By Paul Greenberg on January 8, 2015
What is the state of customer engagement? What kind of framework needs to be created to help businesses achieve that engagement? It starts here with the 2015 agenda for customer engagement.
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CRM, customer engagement, Social CRM, Tech Industry
By R "Ray" Wang on December 23, 2014
Digital Strategy From The Analysts At Constellation Research Constellation’s year end checklist offers suggestions designed to enable you to take control of your digital strategy in 2015. Consider these actions to ensure you dominate digital disruption in the new year. 1. Matrix Commerce: Scrub your data By Guy Courtin When it comes to Matrix Commerce, […]
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By Paul Greenberg on September 24, 2014
No matter what SAP’s press release says, CRM isn’t a failed experiment, it’s not dead, and it continues to thrive. Paul Greenberg answers the latest barb thrown.
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 15, 2014
Employer Branding Comes of Age On September 12th, Glassdoor kicked off its Employer Branding Summit in San Francisco at the Hotel Nikko. Social recruiting, employer branding, and talent acquisition pros gathered to hear how branding impacts the recruiting landscape. Robert Hohman, CEO of Glassdoor welcomed the audience to set the stage (see Figure 1). […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on June 23, 2014
Disruption, Collaboration, and The Future Of Work Highlighted In Latest Edition Last week, June 16, 2014, GE unveiled the 2014 results for its “Global Innovation Barometer“. In the 4th annual survey, the GE team commissioned Edelman Berland to phone interview 3209 senior business executives between April 2, 2014 and May 30, 2014. Interviewees represented VP […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on June 4, 2014
Microsoft’s Platform DNA and Salesforce.com Quest For User Productivity Drive The Strategic Partnership On May 29th, 2014, the Redmond based mega vendor Microsoft and the San Francisco based Cloud pioneer salesforce announced a partnership. From the teleconference call with CEOs Satya Nadella and Marc Benioff; and in conversations with over 50 key executives, partners, and […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on April 13, 2014
Marketo Moves Beyond Revenue To Customer Engagement Platform A growing realization that funnels are dead again (and again) in sales, marketing, service, and commerce drives a big shift in the digital business disruption. In front of 6000 customers, prospects, influencers, and employees, Marketo’s CEO Phil Fernandez put to bed some myths about the mix of […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on April 7, 2014
Vertical Solutions Partnerships Showcase Why Complex Field Service Is A Critical Glue Between ERP and CRM In Improving Customer Experience Announced March 4th, 2014 at the Microsoft Convergence event, Vertical Solutions, made three significant partnerships with Blue Horseshoe Solutions, Cincom, and Vidcie. The Cincinatti, Ohio based customer experience software vendor provides cloud contact center […]
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By Esteban Kolsky on April 4, 2014
I know, I know. I said I would never do it again. They said it could never happen. But, at the end of the day you knew it had to happen. Right? I mean, no matter how hard I fought it, how bad I wanted not to – I have to do it. I have […]
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