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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
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@PodiumHQ
3,445 Twitter followers
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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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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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"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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"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?

Love that I can quickly get a reply from clients on prospects. Great way to get in touch and engage with non-responsive prospects who I have initially called and emailed. I'll follow up with a text and the response rate in pretty strong. Comes in handy on gamedays when trying to meet up with prospects and clients before or during a Caps game without having to give out my personal cell #. Use daily and great for customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

Unless I've missed it, I don't believe there is a way to group text. I've had this happen a few times where someone has tried introducing or referring me, but it doesn't work, or I've tried to do the same with no luck. Having this feature available would be huge! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Poduims is allowing me to quickly and conveniently get in touch with my prospects and engage in meaningful conversations, many of which have resutled in a closed sale! 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 you in closing sales and engaging with prospects. We appreciate your feedback about the group text feature, and we'll definitely take that into consideration for future updates. Thank you for sharing your experience with us!

Josh D.
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What do you like best about Podium?

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 automating review links. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

I would say nothing comes to mind currently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Most people under the age of 25 do not want to talk on the phone anymore. They are more comfortable getting the conversation started via message. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Billy D.
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What do you like best about Podium?

Podium is an excellent way to engage with prospects and customers alike. We find leads are more likely to respond to a text message than an email or an online chat. The ability to share links and collect payments via text helps us close more deals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

Not much to complain about. Little tweaks would make my life easier but the tool works great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Podium gives prospects an easy way to ask us questions. Podium gives an additional way to collect customer information and payments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Podium?

Podium has been a great help with scheduling our customers and interacting with them quickly. The review portion is a huge help that our reputation manager utilizes to handle customer concerns ASAP. Podium's customer service is also quick to resolve any issue we have with the system. They go above and beyond to make sure we have the platform set up exactly the way that works best for our business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

I don't have many things that I don't like with Podium. It's very user friendly. I guess the only thing I wish was a little better were some of the automations. I wish there were a few more options to customize these to better suit our business. It would be nice to be able to remove specific customers from receiving certain automations withour restricting the entire location from receiving them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It provides the texting platform that we need linking us to the customer so we can easily communicate. It provides one loactaion for our reputation manager to use for responding to customer concerns and compliments. We're able to let our customers know about a promotion via sms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

We're thrilled to hear that Podium has been a great help with scheduling and interacting with your customers. Our goal is to provide a user-friendly platform and excellent customer service. We appreciate your feedback about the automations and will take it into consideration for future improvements.

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What do you like best about Podium?

PODIUM HAS MADE COMMUNICATION WITH CUSTOMERS EXTREMELY EASY AND EFFICIENT. WORKING AS A TEAM AS WELL, WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE OUR INBOX AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT TO PROVIDE PROMPT RESPONSES TO CUSTOMERS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

I CANNOT THINK OF ANY DOWNSIDE I GUESS MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFULT TO HAVE SOUND REMINDERS WHEN YOU HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO A PODIUM WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

IT FACILITATES FOLLOW UPS AS IT AUTOMATICALLY SENDS CUSTROMERS REMINDERS TO MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MADE ALREADY. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Luis L.
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What do you like best about Podium?

The #1 thing that podium has allowed me to do is signifcantly boost my prospecting capability in the most easy to use platform that I have used so far ! I have been able to increase my people reached by 30% since implementation of podium and boost my sales by 15% overall just by using podium. If these numbers do not speak for themselves let me also mention the level of customer support that we are able to acheive is phenominal due to my whole team being able to pick up where others left off in conversations and the capability to have podium on your phone is genius as well as we can respond from anywhere even when we are not in the office ! We not only religiously use podium everyday but have even recommended it to a couple of other sales forces in our local area because of the ease of integration to other sales industrys ! Overall Podium gets a 20/10 in my book as it has been one of the most valuble tools I personally use that has played a major role in helping me 2x my personal income and nearly 10x my companys income as a result ! Thank you to all the helpful individules at Podium and I look forward to many more years of success not only in my buisness but theirs as well! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

Some of the downsides I have noticed are very minor . The First thing is some Minor bugs with customer searchs , sometimes we will have no search results for customers I know I have been talking with for many days or months but it fixes it self eventually most of the time, The Second minor inconvience is when you receive a message and are in the assigned to you tab or All conversations and you do not see a customer text right away it tends to fall very far down the list of people you are texting and can be a pain to scoll all the way down to find who sent that message and I am texting hundreds of people a day so most of the time I will not remember their name or number to search them up manually ! But other than those two things I have had really no major issues ! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The main issue podium is solving for me and my team is access to all customers in one data base for example, My team sells vehicles and sometimes I will be working a prospect and be off the next day and that prospect decided to ask if he can come in that day and I may not be looking at podium on my day off so my team is able to see that and get him in and taken care of ! Another major thing it has solved is stream lining a way to monitor all texts sent by my team and make sure they are staying consistent on my leads and responding in a timely manner to customer questions and concerns ! Also being able to have a platfrom to manage hundreds of leads in one place and with the use of templates contact thousands of prospects a day ! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Podium?

Texting eliminates having to call my clients for answers that are quick so it saves me a LOT of time. I love that clients can text me pictures of what I need, and it's helpful for scheduling appointments. I use Podium every single day and I love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

Sometimes conversations are a little difficult to find between "closed" and "open", and then the "Leads" and "assigned to me" tabs are a bit much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Podium:

This is such a great platform to use when trying to communicate with customers quickly and efficiently. Some customers don't have time to talk on the phone and texting makes it so much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I'm able to get in touch with clients much quicker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Podium?

I can chat with the customer, and my sub-contractors and it allows information that look back at. Save me time as someone can send over a quick photo for review. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

Not enough support to let me know if I am getting the system's full benefits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Save time with commuicating to people who we are working on and who need our services. Peoples time is very important to them now, and we can provide the need to know information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

Thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear that Podium has been user-friendly and helpful for your business. We understand the importance of maximizing the system's benefits, and we will have your customer success manager reach out to you for further assistance with the platform.

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What do you like best about Podium?

I have just recently started working with Podium. Podium is very user friendly. I was helping out on Podium the second day I started working here. I love it. I personally use Podium everyday to connect with our amazing customers. I also love the new AI agent within podium. On busy days this helps so much. It also makes our response time quicker on busier days. The AI Agent feature was implemented very fast and easy. Utilizing this resource has made our customer support stand out from others. Everyone here including myself has integrated very well to useing Podium. Using Podium allows me to multitask and connect with more customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

As of right now in my short expierence working with Podium I have ZERO dislikes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Podium is allowing us as employees to connect with more customers. Also Podium allows us to communicate with our customers that are sometimes too busy to call into the office and even our customers who would perfer text communication versus on the phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

We're thrilled to hear that you're enjoying Podium and finding it user-friendly! Our AI agent is designed to help streamline communication and improve response times, so it's great to hear that it's making a positive impact for you and your team.

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What do you like best about Podium?

I like Podium because we can text from office, have our conversations recorded when out of office using personal phone so it's a backup -Still getting better! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Podium?

Two frustrations with Podium- not easy to set up on cell phone you've gotta have the desktop, and if I have a problem and call tech they direct me to an on-line place to TEACH MYSELF - but they forget WHO pays their salary and if I'm wasting my time to call they'd better HELP ME and do it either for me or with me to fix my problem. - but getting easier to navigate on cell Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

E&O protection and ease with working with clients almost instantly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Whitney Adamson of Podium

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We are committed to making the setup process more user-friendly, and we will also review our support approach to ensure that we provide the assistance you need when you encounter issues.