The Power Of Customer Context

December 14th, 2018

Joe Stanhope VP, Principal Analyst

Rusty Warner VP, Principal Analyst

Carlton A. Doty

With contributors:

Mary Pilecki , Arleen Chien , Christian Splaine , David Novitzky , Christine Turley

Summary

Campaigns are far less effective at winning and retaining customers than they once were. To achieve sustainable competitive advantage, B2C marketers must deliver self-perpetuating cycles of real-time, two-way, insight-driven interactions with individual customers. Brands that seize this potential are assembling enterprise marketing technology ecosystems that Forrester calls contextual marketing engines to create highly engaging environments that drive business growth. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and updates it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy; this version was revised with new data.

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