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Truth about customer experience
article | Harvard Business Review

The truth about customer experience

September 2013—Companies have long emphasized touchpoints—but the narrow focus on maximizing satisfaction at those moments can create a distorted picture.

Mobile channel sales
article | Harvard Business Review

Cracking the mobile advertising code

September 2013—Sales made through mobile channels are expected to triple by 2016—but mobile advertisers need to focus on real opportunities and not false hopes.

All about journey
article | LinkedIn

It’s all about the customer’s journey

September 2013—To make digital successful, companies need to overcome significant organizational challenges, and shift to be more centered around the customer.

Customer journey transformation
presentation | SlideShare

Customer journey transformation: The idea, the impact, and how to start

September 2013—When companies manage the entire customer journey–the series of interactions with a brand, vs. any single touchpoint experience–they reap significant benefits.

Thomas Romieu, Digital Director, LVMH Group
article | Consumer & Shopper Insights

Back to basics: What luxury customers really want from digital

August 2013—Thomas Romieu, Digital Director, LVMH Group, notes that what luxury goods shoppers really want is a streamlined experience that minimizes the number of decisions they have to make.

eCare consumer survey
article

Higher satisfaction at lower cost: Digitizing customer care

July 2013—Handling customer issues online (“eCare”) can dramatically improve customer satisfaction scores while simultaneously reducing costs.more

Are you ready for the digital revolution
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Are you ready for the digital revolution?

May 2013—Changes in the consumer decision journey have created a surge in big data and multichannel challenges for today’s business.

Customer journey analytics and Big Data
presentation | SlideShare

Customer journey analytics and big data

May 2013—McKinsey partner, Dorian Stone, and Clickfox CEO, Marco Pacelli, spoke at Fiserv Forum 2013 about the value of big data in understanding the customer journeys that matter.

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article | McKinsey Quarterly

The coming era of ‘on-demand’ marketing

April 2013—Emerging technologies are poised to personalize the consumer experience radically—in real time and almost everywhere. It’s not too early to prepare.more

One big mistake retailers are making online
article | LinkedIn

One big mistake retailers are making online: Not thinking like their customers

April 2013—While Big Data is increasingly important in the retail environment, human intelligence drives conversion rates.

Power of points
article | Consumer & Shopper Insights

The power of points: Strategies for making loyalty programs work

April 2013—Loyalty programs require creativity and innovation to stay relevant and in sync with their customers.

Follow the customer decision journey if you want B2B sales to grow
article | Forbes

The B2B customer decision journey: The route to increased sales

April 2013—B2B organizations have embraced the idea of customer-centricity, many have yet to adapt to the reality of customer behavior. That’s resulted in millions of marketing dollars being misspent and potential sales lost at a time when companies can ill afford it.

E-journey
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E-journey: Digital marketing and the “path to purchase”

January 2013—Telecoms players can gain significant top-line benefits and cost savings by emphasizing digital channels in their sales and marketing.more

Digital luxury
presentation | SlideShare

Digital luxury experience 2012: From customer experience to impact

January 2013—While a number of leading brands have embraced digital, most companies still have not made digital a core part of their growth strategy.

Eight digital trends in auto industry
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Eight trends shaping digital marketing in the auto industry

November 2012—Marketers need to shift digital marketing into overdrive to enable a new, highly effective, targeted, and real-time approach to customers.more

Get in touch with customer touch points
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Get in touch with customer touch points

September 2012—Customers are demanding very different kinds of relationships with companies. Here are some ways to jump-start customer engagement across your organization.more

Global Digital Diaries
infographic | Pinterest

Anatomy of a smartphone purchase

October 2012—What if you could watch customers make a major purchase (such as a smartphone), from start to finish—and after? And listen to them all along the way?

Digital luxury experience
presentation | SlideShare

Digital consumer: Five major trends

June 2012—Retailers need to adapt quickly to five consumer trends.

Building customer engagement
article | Forbes

Building your customer engagement ecosystem

February 2012—Customers need to be engaged through an expanding array of touch points, yet CMOs are working with the same or fewer resources—and the demands keep rising.

Loyalty rewards programs
article | Forbes

Loyalty: Is it really working for you?

December 2011—Just because you have a loyalty program doesn’t mean it's generating value.

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article | McKinsey Quarterly

The consumer decision journey

June 2009—Consumers are moving outside the purchasing funnel—changing the way they research and buy your products. If your marketing hasn’t changed in response, it should.more

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