Salesforce Lightning Overview

Salesforce Lightning boosts productivity and optimizes operations. Apps can be built quickly to enhance sales and CRM efficiency.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Workflow Management, Engagement Management, Advertisement, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Salesforce Lightning.

Other use cases:

  • Sending & Publishing Communications
  • Campaign Management
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Lead Tracking
  • Forecasting
  • Social Media Analytics
  • Business Development
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Business Priorities

Acquire Customers and Improve ROI are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Salesforce Lightning.

Other priorities:

  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Enhance Customer Relationships
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Scale Best Practices
  • Grow Market Share
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Launch New Products
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Improve Internal Communications
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Establish Thought Leadership
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Salesforce Lightning Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Salesforce Lightning works with different mediums / channels such as E-Mail. Mobile. User Generated Content etc.

Salesforce Lightning's features include Recording, Dashboard, Personalization, etc. and Salesforce Lightning support capabilities include AI Powered, Chat Support, Phone Support, etc. also Salesforce Lightning analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"...We have workflows with approvals, automations with tasks, approval rules with cases...." Peer review by Alexis C.

Salesforce Lightning, Scratchpad, SecureDocs Virtual Data Room, Veloxy, ExpensePoint, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Sales Enablement. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for Salesforce Lightning

Top Industries

  • Computer Software
  • Information Technology and Services
  • Human Resources

Popular in

  • Small Business
  • Large Enterprise
  • Mid Market

Salesforce Lightning is popular in Computer Software, Information Technology And Services, and Human Resources and is widely used by Small Business, Large Enterprise, and Mid Market.

Comprehensive Insights on Salesforce Lightning Use Cases

How does Salesforce Lightning address your Workflow Management Challenges?

How efficiently Does Salesforce Lightning manage your Engagement Management?

Why is Salesforce Lightning the best choice for Sending & Publishing Communications?

What benefits does Salesforce Lightning offer for Campaign Management?

32+ more Business Use Cases

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Salesforce Lightning solved their Sales Enablement needs. Cuspera uses 824 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Sales Enablement needs.

Case Studies

Education

CASE STUDY REVA University

Salesforce Education Cloud helped REVA University digitize and automate the student lifecycle. The university unified student data, making it easy for students, parents, and teachers to access inform...ation. Admissions time dropped by 50% and onboarding effort fell by 30-40%. The student portal now supports over 16,000 students and 1,500 teachers. REVA University improved efficiency and created a seamless digital experience for all stakeholders.

Consumer Goods

CASE STUDY Jaipur Rugs

Salesforce helped Jaipur Rugs improve sales and service. The company used Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Tableau. Lead-to-order management is now faster and more organized. Lead con...versions increased by 30%. Customer satisfaction improved by 40%. Employees answer queries faster and ship products quicker. Marketing automation helps Jaipur Rugs connect with customers in new ways.

Wholesale

CASE STUDY Pidilite

Salesforce helped Pidilite automate sales and service processes. Teams now respond to customers much faster. First response time improved by 90%. First call resolution rates rose from 75% to 93%. The... Dr. Fixit app, built on Heroku, has over 50,000 downloads and helps contractors work better. Contractor engagement tripled with a custom field marketing app. Pidilite uses Salesforce to give customers and contractors better experiences.

Manufacturing

CASE STUDY Godrej & Boyce

Salesforce helped Godrej & Boyce unify customer data across 14 business units. The company replaced fragmented CRM systems with one platform. Sales reps now respond to leads in less than two hours. O...pportunity-to-order conversions increased by 10%. First response time for service requests improved by almost 8%. Godrej & Boyce delivers faster, more connected customer experiences with Salesforce.

Information Technology and Services

CASE STUDY VFS Global

VFS Global used Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, MuleSoft, and Salesforce Platform to unify customer data and streamline workflows. The company wanted to fix fragmented data and improve service... for visa applications. With Salesforce, agents now have a 360-degree customer view and can resolve cases faster. About 4,570 users serve customers in 158 countries. VFS Global can now monitor SLAs daily and keep customer data secure. The solution improved speed, transparency, and compliance for global visa services.

Banking

CASE STUDY Kotak Mahindra Bank

Salesforce helped Kotak Mahindra Bank unify sales and service data. The bank automated loan approvals and improved cross-selling. Customers now get seamless omni-channel experiences. Kotak consolidat...ed 12 systems into one platform. Service requests are handled faster and more easily. The bank can now open digital accounts and process loans with less friction.

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Salesforce Lightning

What is Salesforce Lightning?

Lightning is a reimagined Salesforce platform for boosting productivity and sales optimization that can be used by the Sales, Marketing and other customer facing teams. It can be deployed in small and medium sized businesses, non-profits and start-ups in industries such as Manufacturing, Healthcare, Financial Services, Hospitality and more.

Lightning features include tools for making selling easier, enhancing productivity, and personalized customer service. It enables optimization of business operations enabling accuracy in business performance metrics data, better insight into sales pipeline and service operations, and increased user engagement.

Lightning also includes a quick app building tool that can be used by anyone in the team for building apps without having to use code, thus saving developer time for product customizations. Lightning’s AI engine enables accuracy in outcome predictions, generation of insights, automation of tasks, and next steps recommendations.

What is Salesforce Lightning used for?

Salesforce Lightning is a Sales Enablement Software mainly used by its customers to Acquire Customers and Improve ROI by Workflow Management, Engagement Management and Advertisement .

What are the top features of Salesforce Lightning?

Recording, Dashboard and Personalization are some of the top features of Salesforce Lightning.

Who uses Salesforce Lightning?

Salesforce Lightning is used by Computer Software, Information Technology And Services and Human Resources among other industries.

What are Salesforce Lightning alternatives?

Scratchpad, SecureDocs Virtual Data Room, Veloxy and ExpensePoint are popular alternatives for Salesforce Lightning.

Where is Salesforce Lightning located?

Salesforce Lightning is headquartered at 415 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States.
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Peers used Salesforce Lightning for workflow management and engagement management

Salesforce Lightning Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.35/5 ★

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Analytics

4.41/5 ★

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Custom Reports

3.78/5 ★

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.35/5 ★

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Analytics

4.41/5 ★

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Custom Reports

3.78/5 ★

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Salesforce, Inc. Profile

Company Name

Salesforce, Inc.

Year Founded

1999

HQ Location

415 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States

Employees

10001+

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Financials

IPO