At this week’s INBOUND event, HubSpot made a number of noteworthy announcements, especially around its Content Optimization System, Social Inbox (which I previously covered), new reporting engine and “Signals” tool for sales teams. As discussed in my last post looking at HubSpot’s growth and outlook, I called out several areas/challenges the company needed to address,… read more >
After months of research, interviews, writing, editing, rewriting, and more editing we are proud to announce Digital Clarity Group’s Guide to Service Providers for Web Content and Customer Experience Management. Digital Clarity Group was founded on the belief that the Service Provider, whether they call themselves a Digital Agency, System Integrator, or something more creative,… read more >
Here are three inconvenient truths. First, mastering customer experience management (CEM) is an imperative, because the quality of the experiences you offer and support will increasingly determine the fate of your company. Second, the CEM Imperative is not a prediction. Consumers’ expectations for rich experiences are effective today, and they are growing ever less tolerant… read more >
As I ramp up DCG’s social CRM research I’ve been looking through a number of recent industry studies including the latest edition of the Gartner Magic Quadrant on CRM Customer Engagement Center solutions (new term they are using to reflect the growing role of social channels – report is available from several featured vendors) and… read more >
When you’re surfing the channels on television – you’re looking for great content. You may first try your “tried and true” channels. But you’ll ultimately land (and stay) on a channel because of the content, and not because it happens to be on HBO, or ESPN or NBC. As a recent New York Times article… read more >
Last week’s announcement that Adobe has signed a letter of intent to buy Neolane for some $600 million in an all-cash transaction cannot come as a surprise to anybody, or at least not that many. The chatter on the topic amplified after this year’s Adobe Summit, shifting to be more about the “who” and “when”,… read more >
We all know the high-profile successes of consumer brands like Audi, Nike, Old Spice, and Pepsi on social media – for awareness and engagement, and increasingly, for driving social commerce. (See the Facebook Studio winners here and Shorty Awards for best use of Twitter here.) The trend to leverage social media for engagement continues as a… read more >
Although it’s software rather than services this time, yesterday’s announced acquisition of hybris by SAP is just as much about customer experience management (CEM) as the recent fusion of Accenture and Acquity. (Which I blogged about here.) That claim doesn’t require deep analysis, since it’s the fundamental justification for the purchase (terms not disclosed) offered… read more >
“Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced? Well I have.” Jimi Hendrix Have you heard? Customers are more empowered now, and we have to be really good at engaging them across a lot of digital channels. Okay, this is the part where I insert some insane growth numbers about mobile, social or how much… read more >
Got it. Got it. Need it. Got it. The sounds of hockey card collections and Salesforce.com’s (SFDC) approach to business growth as reinforced with today’s announcement of its acquisition of cloud marketing automation platform ExactTarget. This is the biggest price tag paid in SFDC’s long list of acquisitions made in its 14-year history. At $2.5… read more >
