B2B Catalog Creation Software – An Overview

B2B customer needs are changing at a fast pace. They expect a highly efficient B2C-like experience when they make a purchase – whether they engage with retailer’s online, offline or on their mobiles. Thus the catalogs catering to the B2B customers need to evolve accordingly. Questudio’s CatalogStudio is powerful software to create full line and specialty catalogs. It consists of several modules providing the features needed to create, manage and maintain all product information in one central repository. Its functionality also includes PDF catalog publishing and content management. One can create both print catalogs and web catalogs with equal ease. The design of a catalog is as important as its functionality. A catalog creation software helps in the process of creating catalogs in multiple formats. The catalog production is maintained such that it picks up data from the product information management system. This database consists of cross-referenced part numbers that in tu...
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Unorganized Content – Try Content Management

Digital content has a way of exploding on you. Different types of data and multiple versions of each item means that managing content can become very cumbersome, time-consuming and error-ridden. Content Management Software enables you to administer digital content throughout its lifecycle. The typical stages of content management are:
  • Creating
  • Editing
  • Publishing – online or on print
  • Managing
  • Removal or deleting
A good content management system will enable you to manage all these tasks easily and remove most of the errors that can arise from trying to manage a large amount of data. To be able to do this, it will contain all or some of the following features:
  • Create SEO optimized content
  • Manage product categorization (meta information)
  • Manage product attributes
  • Manage product descriptions
  • Enable image editing
  • Enable easy updates
  • Enable cross-selling and upselling
  • Enable branding support
Putting a good Content Management System in place gives you a slew of benefits:
  • Enables you to update information on the website easily and from anywhere
  • Lets you outsource site maintenance while you retain control of the content
  • Lets you use non-technical staff to maintain the content on the website.
  • Allows integration with other software such as CRM
  • Enables dynamic marketing
Depending on your requirement you can either go for an out-of-the-box solution or one that is customized for you. Today most CMS come with a plethora of customization options that let you change the way the system works and tailor it to your needs. However, if you have requirements that are specific to your business, you may not find it as part of the customization offered by most CMS and you might need to have it built for you.

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