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Advocacy Platform Overview, SalesForce, Orca, Fulfillment Denise Taylor, Senior Advocacy Consultant Advocacy Platform Overview, SalesForce, Orca, Fulfillment Denise Taylor, Senior Advocacy Consultant

Whale of a Difference: Orca's Customer Advocacy Solutions

Orca is mapping the ocean of customer advocacy with its AI-driven, Salesforce native solutions. Orca enhances data accuracy and security while offering advanced features like AI-powered advocate matching, automated scheduling, and real-time alerts for key customer contacts. Its tracking and management tools, coupled with customizable analytics and extensive content integrations, make Orca a useful tool for any business looking to optimize their customer advocacy programs.

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Stepping Up to the ReferenceEdge

These features of Point of Reference’s ReferenceEdge provide powerful tools to enhance a program’s customer advocacy efforts, and these are just a few examples of the capabilities we’re excited to see in action with our clients!

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RO Innovation, Fulfillment, Upland Software, Recruitment, Advocacy Platform Overview Emily J Feber, Advocacy Consultant RO Innovation, Fulfillment, Upland Software, Recruitment, Advocacy Platform Overview Emily J Feber, Advocacy Consultant

Fulfillment in Upland Software’s RO Innovation

Whether you're new to RO Innovation or an existing Upland customer, the platform offers a seamless fulfillment tracking experience, especially when managing activities across multiple accounts and contacts. By embracing the best practices, you can ensure optimal tracking, keep the request queue organized, expedite turnaround time, and most importantly, gain a sense of control and efficiency.

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Employee Highlight: Advocacy Program Management at a Fortune 500 Company

This blog features a Q&A with Senior Advocacy Consultant Barbara Leavy, in which she speaks about her experience managing the advocacy program at a fortune 500 company. Topics include navigating acquisitions, setting client expectations, the challenges of massive product portfolios and more!

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Fulfillment, Program Management Jen Doyon, Principal Fulfillment, Program Management Jen Doyon, Principal

Supporting Sales Teams with References, Proactively!

Most Advocacy Professionals are tasked with the fulfillment of customer reference requests from Sales that are guiding prospective customers through the final stages of a sales cycle. Whether or not your team handles a large volume of incoming sales requests, there are numerous benefits to contacting opportunity owners ahead of them making reference requests.

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