We asked analysts and industry leaders what customer engagement trends they thought were key for 2017 and beyond.
From cutting-edge technologies such as IoT and bots to a new spin on old ideas, hot topics boil down to five key trends that will define the customer experience going forward.
In this ebook, learn:...
Published: Jul 26, 2017
This whitepaper serves as a preventative measure against wasted resources, providing marketers with:
An overview of the current market challenges supported by key research and insights from industry leaders.
A practical and transferable example designed to optimize marketing initiatives in real-time and increase...
Published: May 15, 2018
Acquiring traffic is a major challenge for e-merchants worldwide. Over the course of the evolution of ecommerce practices some new forms of visitor acquisition have been developed. The challenge now revolves around conversion optimisation. Indeed, acquisition costs follow an upward...
Published: Dec 22, 2016
B2B e‑commerce is experiencing hyperbolic growth, and marketplaces are the main driver of this revolution. Several factors explain this migration of B2B buyers towards e-commerce.
In businesses, the increasingly natural digital behavior of new generations is driving them to replicate their personal purchasing behavior...
Published: Apr 04, 2017
Sales and marketing. They’re lumped together so much in conversation, you’d think they’re a perfect combination — like peanut butter and jelly. But the relationship is more often like oil and water.
Get five suggestions any organization can follow to better align their sales and marketing...
Published: Jan 28, 2016
What keeps marketing teams from reaching for the stars and succeeding? Common culprits include a lack of time, resources, IT support and management buy-in.
This tip sheet will help you map out a plan to get started on the most important programs for your business and move through the process to achieve your...
Published: Apr 23, 2018
Retailers are rethinking their eCommerce engagement strategy to respond to customers’ new shopping behaviors. Marketplaces provide a new way for retailers to interact and engage with customers. They offer a broad assortment of products and services at competitive prices and have quickly gained traction as an extension...
Published: Apr 04, 2017
In our 36-criteria evaluation of CRM suites for enterprise organizations, we identified the nine most significant CRM suites from eight prominent vendors — Infor, Microsoft, NetSuite,
Oracle, Pegasystems, Salesforce, SAP, and SugarCRM — and researched, analyzed, and scored them.
This report...
Published: Jan 05, 2018
Of late, there’s been an ongoing debate in the scientific community as to whether intelligence is fixed or changeable. If intelligence is fixed, then each person’s measure is doled out in the womb, and no amount of information acquisition can increasesomeone’s intelligence quotient, or IQ. But if intelligence...
Published: Jun 01, 2011
It’s hardly a secret that marketing executives of all types are using more data. Data is more powerful than ever, driving decision-making and informing strategy. Increased reliance on data has upended traditional marketing approaches and added greater layers of accuracy, targeting, analytics and measurability to...
Published: May 10, 2019
Dark social is a significant and growing challenge that marketers need to take seriously.
There is a growing body of evidence to show that consumers are increasingly sharing content privately, for example through messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Messenger, rather than on publicly accessible social networks where...
Published: Feb 01, 2018
This whitepaper explains how you can use smart centralizing technology to take a proactive approach to GDPR and responsible, compliant marketing:
A clear glossary and explanation of the GDPR guiding principles
What these mean in a marketing context and how they can be proactively actioned and addressed...
Published: May 15, 2018
If every one of your connections turned to you for help in solving their greatest challenges at every stage of the sales journey, what would that do to your bottom line? If you could provide every new prospect with relevant, useful insights that would make them more successful, how would your sales goals change?
This...
Published: Jan 12, 2018
Customers expect more from brands when it comes to convenience, resolution times and agent expertise. Evolving customer preferences are tightly linked to innovations in digital technology, and brands must embrace both in order to keep pace with heightened expectations. The good news is that brands that can deliver on expectations...
Published: Jan 12, 2018