For decades “It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it” or some variation of that sentence was heard over and over on American Bandstand’s Rate-a-Record segment – often in complete disregard as to whether you actually could dance to the tune in question, good beat, or not. Arbitrary and subjective, these ratings… read more >
So you need a new … WCMS? Marketing automation platform? Ecommerce solution? Where not to start. Many companies will start their technology or service provider selection process by sending out a blind RFI (request for information) or RFP (request for proposal) without so much as picking up the phone to introduce themselves and the opportunity,… read more >
A Proof of Concept (PoC) and “Bake-Off” are not the same thing, although many people treat them as such. To clarify, a “Bake-Off” is a pitting of two or more vendors against each other to compare their products and services, supposedly providing a side-by-side comparison of compatibility and capability with the intent on selecting a… read more >
We are proud to announce that the European edition of Digital Clarity Group’s 2014 European Guide to Service Providers for Web Content and Customer Experience Management is out. Research for the Guide began in September 2013 and included: Identifying and connecting with over 150 service providers: advertising agencies, digital/interactive agencies, marketing communications agencies, and systems integrators… read more >
Our latest Insight Paper, The CEM Imperative: Customer Experience in the Age of the Empowered Consumer, establishes that customer experience management is no longer an option, a nice-to-have, or a remote step in the five year strategic plan. On the contrary, the mobile and social empowerment of consumers makes CEM an inescapable, compulsory, and essential… read more >
August 15, 2013, New York – The buzz for Digital Clarity Group’s new Report continues! As THE Guide to Service Providers for Web Content and Customer Experience Management, the Guide continues to garner industry recognition. FierceContentManagement, a notable industry resource featuring articles and commentary on enterprise content management, recently wrote a review outlining the merits… read more >
August 14, 2013, New York – If you haven’t already heard, Digital Clarity Group recently released a groundbreak report – the DCG Guide to Service Providers for Web Content and Customer Experience Management. The Guide has been making waves, most recently being featured on the web content management news site, CMS Wire. Barb Mosher Zinck of CMS… read more >
On the July episode of CMS-Connected, DCG’s President Scott Liewehr discussed the launch of the ground-breaking Guide to Service Providers for Web Content and Customer Experience Management. The 271-page report is the first and only comprehensive reference available on the market to help organizations make sense of the digital agency and systems integrator landscape. It… read more >
That which we call a rose By any other name Would smell as sweet… Not the case when speaking about Service Providers/Digital Agencies/Systems Integrators. These firms are committed to their selected nomenclature (often for good reason), and will correct anyone who calls them otherwise. With so many different services offered, there is a lack of… read more >
We advise on quite a few technology selection projects at DCG, and web content management systems are the most common type. In the CMS-Connected video below, I lay out our 8-step process, and I highlight some of the key ingredients to a successful outcome. Here are a few of them: Identifying focal needs, or the… read more >
