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• Report Chief Data Officers: Invest In Your Data Sharing Programs Now

  With B2B Data Sharing, Benefits Are Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts

  March 11, 2021 | Jennifer Belissent, PhD

  Data sharing is on the rise: 35% of data and analytics decision-makers using external data sources share or exchange data with suppliers and partners. But it doesn't come easily for everyone. To...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Extended CRM Technologies, Q1 2021

  Twenty Technologies Underpin CRM

  March 9, 2021 | Kate Leggett

  CRM is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain their customers. To accelerate their CRM performance, companies are evaluating and adopting a range of contributing...

• Report Gauge Your CRM Maturity

  Assessment: The CRM Playbook

  March 4, 2021 | Kate Leggett

  An explosion of channels, new technologies like artificial intelligence, and demanding consumers challenges organizations to reshape the way that they target, acquire, retain, understand, and...

• Report Research Overview: Tech Titans In Healthcare, Banking, And Retail

  A Guide To Forrester's Research On The Tech Titans

  February 23, 2021 | Alyson Clarke, Arielle Trzcinski

  The "tech titans" — Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google — are expanding into the healthcare, banking, and retail sectors. They will look to further reorient customer expectations as they take on...

• Report Assess The Strength Of Your Marketing And CX Alliance

  Assessment: The Experience-Led Marketing Playbook

  February 18, 2021 | Emily Collins

  The quest for customer engagement has left marketers with mountains of data, bloated martech stacks, and distraught customers. With trust, privacy, and choice now driving buying decisions,...

• Report Geopolitical Disruption Demands Local Trust

  CMOs At Global Brands Must Pivot To Truly Multilocal Operations

  February 11, 2021 | Thomas Husson

  Even before COVID-19, significant economic, political, and tech trends were fragmenting the global order. The pandemic's economic and social crises and associated geopolitical shifts will drive...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Customer Database And Engagement Agencies, Q1 2021

  The Eight Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  February 8, 2021 | Fatemeh Khatibloo, Nick Monroe

  In our 29-criterion evaluation of customer database and engagement agencies, we identified the eight most significant — Acxiom, Bond Brand Loyalty, Epsilon, Havas Helia, ICF Next, Merkle, RRD, and...

• Report Now Tech: Data Governance Solutions, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 23 Data Governance Solution Providers

  February 8, 2021 | Jennifer Belissent, PhD

  You can use data governance solutions to improve trust through consistent data definitions and quality requirements; ensure data security, regulatory compliance, and ethical use; and ultimately...

• Report Get Your Data Deprecation Plan Together

  Adapt By Prioritizing Privacy, First-Party Data, And New Marketing Approaches

  February 1, 2021 | Tina Moffett, Fatemeh Khatibloo, Joanna O'Connell

  Data deprecation hampers many popular marketing tactics by restricting the consumer, audience, and marketing performance data B2C marketers track and access. In this report, Forrester defines data...

• Report Prioritize The Tech That Paves The Path To People-First Marketing

  Tools And Technology: The Experience-Led Marketing Playbook

  January 12, 2021 | Stephanie Liu

  CMOs and marketers are increasingly aware of their potential impact on the customer experience (CX). Nearly half of global marketing decision-makers say it's a high or critical priority. CMOs and...

• Report Now Tech: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 36 B2B Marketing Data Providers

  January 11, 2021 | Steven Casey

  You can use B2B marketing data providers to create personalized and timely account-centric engagement, improve customer marketing, and achieve true customer obsession. But to realize these...

• Report Secure Your Customers And Protect Your Brand

  Executive Overview: The Cybersecurity And Privacy Playbook

  January 5, 2021 | Merritt Maxim, Laura Koetzle

  Today, CIOs and CTOs are transforming the foundations of their business using a range of technologies. A successful digital transformation must be accompanied by a cybersecurity and privacy...

• Report Chief Data Officers: Evolve Your Teams To Accelerate Impact From Data Insights

  January 5, 2021 | Jennifer Belissent, PhD

  In many organizations, the chief data officer (CDO) role has evolved to become more of a chief insights officer with purview over both data and analytics. With a single role responsible for the...

• Report Determine Your Data's Worth: Data Plus Use Equals Value

  Intermediate Level: Strategy Practices For Insights-Driven Businesses

  January 4, 2021 | Jennifer Belissent, PhD

  As the data economy heats up, the fear of being left behind leaves company execs in a cold sweat. Board members ask about data commercialization strategies, and the question that's top of mind for...

• Report Multinational Firms Must Quickly Adapt To The UK's Divergence From EU Privacy Standards

  December 3, 2020 | Enza Iannopollo

  With Brexit negotiations coming to an end and a deal with the EU still out of sight, data protection matters are more uncertain than ever. Meanwhile, the UK data protection regulator is softening...

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  Webinar Retailers: Optimize Your Post-Purchase Experience To Delight And Win Customers

  November 19, 2020 | Emily Pfeiffer, Brandon Shaik

  Retailers and brands often miss the opportunity to create excellent experiences for their customers even after capturing an order. Unlike with regular marketing emails, customers are much more...

• Report Make Privacy A Competitive Differentiator

  Executive Overview: The Customer Trust And Privacy Playbook

  November 13, 2020 | Fatemeh Khatibloo

  Consumers are increasingly aware of the value of their personal data. As a result, companies can no longer afford to dismiss customer concerns about the use of that data — failure to respect...

• Report How To Make Sense Of Martech Mayhem

  A Reference Guide To Help Assemble Your Martech Ecosystem

  October 19, 2020 | Rusty Warner

  B2C marketers must integrate enterprise marketing technology (martech) components from multiple vendors to assemble their own unique ecosystems. Working with enterprise marketing software suite...

• Forum Data Strategy & Insights

  Thought leadership, strategic direction, and networking opportunities needed to shape your data and analytics strategy for the coming decade.

  October 14, 2020 | Live Virtual Experience | Brandon Purcell, Noel Yuhanna, Boris Evelson

  Are you ready to turn your organization into an insights-driven enterprise? Join more than 20 Forrester analysts, industry speakers, and over 650 data and analytics practitioners for two days at...

• Report Research Overview: Customer Analytics Technologies And Services

  Tools And Technology: The Customer Analytics Playbook

  September 30, 2020 | Brandon Purcell

  Customer analytics is the engine of a customer-centric, insights-driven business. To derive meaningful insights from data and take effective actions, customer insights (CI) leaders partner with...

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  Webinar Adtech And Martech Enter An Era Of Disruption: When And Where To Invest

  September 17, 2020 | Mary Pilecki, Emily Collins, Sarah Dawson

  Marketers need technologies that enable omnichannel advertising and memorable, moments-based experiences. These advertising and marketing technologies are not new, but industry forces like data...

• Report Gauge Your Customer Analytics Maturity

  Assessment: The Customer Analytics Playbook

  September 14, 2020 | Brandon Purcell

  Customer analytics powers customer obsession by helping insights-driven businesses understand their customers and drive growth. While advanced statistical techniques form the backbone of customer...

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  Webinar Industry Lens: Tech Titans In Healthcare

  September 11, 2020 | Fiona Swerdlow, Jeff Becker

  Join Forrester healthcare expert and senior analyst Jeff Becker for the first in our three-part "Industry Lens: Tech Titans" webinar series. Episode 1 focuses on how tech titans such as Apple,...

• Report Define Your CRM Plan

  Strategic Plan: The CRM Playbook

  August 28, 2020 | Kate Leggett

  To avoid wasting time and effort on ill-conceived CRM initiatives, organizations should keep a laser focus on creating business value. Sound planning for CRM requires application development and...

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  Webinar How To Ask Customers To Share Data: A Guide To Zero-Party Data

  August 26, 2020 | Stephanie Liu

  All marketers want to deliver personalized content and experiences, but the reality is they often use stale or inaccurate data to make decisions about what customers want. Privacy regulations and...