Strategy
For many organisations, the emergence of digital channels necessitated creation of an entirely new business function to support them. A key question then is where to house that function – within marketing, IT, operations, customer, or someplace else?
Customer Experience Management
Forrester has released its Forrester Wave: Customer Feedback Management Platforms, Q4 2018 report, detailing the nine providers who are transforming customer feedback management (CFM) and therefore the customer experience (CX).
Measurement & Analytics
We are entering the era of relationships where the process of understanding what’s happening with customers, then delivering against those needs, is crucial to building brand connections that sustain businesses.
Leadership
While most organisations understand the significance of a voice of the customer (VoC) program, many are still struggling to execute their strategy effectively. Here are six fatal mistakes marketers are making and how to avoid them.
Customer Experience Management
A voice of the customer (VoC) program can be a powerful way marketers can collect customer feedback, mine that feedback for insights, and then incorporate those insights into business decisions - but what happens when there’s just too much data to manage?
CMO’s State of the CMO is an annual industry research initiative aimed at understanding how ...
As a Media Juror at this year’s Cannes Lions, I was fortunate enough to attend the world’s most influential festival of creativity and listen to thought-leading marketers from around the globe.
In recent times, the clarion call from futurists, economists, marketers, educators and leaders the world over is one of slight panic, “The world is changing and you’re not ready for it!” And of course, they make a very good point.
Big brands were once protected from small brands by high barriers to entry. Big brands had the resources to employ big agencies, to crack big ideas and to invest in big campaigns. They had the luxury of time to debate strategies and work on long-term innovation pipelines. Retailers used to partner with big brands.
In this bonus last episode of this new podcast series, BrandHook MD, Pip Stocks, talks with former ANZ group general manager of marketing, Louise Eyres, talks about the importance of thinking like a customer and using intuition to solve customer painpoints.
An interesting update considering that today is the easiest way it has ever been to measure contribution to the business as well as the h...
Frederic
State of the CMO 2019: Tenure shortens, pressure is on as marketers strive to demonstrate impact
I thought this was what Salesforce Audience Studio (formerly Salesforce DMP) was supposed to do. How are a CDP and a DMP different? I'm c...
Tony Ahn
Salesforce announces customer data platform
Well written Vanessa!! Agreed with your view that human experience is marketing's next frontier. Those businesses who are focused on the ...
Clyde Griffith
Forget customer experience, human experience is marketing's next frontier
Great tips for tops skills need to develop and stay competitive
Nick
The top skills needed to stay competitive in a rapidly changing workforce
The popularity of loyalty programs is diminishing, though I'd say it is because customers are savvy enough to recognise when a loyalty pr...
Heather
It’s time for marketers to rethink their approach to ‘loyalty’