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Salesforce.com Announces Site.com Web Site Management: Will Marketing Automation Features Follow?

Customer Experience Matrix

Salesforce.com yesterday announced the launch of Site.com , an enterprise-class Web site management system. The news didn’t seem to get much attention, perhaps because Salesforce.com itself pretty much buried it. The move closer as Web sites capture more individual-level information and present more personalized treatments.

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5 Reasons You Don’t Buy Likes with Facebook Advertising

Convince & Convert

You want them to visit your website, buy something, fill out a form that gives you access to more important data (like email address). According to the superlative study from Salesforce.com on social media ad results (Salesforce is a sponsor of my Social Pros podcast) , the average cost-per-click on Facebook ads in Q1 2015 was 39 cents.

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SAP Buys hybris e-commerce Software to Build Its Version of Real Time Customer Management

Customer Experience Matrix

Fresh on the heels of yesterday''s blockbuster ExactTarget / Salesforce.com deal , SAP today announced acquisition of e-commerce vendor hybris software. Since Salesforce said yesterday that other companies also wanted to buy ExactTarget, it seemed possible that SAP had lost the deal and purchased hybris as a second choice.

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Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber

The Point

Salesforce.com is a dominant player in the CRM category and an integral part of many companies’ lead management, database marketing, and demand generation programs. Actually, it’s much easier for Marketing and lead cultivation people to get instant value out of Salesforce.com (SFDC) than it is for reps. HS: Thanks David!

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Elevating B2B Customer Retention: Innovative Strategies for Lasting Relationships

Engagio

Consider this: 75% of customers are willing to spend more to buy from companies with stellar customer service ( Zendesk Customer Experience Trends Report ). Build strong relationships Establish strong personal connections with customers through regular communication. Sidenote: AI is making trust even more important.

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Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion: Get Ready for Software Vendors as Data Owners

Customer Experience Matrix

It gives Microsoft access to a rich trove of personal and company information, something it didn’t have before (although Microsoft probably collected more personal and company data than most of us realize). LinkedIn is primarily a social network with revenue from subscriptions, recruiting services, and advertising.

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How to adapt your marketing for the new era of data analytics by Salesforce

Martech

Finally, scalability and personalization have become buzzwords, but you can’t accomplish either without strong analytics – and getting that has been an uphill climb for many businesses. By unifying their data, Cox Automotive can better segment its audience and deliver more personalized messaging to its customers.