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Don’t Succumb To Social Media Stockholm Syndrome

Forrester IT

We are excited to launch the new vision report for our social marketing playbook. It might be controversial, but we are here to give companies permission to break up with social media. Social media is a quagmire, and marketers contributed to the mess. Companies are the party crashers that social […].

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Boost Your Social Media Team With A Social Suites Provider

Forrester IT

Social media is now a mainstay of most marketing plans and shifts in the media landscape make social suites critical for marketers to efficiently manage their social media efforts — all in one place. What are social suites?

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Consumers Are On Social Media, But That Doesn’t Mean They Want To Hear From You

Forrester IT

Social media is ubiquitous, from social networks to forums to brand-created communities to messaging apps. Brand marketers shouldn’t be asking if their consumers are on social media, but rather, “Do they want to hear from my brand?”

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Did You Hear? Social Networks Want In On Audio

Forrester IT

First the social networks conquered text. Last month, Twitter announced its acquisition of Breaker, a social podcasting app, and quickly transitioned […]. Then they dominated video. And now, the new frontier: audio.

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How to Maximize Customer Satisfaction Through Digital Channels

Speaker: Aarde Cosseboom, Contact Center & Customer Experience Advisor and Co-Host of the Another Cloud Podcast

Whether they are reaching out via chat, social media, or phone the end goal is always the same. But how are your customers reaching out? What steps occur before they are connected with an agent? And are your customers utilizing AI? Throughout the course of the pandemic we have seen a dramatic shift in customer experience.

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“TikTok Shop” Launch Makes US Social Commerce Plausible

Forrester IT

Bytedance officially launched its social commerce experience, “TikTok Shop,” in the US. It includes features such as a dedicated shop tab for searching products or browsing product categories, the ability for creators to tag products for purchase, an affiliate funnel for sellers, secure check-out, and brand product portfolios.

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Social Media Meets Tulip Mania

Forrester IT

A determined group of small investors have used the power of social media to punish “the smart money” by pushing the price of GameStop, a widely shorted stock, from $19 to $325 (as of this writing). It’s a story straight out of the Sherwood Forest, with a stopover in Holland. As the saga continues to […].

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Why You Need to Use Case Studies in Sales and Marketing (and How to Start Now)

In marketing, case studies are versatile assets for generating business, providing reusable elements for ad and social media content, website material, and marketing campaigns. In sales, case studies are crucial pieces of content that can be tailored to prospects' pain points and used throughout the buyer's journey.

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The Innovator’s Guide to the Digital-first Contact Center

Social platforms are now becoming mainstream contact center channels. In the contact center industry, first-generation digital channels like email and web chat have seen significant adoption, along with video chat and co-browsing capabilities. However, customers are rapidly moving beyond these channels, seeking next-generation options.

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Improve Onboarding with User-Centered Design

Speaker: Dr. Kate Wolin, Founder, Circea

In the age of social distancing, digital onboarding is becoming essential to any program. This is especially true for medical practices, where the threat of the pandemic is the most real. As consultations are being digitized, so are the process in which new patients are processed and appointments are being scheduled.