Friday’s announced acquisition of Acquity Group by Accenture is impressive in both dollar and surprise value. But in fact, it is merely a high-profile manifestation of the changes racking the service provider (SP) landscape as they reposition to support customer experience management (CEM). For example, fellow suit-and-tie consulting firm Deloitte picked up Übermind in January… read more >
Customer engagement is an ongoing evolution that requires a changing array of knowledge, experience, and expertise. To stay ahead of today’s digital evolutionary curve, companies have to engage with their customers and build relationships that are dynamic, complex, and work across multiple channels. Read this paper to learn about the three guiding steps to Customer… read more >
Big Data is everywhere. Yet many companies lack a clear vision for rolling out big data in practical, measured steps. At the same time, with social networking, BYOD, and expectations from interactions with brands like Amazon, Apple, and Nike, most employees have seen the potential, yet many aren’t equipped to harness this power in their… read more >
There are only a couple of weeks until the first-ever Now What? Conference on April 18th, 2013 in Sioux Falls, SD, NS. The aptly-named conference is a one-day event designed to help anyone who works with a website post-launch to answer the question, “How do we keep our website useful and relevant?”. DCG Principal Analyst Cathy McKnight… read more >
This is a big week for DCG. Not only are we announcing the expansion of our coverage into Social CRM, but we are excited to announce that Allen Bonde has joined our firm as a Partner and Principal Analyst. Allen is a seasoned industry analyst and a well-reputed veteran in the world of CRM and… read more >
If you’re an IBM customer, or even if you’re not, and you are planning to attend IBM Connect 2013, please make sure to get in touch with us. DCG’s Cathy McKnight and Scott Liewehr will be at Connect in Orlando, Fl from January 27th – 30th. This year’s conference will combine last year’s Connect with the… read more >
DCG Principal Analyst Tim Walters addresses today’s top challenges in getting the most from Digital Customer Experience, and how to tackle them in a pragmatic way. This webinar, sponsored by Hippo, takes place at 11:00am EST on February 5, 2013.
With every New Year come the dreams and predictions of what the next 365 days will bring. The DCG team has pulled together a few of our own predictions (and wishes) for 2013 … The web content management (WCM) nomenclature fog will (finally) begin to lift, as bigger vendors further embrace some variation of CEM… read more >
Scott will be giving a keynote address at Ektron’s annual customer event, Synergy 2012, on November 9th along with two other greats: Ethan Marcotte and Luke Wroblewski. His presentation, entitled “It’s Time to Become Part of the 47%”, will focus on providing digital marketers practical ways to deliver on the engagement promise. Here’s the description… read more >
Both Tim Walters and Scott Liewehr were interviewed by TechTarget’s Jonathan Gourlay for an article on SearchContentManagement.com entitled, “For effective customer experience management, rethink WCM“. In the interview, the pair pointed out that, the key to a well-planned Web content management deployment for a rich customer experience and engagement is to stop thinking of it… read more >
