whatsapp

Yum! Brands, Inc.announced that it has acquired Tictuk Technologies, a leading Israeli omnichannel ordering and marketing platform company. The addition of Tictuk to Yum! Brands’ technology portfolio will give the Company the ability to offer more ways for consumers globally to access and order its KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill brands through some of the world’s most popular social media and conversational platforms. Today’s announcement marks Yum! Brands’ second technology investment this month to…

Behavox, the world’s only AI-based data operating platform used by firms to catch misconduct before it causes massive regulatory fines and company crises, today announced it has added support of Twitter to its expanding list of applications covered by its compliance platform. Behavox's ability to incorporate Twitter communications is the latest development in its growing support of both corporate and non-traditional, non-corporate applications. The company recently announced the addition of support for Microsoft Teams,…

Making it easier than ever for businesses to communicate maaiiconnect, a leading customer engagement platform, now allows businesses to have conversations with customers over WhatsApp and WeChat directly from its dashboard. The integration of WhatsApp Business and WeChat Official Accounts represents a massive upgrade in maaiiconnect's omnichannel messaging capabilities, enabling users to tap into WhatsApp's unrivalled global reach and WeChat's Chinese social media dominance. Along with integration to Facebook Messenger,…

Sprinklr, the Customer Experience Management (CXM) platform for modern enterprises, announced its Fall ‘20 release, available globally with 400+ new innovations to help businesses connect with customers across digital channels. Building on the innovations Sprinklr announced this Summer and Winter, the company is continuing to double down on new capabilities that help brands boost productivity, increase revenue, reduce costs, mitigate risk, and most importantly – deliver real value to customers. Here are the Fall ‘20 top…

In the wake of the pandemic, the 'Get AI Ready' campaign is powering enterprises of every scale with Virtual Assistants on WhatsApp Business accounts for free Gartner states that by 2025, customer service organizations embedding AI in their multichannel engagement platform will elevate operational efficiency by 25% Brands gearing up for the festive season will have the opportunity to use Conversational AI and optimize their D2C channels with Yellow Messenger chatbots in 120+ languages In an effort to help businesses…

Zendesk, Inc. announced expanded capabilities to its service-first CRM solutions that help companies provide real-time support across messaging channels on web, social, and mobile. A key enabler of these capabilities is a strategic partnership -- among the first of its kind -- that expands the current integration with Messenger and empowers companies to immediately engage with customers, share information, and respond to questions across all Facebook messaging services including WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. As…

WhatsApp's post scheduling functionality is unique, and the social and messenger marketing platform Postoplan is the only online service in the world to do this. With the help of the new feature, it became possible to automatically publish content on WhatsApp groups, both through scheduling a publication and online—instant posting. Marketing Technology News: Neustar Announces Acquisition of Verisign’s Public DNS Service Now it is an indispensable tool for freelancers, marketing agencies, and small and medium business…

CEQUENS, an Egyptian company by origin and a leading Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) provider globally, announced a deal with WhatsApp to become a Solution Provider for WhatsApp Business. Small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations worldwide can utilize the service to showcase products, offer services, and connect with customers. WhatsApp – a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc. – is exceptionally popular among consumers with 2 billion active users across 180 countries. WhatsApp Business is seen as a…

ManyChat, the number one customer conversation platform, announced its partnership with WhatsApp to help businesses automate, personalize, and scale their customer conversations. WhatsApp has chosen to partner with ManyChat on account of its proven track record of enabling peer-to-business communications at scale, globally. Almost 2 million businesses across 190 countries use ManyChat, which powers 8.5 million active conversations per day on Messenger by Facebook. ManyChat is well poised to handle WhatsApp's massive scale…

Movius, the leading global provider of mobile unified communication software, is now enabling enterprises to securely and compliantly communicate with clients on their preferred mobile messaging channel. The company announced the integration of WhatsApp support from within Movius MultiLine, their secure mobile communication service that can be deployed over any smartphone device on any global carrier. The integration will help unify and capture all business voice and messaging channels through a single integrated user…

Over 92% of customer support reps report high blood pressure, anxiety and stress-related disorder. Helpwise has launched Zenbox to help customer reps get through customer tickets with higher focus and lower stress and anxiety Helpwise is a shared team inbox software for customer support teams. It allows customer support reps to handle customer queries across multiple channels like email, SMS, WhatsApp, live chat, Twitter, and Facebook from a single platform. As most of the businesses adopted work from home during these…

From now on, direct selling companies can encourage distributors to become amplified voices of the brand and save their uniqueness on social media. Distributors focus on human-to-human approach with the clients, while HQs can keep an eye on their performance PromoRepublic, a leading social media marketing SaaS for multi-location brands, launches a complete social selling suite for direct selling companies that addresses the needs of both marketing executives at the corporate offices and representatives worldwide. …

With the acquisition, the Brazilian technology company expands its communication platform, which has solutions based on WhatsApp, voice, chat, chatbot and SMS Zenvia, a technology company that simplifies the relationship between companies and consumers, announces to the market the acquisition of Sirena, a startup that offers communication solution for sales teams via WhatsApp. With the deal, the Brazilian company starts operating throughout Latin America, with offices in the USA, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. "The…

The humble text message has come a long way from the first “Merry Christmas” message sent in December of 1992. Today, there are about 6 billion SMS messages sent every day in the United States, and over 2.2 trillion are sent each year. SMS (short message service) marketing has proven to be a simple and powerful tool that brands are utilizing more than ever during COVID to communicate with receptive customers. With higher open rates than email, as well as the potential for immediate results and positive customer reception…

Boost your Cisco UCCE/X PCCE contact center performance with all new integration of WhatsApp. The advanced and integrated tool CXInfinity makes businesses engage with customers in real-time With 1.6 billion users across 180 countries, WhatsApp has become one of the most popular messaging platforms. And after the launch of WhatsApp Business in January 2018, the platform has grown immensely as a customer engagement channel. From start-up to an enterprise, from insurance to banking, WhatsApp has created a highly competitive…

As the impact of the coronavirus crisis grows every day, the retail world has had to evolve in countless ways, as how we shop and connect with each other has shifted dramatically. The pandemic has changed the way that all businesses are operating, not least in relation to working from home for those who are able to. We are living through dark times but it is important to try to stay positive – and the situation may well be giving many companies the chance to take stock of the future, says Robert Lockyer, the owner of…

Enables Organizations to Use Popular Encrypted Apps for Business and Meet Compliance, E-Discovery Obligations Smarsh, helping customers get ahead – and stay ahead – of the risk within their electronic communications, today announced capture and archiving support for WhatsApp and WeChat, two prominent secure messaging applications that are undergoing rapid enterprise adoption. Organizations must capture, retain and review employee communications in support of regulatory retention and oversight obligations. This content also…

Khoros helps brands efficiently manage high customer support volumes in digital channels and offers its technology to government health organizations in Facebook’s Messenger program Khoros, a global leader in customer engagement software, announced that its Khoros Care solution handles over 2.5 million customer service messages per day to support brands and their customer service teams during the COVID-19 crisis. The Care solution has also helped to increase customer service teams’ efficiency by over 30% and to improve…

Reliance Industries Limited (“Reliance Industries”), Jio Platforms Limited (“Jio Platforms”) and Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) today announced the signing of binding agreements for an investment of ₹ 43,574 crore by Facebook into Jio Platforms. This investment by Facebook values Jio Platforms at ₹ 4.62 lakh crore pre-money enterprise value ($65.95 billion, assuming a conversion rate of ₹ 70 to a US Dollar). Facebook’s investment will ranslate into a 9.99% equity stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis. Jio…

In this article, we will discuss what in-app programmatic advertising is. We will also consider the factors causing the boom in in-app programmatic advertising, which include the increased use of mobile devices and the increased need for mobile content. The growth of this market in China, and how their model of life-app integration presents increased opportunities for in-app programmatic advertising future is also considered. What Is Programmatic Advertising? The next big trend in Marketing is in-app programmatic…