You know how streams join together and turn into rivers, right? Slowly the water heads downstream until it meets up with another and another and they all come into one and turn into a mighty flow of water that will (at some point) feed into…
Marketing, Sales and Support — in one dashboard. That’s been the focus here at Gist for a long time, the tool we want to create for businesses to give them one cohesive experience at every stage of the buyer journey. And now it’s becoming a…
Looking for ideas to grow your business? To grow a business these days, one needs to understand why traditional sales and marketing strategies are failing and how to develop a sales marketing strategy that works. What is Sales Marketing? A well-crafted combination of sales tactics and…
Open source marketing software is a relatively new development. That said, open source software (OSS) has been around for a while. When it comes to the internet, there is a growing demand for two key things: Transparency Decentralization These two channels provide the largest amount…
Every business and organization has multiple marketing channels. Don’t believe me? How about the most iconic picture of American capitalism — the lemonade stand. A small child sets up the cardboard and wood stand, writing “Lemonade .50¢” across the top. That’s marketing. The basket of…
Do you remember the line, portrayed by Alec Baldwin, in the infamous movie Glengarry Glen Ross? “Always be closing”. Always be closing basically means that every effort you make in a sales pitch should be with one and only goal in mind: to close the…
You may be a fan of Facebook. Or you may not. And to be completely honest, none of that really matters in the business of Facebook ads. This is especially true when you need to find competitors Facebook ads. The good news is that the…
You know the story. It begins by either selling products on Amazon using FBA, or just via affiliate links on your website. Then, you hit a plateau. Or you don’t see results quickly enough and you begin looking for answers. One of the most prominent…
Twitter is not dead. In fact, it works it’s way into many social media marketing strategies — for good reason! Sure, you may have an account, but it’s not really monitored or used. Why not and what’s this have to do with first tweet ideas?…
It’s been a pretty busy year for publications on Medium. I’ve been watching as many of the publications on this list have grown drastically since the start of the year; it’s always fun to observe growth, especially when there’s natural competition. As you may know,…
I primarily purchased Gist for live chat, and it does that really well. The chat interface is clear, simple and great looking for the end user and makes chat management really straightforward for the organisation. What was a real bonus for me is... Read full review
Mark T Chief Information Officer - Small-Business
Gist provides endless ways of interacting with customers. I can chat and email with them, track their usage on my site, qualify them, add tags and other profile information, and so much more. There is even an awesome... Read full review
Tristin R Multipurpose Utility Tool - Small Business
There are a lot of different ways to do things. I love how I can tag users based on their actions and send out an email blast or even a drip campaign to only people with a specific tag
We use the chat feature the most it has increased our engagement and retention by allowing us to respond to website visitors in realtime or within the next day. The chat rules create an engaging prompt for visitors.... Read full review