Question 1

What's the difference between this and email marketing tools like Mailchimp?

Accepted Answer

Mailchimp is a single-channel email blaster. Marketing automation platforms unify SMS, email, push, in-app, and loyalty around a single customer profile, then trigger sends based on behavior (visited pricing 2x, cart abandoned, hasn't purchased in 60 days). Different category.

Question 2

What does a small business actually need?

Accepted Answer

Most local businesses get 80% of the value from: (1) automated review-request texts, (2) lapsed-customer reactivation, (3) abandoned-cart email + SMS. We package those as a starter program for $300-600/mo all-in including the platform.

Question 3

What's a Customer Data Platform?

Accepted Answer

A unified profile of every customer pulled from POS, web, app, email, and support — so when a customer texts you, you instantly see they bought $4k last year, have an open ticket, and live in your VIP tier. Used to be enterprise-only; now SMB-priced via Treasure Data.

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