E-Commerce, Online

  • How Does Google’s Privacy Policy Affect You?

    It’s Time to Pay Attention to How Google Is Tracking Your Online Behavior

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    When Google announced a new unified Privacy Policy to go into effect on March 1, 2012, it caused people to stop and think about how much privacy they’re willing to trade for free search, email, YouTube, and other nifty services.
    Feb. 23, 2012
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  • What's Your Customer Cloud Strategy?

    Twelve Customer Requirements to Include as Your Firm Migrates to Cloud Computing

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    A “customer cloud” is the virtual project space where your customers can securely access, keep track of, and manage the assets they’ve bought from you as well as any related projects in which they’re engaged.
    Feb. 9, 2012
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  • Is Sears.com Strong Enough to Help Save Sears?

    Customer Experience Audit of Sears.com’s Capabilities to Let Customers Find and Buy What They Want and Manage Their Relationships

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    Customer Experience Audit of Sears.com’s Capabilities to Let Customers Find and Buy What They Want and Manage Their Relationships
    Jan. 19, 2012
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  • The Next Big Thing: Customer Ecosystems

    Six Secrets for Designing Business Networks Aligned To Help Customers Get Things Done

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    Customer ecosystems are business networks that are aligned to help customers get things done—both the things they want to accomplish and the things they want to manage. We’ve found six keys to designing successful customer ecosystems.
    Jan. 12, 2012
    Strategies
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  • All I Want for the Holidays

    A Wish List to My Favorite Retailers and Etailers

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    Here's a list of ways to personalize the holiday shopping experience that will delight customers and bring in extra sales from those of us who avoid Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
    Dec. 15, 2011
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  • Build Community Around "My Stuff"

    How Will Online Communities and Social Networks Evolve?

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    Online customer support communities and social networks need to be integrated into the tools that customers use to manage their stuff.
    Nov. 10, 2011
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  • Content Curation Evaluation Framework, Version 3

    What to Consider When Evaluating Content Curation Platforms for Marketing

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    Content curation enables marketers to associate a brand with the best thinking on an issue, monitor competitor activity, facilitate social media engagement, and foster community.
    Sep. 8, 2011
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  • Recommendation Solution Market Recap: 1Q2011

    Mobile, UI, and Algorithm Enhancements Lead the Product News

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    Based on company reported data, we recap product, customer, and company activity for recommender systems providers Adobe, Avail, Baynote, iGoDigital, Locayta, MyBuys, PredictiveIntent, and Strands.
    Aug. 4, 2011
    Technologies
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  • Key Role: SVP of Cross-Channel Customer Experience (or Equivalent)

    Patty's Dream Team: Roles and Responsibilities You'll Need for Your Customer-Centric Organization

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    What’s the one role that makes the most difference in a company’s ability to “make it easy for your customers to do business with you”? An SVP of customer experience (or equivalent).
    Jul. 28, 2011
    Strategies
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  • How Well Does Staples Help a Small Company "Manage My Stuff?"

    Customer Experience Audit of Staple’s Capabilities to Let Small B2B Customers Manage Their Relationship

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    Staples has done a great job of making it easy for customers. But how does it do in a scenario in supporting a small business customer’s account management needs as he tries to “manage his stuff?”
    Jul. 21, 2011
    Strategies
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  • Optimizing the Airline Passenger Experience

    Putting Customer Experience First Often Seems Impossible in a Complex Real World Setting

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    With so many interdependent moving parts, priorities, and seemingly “out of our control” events (like bad weather and mechanical failures), it’s supremely difficult for airlines to deliver a great customer experience, yet there are ways to do it.
    Jul. 14, 2011
    Strategies
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  • How Well Does Amazon.com Let Me "Manage My Stuff?"

    Customer Experience Audit of Amazon.com’s Capabilities to Let Customers Manage Their Relationship

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    Amazon.com is the role model for creating a great online customer experience. But how well does it do in helping loyal customers “manage their stuff.” In this customer experience audit, we see how Amazon does in a true-to-life customer scenario.
    Jul. 7, 2011
    Strategies
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  • Why Apple's iCloud Service Will Be Successful

    iCloud Service Provides Much-Needed Seamless Synchronization of Digital Media and Applications

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    Apple’s iCloud offering is misunderstood. It’s not a streaming audio/video service. It’s a “keep my life in synch across my devices” service.
    Jun. 30, 2011
    Strategies
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  • Living and Working in "the Cloud"

    How Digital Services are Reshaping Our Lives

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    Are you addicted to digital services, mobile apps, cloud computing, SaaS, social media, and digital media? Here are some things to think about before it’s too late!
    Jun. 2, 2011
    Strategies
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  • SDL BeGlobal 1.1

    Real-Time, Automated Translation for Knowledgebase Content

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    SDL BeGlobal 1.1 from SDL plc is a content translation platform that provides cloud-based, automated, real-time translation between 85 pairs of source and target languages. Learn how you might use the product to localize your customer service content.
    May. 12, 2011
    Technologies
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  • Five Reasons to Put Your Business in the Cloud

    How SaaS Is Changing Ecommerce and the Software Industry, and What You Should Do About It

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    SaaS has democratized advanced capabilities that had been available only to top tier sites, signaling a revolution in how software is consumed. Learn why SaaS is so hot. Prepare your checklist for finding the right SaaS for your company.
    Apr. 14, 2011
    Strategies
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  • Why the Huffington Post Is Successful

    Engaging Your Audience as Active Contributors and Promoters Was Baked into Its DNA

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    The Huffington Post became a successful, profitable online media property for seven good reasons. Most of these best practices are applicable for anyone providing online content.
    Feb. 17, 2011
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  • Why Quora Is Useful (and Addictive)

    Crowdsourced Q&A Community Builds a Knowledge Repository

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    Why is Quora a useful Q&A site for businesspeople and professionals and how should you use it?
    Feb. 3, 2011
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  • Turning Innovation into Reality

    From Ideation to Implementation—Lessons Learned from Our Visionaries

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    How can you take all the great ideas that come from customers, partners, and employees and make them actually happen? Let’s look at the different aspects of outside innovation generation and what you need to do to actually turn ideation into innovation.
    Jan. 20, 2011
    Strategies
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  • WikiLeaks Will Catalyze a Huge Data Security Backlash

    Patty's Pioneers' Predictions for 2011

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    Reactions to WikiLeaks will cause massive capital investment in information security causing a significant stimulus to the IT industry in 2011. 2011 will also herald the beginning of major decline in freedom on the Web
    Jan. 6, 2011
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