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Zendesk expands Meta partnership to launch ‘Relay’ app for proactive messaging for businesses

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August 23, 2024

Zendesk expands Meta partnership to launch ‘Relay’ app for proactive messaging for businesses

Singapore – Zendesk has announced the launch of ‘Relay,’ a new app that offers proactive messaging for companies using WhatsApp and SMS. Relay allows companies to proactively connect with customers at scale using outbound messages in WhatsApp and to manage all those conversations natively in Zendesk.

By deepening its partnership with Meta’s WhatsApp and SMS providers like Twilio, Zendesk empowers businesses to enhance their CX strategies significantly. This collaboration is designed to provide customer service teams with the tools to proactively keep customers informed, ensuring that crucial updates are delivered before customers need to seek out information on their own.

With Relay, customer service teams can improve targeting and personalisation by using dynamic content and targeted audience data, creating custom messaging templates, and boost customer loyalty, increase satisfaction, and drive higher sales through timely and relevant proactive communication.

Mike Keohane, regional vice president for business development at Zendesk, said, “Consumers now expect real-time, personalised communication from brands, akin to what they experience in their personal lives. By adopting proactive messaging strategies, businesses not only meet but exceed these evolving expectations, delivering timely and relevant information through channels that customers already use and trust.”

He added, “Relay will allow companies using Zendesk to proactively contact their customers through WhatsApp, to provide important updates that they might not be aware of. This can include examples such as reporting incidents, invites for exclusive opportunities, and requests for feedback on services or products.” 

Meanwhile, Maureen Chong, regional vice president for Asia at Zendesk, commented, “Conversational commerce is becoming the new standard in Asia Pacific, with consumers desiring more seamless experiences with the brands they interact with. That said, our CX Trends Report reveals a stark disconnect between what consumers in APAC desire–for everything to happen within the same chat–and the ability of APAC businesses to provide that. Solutions like Relay will help businesses bridge this gap in expectations, ultimately allowing them to marry immediacy with engagement while delivering personalised, quality CX at scale that will improve the bottom line.” 

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