Exploring SalesIQ's Top Features of 2024: An Insider's Look 🔍

Exploring SalesIQ's Top Features of 2024: An Insider's Look 🔍

As we wrap up another year at Zoho SalesIQ, it's time to reflect on how far we've come. This year has been incredible for us in our journey to build a more powerful, flexible, and customer-centric engagement platform. We've introduced several features that have elevated how businesses connect with their customers across the globe. Let’s take a quick look at the highlights and top releases of the year, shall we?



We saw a wide variety of feature releases on SalesIQ focused mainly on the following areas, contributing to the overall evolution of the product.
  • Enhancements for advanced customer connectivity 🌐 πŸ’¬
  • Expanding to a global audience 🌏
  • Optimizing user experience βš™οΈπŸŽ¨

Enhancements for Advanced Customer Connectivity πŸŒ πŸ’¬

1. WeChat + SalesIQ Integration: Converse with WeChat users directly from SalesIQ! 🀝

Our integration with WeChat allowed businesses to communicate directly with WeChat users from within the SalesIQ dashboard. 
  • Operators could easily use SalesIQ's support tools like canned replies, articles, FAQs, tags, widgets, etc., enhancing their ability to provide contextual assistance.
  • Not just that, operators can also easily nurture the leads from WeChat by easily pushing their details to CRM and also converting the chats from WeChat to helpdesk tickets, pushing them to Desk with a single click. Learn more
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2. WhatsApp Templates: Create and share WhatsApp Templates from SalesIQ πŸ’¬

With WhatsApp templates on SalesIQ, one of the most awaited features, businesses can now create and save templates/message layouts that can be easily inserted into your WhatsApp conversations, from within your SalesIQ operator chat window. 
And, Bonus? Closed WhatsApp conversations need not remain closed any more! Now you can start conversations with WhatsApp users using WhatsApp Templates. Learn more


3. Chatbots for Telegram & LINE: Expanding Automated Messaging πŸ€– 

Already being supported on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, we have now added our chatbots support for Telegram and LINE as well. This means that you can now sit back and let your bots take over chats from your Telegram and LINE audience, streamlining customer support, reducing response time and most importantly, freeing up your operators time to focus on complex queries and issues. Learn more


Expanding to a Global Audience πŸŒ 🀝

4. 30+ Language Support for Chatbots πŸŒ

To enhance and simplify global customer service further, we've expanded our chatbot's language support to over 30 languages. This ensures that your business chatbots (Zobot & Answer bot) can interact with customers in their preferred language, increasing engagement, improving customer satisfaction, and breaking down language barriers to provide seamless support. Learn more


5. Azure AI Translator: Breaking Language Barriers πŸš€

With the Azure AI Translator integration, SalesIQ is now further equipped to translate chat conversations in real-time, eliminates language barriers, enabling businesses to engage effectively with customers from worldwide. While SalesIQ already supports the Google Translate integration, we have now added Azure AI Translator to its translation arsenal to cater to a wider user base to facilitate real-time visitor message translation. Learn more


6. Hebrew Right-to-Left (RTL) Support: User-friendly Chat Experience πŸ’¬

Recognizing the importance of regional customization, we introduced Right-to-Left (RTL) support for Hebrew, providing a more natural and accessible interface for our Hebrew users. SalesIQ already features RTL support in Arabic. Hebrew has now been added to the 'Right to left' bandwagon, ensuring a user-friendly experience for our Hebrew-speaking community. Learn more


Optimizing User Experience βš™οΈπŸŽ¨

7. SalesIQ Desktop Apps: Seamless Access Across Devices πŸ–₯️

Another big highlight of this year was the launch of SalesIQ Desktop Apps to the App Store on Mac as well as the Microsoft store on Windows. The desktop app features exclusive options like auto-launch on device startup, Actionable notifications, access options on the Dock/Tray, Hide when Close etc, for enhanced user experience. Learn more


8. Articles support on Instant Messaging Channels πŸ“ 

SalesIQ articles support has now been extended to all Instant messaging channels, such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, and WeChat. Operators can now share the articles to assist IM channel users. The shared articles will be displayed to the visitors in the form of URL links. Learn more


9. The All SalesIQ New Live Chat Widget: Faster and More Engaging βš‘πŸ’¬

To wrap up the year, we launched a completely revamped live chat widget. Now twice as fast and fully optimized for engagement, the new widget is designed to help boost your site's SEO and reduce bounce rates. With minimized data usage it delivers consistent performance even on slower mobile networks and is also WCAG Compliant ensuring accessibility, offering an inclusive experience for all users. Learn more


Other Interesting Launches⚑

Along with the above listed top releases, we did have a few other launches that catered to user demands and expectations while adding to SalesIQ's wealth of features.
  • SalesIQ-Desk Integration: Managing Tickets Within Chat 🀝 - Seamlessly edit and manage help desk tickets directly from the operator chat window, streamlining sales and support collaboration.
  • Starting a Cliq Internal Chat from SalesIQ πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» - Start a Cliq internal group chat right from SalesIQ for an ongoing, closed or missed conversation to discuss chat/customer-related queries with your fellow operators and Cliq users.  
  • Extended Chat Time: 24 Hours for IM Channels πŸ’¬ - Keep customer conversations active for up to 24 hours across Instant messaging channels, ensuring no interaction is left unresolved.
  • Multi-WhatsApp Business Account (WABA) Support βš™οΈ - For businesses managing multiple WhatsApp accounts, each SalesIQ brand can now be connected to its unique WABA within SalesIQ, enabling them to manage them as separate entities. 
  • SalesIQ TV App for Real-Time Insights πŸ“Ί - Get live updates on business performance and visitor metrics with the new SalesIQ TV App, now available on Android and Apple TV.
  • Card Wait Time for Bot End Messages πŸ’¬ - Set a delay/wait time for the bot’s end card to ensure visitors have enough time to view important information before the chat closes.
  • Live insights (Reports) πŸ“Š - Get a real-time overview of incoming and outgoing chat/call volume, operator availability, and more, helping you better plan support split across teams with the live insights section on the reports dashboard.

Looking Ahead: What’s Next? πŸš€

This year’s updates reflect our commitment to providing businesses with the tools they need to create meaningful, personalized connections with customers. Whether through enhanced communication options, multilingual support, or seamless integrations, every new feature has been designed with your needs in mind.
But we’re just getting started. The journey of Zoho SalesIQ is one of continuous innovation, and we’re excited to keep building and improving to help you connect with customers better, faster, and more effectively than ever before.

Thank you for being part of the Zoho SalesIQ journey. Here’s to another year of growth and innovation!


Warm regards,
Hameetha | Zoho SalesIQ

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