based on what you described, you could create a workflow like this:
- Condition: IF Customer email is (client's email address)
- Action: THEN add tag client-name (or you can copy those emails to a folder, or so on)
And as for explainer videos, we do indeed have those:
- Getting Started with Help Scout: Video Tour
- Live Classes: If you scroll to the bottom of that page, check out the videos under "Level up your Support game". Those will open in a popover and don't require registering.
- Onboarding Your Team: This could be especially helpful as you're bringing on your teammates to use Help Scout, too.
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