4 Factors That Can Help You Choose the Right Customer Data Platform

Having a range of choices does not make it any easier for a marketer to select the right capabilities, nor does it promise better results. The key to finding the right CDP is to outline which experiences you want to deliver to remain competitive, now and into the future.

Customer Data Platforms: Striving for a Single View of the Customer

To marketers trying to swim through a flood of disconnected customer data, a CDP can look like the life preserver needed for them to stay afloat. And if it is the real deal, it can be. Here's a look at the CDP field today.

Make Your Email Preference Center a Priority and Your Customers Will Reward You

The email preference center represents the best of both worlds: Prospects and customers can control the communications they receive, and marketers get to send better-quality, more targeted communications.

To Get Maximum Benefit From Your CRM, Don’t Overlook These Capabilities

Like anything else, CRM solutions are only as effective as the way you use them, and not all sales teams are fully exploiting the technology's features.

Redefining SEO in the Age of Digital Transformation

To give today's customers what they truly desire, it's imperative to look at SEO in a whole different way. Here's how to redefine your SEO best practices to further boost search engine results

Drive Customer Engagement Results With Customized, Flexible Communications

Today's business communications must be able to infuse the customer experience with the perfect blend of technology-driven intelligent interactions and personalized service.

Humans, Not Bots, Will Convert Browsers Into Buyers

If you want to effectively engage with browsers and convert them into customers, you need to connect them with the right people—people who already appreciate and love your brand and use your products every day.

4 Ways Mobile Technology Is Enhancing the Travel Experience

The desire for friction-free travel experiences are leading to innovative options for flyers, allowing them to manage their experiences almost entirely from their mobile devices.

5 Steps to Creating the Perfect Mobile Checkout

Unwieldy mobile checkouts can drive away online shoppers in droves. Fortunately, even minor user interface tweaks can produce considerable results.

4 Signs Your Email Marketing Is Less Effective Than It Should Be

We're in a daily battle for inbox attention. Your email's efficacy and ability to claim some of that attention can go so far as to help your business fly—or flop.

Turn Your CRM into the Tool Your Sellers Need

Today's CRM systems capture details that relate to—and create incentives around—the underlying key factor that drives better sales results: seller behavior.

4 Things Sales Managers Need From a CRM System

The right CRM solution can save you time and money, but it can also get in the way and end up being a hindrance to your ability to successfully manage people.

CRM’s 3 Data Dilemmas, and How to Solve Them

Despite all the advances in CRM, most mainstream platforms lack the ability to do even more with field sales data.

4 Steps to Ensure CRM Success

CRM works best with a sound sales and marketing strategy, and vice-versa.

How Retail Is Being Revolutionized with AI

AI-driven software has embedded itself into a number of retail processes, from inventory management to customer service, and its use is only expected to expand further in the future.

5 Marketing Lessons Everyone Can Learn From Beer

Customer loyalty is clearly not what it used to be. To thrive in today's intensely competitive environment, beer marketers have grown to rely on these data-driven insights that any marketer can appreciate and use.

Voice of the Process: Don’t Just Watch What Customers Say, Watch What They Do

By capturing and analyzing actual customer behavioral data, you can close the voice-of-the-customer blind spot, understanding consumer needs through their actions.

Introducing the 5 Stages of B2B Sales Transformation

Today's sales environment is a complex landscape of technologies, content, processes, and people all working together to offer seamless, relevant, and personalized experiences. If that doesn't happen with B2B sellers, buyers quickly move on.

3 Ways Companies Can Harness the Power of Millennials in Today’s Digital World

Although winning over Millennials may seem daunting, companies have the opportunity to experience major growth if they are able to effectively cater to this generation.

6 Steps for Selecting the Right CRM for Your Business

Wading through the range of options can seem like a daunting task. The key is the patience to think things through and do your research.