digital strategy
Putting customers at the center of your digital efforts involves sound CRM processes It’s no surprise most companies struggle with their digital transformation efforts. Eighty-five percent of all digital transformation initiatives fail to deliver the expected results. Having completed many digital transformation assessments for ISM’s global clients, I’m confident of this: A sound CRM strategy…
With disintermediation on the rise, and with more and more customers demanding digital access to companies, there is no better way to welcome your end customers than to invite them to your “digital customer community.” This concept is made possible by the social media community software available in today’s market, a powerful tool that allows…
Sixty-nine percent of decision makers use social media for purchase decisions. Ninety percent of buyers trust peer recommendations. Ninety-four percent of B2B buyers conduct online research before making a purchase. Companies like Amazon and Alibaba continue to raise the bar, forcing every company to rethink its digital strategy. No wonder 89 percent of executives say…
One of our long-time customers came to us recently requesting a Digital Assessment and guidance in the formulation of their digital strategy. They had recently expanded their number of distributors and felt it was time to assess both their distributors’ marketing effectiveness and how distributors could increasingly leverage digital strategies to enhance their marketing efforts…
While most global oil and gas industry companies are leaders in petroleum and related engineering, few oil and gas companies lead the pack in terms of customer strategy or the use of technology to drive customer engagement. For one of ISM’s global, oil field services customers, we were tasked with assessing their current digital sales…
The Digital Dilemma: 89% of executives believe digitization will disrupt their business in 2019, yet < 33% of executives believe their digital strategy is correct. Spending on Digital Transformation initiatives will exceed $2 trillion in 2019, yet > 85% of digital transformation initiatives fail to deliver expected results. How to overcome the digital dilemma? Best-in-class…
Less than 1/3 of these executives believe that their digital strategy is correct. Many organizations are overwhelmed with how to successfully implement their digital initiatives. The result is high failure rate. What if your staff had a clear digital initiative road map on how to break down the initiative into bite-size pieces and applies a…
by Barton Goldenberg According to an IDC estimate, the spending on digital transformation initiatives will exceed $2 trillion in 2019. With this level of investment, it is concerning that less than 1/3 of these executives believe that their digital strategy is correct, and only 21% believe the right people are setting their digital strategy. What…
by Barton Goldenberg This continues our two-part series on ISM’s framework for digital transformation examining the digital transformation building blocks for digital success. The Five Digital Transformation Building Blocks In our experience, companies that have been successful in their digital transformation efforts employ an integrated framework, where data produced and used in various customer strategy…
69% of decision makers use social media for purchase decisions. 90% of buyers trust peer recommendations. 94% of B2B buyers conduct online research before making purchase. Companies including Amazon and Alibaba continue to raise the bar forcing every company to rethink their digital strategy. Companies such as Airbnb and VRBO continue to wreak havoc in…
Jan. 8, 2019 Press Releases BETHESDA, MD, Jan. 8, 2019 — ISM has been recognized as one of the 10 Most Promising Digital Experience Consulting Companies in 2018. ISM was awarded by CIOReview Magazine, for their contributions to in customer digital engagement strategy. For more than three decades, ISM has pioneered the design and…
By John Chan With the immense changes brought about by digital ecosystems, the marketplace will reward the organizations that understand the importance of digital ecosystems in the marketplace. Organizational management can create new foundations of value via the use of digital ecosystems and consequently change the power dynamics of global business. eBusiness professionals should recognize…
By John Chan A successful organizational digital transformation effort will necessitate numerous changes in an organization’s operating model. When beginning a digital transformation effort, many organizations will take a piecemeal approach. They will simply making changes to just one business division or a product line as an experiment to fine tune its tactics for digital…
It should come as no surprise that there is confusion over what is meant by “customer success” and how exactly to apply this new approach to your day-to-day business. Like other paradigm shifts, it will take time for customer success to become mainstream. Let’s take a brief look at these paradigm shifts. View the full…
By John Chan With digital technologies transforming the marketplace, organization management must design digital customer experiences to deliver customer value as a means of prospering in the future. However, management cannot simply deliver customer value by fine-tuning their customer touchpoints. Rather, management must set up a connected Web of services and business functionalities to acclimate…
By John Chan Digital technologies are now significantly affecting the global marketplace. A recent Forrester survey found that 89% of business executives surveyed foresee that digital technologies will have a tremendous impact on their business within the near future. Digital technologies have already had a huge effect on some industries as illustrated by the examples…
Your company can either navigate the digital deluge, or be swamped by it. Having a sturdy data foundation now is critical to successful customer engagement in the future. Properly collected and analyzed, customer data can deliver increased business revenue, bigger wallet share, and happier and more loyal customers willing to advocate for your company’s brand(s). View the…
Choose channels, gather data, create profiles, analyze, deliver right message at the right time. Repeat… View the full article here.
A new technology links customers’ online and offline data, giving you a single, comprehensive view… View the full article here.
A digital strategy – with CRM as the core–is mandatory for all companies wishing to survive the digital future… View the full article here.