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Ever wonder if you're spending enough on your eBusiness efforts compared with your peers? We've been benchmarking key metrics like team size, channel responsibilities, and spending for four...
Benchmarks: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
Like mobile measurement, mobile benchmarking is still in its infancy. Hard-to-come-by benchmarks challenge eBusiness and channel strategy professionals to understand how their investment levels...

Digital disruption is forcing business leaders in every industry to rethink their strategy. Music, media, and publishing have been turned upside down. Now, non-digital products and services...

A Further Look At Key eBusiness Skills And Functions
What is the goal of eBusiness teams? To sell goods and services. As a result, eBusiness teams have become masters in the art of sales. As teams pivot efforts to optimize interactions across digital...
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...

I recently wrote a post about "eBusiness professionals edging closer and closer to the C-Suite. It's happening across many organizations and has a lot of implications -- from eBusiness pros...
Budgets And Costs Spike For B2B And Financial Services Firms
eBusiness budgets have risen steadily since 2008. In our annual survey of eBusiness and channel strategy professionals, we find that B2B and financial services firms in particular have dramatically...

During my sullen teenage years my father invented a nonsensical, rhetorical question to proffer when conversation ran dry. During particularly quiet moments he’d ask, “So you want to be a...
I'm so excited to announce that today we have launched Forrester's new free eBusiness benchmarking tool. With the tool you can compare your key performance metrics against your peers'....
When customers transfer monies between accounts, there are different ways by which the bank advises them when it's completed -- SMS texting, letter confirmation, telephone call, etc. Does Forrester...
After years of fighting for a voice in the organization, eBusiness leaders are finding themselves in the spotlight. Some all-stars command total compensation packages of more than $1 million and...
I'm thrilled to be blogging from Forrester's 2010 Consumer Forum at the Hilton Chicago in downtown Chicago. We've got a crowd of 600+ folks on-site and are excited for another great...
What is customers' attitude around paying for alerts? Are there ones they would pay for and others they would not pay for? How much would they be willing to pay? Is anyone using alerts from a...
The eBusiness team at Forrester is excited to announce that we have launched The Forrester Community For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals focused on the key business challenges...
I had the chance to catch up with Bert DuMars, VP of Digital Marketing & eCommerce at Newell Rubbermaid, in advance of his keynote later this month at the eBusiness Forum. I spoke with Bert...
Five Key Metrics For Tracking eBusiness Progress And Maturity
How does your eBusiness strategy stack up to your peers and competition? In this report we identify five key benchmarks for eBusiness and channel strategy professionals to help you gauge the success...
Today Forrester released a piece of must-read research for every organization that markets and sells to customers. In Josh Bernoff's report "Competitive Strategy In The Age Of The Customer," he...
Are costs to run your eBusiness operations increasing or decreasing? Last year eBusiness professionals reported that on average they spent over $25 million annually to run their eBusiness channels....
Social shopping -- and service -- has become a reality: The percent of US online consumers opting out of social media -- Inactives -- has fallen dramatically, from 52% in 2006 to just...
As mobile adoption increases, eBusiness and channel strategy professionals are challenged to determine how these devices integrate with their existing sales and service channels. It is imperative...

In the US, what is the percentage of online banking consumers who use account aggregators? How many US financial services (FS) firms provide account aggregation services: 1) retail banks; 2) pure...
How eBusiness Leaders Should Approach Mobile As A Sales And Service Channel
Across the globe, the mobile channel is growing at a rapid rate. eBusiness and channel strategy leaders at B2B and B2C firms are at the forefront: 94% of eBusiness managers we surveyed are either...
Today Forrester released its new book Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business. At the crux of the book is a powerful message for all firms and in particular for...
Competitive Strategy In The Age Of The Customer
As eBusiness and channel strategy professionals know all too well, empowered consumers disrupt business models across every industry. Success in the age of the customer requires companies to go...