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- Become more competitive by developing a superior customer experience through data, AI, and trust - and get your organization ready for AI agents like Agentforce Customer 360: How Data, AI, and Trust Changes Everything delivers key insight and vision on using emerging technologies to delight customers and become more competitive by providing a superior customer experience.
- About the Author: MARTIN KIHN is SVP, Strategy, Marketing Cloud at Salesforce.
- 256 Pages
- Business + Money Management, Development
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About the Book
"The indispensable guide to the next wave of customer engagement from the team behind the world's leading customer relationship platform. Rooted in real-world examples, this book is the first to look at how leading companies are using new technologies like Data Clouds and Generative AI to transform their customers' experience across the entire lifecycle. In the same way that Customer Data Platforms revolutionized marketing, a new breed of platforms AI is breaking down barriers between departments like marketing and service and commerce -- and finally giving customers an experience that can Start Making Sense."--Book Synopsis
Become more competitive by developing a superior customer experience through data, AI, and trust - and get your organization ready for AI agents like Agentforce
Customer 360: How Data, AI, and Trust Changes Everything delivers key insight and vision on using emerging technologies to delight customers and become more competitive by providing a superior customer experience. Find out why AI agents like Agentforce need a strong foundation of customer data. This book helps readers attract and engage their customers across channels and throughout their journey, from acquisition and onboarding, through service, upsell, retention, and win-back.
To demonstrate the influence and importance of these ideas, this book contains a multitude of real-world case studies from companies in a range of industries, with business models, and at various stages of digital maturity. Readers will learn about:
- Using exciting technologies like AI and GPT while building a commitment to ethical use, safety, and privacy through secure guardrails
- Getting ready to use exciting emerging technologies like AI agents and autonomous AI
- Organizing data around customers, prospects, and accounts--even if that data comes from many different sources in different formats
- Making new technologies an extension of your existing data investments so that both work better
- Choosing a strategy and implementation plan to minimize time-to-value and ensure success weighing build, buy, or partner
- Handling internal stakeholders and dealing with change in a way that benefits the business
For business leaders, executives, managers, and entrepreneurs, Customer 360: How Data, AI, and Trust Changes Everything is an essential read to understand and connect technology, people, processes, and strategy--truly the future of customer engagement--and leave competitors wondering what just happened.
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Praise for CUSTOMER 360
"Customer 360 stands out in a crowded conversation by showing businesses how they can use complex new technologies to give customers the better experiences they want and to unlock value for the enterprise."
--JEREMY HLAVACEK, CCO, Experian Marketing Services
"This book describes in detail the Data + AI + Trust formula and shares the secrets of how organizations succeed when putting AI into action using the formula. Get ready to be inspired and better prepared to embark on a Customer 360 journey in your own organization."
--JOYCE KAY AVILA, author, Snowflake: The Definitive Guide and Hands-On Salesforce Data Cloud
"Customer 360 shows, step-by-step, how to apply modern technology to improve the customer experience and increase business value. It may be a surprise for readers to see that all the pieces are right here, today, to significantly improve business outcomes. Advances in AI make it a must for business people to move their team forward. As the authors say, 'Dream Big, execute within reach and build an adaptive culture.'"
--REX BRIGGS, Chief AI Officer, Claritas; author of The AI Conundrum
"Customer 360 is an essential read for anyone looking to use AI and data to create exceptional customer experiences and achieve scalable business growth. It provides a compelling and practical exploration of these advancements, demonstrating how businesses can harness these tools to meet and exceed customer expectations."
--AMY KITSCHER, Senior Director, Publicis Sapient
"Madtech is highly commoditized, but what isn't is your relationship with your customers. To fully understand your customers, you need to combine data transformation tools, a reliable data management platform, and the trust that exists between you and your most valuable assets: the people who buy your products or services. Trust is your competitive edge."
--JESS SIMPSON, Vice President, Head of Consulting, Acxiom
About the Author
MARTIN KIHN is SVP, Strategy, Marketing Cloud at Salesforce. Previously, he was a leading Gartner analyst covering marketing technology and analytics and a VP at Digitas. He is the author of five books including Customer Data Platforms with Chris -O'Hara and House of Lies. His articles have appeared in Forbes, the New York Times, AdExchanger, GQ, New York, and others.
ANDREA CHEN LIN a Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Salesforce, leads next generation growth and competitive positioning including data, AI, analytics, automation and integration. Prior to Salesforce, Andrea was the founder and CEO of Pareto Strategy, Inc. a boutique firm, where she served as an advisor or as interim CEO/GM of several companies from VC funded startups to Global 1000 companies.