
What is a headless CMS?

What are the marketing benefits of headless commerce?
Establish consistent branding across channels
Streamline internal workflows
Personalize the customer experience
Expand to new territories
Enhance scalability and performance
Facilitate omnichannel marketing strategies
Improve developer flexibility and innovation
Future-proof your eCommerce infrastructure
How to know if headless commerce is right for your content marketing strategy
- Make frequent content changes: As every digital marketer knows, constantly releasing fresh content is crucial for keeping new and existing customers engaged with your brand. A headless CMS makes it possible for your marketing team to rapidly create, deploy, modify, and test out different types of content, without disrupting back-end processes.
- Maintain an advanced CMS: Let’s say you already have a beautifully-designed website, powered by a robust CMS that your marketing team loves. With a headless architecture, you can keep this CMS in its place, while still being able to integrate other tools, whether it be a new eCommerce platform, ERP, or warehouse management system (WMS).
- Support rapid business growth: If your business grows too quickly, your eCommerce platform may not be able to handle the spike in user traffic and customer transactions. The headless approach makes it easier to implement a new, more advanced platform—along with any other front- and back-end solutions that are necessary to sustain growth.
- Increase flexibility on the front end: With a headless CMS, you won’t be limited by a small selection of website page templates. Rather, you’ll have access to a wide range of front-end solutions, and will be able to build whatever kind of customer experience you want. And if there are no tools that fit your needs, you can always build your own custom solution.
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