Thank You Come Again

Are you struggling with how to use conversational commerce to drive customer retention?  Is it all hype being sold by SMS platforms or is there something more to it? 

Stephanie Griffith, host of the Conversational Commerce podcast delivers a conversational commerce masterclass. In this episode we discuss how to humanize commerce, actionable strategies for creating meaningful conversations over channels like SMS, the power of collecting zero-party data over SMS and quizzes, personalization do’s and don’ts,  and end with a definition of what Conversational Commerce is really about. 

If you’re curious about how to turn conversational commerce into a retention strategy, then this episode is for you!

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Time Stamps

0:00 - intro

1:34 - Who is Stephanie Griffith?

5:42 - What “isn’t” conversational commerce?

7:13 - Why have marketers lost sight of what makes commerce inherently human?

9:27 - The intersection of selling and conversations

12:10 - The impact of the pandemic on the brand to consumer relationships

17:00 - Back to basics - the definition of commerce!

18:20 - 🌶 Just because it’s personalized, doesn’t mean it’s personal. 

22:30 - What data actually matters with respect to personalization?

27:34 - Other strategies for getting zero-party data besides quizzes

33:30 - how to keep conversational data fresh

37:00 - Connecting on a human level via conversations 

38:20 - Best places to use conversational SMS

40:50 - Shout out to Joanne Coffey at Jones Road Beauty!

43:40 - Brands who are crushing Conversational Commerce

49:23 - An informed definition: What is conversational commerce?