A Guide to Customer-Centric Tools & Technologies
The Customer Engagement Stack
Welcome to the second annual edition of 'The Customer Engagement Stack', our yearly exploration of the leading tools and tactics businesses around the world are using to elevate customer interactions.
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Introduction
Categories
A/B Testing
A/B testing is a critical component of an effective customer engagement strategy. By testing different variations of web pages, emails, or ads, businesses can determine which elements are most effective in driving customer behavior. Below we’ll explore some of the top A/B testing tools on the Twilio Segment platform to understand the unique features that can help businesses take their customer engagement to the next level.
A/B test your tech stack
In this recipe, you'll learn how to design, run, and analyze an A/B test to determine what marketing tools are generating the most ROI.
Advertising
With so many different advertising platforms available, it can be challenging to choose the right ones for your business. In this section, we'll introduce you to some of the most popular advertising tools used by Twilio Segment customers today. These tools allow you to target specific audiences and deliver personalized messaging, making it easier to engage and convert potential customers.
How to Use Lookalike Audiences and Audience Suppression
In this recipe, you’ll learn how to use Twilio Engage (formerly Segment Personas) to create hyper-specific audiences in advertising platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, and Pinterest to increase advertising efficiency.
Analytics
By analyzing customer data, businesses can gain valuable insights into their customers' behavior, preferences, and needs, which allows them to create more personalized, targeted experiences. In this section, we'll explore some of the top analytics tools being used on the Twilio Segment platform and highlight their unique features and use cases.
Identify high-value users with historical count analysis
In this recipe, examine the exact moment in the customer journey that converts new users into high-value customers. Then, create monitoring that surfaces high-value users to build look-a-like audiences.
CRM
CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is a critical category of technology for businesses in their customer engagement efforts. By leveraging CRM tools, businesses can manage their interactions with customers, track their behavior and preferences, and build stronger relationships. In this section, we'll round up some of the top CRM tools on the Twilio Segment platform and highlight their key features, which allow businesses to create more personalized customer experiences.
Set up lead scoring to improve sales efficiency and accelerate pipeline
In this recipe, you'll learn how to set up lead scoring, send those lead scores to your CRM, and keep your sales team focused on the most important accounts.
Customer Success
Customer success involves managing the customer journey from initial purchase to continued use of a product or service, with the goal of ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty. By leveraging customer success tools, businesses can proactively monitor customer behavior and preferences, provide targeted guidance, and offer personalized support. To give you the complete overview, we'll take stock of the leading customer success tools being used on the Twilio Segment platform.
Break down data silos between your sales and support teams
In this recipe, you’ll learn how to keep sales and support aligned by enriching your user profiles with information from Salesforce and syncing that data to Zendesk.
In this section, we’ll highlight some of the most powerful email tools available to modern businesses, and how they can help to create meaningful customer experiences. From automated campaigns to A/B testing and dynamic content, these tools provide a range of features to help businesses of all sizes connect with customers more effectively.
Increase conversion with personalized lifecycle campaigns
In this recipe, you’ll learn how to create behavior-based email campaigns personalized to different personas of your product.
Personalization
Personalization tools are designed to tailor customer engagement by leveraging data to provide a customized experience. These tools analyze customer interactions, preferences, and behaviors to deliver relevant content, recommendations, and offers in real-time.. This section will delve into some of the leading personalization tools available on the Twilio Segment platform, highlighting their key features and how they contribute to creating a more personalized and engaging customer journey.
Screen Recording and Heatmaps
Screen recording & heatmap tools allow businesses to gain an in-depth understanding of their customers' behaviors and preferences by recording user sessions on websites and mobile apps. With this data, companies can identify pain points, areas for improvement, and opportunities to enhance the customer experience. In this section, we'll take a closer look at some of the top screen recording & heatmap tools on the Twilio Segment platform and explore their leading features.
Warehouses
Customer data can come from a wide variety of sources, and it's crucial to have a reliable and scalable way to store and manage that data. This is where data warehouses come in - they allow you to store large amounts of customer data in one place, making it easier to analyze and derive insights from. In this section, we'll cover some of the most popular data warehouses used by Twilio Segment customers today, including BigQuery, Postgres, Redshift, and Snowflake.
Fill the gaps in your profiles using data from your warehouse
In this recipe, you’ll set up rETL to automatically pull in both backfill customer data and events from your warehouse to help complete your identity graph and provide a holistic view of your customer’s journey over an extended period of time.
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