Customer Communications Blog

Forrester Research and other firms have found that delivering a customer experience (CX) with ease, effectiveness, and emotion drives higher revenues and profitability versus industry peers. That explains why CX has gotten a lot of attention (or at least lip service) from C-suite executives and board members.

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, USA — Top Down Systems Corporation (“Topdown”), a leading developer of customer communication management (CCM) software applications, and Infosys, Ltd. (“Infosys”), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced today that they are teaming up to provide 100% cloud-based CCM solutions which will help companies across the globe accelerate their digital transformation efforts.

Over the past few years, the fundamental responsibilities of the chief marketing officer (CMO) have gradually evolved into a role requiring more technical prowess. In fact,  a new job category, that of chief marketing technologist, has emerged as a typically common role within marketing departments. As prospects and customers continue to engage over digital channels, CMOs with technical expertise will be in greater demand as the qualification to manage modern enterprise marketing requires merging technology with marketing.

I thought it worth sharing an article published today by DOCUMENT Media on the technologies used to power contextualized, content-driven customer engagement.

While it is data, integration and business logic that represent the structural pillars for personalizing and triggering communications that organizations need to create and deliver, content serves as the foundation of customer communications. Research analysts from Forrester find that by knowing what to say and how to say it with personalized content is a critical component to driving customer experience-related revenue.

According to Tech News World, , employees must have a higher degree of digital literacy to keep pace with today’s workplace productivity demands. Over the next two years, 90% of the workforce must be proficient at such basic computer skills as managing email and company software; over 50% will need more advanced skills including the ability to use, configure and build digital systems. We have truly and completely entered into the age of the digital workplace.