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Podium Overview

What is Podium?

Podium is the all-in-one AI-powered lead management and communication platform used by more than 100,000 businesses to acquire and convert new customers. At the forefront of Podium’s innovation is its AI employee, who ensures businesses respond to leads instantly, anytime of the day or night—significantly increasing lead conversion rates and revenue. Podium helps businesses obtain more reviews, rank higher on Google, and consolidate lead channels. Businesses can call and text customers from the web and/or mobile app, send payment links, drive repeat business through bulk messages, and more—all managed and delivered from one easy-to-use dashboard. Additionally, with Podium’s AI Employee and automations, businesses can efficiently handle customer inquiries seamlessly across all communication channels, providing timely and accurate responses that drive sales. Podium’s innovative work has gained recognition on top industry lists, such as Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups, Forbes’ Cloud 100, the Inc. 5000, and Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies. Podium was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah. It is currently backed by Accel, Summit Partners, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Y Combinator.

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Product Description

Podium empowers local businesses to do more business in less time with the simplicity of text messaging. Our platform allows you to get more reviews, gather more leads, get paid via text, send text marketing campaigns, centralize communications, and more.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Podium is solely focused on building our product to help businesses win. Our platform provides solutions for the entire customer experience from business consideration with review management features, lead management with our unified inbox, to long term retention with text marketing.

Here are some features our customers love most about us:
- Automated Review Requests
- Phone System and VoIP Solutions
- AI assistant for customer communications
- Text Marketing Management
- Continuous innovation and product improvement
- An all-in-one platform, not another point solution


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Podium
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Year Founded
2014
HQ Location
Lehi, UT
Twitter
@PodiumHQ
3,445 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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1,359 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Podium is a customer interaction platform that uses messaging and automation to help businesses improve their customer engagement, reviews, and local SEO strategies.


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5.0 out of 5
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A good avenue to convert sessions into leads by allowing customers to text chat and capturing some detailers we might not have got. Easy of autom...
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5.0 out of 5
"A great platform for client and service communication."
It is a fast and very managable way of communicating with clients for our buisness.
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4.5 out of 5
"It has been pretty easy to navigate through podium."
The thing I like beat might just be the many fictions it has and how it can keep my messages organized.
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What do you like best about Podium?

I am a technician for a company. We use Podium on a daily basis to communicate to our customers our technicians arrival time, and also to coordinate with them On a variety of topics like return visits, scheduling changes and additions to be made to their home.. It is extremely easy to use and convenient for all parties. I cannot imagine working without Podium on our team.! Thanks Podium Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

There is nothing I do not like about Podium. It is a Extremely useful tool in the field Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

podium has solved our issue with letting homeowners know what time to expect the arrival of their technician. Also, Podium makes it extremely convenient and easy to get reviews for our company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

We're thrilled to hear that Podium has been such a valuable tool for your team in communicating with customers and coordinating scheduling. Thank you for sharing your positive experience!

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What do you like best about Podium?

The way it frees up my company call phone and make communcation easy with our clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

Printing is difficult. After a clients completes with our agency we have to print the entire text thread for their file, but currently the only way to do it is to copy and paste into a word doc. That is time consuming and copys the profile pic icons of our admin throughout the thread Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's keeping our work cell number free from client interaction and provides a record of converstion with our clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

We're glad to hear that Podium has been helpful in improving communication with your clients. We appreciate your feedback about the difficulty with printing and will share it with our product team for consideration.

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What do you like best about Podium?

podium helps me and my team keep up with deliquient accounts and allowing us to keep lines of communication open. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

there is really nothing that i really dislike about podium Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

it is allowing me to have a open line of communication besides talking on the phone. most customers can not talk on the phone. podium made it easy to keep things moving smoothly between us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

We're thrilled to hear that Podium is helping you and your team keep up with delinquent accounts and maintain open lines of communication. Thank you for sharing your positive experience!

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What do you like best about Podium?

Podium excels at simplifying online reputation management. Our team accesses the platform many times throughout the week, whether it's monitoring reviews, pulling reports, or adding additional users/locations. Its ability to consolidate reviews across various review sites in a single platform saves time and effort. The integrations for automated review solicitations via text help capture reviews consistently. The Webchat solution helps increase website traffic and brings in additional leads. The new business listing management tool is great because it simplifies updating information across review sites to ensure consistency. We can quickly add additional listings, so it's easy to set up. We also have a great partnership with our Podium team, and they provide the best support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

I wish we could use additional features, but our industry and organization are risk-averse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

Podium is primarily solving the problem of managing online reputation efficiently and effectively on an enterprise level. By consolidating reviews from multiple platforms into one place, Podium saves us significant time spent monitoring and responding to feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

We're thrilled to hear that Podium has been a game-changer for managing your online presence! It's great to know that you find value in our platform's ability to simplify online reputation management, consolidate reviews, and automate review solicitations. We appreciate your partnership and are committed to providing the best support.

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What do you like best about Podium?

Mobile app allows me to work even when im away from the office. Love it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

Sometimes there are issues with the phone carriers and the texts dont go through it shows up as red. Not common but annoying sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

Poduim makes work easier so if im away i can still have my clients send me missing information without having to call them. Also great for getting business reviews! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chris B.
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What do you like best about Podium?

It's simple and easy. It has increased our sales. I use their AI response feature which communicates to the customers when my employees cant'. I also use the Podium phone system that integrates with Podium reviews. It's great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

The price is a little expensive. I don't receive much backend support from them. I have to figure everything out by myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has raised out Google review status Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Podium?

We are able to comunicate with customer and take payment on one platform. Bulk messaging is also a great tool to promote Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

Nothing to complain about. We love the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keeping comunication all in one spot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

It's great to hear that Podium is solving the problem of keeping communication in one spot for you. We're happy to provide a solution that benefits your business.

Metropolitan o.
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What do you like best about Podium?

Podium is a user-friend interface and has many tools that are useful and optimize our patient communications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

There is no option available to curate reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

Podium helps us track response time and lead sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Podium?

Podium is great for its user-friendly interface and features that simplify customer communication. My company uses it on all our websites and it helps us increase our Google Reviews and provide excellent customer service, Its platform lets businesses manage all interactions in one place, whether through text, chat, or social media. Additionally, Podium integrates with various business systems and provides analytics to track performance and make informed decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

I wish it were easier to segment my market by categories like "Customer Service," "Sales Transactions," and "Warranty" to get better data on how Podium is used and which fields are most requested. With the increasing fees, we're considering finding a new provider with competitive transaction fees if they offer similar services at a lower price. For now, Podium is performing well in customer service and technology, and we can still manage the fees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping with multiple customer service situations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

We're thrilled to hear that Podium is helping you manage customer interactions and increase Google Reviews. We appreciate your feedback about the need for better segmentation and competitive transaction fees, and we'll take that into consideration for future updates. Thank you for choosing Podium as your customer communication platform.

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What do you like best about Podium?

Podium makes it so much easier to stay connected with our customers. It was quick and easy to learn, and the training videos from Podium were simple to understand! The integration to update our dispatching system in real time is great as well. The new AI feature is amazing! It doesn't leave the customer wondering if someone is going to get back with them. We will continue to use Podium every day! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

The only thing I dislike would be not using it sooner! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Podium solving and how is that benefiting you?

Podium was able to put all communication in one location versus multiple. This has helped make sure everyone could see the necessary information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

We're so happy to hear that you are pleased with Podium and that it has made a positive impact on your communication and dispatching processes. Thank you for sharing your experience and for choosing Podium to help streamline your operations!