Here are the key questions every marketer should ask themselves - and their stakeholders - when considering this kind of technology.
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A checklist of DMP criteria to make sure you're asking vendors the right questions
A closer look at DMP competencies, nuances and...
Published: May 15, 2018
We asked analysts and industry leaders what customer engagement trends they thought were key for 2017 and beyond.
From cutting-edge technologies such as IoT and bots to a new spin on old ideas, hot topics boil down to five key trends that will define the customer experience going forward.
In this ebook, learn:...
Published: Jul 26, 2017
This review has allowed us to listen to contributions from around the globe about the changing world of sales, but the buyer has changed and to me this is all rooted in buyers. We can debate, discuss and dissect all we like but sellersneed to be where buyers are
Published: May 07, 2015
In our 36-criteria evaluation of CRM suites for enterprise organizations, we identified the nine most significant CRM suites from eight prominent vendors — Infor, Microsoft, NetSuite,
Oracle, Pegasystems, Salesforce, SAP, and SugarCRM — and researched, analyzed, and scored them.
This report...
Published: Jan 05, 2018
If every one of your connections turned to you for help in solving their greatest challenges at every stage of the sales journey, what would that do to your bottom line? If you could provide every new prospect with relevant, useful insights that would make them more successful, how would your sales goals change?
This...
Published: Jan 12, 2018
Customers expect more from brands when it comes to convenience, resolution times and agent expertise. Evolving customer preferences are tightly linked to innovations in digital technology, and brands must embrace both in order to keep pace with heightened expectations. The good news is that brands that can deliver on expectations...
Published: Jan 12, 2018
Look at any great leader from history — in business, sport, military or any other industry — and you’ll notice a wealth of distinctive character traits, from strength and determination to intelligence and eloquence.
But which traits are common to all great leaders? There’s no need to...
Published: Jan 01, 2016
Marketing leaders will find a host of new vendors in this year's Magic Quadrant for multichannel campaign management. Vendors are focused on integrating machine learning, personalization and ad tech capabilities into big data foundations for deeper customer engagement.
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Published: Oct 30, 2017
The results from the 5th annual CSO Insight’s Sales Management Optimization Study have been released! The study reflects responses from over 1,200 companies worldwide on 122 sales effectiveness metrics. This report shares key trends and best practices for sales compensation and performance management, as well as...
Published: Oct 01, 2015
Every business plans, but not every business excels. What separates the thriving businesses from the average ones is how well they create, execute, and adjust their plans as conditions change. The ability to connect planning capabilities across the business is the essence of Integrated Business Planning (IBP).
This...
Published: Sep 29, 2017
Sales and marketing. They’re lumped together so much in conversation, you’d think they’re a perfect combination — like peanut butter and jelly. But the relationship is more often like oil and water.
Get five suggestions any organization can follow to better align their sales and marketing...
Published: Jan 28, 2016
Field service management teams want to keep costs down, while improving their customer service relationships.
This can be hard for organisations in any industry—often, reducing costs hurts customer relationships—but IoT provides a way for field service organisations to achieve this goal.
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Published: Jan 12, 2018
Technology enables companies to carry out a vast array of marketing-related tasks more efficiently than ever, conferring significant benefits for CMOs and their organisations in their quest for greater revenues, reduced costs and a vastly improved customer experience.
But while the advantages of technology are undeniable,...
Published: Apr 25, 2018
Today, most organizations have a customer experience strategy (96%), but recent Avanade research shows that only 14% are ahead of their customers’ expectations. This means that 86% feel that they are behind the curve, the competition — and most importantly — their customers’ expectations.
The...
Published: Oct 05, 2017