Ad Roundup: Platforms for sales, ecommerce

First, Bazaarvoice and BzzAgent have partners to connect retailers with their shoppers where they shop. Called BzzReviews Pro, brands can utilize customer content - like reviews - across a network of in-market consumers.

"Marketers increasingly understand the importance of product reviews in driving consumer adoption and purchase conversion in the channel, and want a solution that simultaneously deepens their relationship with consumers from Day One," said Loran Gutt, Vice President of Product Strategy at Bazaarvoice. "BzzAgent has a longstanding reputation for generating quality content through their strong network of advocates, which makes them an ideal partner for a program that relies on building authentic review volume ahead of launch."

Meanwhile, Brainshark has launched Brainshark for Coaching, a video-based platform that offers sales pros an assist in pitching so that they can convert more sales. Users can create individual or team challenges, managers can review performance and both sales representatives and managers can see challenge statuses from a dashboard.

And Conversion Logic has updated their XC Logic Platform. The additions include the ability to switch between how data is viewed, channel toggled and a unified cross channel baseline, giving brands better insight into campaigns and performance both on- and off-line.

"In the complex world of cross-channel marketing, there is immense value in understanding the impact of every channel, across every device, at any point in time and in combination with all other touchpoints," said Trevor Testwuide, CEO of Conversion Logic. "By allowing both offline and digital channels to share the same baseline and analytics throughout the UI, XC Logic™ provides media practitioners with the most accurate, comprehensive and easily interpreted true media performance."

Tags: advertising, advertising tools, Bazaarvoice, Brainshark, Conversion Logic, ecommerce