Stephen Hurrell's Analyst Perspectives

Salesforce Commerce Cloud Targets the Segment of One

Posted by Stephen Hurrell on Jul 20, 2022 3:00:00 AM

There are more digital channels in the commerce space than ever before: the web, mobile apps, text, voice-activated “agents,” video and social channels. Conversational computing and hyper-personalization are transforming customer engagement, and organizations may need to undergo a digital platform renovation to optimize customer and product experiences or risk lagging behind competitors. B2B selling and buying are increasingly using methods similar to B2C digital approaches to mirror the digital commerce experience that has grown substantially within the last few years. Salesforce Commerce Cloud is one of the platforms utilizing this approach.

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Topics: Digital Commerce, Office of Revenue

Lead to Cash – What does it really mean to you?

Posted by Stephen Hurrell on Jul 13, 2022 3:00:00 AM

“Lead to cash” is an often-used term and is a companion to “quote to cash” and “order to cash”. What they all represent is an approach which recognizes that there is a process designed to convert a lead from a qualified interest to an active sale, through quote and contract negotiation, to order or contract, invoice and payment. “Quote to cash” and “order to cash” are subsets of this process, with different starting places, but ultimately end in the same place: with a payment for a delivered product or service.

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Topics: revenue management, Office of Revenue