Support Smarter A Few Tips to Help Keep Your Knowledge Base Accurate Feeling like your Knowledge Base is always outdated? Struggling to keep up with new products in your store or new features? Here's a few tips to keep your self-serve above water.
Backpage The Accidental Evolution of the HelpDocs Brand HelpDocs is now 5 years old and while we've always had a bookmark it's certainly changed over the years. Here's a little insight into how the HelpDocs brand has evolved.
Backpage Should There Be a Blame Game? After a rude awakening at 4 in the morning by a barking fire alarm it got me thinking—what's the purpose of blame and is it useful?
Announcements April 2021 Product Updates Massive speed improvements for Knowledge Bases & Lighthouse, better team sharing options for Clips, and much more.
Support Smarter Knowledge Base Article Health Check: What to Examine Before You Hit Publish Ready to publish your article but not quite sure if it's 100%? Here are some tips to make your article shine before you hit publish.
Backpage Learning to Live With Less Again: Part 1 What happens when you're a digital nomad and a pandemic strikes? Mostly panic. Here's a story about learning to live with more stuff and hating it.
Backpage Stumbling Through Producing Our On-Demand Demo Video Videos tend to be beautifully polished but you never see what happens behind the scenes. See how I eventually made our on-demand demo video after some major procrastination.
Support Smarter Both Sides of the Ticket: Learning to Alter My Support Tone During a Pandemic The pandemic has shifted the way people feel & act. Customer support has changed for both the people behind and in front of the ticket.
Support Smarter Why We Stopped Scheduling Product Demo Calls Calls are exhausting and Zoom fatigue is taking over our lives. Here's how we decided to say no to individual product demos and found a better solution for us.
Support Smarter How to Start Understanding Your Knowledge Base Analytics Learn how to start reading analytics and go from understanding whether traffic is going up or down to answering real questions.
Announcements January 2021 Product Updates A totally redesigned dashboard, new stats experience, and better clips mean your HelpDocs subscription just got a neat upgrade.
Support Smarter How We Updated 275 Knowledge Base Aricles in 3 Days Learn how we updated hundreds of knowledge base articles by getting organized beforehand.
Support Smarter What's the Difference Between a Wiki and a Knowledge Base? The differences between Wikis and a Knowledge Base are like a frog and toad. They're both similar but have very contrasting differences.
Support Smarter How to Run Repeatable Projects by Using a Wiki and Knowledge Base Together Wondering whether to go for a Wiki or knowledge base? We think you should choose both.
Support Smarter How We Integrate Knowledge Base Articles into Support Tickets Get the lowdown on how we tackle tickets and improve our knowledge base in the process.
Announcements October Product Updates 2020 Smarter, easier, quicker. This month's upgrades mean you can create better articles faster.
Support Smarter The Magic Behind Our Knowledge Base GIFs Come dive into my weird GIF making process where I show you how I create animated images for our knowledge base.
Backpage Building My Work Happy Place After being inspired by a podcast I write about my journey of self discovery and how I found happiness building my own work happy place.
Announcements August 2020 Product Updates Powerful new workflow tools mean better articles faster with help.new and the recent articles sidebar. Plus smart new components make your articles more readable.
Support Smarter Saying No to Custom Code: Our Journey Creating Support Scope Working on custom code was a rabbit hole we shouldn't have fallen into. Here's how we found light at the end of the tunnel by managing expectations.
Backpage 2500 Kilometers of Support Lisbon to Munich in a couple days. What seemed like a simple road trip started to become a little worrying.
Announcements July 2020 Product Updates Build a knowledge base template without pushing changes live for customers, a knowledge base inspiration gallery, and smarter export options.
Customer Stories Empowering Humans to Take Control of Their Health How a nutrition company is shaping an industry and helping change the way people look at metabolic health.
Support Smarter Why We Don't Assume Pronouns in Customer Support Gendering customers is something many customer support teams do without thinking. Is it time we change our behavior?
Customer Stories Pioneering a Personalized Healthcare Experience: In Conversation with NRC Health Learn how a healthcare company enables better experiences for patients by making sure they have the right data at the right time.