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Conversational Commerce for Marketers

How Marketing Teams Can Tap into Conversational Commerce to Attract, Convert, and Retain More Customers

Once, not so long ago, most brands sunk the majority of their marketing dollars into traditional initiatives like TV and radio commercials, print ads, direct mail, and outdoor advertising.  Then, eCommerce started gaining traction, and many brands started shifting their marketing spend online. Yet, most took a generic, one-size-fits-all approach, blanketing an entire audience with…

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The Complete Guide to Salesforce Language Translation

There are roughly 7,000 languages spoken across the globe. So if you’re a global business, you’re bound to be faced with language barriers – both internally and when engaging with customers.  Even if you’re NOT a global business, you’re sure to encounter plenty of customers who speak a language that’s different from yours. According to…

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Conversational Commerce for Salesforce

Unlocking the Power of Conversational Commerce for Salesforce: Tips, Strategies, and Tools

Oftentimes, the word “eCommerce” conjures up images of a shopper browsing a website, adding an item (or items) to their cart, and then completing the checkout process. But the reality is, there are plenty of new, innovative ways of purchasing products online – including social commerce, conversational commerce, and augmented reality – just to name…

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App Store Review Monitoring Guide

A Simple Framework for Managing Your Brand’s Mobile App Reviews

It’s no secret that modern consumers are glued to their mobile devices. A recent survey found that nearly half (46%) of consumers spend an average of five to six hours on their phones each day – not including work-related use. Consumers use their mobile devices for myriad purposes – including browsing and buying products and…

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Bridging the Gaps to Deliver a Better D2C eCommerce Experience

For the past decade, eCommerce was experiencing steady growth. But then the COVID-19 pandemic hit – sending that growth into overdrive. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, eCommerce grew more than 32% in 2020. For brands, this explosive growth presented both challenges and opportunities.  At the onset of the pandemic, many consumers limited…

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Buy with Prime Playbook

The Top Challenges of B2C Brands – and How Amazon’s Buy with Prime Can Help Tackle Them

It’s no secret that direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce is growing. Per SAP, DTC eCommerce sales in the US grew over 45% last year – accounting for 14% of total retail eCommerce sales. This growth has been fueled both by digitally native brands (think Casper and Dollar Shave Club), as well as established brands (think Nike and…

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review response templates

7 Ways to Use Templates for Review Responses

Collecting and displaying reviews is proven to drive some pretty impressive results for your business. According to an analysis from our friends at Bazaarvoice, there’s a 128% lift in conversion when shoppers interact with ratings and reviews on “best-in-class” sites — as well as a 159% lift in revenue per visitor. But responding to reviews…

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Manage Product Questions

The Brand’s Guide to Managing Product Questions and Answers

By now, we’ve all seen plenty of headlines about the growth of eCommerce traffic and sales in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s worth reiterating. According to Salesforce’s State of Commerce Report, eCommerce revenue increased 75% year over year in the second quarter of 2020 and 55% in the third quarter. And per…

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App Store Review Management

The Brand’s Guide to App Store Review Management

Proactively managing reviews is an important way to protect your online reputation — and strengthen it. And if you’re like many enterprise brands, you’ve got a lot of different types of reviews on your hands. As an example, let’s consider a brand like Adidas. Consumers can write reviews for Adidas products on Adidas.com — as…

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