Twitter Integration

Add your organization's Twitter account to provide a comprehensive support, besides the traditional channels. Satisfy your customers before they get back with bigger problems and stay engaged on world's most popular social networking site by staying within Zoho Support.

1. How to configure my Twitter account in Zoho Support?
2. Capturing “@Mentions” as Request
3. Capturing Direct Messages as Requests
4. Can I track support reps interaction with the requests converted from tweets?
5. What if I have multiple departments and want to capture tweets as requests in a specific one?
6. What if I have multiple departments and want to capture direct messages as requests in a specific one?
7. What is Emergency Escalation?
8. What actions can I perform under the Social tab?
9. Can I view the profile details of a Twitter user who had sent me a tweet?
10. Adding a Twitter user to a contact.
11. Assigning requests created from tweets to Support Reps

Configuring your Twitter Account

To configure your Twitter account in Zoho Support, follow the steps mentioned below.Go to Setup –>> Social Settings –>> Twitter. In the Twitter integration page, click Add Account. You will be redirected to the Twitter authorization page wherein you need to provide your Twitter handle and password. Click on Authorize App to complete configuration and get back to set-up screen.

Your Twitter handle would be automatically added in the search keyword box. All tweets containing your Twitter handle will be converted into requests.

Capturing @Mentions as Requests

Zoho Support will automatically convert any @mentions of your Twitter account into requests. To enable this functionality, check the Capture "@Mentions" as Requests option in your Twitter setup screen.

You can choose to convert all @Mentions into requests or convert only those matching the search keywords provided by you.

Capturing Direct Messages as Requests

Zoho Support will automatically convert any direct messages sent to your Twitter account into requests. To enable this functionality, check the Capture "Direct Messages" as Requests option in your Twitter setup screen.

You can choose to convert all direct messages into requests or convert only those matching the search keywords provided by you.

Tracking Support Reps interaction with Tweets & Messages

Once a tweet gets converted into request, you can track it under the Requests tab in Zoho Support. When the request is assigned to a Support Rep, they can directly respond to it. Responses would be added both as a conversation to the customer’s tweet and also threaded to the request in Zoho Support.

Capturing Tweets as Requests in a specific Department

If you have multiple departments activated in Zoho Support, you can capture tweets as requests in one of your chosen department. To choose departments, follow the steps mentioned below.

1. In the Twitter settings page, check Capture "@Mentions" as Requests option.
2. In the following settings, you can select a department from the drop-down in which all your @Mentions would be captured as requests.
3. Alternatively, you can choose to capture only the @Mentions matching your search keywords as request, to the mapped department. Also select a department from the drop-down if you want to capture @Mentions as requests that do not match with the keywords provided.

Capturing Messages as Requests in a specific Department

If you have multiple departments activated in Zoho Support, you can capture your direct messages as requests in one of your chosen department. To choose department, follow the steps mentioned below.

1. In the Twitter settings page, check Capture "Direct Messages" as Requests option.
2. In the following settings, you can select a department from the drop-down in which all your direct messages would be captured as request.
3. Alternatively, you can choose to capture only the Direct Messages matching your search keywords as request, to the mapped department. Also select a department from the drop-down if you want to capture messages as requests that do not match with the keywords provided.

Emergency Escalation

Emergency escalation helps you stay informed about viral activities, when they happen in your organization’s Twitter account. You can choose to notify a Support Rep when a specific number of tweets matching the keywords provided are received within a specific period of time.

Actions under the Social Tab

You can view all the tweets and messages of your Twitter account under the Social tab in Zoho Support. You can select to view either @Mentions or Direct Messages from the left panel. For @Mentions, you can perform actions like retweet, post a reply, mark as your favorite and convert it to a request if need be. Similarly for Direct Messages, you can post a reply or convert it as a request if not done previously.

Also, if you have mapped keywords to a department, you can see them listed under the Keywords tab on the left panel. On clicking a keyword, you would be listed with tweets matching the keyword.

Viewing Twitter User's Profile

Yes, you can click on a Twitter user, to view their profile details. You can find details like No of tweets sent, who are they following and who are their followers and lists subscribed to. Also the recent tweets from the user are listed below their profile details.

Adding Twitter User to a Contact

You can add a Twitter user to a contact in Zoho Support. This would help you to view the complete history of requests received from the contact. Also you can support the user over e-mail, thereby expanding your communication beyond the 140 character limit imposed by Twitter.

To add a Twitter user to a contact, follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Click on a Contact from the list view under Contacts Module
2. Click Edit
3. Click the icon next to the Twitter field
4. Select a Twitter user from the list. Click Show More to view more users. You can also search for a user using the search box
5. Click Add to associate a Twitter user to the contact
6. Click Save in the edit contact page

You can find the Twitter URL of the user added to the Contact in Zoho Support.

Assigning Requests from Tweets to Support Reps

You can automatically assign the requests created from tweets to a Support Rep by using Workflows in Zoho Support. To setup this Workflow, follow the steps mentioned below.

1. Go to Setup > Automation > Workflows and click New Rule
2. In the New Workflow page, select the Module as Request and provide a name and description for the rule. Click Next
3. Under the Execute On setting, check the Create option
4. Under the Workflow Criteria setting, specify the criteria as “Channel contains Twitter”
5. Under the Actions setting, click the ‘+’ sign next to Update Field option
6. In the following page, provide a name and description for the assignment value
7. Under Assignment value setting, choose Fields as Request Owner and provide the name of the Support Rep you wish to assign requests created from Twitter
8. Save the Assignment Value
9. Also click Save in the Workflow creation page

This workflow ensures that all the requests created from Twitter are assigned to the chosen Support Rep.