Julie A. Ask

Vice President, Principal Analyst serving eBusiness & Channel Strategy PROFESSIONALS

Julie serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. Julie's 25 years of work experience is balanced between the engineering and management consulting work she did in the first half of her career and her work as an analyst for the past 12 years. The combination of technical and business expertise positions prepared her well to work with business leaders to identify new opportunities offered by mobile technology and to develop strategies to engage with consumers on mobile devices. She has worked with hundreds of clients across retail, travel, banking, insurance, CPG, healthcare, retail, and more to advise and guide the development of their mobile strategies.

Julie's research and analysis have been widely cited in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, BusinessWeek, RCR Wireless, and The Onion and on CBS, NBC, and PBS.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to becoming an analyst, Julie worked at a contextual services mobile startup in San Francisco and prior to that at Booz Allen & Hamilton.


Education

Julie holds a B.S.E.E. and a Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

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    Report:Using Facebook Login To Your Advantage

    Demystifying The Hype And Misconceptions Of Social Login For eBusiness

    Everyone remembers Microsoft's Passport service, positioned to be a ubiquitous sign-on protocol across the Web and at one time adopted by web giants including eBay, Expedia, and Monster. However, the...

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    Report:European Online Retail: Five Trends To Watch In 2013

    European eBusiness Executives Must Embrace A Multi-Touchpoint Reality

    European retail eBusiness executives face a time of unprecedented change. The range of touchpoints that customers use to discover, explore, buy, and re-engage with brands is growing by the day. New...

    • Downloads: 341
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    Report:Trends 2012: eBusiness Operations And Customer Acquisition Benchmarks

    eBusiness Budgets Rise Again . . . And Will Continue To Grow

    eBusiness budgets rose again in 2011 and will keep rising in 2012. Why? Competition is heating up. The average eBusiness team is still maturing, and B2B firms increasingly are entering the eBusiness...

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    Report:Case Study: Ameriprise Uses LinkedIn To Help Consumers Find Advisors

    Social media will have an outsized impact on relationship-based businesses like investment firms, life insurers, and private banks. Some of these wealth management firms are piloting programs that...

    • Downloads: 448
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    Report:Google, Amazon, Apple, And Facebook: What eBusiness Executives Need To Know For 2012

    As four of the largest and arguably most currently influential technology companies — Google, Amazon.com, Apple, and Facebook — continue to exhibit ambitious tendencies to capture...

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    Report:Case Study: Vanguard Uses Social Media To Learn From Its Clients

    Adoption of social media among investors is relatively high, but many investment firms have been slow to embrace the medium. The Vanguard Group has had success by using social media to engage with...

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    Report:Website Functionality Benchmark: Australian Consumer Electronics Retailers

    Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Websites Of Five Australian Consumer Electronics Retailers

    Consumer electronics retailers in Australia face many challenges, but online retail is booming despite the relatively modest feature set provided by most Australian sites. To dig deeper, Forrester...

    • Downloads: 156
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    Report:Taking Social Support To The Next Level

    How A Deeper Relationship With Marketing Can Elevate Social Support

    Many eBusinesses experimented with social support over the past two years. Today, forward-thinking eBusiness leaders recognize that social support represents a fundamental shift in how leading...

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    Report:Trends 2012: European Insurance eBusiness And Channel Strategy

    Start Working On Your Digital Agenda Now!

    Despite the fact that we are in the midst of a European crisis that could influence the insurance business dramatically, eBusiness and channel strategy executives in this region should be sensitive...

    • Downloads: 710
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    Report:Best Practices In Mobile Banking

    Processes: The Mobile Banking Strategy Playbook

    The critical question for many digital banking teams after they build mobile banking is how to encourage customer adoption and use. Forrester spoke to eBusiness executives at banks about the current...

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    Report:Best Practices Case Study: B2B Ratings And Reviews

    Processes: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    As B2B organizations embark on an eCommerce path, there are many features, functions, and interfaces from which to choose to maximize their business opportunity. Separating the wheat from the chaff...

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    Report:Which Digital Touchpoints Should You Focus On Now?

    Use The Splinternet Engagement Index To Jumpstart Your Agile Commerce Strategy

    This report, originally written for market insights professionals, includes content relevant to eBusiness and channel strategy professionals. Here's why: The golden age of the Web is over. The...

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    Report:The Top Five Trends In Digital Wealth Management For 2012

    Mobile, Social, Video, Advice, And Usability Will Change Retail Investing

    Rocketing adoption — by financial advisors and agents as well as investors — is driving five digital trends that will change the wealth management industry. Smart eBusiness managers will...

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    Report:Trends 2013: US Retail eBusiness

    As US online retail continues to grow and capture shopper wallet share, online retail executives must determine the best areas on which to focus their limited resources, particularly given the number...

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    Report:Case Study: Digital Solutions Help Migdal's Agents To Master A Multi-Touchpoint World

    eBusiness and channel strategy professionals at insurers face a strategic dilemma — managing the in-person agent field force while migrating services online. Israeli insurance provider Migdal,...

    • Downloads: 370
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    Report:Website Functionality Benchmark, 2011: Online Travel Agencies

    Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Four Online Travel Agencies

    In the highly competitive world of the four major online travel agencies (OTAs), Travelocity pulls ahead of the pack with its content and messaging functionality. Its site excelled in offering...

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    Report:Mobile Habits Of The Retail Shopper In China

    How Mobile Influences Sales In The World's Largest Mobile Phone Market

    China, the world's largest mobile phone market, boasts more subscribers than the US by a wide margin, with more than 1 billion mobile subscribers, 202 million of which are 3G subscribers. eBusiness...

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