To manage and support Cyclr, we use a range of tools for marketing stack and sales purposes. Rather than build out our own tools we’d much rather use some of the “best in breed” solutions available on the market.
We’re very open about what systems we use, so want to show you what and how we use them.
Intercom
To speak directly to prospects and users via the Cyclr website we use Intercom messenger. This allows us to field questions and provide information that is contextually relevant.
How we use Intercom
Automated messages are implemented to provide help and application tips, but are triggered on user action (page viewed or link clicked) not based on user data.
Users can give us their email addresses to allow us to respond to their questions directly in their inboxes if they are not still on our website.
We use this service only to respond to questions and messages, but never for marketing purposes. Direct marketing communication between users and Cyclr is only possible through direct user signup and consent, being managed in a separate system.
Intercom’s data protection updates are available here.
Pipedrive
As CRMs go Pipedrive is a fantastic toolkit for managing sales and is great for CRM integrations. We’re big fans. Lead and user requests are added to our CRM so we can manage them as a team, creating tasks and moving deals through pipelines so no customer is left behind.
How we use Pipedrive
We use Pipedrive to manage our sales process, adding contacts when they have signed up for a trial of Cyclr or requested a demo. Contacts are assigned to companies, in order to keep in contact with leads that include multiple people within the company.
Companies will then have deals attached to them. We then use these to track how they are getting on, moving them through pipelines so we can manage their needs as well as possible.
You can find out about Pipedrive’s privacy policy here.
Sentori
Sentori is an email marketing platform with some extremely powerful automation functionality and an embedded integration marketplace (powered by Cyclr 😉 ). While regular email newsletters are a relatively new thing for us, we decided to start with a new platform and a completely new subscriber list.
How we use Sentori
We use this email marketing platform to create and deliver our monthly newsletter. All signup forms on our website include consent buttons that must be accepted to be added to the list. By consenting, users will only be added to a single newsletter list and won’t be sent any other communications other than that.
All of our emails include an unsubscribe link, so users can be removed from our list at any time.
Find out about Sentori’s GDPR compliance measure here.
YouCanBookMe
To allow our website visitors to find out more about the Cyclr platform we offer free demos. In order for visitors to book a slot we use YouCanBookMe.
How we use YouCanBookMe
Once an available slot has been booked we send a calendar invite with a meeting room link (typically using Google Hangouts or Zoom) via email. It is also added to our CRM so we can track leads and manage what users’ requirements are as a team.
Youcanbookme’s privacy policy is available here.
Calendly
The Cyclr team use Calendly to manage their individual calendars.
How we use Calendly
Our team use Calendly to ease the pain of finding mutually suitable times to speak with customers, partners and stakeholders. Calendars are updated for relevant parties once a booking is made.
Calendly’s privacy policy is available here.
Unbounce
Unbounce provides a low-code way to quickly create landing pages and in-page assets such as popups.
How we use Unbounce
We create landing pages for advertising campaigns using Unbounce so we can test our messaging and layouts, as well as provide relevant content to the target audience that relates to our integration platform. We also use Unbounce to power our newsletter signup popup.
Unbounce’s privacy policy is available here.
Cognism
Cognism is a sales tool to help sales teams manage their prospecting and conversations with relevant parties.
How we use Cognism
Our sales team perform outbound messaging to individuals who may benefit from our integration solution using Cognism.
Cognism’s privacy policy is available here.
Non-Attributing Tools
Google Analytics
The widest-used website analytics platform, Google Analytics allows us to track the performance of our website. The data it provides allows us to make data-driven improvements to the experience of our website, as well as indicate what areas of our marketing plans are working.
We don’t attribute any data within Google Analytics, so no personal or user data is ever sent to it. To limit the amount of data held within the platform we use their data retention feature to purge data over 26 months old.
Learn about opting out of Google Analytics here.
Google Tag Manager
Another part of Google’s suite, we use Google Tag Manager (GTM) to set event triggers based on actions taken on the website. We also don’t attribute any user data to these actions, just using the data to make decisions to improve our website’s performance and experience.
Google Tag Manager’s usage policy is available here.
HotJar
To help make improvements on our website we use HotJar for user activity monitoring. This data allows us to make changes to our page content and layout to provide visitors and users with a better experience.
Find out about Hotjar’s updated GDPR compliance here.
You can see our full software stack, including our development tools on our Siftery page.
