--- title: Speak by Olark | Sales and Conversions (2) description: Sales and Conversions | Tips on live chat sales, customer service, and building human connections from one of the Internet’s top live chat providers. (2) --- - [Interested in live chat? Check out Olark.](https://www.olark.com/) [![Speak: A Blog by Olark](https://blog.olark.com/hubfs/speak-logo-300-01.png "Speak: A Blog by Olark")](https://blog.olark.com) [![featured image](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/gzqsOawNpF-l0Mg14DLoel7vs0CLCafPCkPDW_97a2FDf9oJGwT9qSGQAa7YaXmSQxA7jcBVmrtG8pM6X9PFmZwIsaK_eHEZo59gXM-rjYRpk5RqyelXyVGVVQpvCIoR6D56wDIw)](https://blog.olark.com/how-to-combine-effective-writing-great-design-and-live-chat-for-the-perfect-content-marketing-strategy) ## [How to Combine Effective Writing, Great Design, and Live Chat for the Perfect Content Marketing Strategy](https://blog.olark.com/how-to-combine-effective-writing-great-design-and-live-chat-for-the-perfect-content-marketing-strategy) By [Pete Rawlings](https://blog.olark.com/author/pete-rawlings) *An essential part of of any digital strategy, content marketing is the elusive unicorn for most small businesses. Today Pete Rawlings, of* [This is Neat](https://thisisneat.com.au/) *shares his opinions on how effective writing, great design, and live chat all combine to create the perfect content marketing experience.* [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/how-to-combine-effective-writing-great-design-and-live-chat-for-the-perfect-content-marketing-strategy) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/globe-110775_960_720.png?width=840&height=460&name=globe-110775_960_720.png)](https://blog.olark.com/live-chat-translation-powerup) ## [New! Capture leads and sales from around the world with the Live Chat Translation PowerUp.](https://blog.olark.com/live-chat-translation-powerup) By [Kate Urban](https://blog.olark.com/author/kate-urban) One of the best things about selling online is the opportunity to reach prospective customers anywhere in the world. But if you’re attracting a global audience (yay!), you’ll likely find yourself fielding questions and requests in multiple languages, many of which your chat team doesn’t speak (hrrm).   [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/live-chat-translation-powerup) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/theme-banner-tall.png?width=840&height=460&name=theme-banner-tall.png)](https://blog.olark.com/choosing-the-perfect-wordpress-theme) ## [A guide to choosing the perfect WordPress theme](https://blog.olark.com/choosing-the-perfect-wordpress-theme) By [Parvez Akther](https://blog.olark.com/author/parvez-akther) *Today's guest post comes from ThemeXpert founder and CEO Parvez Akther. ThemeXpert is a bootstrapped startup that has grown to provide WordPress and [Joomla templates](https://www.themexpert.com/joomla-templates) and extensions for more than 55,000 clients around the world.* [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/choosing-the-perfect-wordpress-theme) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/visitor-insights-banner.png?width=840&height=460&name=visitor-insights-banner.png)](https://blog.olark.com/visitor-insights-powerups-for-live-chat-sales) ## [New Visitor Insights PowerUps — doing your live chat sales homework since 2018](https://blog.olark.com/visitor-insights-powerups-for-live-chat-sales) By [Kasey Bayne](https://blog.olark.com/author/kasey-bayne) If you work in sales, you already understand the importance of doing your homework. A quick LinkedIn search, or a little browsing on a company website, can tell you so much about what someone’s interested in and how they might benefit from your product. [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/visitor-insights-powerups-for-live-chat-sales) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2017/Salesforce%20Article/SF%20whiteboard%20image.jpg?width=840&height=460&name=SF%20whiteboard%20image.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/salesforce_integration_for_olark_live_chat) ## [How to integrate Salesforce and Olark Live Chat](https://blog.olark.com/salesforce_integration_for_olark_live_chat) By [Fernando Takai](https://blog.olark.com/author/fernando-takai) ## For most small businesses, getting data isn't the problem. Pageviews, sessions, opens, likes, shares, conversions, chat volume - data, and the tools to gather it, are all around us. The challenge is making data and analytics actionable. [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/salesforce_integration_for_olark_live_chat) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2017/How%20to%20write%20more%20human/image1.jpg?width=840&height=460&name=image1.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/how-to-write-like-a-human) ## [Make Your Business Human: Relatable Writing](https://blog.olark.com/how-to-write-like-a-human) By [Brad Shorr](https://blog.olark.com/author/brad-shorr) *Today's guest post comes from Brad Shorr, Director of Content Strategy at [Straight North](https://www.straightnorth.com/), an Internet marketing company in Chicago that provides SEO, PPC and web design services.* ## Want your website and marketing content to produce more sales? You need to write like a human to make that happen. [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/how-to-write-like-a-human) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2015/Simple%20CRM%20Article/roman-bozhko-251947.jpg?width=840&height=460&name=roman-bozhko-251947.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/5-benefits-crm-customer-data) ## [5 benefits of using a simple CRM](https://blog.olark.com/5-benefits-crm-customer-data) By [Karl Pawlewicz](https://blog.olark.com/author/karl-pawlewicz) What's a CRM? When we use the term it typically means a customer relationship management (CRM) platform - a piece of software that makes it easy to get an at-a-glance view of every interaction a customer has with your business.    [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/5-benefits-crm-customer-data) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2017/CardRates%20Article/bonnie-kittle-186235.jpg?width=840&height=460&name=bonnie-kittle-186235.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/5-affordable-diy-digital-business-solutions) ## [5 Affordable DIY Digital Business Solutions](https://blog.olark.com/5-affordable-diy-digital-business-solutions) By [Ashley Dull](https://blog.olark.com/author/ashley-dull) *Today's guest post comes from Ashley Dull, Finance Editor at Digital Brands, Inc., where she oversees content published on [CardRates.com](http://www.cardrates.com/reviews/) and [BadCredit.org](http://www.badcredit.org/ratings/). Ashley works closely with industry leaders and experts in all sectors of business and finance to develop authoritative guides, news, and advice articles with regards to audience interest. Today she's sharing some of the most helpful tools she's seen used by small- to mid-sized businesses...* [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/5-affordable-diy-digital-business-solutions) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2017/ConversionXL%20Live%202017/IMG_4481.jpg?width=840&height=460&name=IMG_4481.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/what-we-learned-at-conversionxl-live) ## [What we learned at ConversionXL Live](https://blog.olark.com/what-we-learned-at-conversionxl-live) By [Karl Pawlewicz](https://blog.olark.com/author/karl-pawlewicz) For me - [ConversionXL Live](https://live.conversionxl.com/) is the best conference we attend all year. More intimate than Hubspot's INBOUND conference, the true power of ConversionXL Live isn't in the sessions we attend, but the connections we make over meals, coffee, cornhole, playing Super Mario Bros., gigantic Jenga, karaoke, brewery visits, or any number of other fun activities featured at the conference. [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/what-we-learned-at-conversionxl-live) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2017/Nate%20Oulman%20Article/clem-onojeghuo-178229.jpg?width=840&height=460&name=clem-onojeghuo-178229.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/kick-your-small-business-websites-sales-into-high-gear) ## [Kick Your Small Business Website's Sales into High Gear with These 6 Tools](https://blog.olark.com/kick-your-small-business-websites-sales-into-high-gear) By [Nathan Oulman](https://blog.olark.com/author/nathan-oulman) *Today's guest post comes from Nathan Oulman of [realestatesandpoint.net](https://realestatesandpoint.net/). Nate spends a lot of time reviewing and writing about martech software and how it can affect an organization's bottom line. 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