BlueConic vs. Bluecore

BlueConic works well as a central customer database and for building detailed customer profiles. If you want to learn how customers are engaging with your brand and then act on that data, BlueConic is the perfect choice.

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If you have an e-commerce site with a large number of diverse products and a customer base made up of many different customer personas, then Bluecore is perfect. Our visitors are very unique, and we cannot market to each in with the same broad approach. Bluecore makes it possible to craft messaging that speaks to each as individuals.

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• First Party Data Collection
• First Party Data Targeting
• First Party Data Analysis

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• Triggered emails
• Audience segmentation
• Integration with Facebook and Adwords

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• The software was a bit glitchy at times and the beta products were launched a little too prematurely. I didn't feel like it was tested thoroughly and caused headaches at times.
• Qualifying the product was and is still probably hard for them. They could easily be confused as testing software (which it works well for) but their go-to-market is personalization... which I don't believe is their strength. It's more like a "real-time Ecomm optimization".
• Their connections with other providers was left a little more desirable. Would love to have seen them have more connections into CRM that the 4-5 they offered.

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• Embedded functionality for social media live preview
• Heat maps don't always show up
• More flexibility in navigation bar, can get uneven in proportion

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I think without a bit of training and knowledge it would be hard to walk right into a role or a task inside of BlueConic - it is kind of hard to comprehend everything that is available and all of the options. The language inside of BlueConic is also very different than other things in the industry, so it was hard to understand what it would line up with.

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BlueConic is more lightweight and allows for more unique experiences at the same time. Again - this isn't meant to perfect the core UX of your site, but sit on top to deliver unique experiences to control offer management and close rates.

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Bluecore is much more modern than Bronto; it also provides deeper analysis and personalization aspects which enable us to really engage our subscribers. The personalization is the biggest advantage, showing us behavior and attributes. Plus, the functionality is much easier and quicker to work through and provides a much better user experience when needing to duplicate blocks or widgets

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• Too early to tell. Will report back in a month. If all goes to plan though, massive. We hope subs make up the vast majority of revenues by 2020, which will be powered by BC.

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• We've seen increased ROI through product personalization purchasing
• We've been able to individualize our campaigns based on highest category affinity
• We've seen engagement with our automated campaigns to help figure out exactly what blocks to include in these messages.

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