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Marketing Cloud
Data Strategy in a Post-Cookies World: An Unexpected Turn
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In 2021, we wrote about Google’s plans to phase out third-party cookies by 2022. However, the landscape has dramatically shifted since then. In a surprising turn of events, Google announced this week that it no longer plans to eliminate third-party tracking cookies from its Chrome web browser. Instead, they’re introducing a new approach that puts...
Music
How Salesforce Helps Music Companies Innovate and Grow
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While much of the media and entertainment industry is still recovering from the major losses of the past few years, music stands out as one area that is actually growing stronger every year. According to IFPI’s Global Music Report, global recorded music revenues increased by 10.2% in 2023 and total trade revenues reached $28.6 billion,...
Marketing Cloud
Salesforce Announces Marketing Cloud Growth to Empower SMBs
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This week, Salesforce announced Marketing Cloud Growth, a new edition of Marketing Cloud aimed at small and medium B2B companies to drive growth efficiently with CRM, AI, and data. It is the first iteration of Marketing Cloud built on the Einstein 1 platform, enabling marketers to reach customers faster with trusted data and AI. “Marketers...
Provider
Personalization in Healthcare: 6 Keys To Successful Patient Experiences
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Implementing patient experience use cases with Marketing Cloud Personalization requires careful planning, data integration, and consideration of privacy and security. In addition, we recommend a collaborative approach involving marketing, IT, and clinical teams. These teams should work together to define use cases that align with patient-centric objectives and healthcare goals. Let’s look at a few...
Healthcare
Personalization in Healthcare: Patient Experience Use Cases
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Patient experiences play a pivotal role in healthcare, as they have a profound impact on patient engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty. In today’s digital age, patients expect interactions with healthcare providers to be tailored to their unique needs and preferences, and personalized experiences are crucial to building trust, improving outcomes, and driving patient satisfaction. Marketing Cloud...
Salesforce Platform
7 Salesforce Data Cloud Best Practices
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Let’s pretend we’re a contestant on Jeopardy!, and the answer is: This software company was Data Cloud customer zero, giving it access to 1.2 billion customer records. The question: What is Salesforce? Before becoming the fastest-growing home-grown product in Salesforce history, Data Cloud was used internally to create one unified profile of Salesforce customers from...
Marketing Cloud
6 Steps to a Successful Marketing Cloud Personalization Implementation
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According to 2,500 global marketing decision-makers surveyed in the Salesforce Marketing Intelligence Report, the top desired improvement they want in the customer experience over the next year is more personalized content and offers. They realize the benefits that personalization brings, like more engagement and loyalty to their company, by using Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Marketing Cloud...
Marketing Cloud
Pardot vs. Marketing Cloud: Which Solution is Right for You?
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In one corner, you have Team Marketing Cloud Account Engagement, a B2B platform, and in the other, you have Team Marketing Cloud, a B2C platform. These two often battle it out for the hearts and minds of Salesforce users everywhere. However, we propose a fresh perspective where everyone can emerge as a winner by selecting...
Marketing Cloud
What is Salesforce Marketing Cloud Personalization?
Reading time: 3 minutes
Today, we experience personalization in many areas of our lives, from customizing furniture fabrics to adding heated seats to a new car. So why shouldn’t your marketing messages also be tailored to customer preferences? Personalization makes us feel acknowledged and understood by treating each customer as a unique individual. It strengthens the customer-company relationship, as...
Media & Entertainment
A Beginner’s Guide to Salesforce Media Cloud
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We often talk about the Salesforce journey. You start off with a basic version of a product, roll it out, and add on a more advanced version of the product. You expand, scale, and grow your Salesforce ecosystem from a crawl to a walk to a run. But what if you’re just at the start...