Omnichannel isn’t just another buzzword you can ignore. In fact, today’s most successful marketing strategies all take an omnichannel track that puts customers at the center of a diverse network of interactions and engagements. In this white paper, you’ll learn: • How email can serve as the foundation of your omnichannel strategy • How Artificial intelligence marketing (AIM) can make it possible to not only achieve true 1:1 personalization, but also scale it • How to apply a step-by-step roadmap to your brand’s pursuit of omnichannel excellence

Customer retention marketing aims to create engaged customers that return to a store or a website again and again. It’s a major shift in focus that recognizes the value of marketing to your existing customer base rather than constantly trying to grow it. Retention and e-commerce marketing success go hand-in-hand; without a strategy to maintain lasting relationships with customers, brands risk losing valuable data, deals, and dollars.

: FICO commissioned an independent research study by TM Forum to look at how global telecommunication providers are using (and plan to use) machine learning and advanced analytics to improve the customer experience in credit risk and beyond. This in-depth report includes key insights from a global survey as well as executive interviews with leading communication service providers such as Telstra, Vodafone, Sky, Globe Telecom, and BT on their vision for leveraging artificial intelligence to stop fraud, better engage customers across channels, improve risk management, and drive collection results. Read this report to understand: o What CSPs see as the biggest drivers for deploying advanced analytics over the next two years o How and where BT, Globe Telecom, Vodafone UK, Sky and Telstra are using analytics, from marketing through origination o The opportunities and pitfalls around financing devices as opposed to or in addition to subsidising them o The scope for analytics to improve c

This whitepaper discusses the need to target outcomes and focus on building a complete, 360-degree view of your customers -- who they are, where they came from, what they do, and how you can best meet their needs.

Lifecycle marketing is changing the way companies interact with prospects and customers through the email channel. This white paper explores five common questions and some ideas on how to jumpstart your lifecycle marketing efforts.

Learn how a deep understanding of touchpoints - and the ways they drive customers closer to you (or farther away) - can improve acquisition, retention and loyalty, create better customer experiences, strengthen relationships and boost your bottom line. (Plus 5 steps for leveraging touchpoints to profit from better customer relationships.)

See how the landscape of customer experience is being altered forever, as touchpoints continue to drive shifts in distribution, feedback and marketing channel control. In this whitepaper, you'll learn how making your touchpoints stronger, faster and smarter today will mean increased profits and stronger market positions tomorrow. (Plus 7 specific steps any company can take to improve customer experience today.)

Do you know your people as well as you know your customers? Your people’s expectations and the way they work are changing. Employees are more diverse, mobile and technologically savvy than ever before. HR processes are changing from focusing on transactions to knowing and engaging people. Just as sales and marketing teams use data to develop actionable and informed insights about their customers, you need to do the same in HR to know your people. Everything from attracting and keeping the best talent to creating better workplace experiences and increasing employee engagement and productivity, depends on smarter decisions. These in turn rely on more actionable insights. These are only possible through accurate HR data and analytics. They are vital to address the people challenges you face, so you can make smarter decisions. Discover in this guide how to improve visibility of your workforce with data-driven and actionable insights. Ultimately, it will help you know your people better and

adsquare offers brands insights into customer behaviors and footfall to underpin digital marketing campaigns. Using a detailed brief of the audience the brand wishes to reach, adsquare gathers data from a range of mobile, online and offline sources. This rich data gives a brand a stronger opportunity to create relevant campaigns for their audiences. It is critical to adsquare’s success that its data sources are reliable. As the world’s leading location platform in 2018 (Source: Ovum and Counterpoint Research annual indexes) HERE is building and sharing real-time location intelligence with adsquare which reveals patterns to show how and why customers make transactions in specific places.

Infrastructure is used by customer and employee service and support centers, inbound and outbound telemarketing services, help desk services, government-operated support centers, and other types of structured communications operations.

Consider the many ways that a customer encounters your brand – organic results on a search engine, display media campaigns, social media links, re-targeting on external sites, etc. One thing is certain – consumer journeys are far from linear. They can occur across multiple platforms, devices and browsers. The problem is that organizations are often constrained to channel-limiting decisions regarding their media investment allocations. Marketing attribution helps you analyze the impact and business value of company-generated marketing interactions to help make the best marketing investment decisions. The challenge is to interpret the massive volumes of customer data that continues to expand day by day.

The digital marketplace presents new challenges for marketers, yet provides the perfect canvas for creating personalized, relevant communications and developing deep relationships with customers based on ongoing interactions. This paper explores what customer “moments of truth” mean, and how understanding those moments of truth along the customer journey enables marketers to deliver the personalized, real-time responses that customers crave. You’ll also learn best practices on how customer experience optimization and digital marketing optimization can help marketers capitalize on moments of truth.

Data is the fuel of all marketing activities. Customers and prospective buyers are savvy, empowered, and carry high expectations for personalization across all interactions. Without the right data—at the right time—as well as the most effective strategies in place to manage our data sources, our communications and offers are dead on arrival. A one-size-fits-all approach to marketing is not a sound tactic—it’s a marketing fruitcake that no one wants to receive. It’s time to get down with data to delight your audience and provide them with the personal experiences they deserve. Read the marketing essentials guide now.

In order to appeal today’s empowered audiences, you have to deliver highly personalised marketing experiences that respond to their needs and behaviour. Read this report for actionable insight into customer-centric marketing.

Is your organization truly meeting the expectations of your customers and delivering a differentiated experience that builds revenue growth and loyalty? Although there is currently a lot of focus on what constitutes the ideal digital experience, few organizations have successfully executed a strategy that takes the entire digital experience equation into consideration. Download this whitepaper now to learn the 5 keys to the digital experience equation and to read case stories on companies who have gotten it right.

Learn the 20 key commerce metrics that you should be tracking to measure and optimize your commerce results. For each metric, you will learn what it means, why you should be tracking it, industry benchmarks. Download the eBook now.

Customer insights professionals face the challenging task of delivering contextually relevant experiences across the customer life cycle. They need to work with their business technology counterparts to integrate enterprise marketing technologies that manage customer data, provide real-time analytics and insights, and automate cross-channel interactions. Here is where Real-Time Interaction Management (RTIM) is critical, according to The Forrester Wave™: Real-Time Interaction Management, Q3 2015 report, which identified the 11 most significant technology providers in this space across 35 criteria. Forrester defines RTIM as “Enterprise marketing technology that delivers contextually relevant experiences, value, and utility at the appropriate moment in the customer life cycle via preferred customer touchpoints,” and identifies Pegasystems as one a leader in this very diversified pack. Download this Forrester Wave report to

Marketing leaders are asking their analytics teams to provide better insights into customers, prospects and journeys, and a more accurate assessment of the impact of marketing tactics. Use this research to find a digital marketing analytics tool to support your needs. This Magic Quadrant is intended for chief marketing of?cers (CMOs), marketing analytics and data science practitioners, and other digital marketing leaders involved in the selection of systems to support marketing analytics requirements.

Discover how data management platforms can enable marketers to tackle growing data challenges, create powerful customer insights, and set up marketing campaigns that will increase revenues and significantly decrease wasted effort.

If you’re wondering whether you should really prioritize email in your marketing—especially when new channels continually emerge—consider this: 91 percent of marketing executives agree that email is their most effective channel.1 Clearly, email isn’t just here to stay, it’s the mainstay. And with the ability to personalize and contextualize messages, upgrade mobile campaigns, and better understand customer needs, email marketing has evolved into a stronger and smarter version of its former self.

Marketing leaders are asking their analytics teams to provide better insights into customers, prospects and journeys, and a more accurate assessment of the impact of marketing tactics. Use this research to find a digital marketing analytics tool to support your needs.

Discover how data management platforms can enable marketers to tackle growing data challenges, create powerful customer insights, and set up marketing campaigns that will increase revenues and significantly decrease wasted effort.

There’s no doubt in the trends. Focusing on the customer experience is at the top of the priority list for most companies. Personalization plays a key role as top organizations strive to make experiences as compelling as possible with the integration of artificial intelligence and cloud-based technology. To understand and prioritize what your next big moves should be, read The Econsultancy 2018 Digital Trends report. Here’s what’s top of mind for the majority of your peers: • Increasing digital marketing activities and budgets • Investing in well-designed user journeys that facilitate clear communication • Valuing creativity and design to differentiate their brands • Combining digital skills with technology to improve customer experience

2017 Trends in Financial Services and Insurance: Customer is Priority The FSI sector is progressing with a digital, data-driven, marketing mentality, all centered around prioritizing customer experience and taking a more personal approach. The 2017 Digital Trends in Financial Services and Insurance compiles the information shared by over 800 FSI respondents to see what opportunities and obstacles are shaping the future of FSI. Read this report and find out: How data and personalization drive digital transformation How fintech is leading the FSI chase Tips to help future-proof your FSI business

Adobe article that condenses/highlights key findings from the Econsultancy Digital Marketing in the Financial Services and Insurance Sector 2017 Study, an in-depth, 5000+ word report covering FSI executives’ opinions on: – General trends in retail banking, investment banking, and insurance – Internal structures their companies are using to execute digital transformation – The biggest threats/disruptions in the industry – The biggest priorities in 2017 (leaders are focusing on both customer retention and customer acquisition, mainstream is focusing just on customer retention) – Main sources of sales and leads (digital + mobile are steadily increasing sources) – Digital marketing budgets & investment areas (leaders are investing more in digital marketing automation and analytics) – Use of the cloud and AI to automate analysis and marketing – The importance of multichannel personalization – Innovation in the types/formats of products/services provided (leaders are focusing on i