Agenda By Day


May 19, 2009
8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Breakfast Reception
9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, And Expectations
9:15 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Online Acquisition: How To Approach, Design, And Build A Successful Sales Web Site
  • Important metrics to understand before you begin:
    • Search data analysis
    • Online influenced sales
    • Site and online application conversion rates
  • Web design approaches that work:
    • Customer centric vs. Product centric
    • Site and product segmentation
    • Building a funnel and capturing leads
10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Online Acquisition: How To Approach, Design, And Build A Successful Sales Web Site (continued)
  • Best practices in merchandising, persuading, and selling online
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Online Account Servicing
  • Elements of self-service success
    • Creating a customer contact strategy
    • Knowledge management and search integration
    • Setting and managing expectations
    • Cross-channel coordination
  • eDelivery Basics: Online document distribution and moving beyond eStatements
1:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Activation, Engagement
  • Online bill pay: Simple fixes to increase adoption and reduce costs
  • Repositioning money movement to drive awareness and adoption
  • Less is more: Integrating account data and personal finance tools to drive retention and cross-sell
  • Leveraging alters to reduce costs and deepen relationships
  • Mobile banking: How it can help increase site usage, not replace it
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Group Discussion And Best Practice Sharing
4:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Wrap-Up And Suggested Next Steps
  The Nuts And Bolts Of Successful Financial Services Web Sites
Emmett Higdon, Forrester, Speaker
Brad Strothkamp, Forrester, Speaker