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Wix Donations: Streamlined Fundraising Platform

Wix Donations: Streamlined Fundraising Platform

technology 10 Apr 2024

Nonprofits and fundraisers can now establish their online presence, collect donations, attract donors and manage their entire operation from a versatile and cost-effective, all-in-one platform 


Wix.com Ltd. has introduced Wix Donations, a dedicated online platform designed for collecting donations from nonprofits, individuals, and businesses. With the fundraising market projected to reach $845.15 billion by 2030, Wix Donations responds to the escalating trend of online giving with its comprehensive features tailored for fundraisers worldwide.

Integrated with Wix's website builder, Wix Donations offers users a powerful tool to create compelling donation campaigns and manage contributions seamlessly. Key features include:

1. Easy Donation Web Pages: Leveraging Wix's user-friendly web design capabilities, users can create high-quality and unique donation web pages effortlessly.
   
2. Professional Campaign Management: The Wix Donations dashboard enables users to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously with ease.

3. Secure Payment Options: Users can connect with various payment providers, digital wallets, and debit/credit cards to receive donations securely, including options for one-time and recurring donations.

4. Real-Time Analytics: Track campaign performance with real-time analytics and insights, allowing data-driven decisions to optimize fundraising efforts.

5. Promotion Capabilities: Utilize Wix's advanced SEO, social media, and email marketing tools to effectively promote campaigns.

6. Complete Business Solutions: Expand fundraising potential with Wix's Business Solutions, including Wix Events, Wix Blogs, and Wix eCommerce, facilitating fundraising events, community engagement, and merchandise sales.

Oren Inditzky, VP and GM of Online Stores and Donations at Wix, highlights the platform's simplicity, versatility, and cost-effectiveness in empowering fundraisers. Wix Donations streamlines the entire donation collection process, allowing fundraisers to exceed financial goals and promote causes without the complexity of multiple platforms.

Bloomreach Expands Partnership with Google Cloud for Enhanced E-commerce Personalization

Bloomreach Expands Partnership with Google Cloud for Enhanced E-commerce Personalization

ecommerce and mobile ecommerce 10 Apr 2024

Bloomreach, renowned for its e-commerce personalization platform, announces an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to elevate Bloomreach Discovery, its AI-powered search and merchandising solution. With over 15 years of experience in driving e-commerce success through its proprietary AI, Loomi, Bloomreach aims to revolutionize product discovery with the integration of Google's Gemini models and Vertex AI platform.

Google Cloud's Global Director of Retail & Consumer Strategy & Solutions, Paul Tepfenhart, commends Bloomreach's commitment to enhancing customer experiences and boosting retailer conversion rates through the utilization of Google's AI.

The collaboration will enrich Bloomreach Discovery with advanced generative AI from Google Cloud, amplifying its existing capabilities across various domains:

1. Recall: Enhanced search relevance powered by a blend of deep semantic understanding from Bloomreach and vector technology from Google Cloud, facilitating improved relevance, personalization, and cost-effective search strategies.

2. Ranking: Customizable search rankings aligning with user behavior and revenue optimization, surpassing standard ranking AI for superior results.

3. Conversational: Leveraging Gemini models for conversational shopping assistants, enabling natural language search queries and cross-channel engagement.

4. Merchandising: Automation of manual tasks and optimization of site search to empower merchandisers in driving business impact.

5. Personalization: Tailored personalization based on customer segment or individual preferences, leveraging Bloomreach's unique combination of customer and product data.

Businesses can further tailor these models through Bloomreach's intuitive interface, ensuring control over product discovery. Additionally, since Discovery is built on Google Cloud and available on Google Cloud Marketplace, businesses can optimize costs and achieve rapid ROI.

Raj De Datta, co-founder and CEO of Bloomreach, emphasizes the transformative potential of AI in e-commerce and expresses excitement about the new possibilities arising from the collaboration with Google Cloud.

MessageGears Deepens Partnership with Snowflake for Enhanced Data-driven Marketing

MessageGears Deepens Partnership with Snowflake for Enhanced Data-driven Marketing

cloud technology 10 Apr 2024

Zero data movement for large consumer brands increases timeliness, security, and flexibility of marketing campaigns

MessageGears, a leading cross-channel engagement platform for large consumer brands, announces an expanded partnership with Snowflake, the Data Cloud Company, leveraging Snowpark Container Services to enhance data-driven marketing capabilities. By integrating MessageGears within Snowflake, marketers gain the ability to execute campaigns more efficiently, bolster security measures, and adapt to evolving buyer behaviors, all within the confines of the Data Cloud.

Taylor Jones, Chief Customer Officer at MessageGears, emphasizes the transformative impact of this collaboration on consumer brands leveraging the Snowflake platform. With MessageGears operating within Snowflake using Snowpark Container Services, marketers can leverage the platform without any data leaving Snowflake's secure environment, enabling them to harness larger datasets and execute more complex analyses at a faster pace and with enhanced security.

Snowpark Container Services, a fully managed container offering by Snowflake, enables users to deploy, manage, and scale containerized services and functions seamlessly within the security and governance framework of Snowflake, all while eliminating the need for data movement.

Key Benefits for Customers Include:

1. No Data Mapping: Marketers can analyze, model, and explore data within Snowflake's secure and governed environment without the need for complex data mapping.
   
2. Fully Managed Environment: Maintenance-free infrastructure ensures minimal effort in creating and managing clusters for service applications.
   
3. Integrated Security: Applications running in Snowpark Container Services seamlessly integrate with Snowflake's security features, ensuring enhanced data protection.
   
4. Zero Data Movement: By running directly on data within Snowflake, MessageGears eliminates the need for data movement, ensuring seamless connectivity and enhanced security.

Onil Gunawardana, Head of Product Management at Snowflake, highlights the significance of this collaboration in providing consumer brands with unparalleled access to their data. By harnessing the capabilities of Snowflake's secure and governed environment, the MessageGears app streamlines operations and enhances security, exemplifying Snowflake's commitment to innovation in the data-driven landscape.

Everyware Launches Advanced Identity Verification Solutions to Combat Payments Fraud

Everyware Launches Advanced Identity Verification Solutions to Combat Payments Fraud

identity management 10 Apr 2024

Next-generation Identity Match and ID Document Verification tools set a new standard in identity theft and fraud protections for businesses and their customers 


Everyware, renowned for its expertise in customer engagement, billing, and payments, introduces its cutting-edge Identity Verification Solutions suite aimed at addressing the growing menace of payments fraud and enhancing customer confidence in digital transactions. This comprehensive suite, comprising Identity Match and ID Document Verification tools, offers indispensable security measures seamlessly integrated into digital transactions, catering to the evolving needs of leading businesses.

Recent statistics reveal a staggering 70% increase in fraud losses observed by 92% of U.S. businesses, underscoring the urgent need for robust online customer identification strategies. With cybercriminals employing increasingly sophisticated tactics, both businesses and consumers demand proactive defenses in every payment interaction. Everyware's Identity Verification Solutions address these pressing security needs by embedding advanced security measures into digital invoicing and payment processes, instantly placing transactions on hold if verification fails. These critical solutions not only safeguard financial transactions but also underscore a business' commitment to data security, fostering trust among customers.

Austin Talley, Founder and CEO of Everyware, emphasizes the imperative for businesses to fortify themselves against identity theft and fraud amidst the escalating cybercrime landscape. Everyware's augmented Identity Verification Solutions not only offer enhanced protection but also ensure seamless, secure, and consistent user experiences across digital financial interactions.

Key Components of Everyware's Identity Verification Solutions Suite:

1. Identity Match: This tool conducts instantaneous verification against Everyware's extensive U.S. census and credit bureau dataset. Integrated into digital invoice payment processing, Identity Match either holds transactions without verified identities or monitors them closely.

2. ID Document Verification: Businesses can guide customers through a secure mobile interface for scanning and reviewing identification documents like driver's licenses or passports via a secure link sent through text.

3. Identity Liveness Check: Companies can request real-time selfie captures for biometric matching against original identification documents, enhancing verification accuracy and security.

Everyware's comprehensive suite of Identity Verification Solutions empowers businesses to proactively combat payments fraud while ensuring a seamless and secure digital payment experience for customers.

TrustRadius and ZoomInfo Integrate to Revolutionize Sales and Marketing Outreach

TrustRadius and ZoomInfo Integrate to Revolutionize Sales and Marketing Outreach

business 10 Apr 2024

This long-awaited partnership allows sales teams to match accounts researching their product(s) on TrustRadius with decision maker contact information in the ZoomInfo Sales platform. Hello relevant targeting and deal acceleration. 


TrustRadius and ZoomInfo announce a game-changing integration that combines ZoomInfo's contact-level intelligence with TrustRadius' downstream intent data, revolutionizing sales and marketing outreach for businesses. This collaboration, facilitated through the ZoomInfo Sales platform, promises to redefine how organizations identify, target, and engage with in-market buyers, marking a significant milestone in the industry.

The partnership between TrustRadius and ZoomInfo signifies a transformative shift, empowering organizations to bid farewell to revenue anxiety. Leveraging the unique strengths of both platforms, go-to-market teams can enhance the precision of their sales outreach to buyers actively researching their product or competitors'.

James Roth, Chief Revenue Officer at ZoomInfo, emphasizes the accessibility of data-driven selling enabled by ZoomInfo and TrustRadius. With buyers increasingly conducting independent research, sales teams face the challenge of staying on their radar. However, with ZoomInfo's leading data combined with TrustRadius' intent data, sellers gain the ability to pinpoint the right contacts at interested companies, deliver personalized messaging at the optimal time, and expedite deal closures.

The integration of TrustRadius' downstream intent data within ZoomInfo Sales unlocks pivotal use cases, including prioritizing outreach to high-value, in-market contacts at target accounts and proactively addressing churn by identifying customers researching alternative technologies. Additionally, teams can leverage TrustRadius' insights to enhance upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

Sinehan Kerman, Senior Director of Global Revenue Operations at TIS (Treasury Intelligence Solutions), highlights the efficiency gains achieved with the integration, streamlining manual processes and enabling teams to focus on engaging prospects and customers.

Vinay Bhagat, Founder and CEO of TrustRadius, underscores the transformative potential of combining ZoomInfo's contact-level intelligence with TrustRadius' intent data, making buyer signal identification more precise and actionable. This partnership promises to drive revenue growth and maximize ROI by empowering teams to engage actively researching buyers and win deals faster.

Phonexa Partners with Fast Debt, Becomes First Lead Management & Call Tracking Platform to Offer Consumer Analysis in Real Time

Phonexa Partners with Fast Debt, Becomes First Lead Management & Call Tracking Platform to Offer Consumer Analysis in Real Time

marketing 9 Apr 2024

Performance marketing software company Phonexa has announced a new groundbreaking integration and partnership with Fast Debt that improves the quality of leads for mutual clients by providing deeper insights in real time around consumer analysis, risk assessment, and data compliance. 

Fast Debt is a financial marketing technology firm that specializes in consumer finance solutions. Through the integration, lead buyers and sellers will now have increased and sophisticated decision logic to accept or reject leads in real time based on the new consumer analysis data made available to them.

The built-in solution gives lead buyers and sellers operating in high-consumer traffic industries like debt, finance, mortgage, home services, and insurance services, among others, a formidable fraud-free front to operate in real time.

Fast Debt will be integrated with Phonexa's lead tracking and distribution product LMS Sync. This is the first-of-its-kind web leads integration for Fast Debt. 

A separate integration for call leads in Phonexa's call tracking and distribution product Call Logic is also in the works with Fast Debt, which makes Phonexa the first lead management and call tracking platform to offer Fast Debt's consumer analysis in real time.

"Our partnership with Phonexa is instrumental in improving the entire consumer finance industry," said Cyrus Pan, CEO of Fast Debt. "In our eyes, everything starts and stops with the consumer. Fast Debt's marketing technology helps match consumers with the best available options while increasing lead value exponentially for partners. This solution will become the new industry standard." 

"This partnership and integration with Fast Debt is a groundbreaking development for lead buyers and sellers because they're now armed with new insights to make better decisions around their leads," said Jeffrey Schaffer, Chief Operating Officer of Phonexa. "We're incredibly excited for Phonexa clients to leverage these new solutions and offerings around consumer analysis, risk assessment, and data compliance. The forthcoming Fast Debt integration for call leads is imminent, allowing Phonexa to further separate itself from the competition and provide immense value to customers using Phonexa's comprehensive performance marketing suite." 

MRP and CONTENTgine Go-To-Market As pharosIQ Following Recent Merger

MRP and CONTENTgine Go-To-Market As pharosIQ Following Recent Merger

technology 9 Apr 2024

The new company name, pharosIQ, reflects the complete integration of the two organizations and positions the new company as a leader in the B2B intent signal data and demand generation space.

Following their recent merger, MRP and CONTENTgine introduce the launch of a new company, pharosIQ. This milestone marks a significant step forward in their unified vision. The company name was chosen as a symbol of the technological synergies and diversification of solutions that arose from the merger. ‘Pharos,’ derived from the guiding light of the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria, represents the company’s ability to create, identify, and implement “intent-to-purchase” signals for targeting across full-funnel demand generation solutions. “IQ” signifies the company’s creation of a perpetual signal engine that utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify ready-to-buy prospects for B2B revenue teams. 

“Our goal is to cut through the intent data noise,” said pharosIQ CEO Chris Rack. “The combination of our down-funnel intent signals and the full-funnel capabilities of our solutions has put us in the perfect position to evolve into the new company, pharosIQ. It represents an evolution of technology and strategic solutions that will empower B2B technology and services companies to target their customers precisely and efficiently.”

The launch of pharosIQ marks the debut of its proprietary first-party permission-based, down-funnel “intent-to-purchase” targeting capabilities. These signals are now accessible to B2B technology and services vendors worldwide through a comprehensive suite of full-funnel lead generation solutions. With this strategic move following the merger, pharosIQ embodies the realization of a shared vision, aiming to deliver unparalleled value to B2B vendors and establish itself as an industry leader.

pharosIQ’s “intent-to-purchase” signal engine integrates proprietary engagement data from highly coveted B2B buyer interactions:

  • Down-funnel b2b user engagements across key decision-driving content, such as monitoring readership of pricing guides, case studies, comparison guides, and white papers, as well as tracking content consumption and topic trends.
  • Down-funnel review site engagements, encompassing comparison reviews, peer reviews, and competitor analyses, providing invaluable insights into decision drivers and business needs.
  • Human-verified “intent-to-purchase” project confirmation data, including project timelines, budget allocations, buying groups, and business needs.

The pharosIQ signal engine utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to ingest these comprehensive data sources. It then generates actionable insights, which are deployed across full-funnel lead generation campaigns by the pharosIQ customer experience and delivery teams on behalf of customers.

The pharosIQ Strategic Full-funnel Solutions Now Available:

  • IQsyndicate: B2B Content Syndication
  • IQappend: Append Leads with Mobile Phone Data
  • IQdirect: Direct-to-Desk Mail
  • IQconnect: Full-funnel Leads
  • IQengage: B2B Display Advertising
  • IQconvert: High-Quality Leads
  • IQevents: Custom B2B Events

Gurdeep Chimni, a pharosIQ board member, stated, “Our unified intent signal technologies and delivery systems have quickly driven the creation of advanced down-funnel buying signal targeting and solutions, revolutionizing demand creation and lead generation.” Mr. Chimni continued, “Today, we’re solidifying our position as leaders in B2B buying signal targeting and solution delivery. pharosIQ is set to make significant global business impact for our existing MRP and CONTENTgine customers. Moreover, future pharosIQ customers stand to benefit immensely from these advancements.”

Loop Media Announces Strategic Partnership with Adnimation to Increase CTV Ad Revenue

Loop Media Announces Strategic Partnership with Adnimation to Increase CTV Ad Revenue

advertising 9 Apr 2024

Leading digital out-of-home (DOOH) CTV platform for businesses partners with Adnimation to increase ad revenue and diversify demand sources

Adnimation Ltd., a leading Google Certified Publishing Partner (GCPP) for CTV dedicated to helping digital publishers grow their businesses, and Loop Media, Inc., a leading multichannel streaming CTV platform for businesses, announced today a new partnership. The partnership has already yielded incremental revenue for both companies since it began.

Loop Media is a leading multichannel streaming CTV platform that provides curated music videos, sports highlights, news, premium entertainment channels and digital signage for businesses, utilizing 150+ CTV out-of-home (OOH) channels to reach millions of viewers. Seeking to boost its ad revenue, Loop Media partnered with Adnimation, whose CTV Fusion tool uses a combination of advanced technology, hands-on expertise, and unique access to Google’s CTV video advertising demand to increase ad revenue for publishers.

This partnership allows Loop Media to enjoy Google’s premium demand while still looking to maintain its existing demand to maximize competition and increase fill rates and CPMs across the Loop® CTV network.

Adnimation offers a growing suite of monetization tools across CTV apps, websites and mobile apps. Their unique monetization technology and hands-on expertise make it easy for publishers to increase their ad revenue. The CTV Fusion tool for Loop’s CTV inventory uses Google’s PAL (Programmatic Access Library) SDK (Software Development Kit) that enables CTV apps to access and share audience targeting signals with Google Ad Manager. These signals encompass valuable data points that seek to empower advertisers to reach highly relevant audiences, boosting campaign performance and maximizing ROI.

“Our partnership with Adnimation has been a bonafide success,” said Brian Bloodgood, Head of Sales, Loop Media. “We were looking for a partner to help us diversify our CTV demand sources and Adnimation has unlocked one of the largest marketplaces for Loop. As we continue to test new products and ideas with Adnimation, we are excited to see how we develop as partners in the future.”

“We are very proud to partner with Loop Media and help them grow their already impressive business,” said Maor Davidovich, CEO of Adnimation. “The remarkable results we've witnessed thus far are just the beginning, paving the way for a great future marked by expectations of even more mutual growth and success. This collaboration serves as a testament to the immense value of Loop Media and the proven capabilities of Adnimation's CTV tool, which has consistently demonstrated its effectiveness in elevating ad revenue for CTV publishers.”

   

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