8/9/2019 Schipul Success Story

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 Mobile Office CoordinationCustomer

Schipul,awebmarketingcompany,developedandbuilds

ontheTendenciWebmarketingapplication,apowerful

onlinetoolwithoverahalfmillionpeopleloggingin

duringthepastyearandmillionsofusersoverall.Schipul

isbasedinHouston,andprovidesmarketingserviceson

theInternettomorethan300organizationsfroma

varietyofserviceindustriesinlocal,nationaland

internationalmarkets.

“Yammerwasaninvaluabletoolduring

HurricaneIke.Itallowedourentire

companytocommunicatedetailsand

makesureeveryonewassafe.”

‐‐JenniferBrooks,ProgrammingDirector

 

Solution

AsacompanySchipulhasbeenthroughnumeroushurricanepreparationdrills.Katrinawasascare,Rita

wasanevacuationchallenge,butinSeptember2008HurricaneIkewasprimedtohitinHouston,where

theirmainheadquartersarelocated.However,thistimearoundemployeesusedYammerasacrisiscommunicationsolutiontocommunicatewiththerestoftheteam.ThefactthatYammernetworksare

automaticallypartitionedbasedonemaildomainmadeitreallyeasyforSchipultogetallofitsemployeesemployeesonYammer.SchipulemployeesthenusedtheBlackberryandiPhonemobileappsalongwith

theSMSintegrationtosendandreceivemessageswitheachother.ThefactthatYammerdoesnothaveacharacterlimitwasalsoviewedasapositiveattributebecausetheydidn’twanttohavetoworrynordid

theyhavetimetoshortenaURLorchangetheirsentencebecausetheyused150charactersinsteadof

140characters.

Results and Benefits

  EmployeesusedYammerforCrisisCommunication,enablingthemtostayconnectedand

informedatalltimes.

  Everyonereceivedalerts,asYammermessages,viaSMSsentfromeachoftheirmobiledevices.

  Yammer’scentralplatformenabledcommunicationnomatterwhatdeviceeachemployeeutilized

Company Schipul

Industry MarketingandAdvertiseme

Employees 25

Location Houston,Texas

Founded 1997

Success Story