My best picks from the web this week: e-Commerce, banking and mortgages, conversational AI, and the companion model… The Trillion Dollar Opportunity in B2B2C paymentsFirst words: “Payments is an attractive and fast-growing business. Since 2016, payment companies have attracted superior valuation and traded at a significant premium versus banks, largely thanks to underlying fundamentals from low capital to high growth.” […]
Today, I am “joining the Movement” and I am speaking with Pino Roscigno, who is the Commercial & Brand Director at Stadium, the leading sporting goods retailer in the Nordics. I would like to understand how market and technological dynamics are rewriting the rules of competition in one of the most competitive industry in the world, forcing brands to rethink […]
My best picks from the web this week 43. Today: multicloud, Salesforce and Microsoft, Retail, insurance, and a very interesting article on Apple and 5G by Pr. Howard Yu from IMD Business School. Don’t miss it! Not Excited About The New iPhone 12? Apple Is Prepared.First words: “Apple brought all its usual glamour to the unveiling of its latest iPhones 12 yesterday. There […]
I just attended Fluido’s webinar on e-Commerce. The topic was about the things to consider when selecting a platform. Great topic! I like Antti Katajamäki’s final takeaways: 1. Customers’ and Businesses’ digital requirements have dramatically changed in 2020. 2. What if 100% of your customer or business partner interactions were digital, how would your digital commerce services stand up? Map the […]
Customer Experience and business agility is the topic I am exploring today. In a recent post, I was discussing some of the options organisations have today to address the changing customer engagement paradigm across their value chain. I was arguing that, even though the aim of creating experiences that customers desire and want might sound easy, it often brings new […]
Launching a new interview series on Customer Experience. On Tuesday 20th, October, I am meeting with Anne-Christine Lane, Vice-President and Head of Analytics & Automation at PostNord, the Nordic Postal Services company. Our conversation? Customer Experience and Business Agility. How can organisations regain a long-term vision and a sense of direction, while being agile and flexible to changes in the […]
Salesforce’s Winter 21 releases are now online. Check out the new features: Multi-factor authentication, Einstein Search Personalization, Salesforce Anywhere (Beta)Work.comService: Service Cloud Voice Streamlined Setup, Omni-Channel Supervisor for Calls, Einstein Bots Templates, and MoreSales: Sales Cadence Improvements for High Velocity Sales, Global Models for Einstein Lead Scoring, Opportunity Deal Change Highlights, and Multi-Cloud Support for BillingIndustries: Document Management, Forecasting, Public […]
Every business has unique needs, and your eCommerce platform should also reflect that. Choosing a new eCommerce platform to support your online business can be a challenging task. E-commerce is often a long term commitment involving a significant investment of time, money, and efforts in development, customization, deployment, and maintenance. The way you approach and prepare the selection process, ensure […]
I’m pleased to share some good articles I have read this week on CRM and Digital Transformation – #myTOP5reads How to Maintain Customer Relationships While Working Remote How to Provide Customer Support on Social Media Faster What Is Marketing Orchestration? Top 3 ways to increase engagement in e-commerce Gartner: Top-performing companies understand CX
I had this exciting discussion yesterday on the risks arising from having inconsistent pricing models and systems. The context was B2B commerce with sales people using multiple pricing tools. This is obviously leading to significant issues such as inconsistencies in prices, excessive tactical discountings, over-generous contracts, or jeopardizing margins. We all know that in some cases like in Asset Management […]
My Top 5 reads on CRM, CX and Digital transformation this week (Week 51): How The Salesforce Revolution Can Guide Marketing And Communications Firms’ Evolution Branding is dead, CX design is king An Overview of Artificial Intelligence in Salesforce Einstein How to find out if your CRM switch is a beneficial step for the organisation The applications of AI in […]
My Top 10 reads this week (Week 49, 2019): How shoppable video will change the way we buy things How Norrøna built a recommendation engine that increased conversions by 50% (with just one engineer) Headless Commerce: Why E-Commerce Is Losing Its Head Want More Conversions On Your E-Commerce Site? Live Chat Is The Way Forward Does AI Improve Retail And […]
