Marketing

Content Strategy, Marketing, Outreach Strategy, Experience Management, Customer Experience, User Experience, Social Networks

Why Your User Onboarding Process Needs a Makeover

The user onboarding process is considered one of the most important of their life cycle stages. It’s at the start of someone’s journey, but it establishes their entire relationship with the company and product. 

User onboarding is significant because it can impact the customer’s decision to keep the product or discontinue use. When done correctly, it will lead to success by demonstrating the product’s value. Done poorly, it leaves the customer disappointed.

Here’s why the user onboarding process is important — and effective strategies to help you set up your new customers for success.

More Than Half Of Consumers Feel Service Is An Afterthought

LONDON - January 18, 2022 - Zendesk’s landmark annual research has highlighted the potential for businesses to drive success with a focus on customer experiences - as more than two thirds of consumers worldwide (70%) report making purchase decisions based on the quality of customer service they receive. The global Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN) Customer Experience (CX) Trends Report 2022 shows that a majority of businesses surveyed agree there is a direct link between customer service and business performance. Despite this, almost half of UK customers (48%) feel customer service is an afterthought for businesses, indicating a gap between consumer expectation and company actions.

The Online Accessibility Pandemic

It’s becoming increasingly clear that online retailers are losing out on billions of dollars in revenue because their websites don’t meet the needs of disabled shoppers. Unsurprisingly, more than two-thirds of disabled online customers click away from sites they find difficult to use, despite the total spending power of this market in the UK hitting £17.1bn [$23.3 billion USD].

This isn’t something that will just automatically improve as technology advances. In fact, the problem has become worse in recent years, as businesses shift to digital it exacerbates the difficulties that many people have.

The Top Benefits Graphic Design Provides for Your Marketing Team

Graphic design, while practiced by many, is often misunderstood especially in the business and marketing worlds. That’s because a lot of people believe it simply refers to visual marketing, particularly through images. But that’s only a small part of the, quite broad, concept.

It’s unfortunate too because graphic design is an instrumental component of creating captivating digital marketing campaigns. What’s more, it’s integral to creating all kinds of materials including social media content, blogs, and news articles, websites, and even company branding.

The next question is what kind of benefits practicing graphic design can bring marketing teams? What rewards can you reap by doing so?

Imperative Local SEO Methodology for Everlasting Online Success

The online marketing scenario has become customer-centric as the way people consume information has changed dramatically over the years. People are now more peculiar about specifying their needs to the search engines, as they expect to get the exact information at once, in the format that they like, and in the device through which they are performing the search.

Episerver recognized as a leader for first time in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms

London, U.K., Feb. 3rd, 2020 – Episerver™, the customer-centric digital experience company, is recognized as a leader in the just-published Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms™. This recognition marks Episerver’s first-time placement in the leaders quadrant of this independent analyst report. The news comes on the heels of three major Q4 2019 announcements with the acquisition of personalization and analytics company Idio™, the hiring of CEO Alex Atzberger and the acquisition of B2B commerce company Insite™ – all capped by the best sales quarter on company record. 

Search outperforms social based on Episerver analysis of 4 billion sessions

NRF Big Show, New York, Jan. 13, 2020 – Social media conversions are trending upward – despite being outperformed by organic and paid search – according to data from Episerver™, the customer-centric digital experience company. Search still performs better than social, based on new Episerver analysis of 4 billion sessions. Retail brands have a big opportunity to turn passive swipers into active shoppers as mobile device penetration is at an all-time high.

Reputation Management: How Can Businesses Concentrate on Building Online Reputation

There is no denying the fact that reputation management is extremely important for every business, irrespective of its size as well as the industry that it belongs to. If you are interested in maintaining your reputation, the best place for doing it is undoubtedly by going online. The reason behind managing your reputation online is that the internet is a huge place where people are constantly posting reviews and looking for important information. The Internet is the place where people are constantly developing their opinions.

Salesforce Customization - Best Practices to Follow in 2020

Salesforce is one of the most easily adaptable platforms that are available out there. It offers endless scopes of customization which has made it a hot favorite of business owners all around the world. However, before you actually go ahead and implement any kind of Salesforce customization concept, it is necessary that you do so in a way that it is safe and effective. Companies that offer smart end application services offer advice on the best practices that you should follow when you want to work with some kind of Salesforce customization. 

Here are some of the most important best practices that you should follow when you are looking to customize Salesforce based applications. 

20 Common Content Marketing Mistakes To Avoid in 2020

What's your content marketing strategy for 2020? Will there be white papers and long-form videos, case studies, and podcasts? Before you get busy, take stock of possible mistakes you may have committed in 2019 and learn to avoid them by 2020. 

Content marketing mistakes may range from something as significant as posting a distasteful ad to something minor such as failing to repurpose content. Either way, you should avoid or stop committing the following common content marketing mistakes: