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Month: February, 2016

The Truth About Creating Customer Experiences

The Truth About Creating Customer Experiences

  Bryan Kramer is just one of those people with whom you instantly bond. For those who don’t know him, he shot onto the social, digital, content marketing scene with fun and fervor. He’s highly regarded as a strategist, speaker and author. He’s also someone I think of as a good friend. Recently, I had the honor, and enjoyment, of shooting an episode of H2HChat (Human to Human) with Bryan and his super smart co-host Suzi McCarthy. The conversation was both…

iMedia Connection: Capturing the spirit of ROI at the 2016 Brand Summit

iMedia Connection: Capturing the spirit of ROI at the 2016 Brand Summit

by Kevin Berens, iMedia Summit On my return flight from Amelia Island, FL, I was reflecting on my time at the 2016 iMedia Brand Summit. It truly was an exceptional experience. Meeting so many new faces and hanging around with the ol’ friendlies was an absolute joy. For those who were fortunate to attend the 2016 Brand Summit this week in Amelia Island, you made it to the premier industry event, serving senior-level brand marketers across a dozen vertical markets. Your…

How to Create Content that Connects with Your Customers

How to Create Content that Connects with Your Customers

Guest post by Jessica Ann (@itsjessicann), CEO and Creative Director of Jessica Ann Media, and author of Humanize Your Brand: How to Create Content that Connects with Your Customers. We’re living in a post-advertising age. Instead of lamenting the past, or focusing on “the good ole’ days” of traditional marketing, we’re now being called to get more real. Everyone (and their mom) is affected by how we’re consuming the fast-paced media of today. And in turn, the content that we create…

InternetRetailer: Brands that don’t deliver the expected CX lose a third of shoppers, study finds

InternetRetailer: Brands that don’t deliver the expected CX lose a third of shoppers, study finds

by Paul Skeldon, Internet Retailer (excerpt) Never doubt the power of mobile: if you fail to meet consumers ever-growing expectations they are going to bite you. So finds a global study of 4500 consumers in 11 countries that suggests that if a shopper doesn’t immediately like the consumer experience with your mobile service, as many as a third won’t purchase from you again. Ever. Alternatively, when a good mobile experience is achieved, 76% report that it has an influence on their…

LinkedIn: 16 Marketing Metrics Masters to Follow

LinkedIn: 16 Marketing Metrics Masters to Follow

by Megan Golden, LinkedIn (excerpt) Let’s face it, marketers: We are constantly searching for the tool that will, if not fix everything, at least give us that extra edge on the competition. If we just had the perfect marketing stack, the right amplification network, or transcendent lead nurturing software, all our troubles would be over. All of these tools are valuable, of course. We couldn’t survive without some of them, let alone thrive. But too often we put our tools to…

iMedia Connection: The future of brand is experience

iMedia Connection: The future of brand is experience

via Agata Smieciuszewski, iMedia Connection Today’s marketers spend a lot of time trying to figure out the best way to deliver their products to consumers. Today’s consumers, however, are too smart to fall for cheap tricks — they want real connections and experiences. Brian Solis, keynote speaker of the iMedia Brand Summit in Amelia Island, Florida and author of “X: The Experience When Business Meets Design,” explored how crafting these experiences will build relationships and get the results you’re looking…

TechRepublic: 5 social media trends to watch in 2016

TechRepublic: 5 social media trends to watch in 2016

By Erin Carson, TechRepublic  The social media landscape is in a constant state of flux. It was last year, and 2016 will be no different. What remains the same is that businesses will have to rise to the challenge of figuring out how to get the best results from a channel that’s getting an increasing amount of attention and resources. Click through to read Erin’s five trends to watch in the coming year relating to business and social media. Excerpt…

26 Disruptive Tech Trends for 2016 – 2018

26 Disruptive Tech Trends for 2016 – 2018

Each year at this time, I read all of the predictions for the new year plus the “top X” lists wrapping out the previous year. Add to that the first week of chaos that is CES and all of the new tech debuting in Las Vegas. And each year, I’m left wanting more substance as I plan my research. So, in 2015, I officially threw my hat into the mix with my inaugural look at “25 Disruptive Technology Trends in 2015 –…

diginomica: Want to be a digital success? Cannibalise your own business. Constantly.

diginomica: Want to be a digital success? Cannibalise your own business. Constantly.

by Derek du Preez, diginomica (excerpt) If you don’t cannibalise your existing business, when your customer’s expectations change, you risk dying out. The key message coming out of the keynote session at NetSuite’s Cloud Tour stop in London is that cannibalisation is key. The point was argued well by Brian Solis, Principal Analyst at Altimeter Group, who referred to the example of Blockbuster and Netflix. There is no reason that Blockbuster couldn’t have started a streaming service, but it failed to recognise that…

Net Promoter Network: Meet Brian Solis

Net Promoter Network: Meet Brian Solis

TOPIC: Customer Experience for the Win Ask 10 different executives what CX means and how to improve it, you’ll get at least 15 different answers. Hear Brian make a compelling case that customer experience is the future of business. Learn why CX is bigger than any one department – and, importantly, what to do about it. Listen to the podcast here.

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