Yes, even online form experiences can be excellent: Here's how
Digital Marketing

Yes, even online form experiences can be excellent: Here's how

5y Tessa Judge

Yes, even online form experiences can be excellent...

The IDC predicts that by 2021, businesses that invest in providing a frictionless user experience will see a 20% decrease in customer attrition. Read ...

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What artificial intelligence means for 1-800-Flowers this Valentine's Day
AI & Automation

What artificial intelligence means for 1-800-Flowers this Valentine's Day

5y Mike O'Brien

What artificial intelligence means for 1-800-Flowe...

An early adopter with one of the first retail toll-free numbers, 1-800-Flowers is leaning in to AI for its version of the Super Bowl: Valentine's Day....

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How to use chatbots as part of your marketing strategy
Chatbots

How to use chatbots as part of your marketing strategy

5y Emily Alford

How to use chatbots as part of your marketing stra...

It's 2019, and you're probably wondering if it's about time you use chatbots in your marketing strategy. Here's a ton of examples and tips for how to ...

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Chatbots for customer experience: How AI-assisted chat helps people
Chatbots

Chatbots for customer experience: How AI-assisted chat helps people

5y Andy Larisch

Chatbots for customer experience: How AI-assisted ...

Chatbots can—and should—be used to create more intelligent customer experiences. Here's how you can blend AI with the ingenuity of your human sales ag...

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3 ways using data can solve actual customer problems
Analytics

3 ways using data can solve actual customer problems

6y Emily Alford

3 ways using data can solve actual customer proble...

The average customer is online pretty much all the time, creating an abundance of data for today's businesses. If marketers aren’t using that data to ...

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Bots, chatbots, robots, AI! Here’s why knowing the difference could set your company apart
AI & Automation

Bots, chatbots, robots, AI! Here’s why knowing the difference could set you...

6y Emily Alford

Bots, chatbots, robots, AI! Here’s why knowing the...

Bots, chatbots, robots, and AI are some of the most buzzed words in the industry right now, but even insiders are sometimes unclear on their differenc...

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Chatting with bots: How well 5 brands' chatbots actually work
Chatbots

Chatting with bots: How well 5 brands' chatbots actually work

6y Mike O'Brien

Chatting with bots: How well 5 brands' chatbots ac...

We usually write about what chatbots can do, rather than how well they do it, so we're testing branded bots from the likes of Sephora, eBay, and H&...

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Using AI to improve user experience
Emerging Technology

Using AI to improve user experience

6y Yaroslav Kuflinski

Using AI to improve user experience

Not long ago, a company could gain the loyalty of its clientele based on product quality and little else. But with time, the difference between what a...

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Why beauty retailers are leading the way in digital transformation
Ecommerce

Why beauty retailers are leading the way in digital transformation

6y Mike O'Brien

Why beauty retailers are leading the way in digita...

Failure to embrace digital transformation is a death sentence for retailers. However, beauty brands like Sephora, L'Oréal, and Ulta aren't struggling ...

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A technology company that sells ribs: Q+A with TGI Fridays' Sherif Mityas
AI & Automation

A technology company that sells ribs: Q+A with TGI Fridays' Sherif Mityas

6y Mike O'Brien

A technology company that sells ribs: Q+A with TGI...

When you're a restaurant that sees 500,000 people a day, how do you make sure they all feel engaged? For TGI Fridays, artificial intelligence is the k...

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3 ways Target is trying to become "America's easiest place to shop"
Ecommerce

3 ways Target is trying to become "America's easiest place to shop"

6y Mike O'Brien

3 ways Target is trying to become "America's easie...

2017 was a pivotal year for Target, having invested billions of dollars in expanding its omnichannel shopping capabilities. CEO Brian Cornell wants to...

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8 ways AI can enhance your marketing strategy today
AI & Automation

8 ways AI can enhance your marketing strategy today

6y dinesh

8 ways AI can enhance your marketing strategy toda...

With proponents in almost every industry considering its revolutionary potential, AI looks set to change marketing forever. But what can marketers do ...

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The new luxury landscape: How Tiffany & Co., Gucci and LVMH are embracing digital transformation
Ecommerce

The new luxury landscape: How Tiffany & Co., Gucci and LVMH are embraci...

6y Mike O'Brien

The new luxury landscape: How Tiffany & Co., G...

As wealthier consumers do more of their shopping online, luxury brands have no choice but to embrace digital transformation. See how Tiffany & Co....

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What the declining time spent on Facebook means for marketers
Digital Marketing

What the declining time spent on Facebook means for marketers

6y Tereza Litsa

What the declining time spent on Facebook means fo...

Facebook users seem to spend 24% less time on the platform. Is this the end of Facebook's domination? And where do the users really go? What does this...

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Mass one-to-one marketing: Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard on the future of marketing
Leadership

Mass one-to-one marketing: Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pr...

6y Mike O'Brien

Mass one-to-one marketing: Procter & Gamble Ch...

At WHOSAY's ANA Masters of Marketing event, Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard discussed “mass one-to-one marketing" and why it's...

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Leading by example, compact content and other insights from Freedman International's Global Marketing Trends study
Leadership

Leading by example, compact content and other insights from Freedman Intern...

6y Mike O'Brien

Leading by example, compact content and other insi...

ClickZ and Freedman International surveyed more than 500 senior global marketers in the U.S. and U.K. to ask them what challenges and opportunities th...

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How will the social media landscape change in 2018?
Digital Marketing

How will the social media landscape change in 2018?

6y Tereza Litsa

How will the social media landscape change in 2018...

A new year brings new goals. What should we expect from social media in 2018. Read More...

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Chatbots, humanity and taking risks: ClickZ's most popular articles from April, May and June
Digital Transformation

Chatbots, humanity and taking risks: ClickZ's most popular articles from Ap...

6y Mike O'Brien

Chatbots, humanity and taking risks: ClickZ's most...

As 2017 winds down, ClickZ is looking back and reflecting on our year. Throughout the week, we'll be sharing our most-read articles from each month. D...

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Flashback to the forecast: Revisiting our 2017 predictions
Leadership

Flashback to the forecast: Revisiting our 2017 predictions

6y Mike O'Brien

Flashback to the forecast: Revisiting our 2017 pre...

Before we make predictions for 2018, we decided to take a look back at the ones from last year, such as explosions in artificial intelligence, live vi...

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Artificial intelligence in action: 5 brands brilliantly executing AI
AI & Automation

Artificial intelligence in action: 5 brands brilliantly executing AI

7y Mike O'Brien

Artificial intelligence in action: 5 brands brilli...

AI promises to transform the future, but one thing it’s doing today is letting brands deliver superior customer experiences. Looking beyond the tech g...

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6 tips for building compelling chatbots (even if you're not a programmer)
Chatbots

6 tips for building compelling chatbots (even if you're not a programmer)

7y Marcela De Vivo

6 tips for building compelling chatbots (even if y...

Ever since Facebook Messenger, Kik, Slack, and other messaging platforms gave branded chatbots a digital home, many agree that the bot revolution is n...

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Which industries have the greatest potential for chatbot disruption?
Chatbots

Which industries have the greatest potential for chatbot disruption?

7y Idris Nagri

Which industries have the greatest potential for c...

Between SMS and messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, billions of people around the world use some form of messaging to communicat...

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How the rise of gatekeepers is disrupting the travel industry - and what to do about it
Strategy

How the rise of gatekeepers is disrupting the travel industry - and what to...

7y Rebecca Sentance

How the rise of gatekeepers is disrupting the trav...

The way in which consumers access the online world is changing and fragmenting. Social media, digital assistants, chatbots and more are making it quic...

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6 cutting-edge digital marketing ideas to reinvigorate your brand
Disruptive MarTech

6 cutting-edge digital marketing ideas to reinvigorate your brand

7y Rebecca Sentance

6 cutting-edge digital marketing ideas to reinvigo...

Most ‘digital marketing ideas’ or ‘digital marketing strategy’ pieces tend to be written and published at the beginning of the year, when everything’s...

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7 reasons not to believe the chatbot hype
Chatbots

7 reasons not to believe the chatbot hype

7y Idris Nagri

7 reasons not to believe the chatbot hype

A growing number of companies are using chatbots to market themselves, acquire new customers and drive engagement and sales. But building and operatin...

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How six retailers are using chatbots to boost customer engagement (and why you should too)
Automation

How six retailers are using chatbots to boost customer engagement (and why ...

7y Chris Camps

How six retailers are using chatbots to boost cust...

Chatbots offer retailers a cheaper, smarter and more efficient way of engaging customers, helping brands deliver everything from 24-hour customer serv...

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How chatbots can refine the customer acquisition process
Chatbots

How chatbots can refine the customer acquisition process

7y Marcela De Vivo

How chatbots can refine the customer acquisition p...

Today, people have ever-decreasing attention spans and aren’t interested in putting too much effort into becoming consumers. That's what makes chatbot...

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