For Interactive Marketing Professionals

The Analog Groundswell

Using Social Media To Create And Amplify Offline Influence

by Nate Elliott, September 11, 2009

Smart interactive marketers know that consumers trust each other more than they trust the things they hear from companies and the media — but most fail to realize that face-to-face offline influence is both more common and more powerful than online influence. . . .

For Consumer Product Strategy Professionals

Creating Value From "How-To" Videos

Use "Content As Marketing" To Engage Online Audiences

by Nick Thomas, September 11, 2009

We are all media companies now. One effect of the digitization of content is that the barriers to entry have come down: While the creation and distribution of content used to be the preserve of specialized companies with deep pockets and expertise, in . . .

For Customer Intelligence Professionals

Creating A Customer Contact Governance Council

Successful Contact Strategies Require Cross-Functional Support

by Suresh Vittal, Dave Frankland, September 10, 2009

An enterprisewide contact strategy is an important key to success for the marketing organization. Optimal contact strategies help marketers reduce contact fatigue, lower opt-out rates, reduce costs, and embrace customer centricity. But most marketers . . .

For Interactive Marketing Professionals

Case Study: Social Media Helps Toyota Communicate Complex Attributes Of New iQ

by Rebecca Jennings, September 9, 2009

Faced with the challenge of communicating the complex, advanced features of a new vehicle — the iQ — Toyota supplemented more traditional online and offline marketing with social media activities that focused on an attempt by two drivers from agency iCrossing . . .

For Customer Intelligence Professionals

Understanding The Total Cost Of Listening Platforms

Marketers Must Account For Expenses Beyond Technology

by Suresh Vittal, September 9, 2009

Listening platforms are hot and marketers are keen to use consumer conversations to inform marketing and business strategy. But as more marketing teams adopt listening platforms, the question that comes up most often is: How much will these tools cost? . . .

For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

eBusiness Is The Right Channel To Go Green

Leverage Your eBusiness To Customer And Employee Green Behavior

by Chad Mitchell, September 8, 2009

Consumers are being bombarded with green messaging online, in print, and on TV. Repositioning a brand to be greener is a top planning activity among marketers. Firms are trying to tap into the growing segment of consumers who may pay a premium for a product . . .

For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Poor Content Could Cost Travel eBusiness Money

Hotels Are Particularly Vulnerable Due To Inadequate Online Content

by Henry H. Harteveldt, Elizabeth Stark, September 8, 2009

Online travel content is in true need of a makeover. What written and visual content there is on travel sites — in particular, hotel supplier Web sites — is generic, poorly organized, and confusing. Travelers have had enough: Just half of US online leisure . . .

For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Midlife Australians Flock To Social Media

Thirty-five- to 54-Year-Olds Add Social Networks To Their Online Routine

by Steven Noble, September 4, 2009

Midlife Australians are online and active. This follows a year of rapid change in which Australians aged 35 to 54 increased the time they spend with the Internet along with their use of social media. Today, most online Australian adults regularly use . . .

For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Tactics To Attract Recession-Weary Online Buyers Around The Globe

by Zia Daniell Wigder, September 4, 2009

Despite early signs of a global recovery, online shoppers in all regions of the world continue to be cautious in making purchase decisions. Consumers today are visiting a variety of sites before making a decision and consulting multiple sources for information. . . .

For Consumer Market Research Professionals

Technographics® Survey Highlights: Shopping Habits Of Loyalty Program Subscribers  (531 KB PPT)

by Jacqueline Anderson, September 4, 2009

This highlight deck summarizes the key findings related to loyalty programs from Forrester's North American Technographics Retail Online Survey, Q3 2009 (US). This is the second survey highlight in a series from the North American Technographics Retail . . .

For Customer Experience Professionals

Interactive Design Agencies Go "Above The Line"

by Vidya L. Drego, September 3, 2009

Dramatic changes in consumer behavior and the economy have caused companies to shift budgets from traditional advertising to interactive marketing. Interactive agencies ride the trend with partnerships, acquisitions, new services — and a much bigger role . . .

For Consumer Market Research Professionals

The State Of Consumers And Technology: Benchmark 2009, US

A Life Stage Analysis Of The US Benchmark Survey

by Charles S. Golvin, Jacqueline Anderson, September 2, 2009

This report is a graphical analysis of Forrester's North American Technographics® Benchmark Survey, 2009. It provides an overview of US consumers' demographics, behaviors, and technology attitudes by life stage. The document includes five-year forecasts . . .

For Interactive Marketing Professionals

Accessible Innovation

How Interactive Marketers Can Reduce The Risk Of Innovating In A Recession

by Shar VanBoskirk, September 1, 2009

A down economy provides the perfect environment for interactive marketers to innovate; emerging media provides cost-effective ways to keep firms ahead of competition and customer needs. Forrester's Accessible Innovation framework helps firms overcome . . .

For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Integrated Marketing Strategies For Low-Consideration Brands

by David M. Cooperstein, September 1, 2009

Consumers' relationships with butter, detergent, or cotton balls are fleeting. But these consumers are engaged in topics like cooking, cleaning, and beauty, which indirectly drive interest in products in low-consideration categories. As social media penetration . . .

For Customer Experience Professionals

Best And Worst Of UK Brand Building Web Sites, 2009: Internet Service Providers

Forrester Applies Its Web Site Brand Review Methodology To The Sites Of Four Top UK Internet Service Providers

by Jonathan Browne, August 27, 2009

How good are the overall experiences offered by leading Internet service providers' Web sites in the UK in 2009? To find out, we graded the sites of four top UK ISP sites using Forrester's Web Site Brand Review methodology. Our tests measure how well . . .

For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

2009 Canadian Bank Secure Web Site Rankings

RBC Posts Solid Scores In All Areas Of Forrester's Review

by Emmett Higdon, August 25, 2009

Forrester again this year evaluated the secure Web sites of the seven largest Canadian banks and credit unions — Bank of Montreal, CIBC, Desjardins, National Bank of Canada, RBC Royal Bank, Scotiabank, and TD Canada Trust — using our Competitive Site . . .

For Interactive Marketing Professionals

The Broad Reach Of Social Technologies

by Sean Corcoran, August 25, 2009

Social technologies continue to grow substantially in 2009. Now more than four in five US online adults use social media at least once a month, and half participate in social networks like Facebook. While young people continue to march toward almost universal . . .

For Interactive Marketing Professionals

Brands Should Reach Gen Xers Through Word Of Mouth

by Nate Elliott, August 25, 2009

The once "ambivalent" Generation X — adults ages 30 to 43 — has become a mainstay of the workforce. This generation has adopted social technologies and is highly vocal as nearly half tell their friends and family about products that interest them. Brands . . .

For Marketing Leadership Professionals

The Media Meltdown Makes Integrated Marketing An Imperative

by David Card, August 24, 2009

Created by digitization and accelerated by the recession, the Media Meltdown of fragmented audiences and broken business models is disrupting traditional marketing strategies and partnerships. Marketing leaders must work with their teams, agencies, and . . .

For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Help Your Customers Cut Through The Alternative Payments Clutter

by Patti Freeman Evans, August 21, 2009

Three-quarters of US online buyers have an alternative payment account. Their use of online payments represents 11% of total online payments (including credit and debit card) in 2009, and it will increase to 12% by 2011. Credit cards will remain the main . . .

For Customer Experience Professionals

Best And Worst Of Financial Services Brand Building Web Sites, 2009: Credit Card Providers

by Ron Rogowski, August 17, 2009

How good are the brand experiences offered by major credit card Web sites? To find out, we graded the sites of four top brands — American Express, Capital One, Citigroup, and Discover — on how well they communicate their Brand Image and deliver value . . .

For Customer Experience Professionals

Best And Worst Of Financial Services Brand Building Web Sites, 2009: Banks

by Ron Rogowski, August 14, 2009

The banking industry features some of the most recognizable brand names in the US, like Bank of America, SunTrust Bank, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo. But how good are the brand experiences offered by major banks' Web sites? To find out, we graded the sites . . .

For Consumer Market Research Professionals

A Deep Dive Into European Consumers' Online Behavior, 2009

Consumers' Uptake Of Social Activities Deepens Their Online Engagement

by Olesia Klevchuk, August 13, 2009

For more than 10 years, Forrester has been tracking consumers' online and offline behavior in Europe. In recent years, we've published a dedicated report about their online behavior to understand the changes in this emerging medium. This year's European . . .

For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Case Study: How Commonwealth Bank Of Australia Redesigned The Secure Site For Sales

by Vanessa Niemeyer, Ph.D., August 13, 2009

In the course of its "Finest Online" project, Commonwealth Bank of Australia redesigned its NetBank Internet banking service with the objectives of building an excellent customer experience and driving online sales. The bank has implemented new content . . .

For Consumer Market Research Professionals

Technographics® Survey Highlight: Hispanic Technographics Media And Marketing Phone Survey, Q1 2009 (US)  (576 KB PPT)

by Tamara Barber, August 13, 2009

This highlight deck summarizes the key findings from Forrester's Hispanic Technographics Media and Marketing Phone Survey, Q1 2009.