Become a Salesforce Data Cloud implementation expert. KEY FEATURES ● Explore the ways Salesforce Data Cloud can help your organization improve customer experience. ● A practical guide to implementation and best practices, walking through the process of implementing a Customer Data Platform. ● Prepare for the Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant exam and become a certified Salesforce Data Cloud practitioner. DESCRIPTION Survival in today's business landscape hinges on delivering exceptional customer experiences, and Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) are pivotal in achieving this goal. The ‘Ultimate Salesforce Data Cloud for Customer Experience' is your indispensable guide to unraveling the Salesforce ecosystem, illuminating its applications' significance in diverse business scenarios. Dive into the transformative potential of Customer Data Platforms, understanding their role in unlocking tremendous value for enterprises. Explore the prowess of Salesforce Data Cloud, a leading CDP platform, and gain practical insights into its seamless implementation. The book explores Salesforce Data Cloud architecture, gaining actionable insights for implementing both Customer Data Platforms and Salesforce Data Cloud. It will navigate the pivotal realms of data security and privacy, establishing a sturdy foundation for customer-centric strategies. The book also covers success stories that showcase the transformative outcomes achieved through the utilization of Salesforce Data Cloud. The end of the book serves as a roadmap for those aspiring to conquer the Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant exam. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ● Master the dynamics of Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) exploring their fundamentals and significance. ● Demystify Salesforce Data Cloud Architecture by delving into the framework. ● Gain insights into the intricacies of implementing a Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) project. ● Develop skills to engage in Salesforce Data Cloud implementation projects as functional consultants or project managers. ● Comprehend best practices for data security and privacy of the Salesforce Data Cloud. ● Prepare to successfully attempt the Salesforce Data Cloud certification exam. WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? The book is for all working professionals, students, managers, or anyone wishing to kickstart their journey in the exciting world of customer data platforms and customer experience management. Those looking to get certified as a Salesforce Data Cloud consultant should use this book to aid their preparation. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introducing Salesforce Platform 2. Introduction to Customer Data Platform 3. Going beyond CDP: Salesforce Data Cloud 4. Salesforce Data Cloud Architecture 5. Implementing a Customer Data Platform 6. Implementing Salesforce Customer Data Cloud 7. Data Security and Privacy 8. Success Stories with Salesforce Data Cloud 9. The Way Forward for Creating Great Customer Experiences 10. Preparation for the Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant Exam Index

Become a Salesforce Data Cloud implementation expert. Book Description Survival in today's business landscape hinges on delivering exceptional customer experiences, and Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) are pivotal in achieving this goal. The ‘Ultimate Salesforce Data Cloud for Customer Experience' is your indispensable guide to unraveling the Salesforce ecosystem, illuminating its applications' significance in diverse business scenarios. Dive into the transformative potential of Customer Data Platforms, understanding their role in unlocking tremendous value for enterprises. Explore the prowess of Salesforce Data Cloud, a leading CDP platform, and gain practical insights into its seamless implementation. The book explores Salesforce Data Cloud architecture, gaining actionable insights for implementing both Customer Data Platforms and Salesforce Data Cloud. It will navigate the pivotal realms of data security and privacy, establishing a sturdy foundation for customer-centric strategies. The book also covers success stories that showcase the transformative outcomes achieved through the utilization of Salesforce Data Cloud. The end of the book serves as a roadmap for those aspiring to conquer the Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant exam. Table of Contents 1. Introducing Salesforce Platform 2. Introduction to Customer Data Platform 3. Going beyond CDP: Salesforce Data Cloud 4. Salesforce Data Cloud Architecture 5. Implementing a Customer Data Platform 6. Implementing Salesforce Customer Data Cloud 7. Data Security and Privacy 8. Success Stories with Salesforce Data Cloud 9. The Way Forward for Creating Great Customer Experiences 10. Preparation for the Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant Exam Index

Learn how to implement and manage a modern customer data platform (CDP) through the Salesforce Data Cloud platform. This practical book provides a comprehensive overview that shows architects, administrators, developers, data engineers, and marketers how to ingest, store, and manage real-time customer data. Author Joyce Kay Avila demonstrates how to use Salesforce's native connectors, canonical data model, and Einstein's built-in trust layer to accelerate your time to value. You'll learn how to leverage Salesforce's low-code/no-code functionality to expertly build a Data Cloud foundation that unlocks the power of structured and unstructured data. Use Data Cloud tools to build your own predictive models or leverage third-party machine learning platforms like Amazon SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, and Databricks. This book will help you: Develop a plan to execute a CDP project effectively and efficiently Connect Data Cloud to external data sources and build out a Customer 360 Data Model Leverage data sharing capabilities with Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, and Azure Use Salesforce Data Cloud capabilities for identity resolution and segmentation Create calculated, streaming, visualization, and predictive insights Use Data Graphs to power Salesforce Einstein capabilities Learn Data Cloud best practices for all phases of the development lifecycle

Salesforce Marketing Cloud: Take your digital marketing on a journey! Everything seems to be moving to the cloud these days—and digital marketing is no exception! Salesforce Marketing Cloud For Dummies guides you through the use of Salesforce's exciting suite of cloud-based digital marketing solutions, which have the power to help you plan, personalize, and optimize your customers' journey. Written by a leader of the Salesforce training and development team, Salesforce Marketing Cloud users will find essential information on using the suite of tools and tips and tricks that only an insider would be able to share. With easy-to-follow instructions, this guide helps you discover how to incorporate your data sets into the tools to create models, campaigns, and customer maps that enable you to create a positive experience for your customers. As Salesforce.com's multi-channel digital marketing platform, the Salesforce Marketing Cloud focuses on helping you manage one-on-one customer journeys. Leveraging a variety of features, this suite of tools offers email marketing, mobile marketing, social media marketing, content and messaging, predictive intelligence, and more. Your ability to navigate these features and functions will determine your digital marketing campaign's success, so it's critical that you make the most of this tool! Navigate and manage the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Define and understand your customers' journeys—and how you fit into them Engage your customers across devices, ensuring consistent communication Use predictive data to optimize engagement Salesforce Marketing Cloud For Dummies helps you make the most of your investment in the digital marketing world!

New Tools and Best Practices for Driving More Sales and Profits with Salesforce.com From Chatter to the Service Cloud, Salesforce.com now offers unprecedented opportunities to supercharge business performance. But most SFDC customers won't achieve that potential. Salesforce.com(R) Secrets of Success, Second Edition, is the one guide that will help you transform these opportunities into profit. Drawing on his personal experience with more than a hundred deployments, David Taber guides you through every aspect of Salesforce.com planning, implementation, and management. Building on a first edition that earned rave reviews, Taber focuses on the most valuable innovations in Salesforce.com's most recent releases. Reflecting all that's been learned about making Salesforce.com work, Taber offers results-focused best practices for sales, marketing, customer service, finance, legal, IT, and beyond. You'll find indispensable new insights into accelerating user adoption, achieving stronger operational results, and overcoming today's key obstacles to maximizing the value of Salesforce.com. New coverage in this revised edition includes Using the Service Cloud to cut costs, accelerate time to revenue, improve agility, and maximize customer lifetime value Leveraging tablets and smartphones to build your CRM strategy Identifying prospects and delighting customers through Salesforce.com's Social CRM capabilities Promoting more effective internal and external collaboration with Chatter Identifying best practices for going "all Cloud"--and managing the attendant risks Establishing realistic "hard" and "soft" metrics for everything from productivity and profitability to social CRM performance Discovering today's most valuable third-party AppExchange products Together with its companion website (SFDC-secrets.com), this new edition offers updated questionnaires, worksheets, templates, checklists, and other resources for every executive, team member, developer, and stakeholder.

Learn how to implement and manage a modern customer data platform (CDP) through the Salesforce Data Cloud platform. This practical book provides a comprehensive overview that shows architects, administrators, developers, data engineers, and marketers how to ingest, store, and manage real-time customer data. Author Joyce Kay Avila demonstrates how to use Salesforce's native connectors, canonical data model, and Einstein's built-in trust layer to accelerate your time to value. You'll learn how to leverage Salesforce's low-code/no-code functionality to expertly build a Data Cloud foundation that unlocks the power of structured and unstructured data. Use Data Cloud tools to build your own predictive models or leverage third-party machine learning platforms like Amazon SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, and Databricks. This book will help you: Develop a plan to execute a CDP project effectively and efficiently Connect Data Cloud to external data sources and build out a Customer 360 Data Model Leverage data sharing capabilities with Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, and Azure Use Salesforce Data Cloud capabilities for identity resolution and segmentation Create calculated, streaming, visualization, and predictive insights Use Data Graphs to power Salesforce Einstein capabilities Learn Data Cloud best practices for all phases of the development lifecycle

Learn how to provide top-grade customer service anywhere, anytime with Salesforce Service Cloud Salesforce Service Cloud empowers your service organization to interact with customers through any channel and provide an individualized experience that will be worth sharing—for your customers and for your company. Salesforce Service Cloud For Dummies is one the first books to focus specifically on Salesforce Service Cloud software. With it, you'll discover how to set up a sophisticated support center for your business in a matter of a few hours. Whether you're a service executive, manager, support agent, or system administrator, you will discover how to maximize usage of Service Cloud through best practices and step-by-step guidelines. This book will help your customer service departments gain a holistic view of the customers they serve, and provide your customers with meaningful, efficient interactions. Examines how to enable your agents to provide efficient service Discusses how to interact with customers through any channel Offers insights on improving internal communication and collaboration Shows how to resolve customer's questions in a timely manner Take advantage of this opportunity to be heard above your competition with the help of Salesforce Service Cloud For Dummies.

Drive Better Productivity and Increase Saleswith Salesforce.com–Starting Now Discover Real-World Best Practices—Without Paying Expensive Consultants You’re investing in Salesforce.com for one reason: to drive major performance improvements across your entire organization. Salesforce.com® Secrets of Success will help you do just that. Drawing on his experience with dozens of deployments, author David Taber offers expert guidance on every aspect of Salesforce.com deployment, with results-focused best practices for every area of the organization touched by Salesforce.com, including sales, marketing, customer service, finance, legal, and IT. This is information you’d otherwise have to pay a consultant $300/hour to get...information you won’t find in any other book! Taber walks you through developing a comprehensive and effective implementation strategy, followed by tactics and specifics to overcome every challenge you face, including internal politics. Through this book and its companion Web site, www.SFDC-secrets.com, Taber provides questionnaires, step-by-step guides, and extensive resources–all part of the Revenue Overdrive™ system that gives your organization maximum results from Salesforce.com. Achieve higher end-customer satisfaction and dramatic sales productivity gains Use the SFA Maturity Model™ to assess readiness, fill gaps, and gain early, deep user adoption Overcome “people, product, and process” pitfalls that can limit the value of Salesforce.com Learn which tools, add-ons, features, and extensions are right for your implementation This book’s start-to-finish roadmap for success can be used by companies of all sizes in all industries–with specific chapters for executives, team leaders, implementation team members, developers, and users throughout the business.

This ILT Series course give students an overview of inbound call centers, managerial roles, and technologies that affect call centers. The course teaches students how to establish a call center, identify the call center managers' typical responsibilities, and determine the necessary technologies needed to best serve the company's customers, identify customer expectations, reduce the percentage of lost calls, calculate staff levels, and identify the reports that are used to evaluate a call center's performance. Students will also learn about establishing service goals, identifying areas for attention, and communicating effectively with executives. Course activities also cover reducing turnover, training employees effectively, managing employee stress, motivating, and communicating with employees. Finally, students will learn how to evaluate employee performance and establish monitoring programs. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

The rise of the Data Cloud is ushering in a new era of computing. The world’s digital data is mass migrating to the cloud, where it can be more effectively integrated, managed, and mobilized. The data cloud eliminates data siloes and enables data sharing with business partners, capitalizing on data network effects. It democratizes data analytics, making the most sophisticated data science tools accessible to organizations of all sizes. Data exchanges enable businesses to discover, explore, and easily purchase or sell data—opening up new revenue streams. Business leaders have long dreamed of data driving their organizations. Now, thanks to the Data Cloud, nothing stands in their way.