customer experience
Qualtrics has $12B offer on the table to go private
Qualtrics was once a hot startup before SAP bought the company in 2018 for $8 billion. It was a fine exit, making the founders rich, but it never was really a good fit. SAP spun out the company just t
The year customer experience died
It was a terrible year for customer service. As a result, customer experience, something we've been hearing about for years, suffered.
TheyDo fires the starting gun on the race to own the customer journey
It doesn’t matter what kind of web site it is, the “customer journey” has always been important, otherwise you lose that engagement and the end result can hit the bottom line. That was a
Thoma Bravo, Sunstone Partners to acquire UserTesting for $1.3B and combine it with UserZoom
Thoma Bravo and Sunstone Partners announced today that they’re acquiring customer insight platform UserTesting for $1.3 billion in an all-cash deal. The acquirers say they plan to combine it with Us
How Adobe and Salesforce are fine-tuning customer experience tools
It was a big week for the customer experience market, with two major players in the marketing tool space taking swings to bring the idea to the next level.
Salesforce built a data lake to transform how customer data moves on the platform
The ultimate goal of pulling customer data together into a customer data platform (CDP) is building more meaningful customer experiences in real time. Up until now, that’s been more aspirational
Salesforce, Snowflake partnership moves customer data in real time across systems
Salesforce is the best selling CRM in the world, and Snowflake is one of the top cloud data lakes. The latter lets customers store and manage massive amounts of unstructured data. When you mix the two
ZineOne raises cash to help e-commerce companies predict customer behavior
In-session marketing, a form of inbound marketing that attempts to analyze and influence web and app users’ purchasing decisions, is often challenging to implement. With so much competing for co
Crafting an XaaS customer success strategy that drives growth
Successful companies realize that customer success is a mindset that places the customer at the organization’s center.
Why the ‘last click’ in e-commerce matters — and how to get it right
You may have perfected the top of the funnel, but you very well could have missed the gaps in the bottom.
4 ways founders can amplify revenue during hard times
How do we create customer experiences that are equivalent to the TSA PreCheck to help us retain revenue?
Gorgias’ valuation rises to $710M with $30M Series C for e-commerce customer support
Gorgias' technology brings all of the channels that shoppers use to contact online stores into one feed for each company.
FullStory secures $25M to help companies spot issues in their apps and websites
FullStory, which sells analytics tools for apps and websites, secured $25 million in new equity financing, paperwork filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week shows. According
I’m so over customer experience surveys
I’m sick and tired of being surveyed after every interaction with anyone these days, whether it’s my dentist, an airline or Home Depot. A few weeks ago, I bought a spray nozzle for $5. I got an em
Okendo wants to turn your shoppers into buyers through better customer reviews
Okendo analyzes customer review data to drive more sales and customer trust.
7 ways investors can gain clarity while conducting technical due diligence
When it comes to assessing investment opportunities, few venture and growth equity investors have the resources to conduct thorough technical diligence. This needs to change.
Flipping the sales script: How to break biases and diversify sales teams
Technology leaders don’t like to admit it, but sales has a perception problem that deters many fabulous candidates — especially women and minorities — from pursuing careers in tech sales.
To drive more sales, use shopper-generated content to personalize emails
What separates the most effective companies from their competition is how marketing teams focus their efforts and put the data to work to deliver exceptional brand experiences.
During a downturn, sales teams should think like product managers
Getting back to consumers means understanding data on them, experimenting with solutions and iterating. Sound familiar? That’s exactly what product teams do to refine their offerings.
The guide to great metrics: Product-led principles
Metrics alone don’t help you build a business. They can help you set targets, but they do little to help you hit those targets.