You're reading from Salesforce B2C Solution Architect's Handbook Design scalable and cohesive business-to-consumer experiences with Salesforce Customer 360

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801817035

Length 458 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Salesforce

Concepts

CRM

Author (1):

Mike King

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 Customer 360 Component Products

2. Chapter 1: Demystifying Salesforce, Customer 360, and Digital 360 FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter2: Supporting Your Customers with Service Cloud

4. Chapter 3: Direct-to-Consumer Selling with Commerce Cloud B2C

5. Chapter 4: Engaging Customers with Marketing Cloud

6. Chapter 5: Salesforce Ecosystem – Building a Complete Solution

7. Section 2 Architecture of Customer 360 Solutions

8. Chapter 6: Role of a Solution Architect

9. Chapter 7: Integration Architecture Options

10. Chapter 8: Creating a 360° View of the Customer

11. Chapter 9: Supporting Key Business Scenarios

12. Chapter 10: Enterprise Integration Strategies

13. Section 3 Salesforce-Certified B2C Solution Architect

14. Chapter 11: Exam Preparation Tools and Techniques

15. Chapter 12: Prerequisite Certifications

16. Chapter 13: Commerce and Integration

17. Chapter 14: Certification Scenarios

18. Assessments

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