Forrester

For Interactive Marketing Professionals

Report:The Forrester Wave™: Marketing Mix Modeling, Q2 2013

The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

Since Forrester published its first Wave™ evaluation on marketing mix modeling in 2011, the market has undergone significant growth and evolution as marketers demand more in-depth, real-time,...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:Introducing Adaptive Intelligence

Why Firms Need To Share Data To Become Customer-Obsessed

Enterprises seeking to better understand their customers, market, and competitive landscape can't afford to limit their insights to only what they already know — the data they generate...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:The Consumerization Of Customer Analytics

Landscape: The Customer Analytics Playbook

The analytics conversation is now front and center for marketers, thanks to the real estate that big data enjoys in mainstream media. As a result of this buzz, customer analytics practitioners who...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:TechRadar™ For AD&D Pros: Contact Center Solutions For Customer Service, Q2 2013

Landscape: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

Locking in customer loyalty via deeper engagement and differentiated experiences will continue to be critical priorities for organizations in all sectors in the decade ahead. But navigating the...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:How To Exploit The Database Of Affinity

And Why Google, Not Facebook, Will Dominate Affinity Marketing

Every day, huge numbers of people tell us what they like by voting for things, talking about things, reviewing things, and engaging in other online social interactions. All these behaviors add up to...

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For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Report:eBusiness Teams' Two Paths To Cross-Channel Measurement Success

In The Long Term, Cross-Channel Measurement Is An Enterprisewide Concern, But In The Near Term, eBusiness Must Act Now

eBusiness and channel strategy professionals have a lot on their plates these days: Consumers are moving across channels for sales and service, spanning digital touchpoints like Twitter and public...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Contextual Delivery And Cross-Channel Analytics Revolutionize Digital Experiences

Landscape: The Digital Experience Delivery Playbook

AD&D pros have had an uphill journey to support digitally enabled customer experiences as they navigate the coordination of existing investments and management of a complicated technology ecosystem....

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:Customer Analytics Turns Data Into Intelligence

Executive Overview: The Customer Analytics Playbook

A step change in the availability of customer data is providing firms with their biggest opportunity yet to understand their customers. However customer analytics practitioners have been shaken from...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:Design A Social Intelligence Function

Organization: The Social Intelligence Playbook

Finding and acting on insights gleaned from online and social discussions requires the right combination of a clear objective, business planning, technology, and, most importantly, people to do the...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:The Future Of Customer Data Management

Vision: The Customer Data Management Playbook

Customer data is the lifeblood of the contemporary enterprise. It's used in virtually every function of the business, including product research, design, and development; advertising and marketing...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:Rethink Existing Approaches To Embed Cross-Channel Attribution

Processes: The Cross-Channel Attribution Playbook

Establishing a cross-channel attribution measurement framework requires a tremendous amount of due diligence, planning, and process across the organization. In this report of the cross-channel...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Navigate The Future Of CRM In 2013

Vision: The CRM Playbook

The only source of competitive advantage is the one that can survive technology-fueled disruption: an obsession with understanding, connecting with, serving, and delighting customers. But as...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:TechRadar™ For AD&D Pros: The Extended CRM Technology Ecosystem, Q1 2013

Landscape: The CRM Playbook

Locking in customer loyalty through deeper engagement and differentiated experiences will continue to be critical priorities for organizations in all sectors in the decade ahead, but navigating the...

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For CMO Professionals

Report:2013 B2B CMO Imperatives

Driving Growth With Customer Insights, Marketing Automation, And Content Marketing

Business-to-business (B2B) CMOs will have three key initiatives to execute on in 2013 in order to separate themselves from the competition in front of empowered business buyers. Marketers must work...

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For CMO Professionals

Report:Become Scientific About Marketing Investments And Outcomes

Road Map: The Marketing Mix Optimization Playbook

Marketing mix optimization (MMO) has become an indispensable discipline for marketing leaders because it helps in effectively allocating marketing budgets across an increasingly fragmented media and...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:How Real-Time Analytics Enables Digital Intelligence

Real-Time Analysis Provides Visibility Into Critical Situations

Most organizations have invested in the tools and skills to track website activity, evaluate digital marketing campaigns, and conduct in-depth analysis of digital channels. With the increasing...

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For Business Process Professionals

Report:Forrester's Best Practices Framework For Customer Service Self-Assessment

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Assess Customer Service Capabilities To Pinpoint Opportunities For Better Service

Assessment: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

This report describes the best practices assessment framework that underpins Forrester's solution for application development and delivery (AD&D) executives looking to implement customer service...

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For CMO Professionals

Report:Predictive Analytics Revolutionize Marketing Mix Planning

Landscape: The Marketing Mix Optimization Playbook

Marketing mix modeling is no longer just a tool for consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketers to measure the effect of traditional marketing on overall sales. Today, marketing mix modeling can help all...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:Evolve Your Approach To Acquisition And Retention

Processes: The Customer Analytics Playbook

Marketers continue to emphasize acquisition and are willing to take the risk of acquiring customers with low long-term profitability. While retention efforts typically enjoy the spotlight in an...

• Downloads: 360

For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:Deciphering A Fragmented Customer Analytics Ecosystem

Tools And Technology: The Customer Analytics Playbook

With the increased focus on data-driven marketing, few firms have the budgets, technology capabilities, or analytical skills to advance their analytics agendas internally, and they frequently turn to...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:Understanding The Anatomy Of A Loyalty Technology Platform

Technology plays an integral role in managing and executing a loyalty program. But buyers face an array of technology solutions that support their loyalty needs in different ways. This report is...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:How Analytics Drives Customer Life-Cycle Management

Vision: The Customer Analytics Playbook

With the growing importance of customer intelligence (CI) in organizations, the role of analytics to extract insight and embed it back into organizational processes is at the forefront of business...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:Customer Intelligence Needs A New Breed Of Marketing Scientist

Organization: The Customer Analytics Playbook

A mature customer intelligence (CI) function needs optimized data processes, cutting-edge technologies, and the right analytics talent. Analysts add value to CI with their data-mining and...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:The Forrester Wave™: Customer Analytics Solutions, Q4 2012

How Six Vendors Stack Up In A Mature Yet Changing Market

In Forrester's 70-criteria evaluation of customer analytics vendors, we identified the six most significant software providers — Angoss Software, FICO, IBM, KXEN, Pitney Bowes, and SAS —...

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