NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2018

How will companies that have embraced the cloud for the contact center and sales applications across their businesses continue to benefit in 2018 and beyond? To understand what promotional, perhaps even personalized, email or text may have prompted a follow-up call, the contact center needs real-time access to digital marketing activity.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2018

Businesses that already have a strong digital customer service strategy in place are steps ahead of the competition, however here’s how you can catch up in 2018. Therefore it is advisable that businesses do not fully switch to AI controlled customer service, but look at areas that they can begin to automate in 2018. Sources: [link].

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

What are, in your opinion, the top challenges in customer experience that companies should be aware of in 2018? Lynn Hunsaker, CEO and Head Customer Experience Consultant at ClearAction @ clearaction | blog “Customers’ discernment of providers’ motives will continue to sharpen in the future. How to overcome those challenges?

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 21, 2019

A successful content marketing strategy relies on good customer feedback. In fact, 2018 study by Clutch revealed that 73% of consumers made a purchase based on marketing content they’ve viewed. In fact, 2018 study by Clutch revealed that 73% of consumers made a purchase based on marketing content they’ve viewed.

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Grade.us

DECEMBER 20, 2018

If you were to pull me aside on the street and ask me what the big marketing buzz term has been this year my answer would be instant: influencer marketing. The Best Influencer Marketing Blogs of 2018. Visit this blog to find in-depth posts on everything influencer marketing. The Grin Blog.

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 13, 2018

These 5 One Millimeter Mindset Collaborative Storytelling Blog posts are focused on helping you “see” your organization’s or association’s stories as vibrant testimonials of how you serve customers. Collaborative storytelling involves everyone in the organization, not just the marketing department. . Enjoy this blog post?

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LiveChat

JANUARY 3, 2019

It was a good year for the LiveChat blog. Our blog was visited every month by over 100k visitors , who spend 8 minutes on each page on average. So, as the December 2018 is coming to an end, it’s time to sum up a bit all the highlights of 2018. How we reached 100,000 unique views a month on LiveChat blog.

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BirdEye

APRIL 24, 2023

Digital marketing is a powerful way to connect with your customers and grow sales. From the exciting growth of social media to the importance of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), today’s digital landscape presents an abundance of opportunities for marketers to connect with customers like never before.

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BirdEye

JULY 3, 2023

According to a marketing industry report released in 2022, the affiliate marketing industry grew by 47% between 2018 and the end of 2021. This industry is slated to continue to grow, with recent projections predicting that the affiliate marketing industry is likely to grow from $13 billion in 2022 to $15.7

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Wootric

DECEMBER 21, 2018

These are the articles that resonated the most with our readers in 2018. To all the customer experience professionals who have read our blog and engaged with us this year, thank you for championing customers’ voices and experiences in your organizations. Well, four more seasons have come and gone!

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Grade.us

JANUARY 3, 2019

Sure, we've officially waved bye-bye to 2018, but that doesn't mean we can't take advantage of all the great stuff that came out of last year. Some studies suggest one good event does more to create new customers than every other marketing technique out there. The Best Event Marketing Blogs of 2018. Bizzabo Blog.

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Grade.us

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

2018's Best Social Media Marketing Blogs. These blogs are consistent providers of top-notch social media content. This blog has lots to say about the way emerging technologies are growing, changing, and improving social media marketing. Here's a blog that's been a personal go-to for me for many years.

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Grade.us

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

You own a business, plan on bootstrapping your own small business marketing efforts, and don't want to get deep in the weeds? It’s easier than ever for small business owners to take their marketing into their own hands. This list of 2018's top resources is here for you. The Best Small Business Marketing Blogs.

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Oracle

JANUARY 17, 2018

In an interesting dichotomy of content marketing trends, popular content formats in 2018 will be a mix of interactive assets and long-form print pieces. Following is a brief summary of content formats that will be paramount in 2018. Following is a brief summary of content formats that will be paramount in 2018.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 8, 2018

My concerns only grow as we roll into 2018. However, after probing further, I learned he was in market research a year ago and changed his job title. Many people jumped on the bandwagon and like my friend in market research, changed their job titles. The post Troublesome Trends & Predictions for 2018 appeared first on.

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Grade.us

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Email marketing continues to be one of the most effective ways to reach and retain customers. Want to become an email marketing ninja? 2018's Best Email Marketing Blogs. Take a deep dive into these awesome blogs. You'll walk away with plenty of ideas for your own email marketing campaigns.

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Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

It’s 2018, and customer expectations are changing faster than ever. This blog post is not about the top customer service trends to watch out for in 2018. The following best practices set contemporary leaders in innovation apart from the pack and represent what exceptional customer service looks like in 2018.

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Grade.us

DECEMBER 6, 2018

No matter what form it takes, content still forms the foundation of any modern marketing effort. The Best Content Marketing Blogs. Follow these blogs for a steady stream of fantastic advice. Follow these blogs for a steady stream of fantastic advice. The Content Marketing Institute. Copyblogger. ProBlogger.

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

INBOUND is an industry event designed to gather Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success professionals all in one place to learn and get inspired together. Check out our top ten Customer Success takeaways from INBOUND 2018. Jonathan Hsu (@jhsu98) September 5, 2018. Sarah Goodall (@SarahGoodall) September 5, 2018.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Before you say, “ thank u, next ” to 2018, check out Gainsight’s top blog posts, webinars, and resources of 2018. Top 5 Customer Success Blog Posts of 2018. CSM & Product’ Is the New ‘Sales & Marketing’. Click here to read the blog. Click here to read the blog.

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BirdEye

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We’ll explore key trends such as user demographics and advertising across platforms as well as share our first-party data to help you gain insights for your own social media marketing strategy. Nearly 60% of marketers believe that social media marketing is a “very important” asset to their overall marketing strategy.

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AWS Machine Learning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Multi-modal data is a valuable component of the financial industry, encompassing market, economic, customer, news and social media, and risk data. Multi-modal agents, in conjunction with generative AI, are finding a wide spread application in financial markets. Can you build an optimized portfolio using these three stocks? ”

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Grade.us

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Digital analytics are essential to measuring your marketing efforts. 2018's Best Digital Analytics Blogs. Follow these blogs to stay up-to-date with the latest analytics trends. If you're running analytics to find out what Google wants then follow this blog to get the information straight from the horse's mouth.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 29, 2019

The art of crafting an optimal price entails persuading customers that your prices are the best bargain in the market (Amazon is brilliant when it comes to building the right price perception) and considering hundreds of variables (customer behavior, business goals, weather, and market data, to name a few) to base your prices on.

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Optimove

JUNE 24, 2021

By 2016, interest in the category began to take off and in 2018 CDPs went mainstream. Originally created with the purpose of being a marketer-managed system that creates a persistent, unified customer database that is accessible to other systems, today almost every marketing technology category has a vendor calling itself a CDP.

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Optimove

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Optimove Connect 2018 is behind us and we’re already directing our efforts into the preparation for next year’s event. The post Summarizing Optimove Connect’s 2018 Workshops appeared first on Optimove. This two-day conference, held for the fourth straight year in Tel Aviv, drew the attention of 450 CRM enthusiasts.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

As we near the end of 2018, it’s the perfect time to look back on what we’ve experienced so far this year in customer success. To help you sort through the noise and focus your strategy, we’ve compiled a list of some of the top trends from 2018 that your team should get a jump on. Building a Company Culture of Customer Success.

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ShepHyken

JULY 28, 2017

Another example: BlackBerry dominated the business smartphone market. After many years of false starts then attempting to catch up to smartphone market leaders, a new device was just recently introduced, the BlackBerry KEYone, but it is marketed, manufactured, and distributed, not by Blackberry but by TCL.

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Grade.us

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Content, SEO, email marketing, unpaid social media. A display ad on your favorite blog has something in common with a full page magazine spread, and the ads showing up on YouTube don't look too different from the same TV ads your grandpa muted all his life. 2018's Best Digital Advertising Blogs. And this year?

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Chadwick Martin Bailey

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Before we turn the page to 2019, here’s a look at some of our top-performing blog posts from 2018: “What’s in a Name?”. September 2018 marked the one-year anniversary of joining the ITA Group Family. Never miss a beat when you subscribe to the CMB blog: It's been a busy and exciting year at CMB!

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ShepHyken

APRIL 20, 2018

According to the 2018 ReviewTrackers Online Reviews Survey , 63.6 This means that your customer service and marketing departments — along with the rest of your organization — will benefit from understanding the kind of CX you’re delivering, and from analyzing the entire customer journey from beginning to end.

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C3Centricity

OCTOBER 8, 2017

But are we performing smart marketing too? Here’s how marketers should be reaching, connecting and engaging their customers. We all know that you can’t please all the people all of the time, so why are we marketers still mass producing our messages? Start a Blog. That’s smart marketing.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Because your team holds the keys to customer relationships, you do have a unique opportunity to enable marketing and sales. The data-based insights from our 2018 B2B Buying Disconnect report will show you why: Buyers don’t trust vendors. A review program. Those resources are: Product demos. This is a problem for vendors.

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Grade.us

DECEMBER 27, 2018

There's this spectrum of beliefs about video marketing. But there's also no doubt in my mind adding video to any marketing campaign makes it better and stronger. I don't know where you are, but as long as you aren't all the way over on that "ugh" side of the spectrum, I imagine video marketing is somewhere on your radar.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

2018 is just around the corner, which means that companies around the world are planning (or have already planned) their business goals for next year. CCW Digital, in their latest Winter Executive Report, studied a wide range of organizations to discover the most popular goals and strategies for call centers in 2018. 2 for Companies.

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transcosmos Information Systems

MARCH 20, 2018

Here are the top five trends for customer care service that will take your business to greater heights in 2018 and beyond: 1. This provides end-to-end digital data and AI-related services for clients and customers ranging from advertising to marketing and customer support. Artificial Intelligence Solutions. On-demand Workforce.

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Oracle

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

According to Content Marketing Institute’s (CMI) 2018 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report , 31% of respondents rated their organization as doing a fair or poor job of aligning metrics with content goals. Goal #1: Site structure and performance. Goal #4: Conversions. Goal #5: Team performance.

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