Marketing’s goal used to be pretty straightforward: build a pipeline of qualified leads to hand over to the sales team. The model changed a little bit depending on the audience and the vertical, but essentially marketing material and actions, from awareness level to consideration, were used to build a pipeline.
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/why-marketing-needs-to-drive-the-entire-omnichannel-customer-experience/
Digital has completely upended the marketing and advertising world, fundamentally changing the industry as we know it. Now it’s less about campaign-building and more about the convergence of marketing and technology to guide digital transformation.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/07/25/true-digital-transformation-requires-a-new-breed-of-agency/#30eb93ad4ff0/
As consumers search from more places than ever before, it's vital that marketers deliver experiences that perform. Contributor Jim Yu shares tips on how to deliver a great experience at every search touch point.
https://marketingland.com/improving-the-customer-experience-means-getting-search-right-244108/
The fight for customer loyalty is fierce these days and with the ever increasing focus, many brands are taking a closer look at how they can compete to win the heart-share, mind-share, and of course, “purse-share” of their audiences. As they focus on elevating their customer experiences and finding their advantages in an ever more competitive marketplace, several businesses look to data—such as customer feedback—to help them in the battle of customer attraction, retention, and recommendation.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/4-ways-to-make-the-most-of-your-customer-experience_us_5953fdbbe4b0f078efd986ec/
Exciting things are happening within your company and you want your customers and prospects to know about it! Whether it’s sharing new product updates, announcing new customers or sharing your latest blog posts, newsletters are a great way of keeping a wider audience in the loop with your business’ latest developments. And if done the right way, email newsletters can serve as a critical digital marketing asset. But how do you know if the content, design and overall message you’re sending out in your newsletters is ‘right way’? Well you can’t really know unless you’re using feedback surveys in your email newsletters…
https://mopinion.com/how-to-use-feedback-surveys-in-email-newsletters/
Microsoft principal founder Bill Gates once said, “If your business is not on the internet, then your business will be out of business.” That statement certainly made a lot of sense when the famous philanthropist and business magnate utter those words in the 90s. However, today, being on the internet is not enough to ensure the survival of your business.
http://customerthink.com/5-critical-components-of-information-technology-that-will-make-or-break-your-business/
There is no question about it, artificial intelligence is changing how customers interact with brands and develop through the buyer journey. For many customers interacting with AI has become the norm, whether they realise it or not.
As artificial intelligence continues to develop businesses are implementing it more across their digital marketing platforms.
https://www.kdrrecruitment.com/news-blog/view/465/ai-is-changing-the-customer-experience.aspx/
Digital Asset Management (DAM) is fast becoming essential for retailers trying to align around the customer, according to a new Aprimo white paper, which argues DAM can strengthen and unify messaging.
“At the highest level, digital asset management lets brands create, manage and deliver engaging and personal experiences across channels,” the authors said.
https://which-50.com/digital-asset-management-can-deliver-customer-experiences/
The digital age has brought with it a horde of data. And coming from various sources and in large quantities, the availability of this data has created many new and insightful opportunities for digital marketers. Modern digital marketers are using data in a myriad of ways, such as gauging success (with Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs), driving improvement (e.g. campaign effectiveness or website usability) and boosting lead generation. However, this heavy reliance on intelligent marketing data necessitates an analysis solution, which comes in the form of dashboarding software.
https://mopinion.com/kpi-dashboarding-software-digital-marketing-managers/
Marketing’s evolution and increased value-add to organisations is making headway in one essential direction: Driving brands to achieve maximum relevance in the heart and minds of customers.
Relevant messages, relevant products and relevant interactions foster emotions that touch the psyche of customers in more ways than one. Managing the customer experience by enhancing emotional bonds, not simply meeting functionality, will bring customers closer to your brand and your offerings.
https://www.cmo.com.au/blog/customer-relations/2018/02/27/relevance-and-substance-are-the-keys-to-marketings-future/
