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Why Total Experience (TX) is the pathway for Commerce

The days when business success was solely about numbers and statistics are long gone. Today, it’s about creating experiences that delight not only customers but everyone, including users, partners, and employees. The ever-evolving digital landscape has given rise to the concept of Total Experience (TX), which is revolutionizing how brands interact with these groups of stakeholders. In this article, we explore this concept and why it's more than just a trendy buzzword.

Mariana Gaspar

Mariana Gaspar

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Getting Started with A/B Split Testing

or an expert in Marketing, the term “A/B testing” or "split testing" goes hand-in-hand with “Optimization”, “Improving landing page KPIs” and “Increasing conversion rates”. This term is used so often and means so many things to so many people that it’s hard to find a beginner’s view on the topic. My esteemed colleague Sigrid already talked about split testing and how easy it is to start these experiments with CoreMedia Content Cloud in her well-read blog post “Stop Watching the Crystal Ball”.

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Why Your Brand Needs Best-of-Breed Marketing Tech

The first post in this three part series focused on the origin of CoreMedia Content Cloud and the ways it empowers brands to orchestrate iconic experiences at scale. In this second post, I want to dive deeper into the technology behind it.

Sören Stamer, CEO

Sören Stamer

Why Your Brand Deserves the Best, and Then Some

Why Your Brand Deserves the Best, and Then Some

Today, a brand’s value is more than just an image or reputation, it’s a sum of experiences and interactions that happen each and every second all around the globe. And for many companies, their brand is already their most valuable asset.

Sören Stamer, CEO

Sören Stamer

The Next New Normal

The Next New Normal

Over the past year, the world threw us a curveball. What we once saw as normal shifted drastically, from social distancing to more and more employers allowing their staff to work from home. When the pandemic first hit last year, we went into a state of shock that resulted in the world basically shutting down. No cars in the streets, everybody was mandated to stay home, and there was talk about sending the National Guard to certain cities.

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Rita Das

How Luxury Brands Can Connect with Their Next Generation of Shoppers

How Luxury Brands Can Connect with Their Next Generation of Shoppers

While luxury sales are increasing at an annual rate of 8.5%, sustaining this growth will depend on attracting and retaining a new generation of customers. Here we examine why younger generations are key to the future of luxury brands and what techniques will grab – and keep – their attention.

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Mimi Moore

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Static is the New Dynamic

Remember when web servers were essentially a metal box with a fixed IP? When web content management meant copy-pasting indecipherable bits of text from the HTML tab in Microsoft Frontpage? And when Amazon’s homepage looked like this in your browser?

Stop Watching the Crystal Ball

Stop Watching the Crystal Ball

Marketers, listen up. Our goal is to achieve the highest possible conversion rates on our website, right? So we know a good user experience is crucial. We also know that relevant content improves the user experience, and that by better appealing to our target audience we can increase conversions.

Sigrid Werner

Sigrid Werner

Key Insights from Google's 2019 CMS Summit

Key Insights from Google's 2019 CMS Summit

Recently I got the chance to attend Google’s excellent CMS Leadership Summit in Sunnyvale, California — two days of good information and great conversations that yielded many insights.

Kartsten Reuter, SVP Product Management

Karsten Reuter

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Web Typography and Atomic Design

Any serious Sketch project will have you thinking about typography rather soon. For a fantastic introduction into web typography I wholeheartedly recommend Metej Latin’s email course Better Web Type. I also recommend the official blog post on the matter: Typesetting in Sketch. For serious design projects you will also have felt the need for an Atomic Design approach as well.

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Johannes Nanninga

Stage 1: Fragmented: Multiple Channels

You’re a digital dinosaur!

You have a beautiful website, but with fragmented digital experiences, you run the risk of extinction.

It’s time to evolve.

Your audiences want a seamless experience, no matter what's happening behind the scenes. When your experience is different or difficult, it’s important to start with the basics, such as cultivating a holistic approach to online digital experiences. Realign your teams, platforms, processes, goals, and metrics around a comprehensive view of the online experience. Focus on the end-to-end customer journey cutting across channels, desktop and mobile.

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Stage 2: Integrated: Multiple channels

You’re a fish!

Signs of exciting life are starting to form. Your DX is responsive and adaptive but it’s not quite personalized yet.

Keep swimming!

The integration of your brand content across every touchpoint (website, online store, social media, emails, apps, point of sale) creates immersive experiences. These flagship sites combine content-rich brand experiences with immediate conversion capabilities. Business teams and marketing are closely aligned. However, while the digital experience is responsive and adaptive, it’s not yet personalized.

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Stage 3: Instant: Global expansion

You’re a crocodile!

You’re taking it global. Speed and scalability are key and just like a crocodile, you’re fast…but you’re clumsy.

Oh snap!

In this stage, the online digital experience becomes completely dynamic. You need content that is global, yet relevant, with plenty of local insights: Who is the user? Are they using a mobile phone? Is it raining where they are? Is it snowing? If it is, maybe they need warm, waterproof boots. All of this contextualized information creates a better user experience. With one global orchestration, you’re able to adapt everything, in whatever country or language you choose – while keeping turnaround times low. So keep evolving.

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Stage 4: Dynamic: Real time personalization

You’re a lion!

You’re reaching more customers in more countries and languages than ever before, and now you’re finally hunting and collecting info with precision.

But you can do more to keep your brand roaring!

As you graduate to the Instant level, you’re able to rapidly update everything - not just in one language and for one country, but in 20 languages and for 100 countries. Speed and scalability are key, driven by the need to roll out global campaigns in all languages and all touchpoints and make updates in minutes or hours, not weeks. But there’s still more to do to reach nirvana.

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Stage 5: Immersive: Elevated experiences

You’re Captain Content!

You’ve done it! You have opposable thumbs AND you’re saving the world with your seamless, elevated customer experiences.

You're a superhero in the digital space.

Your digital world and your physical world are blending together in the most complementary way possible. When shoppers visit your store, they’ll be greeted with their pre-selected products. Language changes dynamically depending on country of origin – it's like the whole store was set up just for your one specific customer.

In this final stage, your customer experience is truly immersive and superior, and your flagship store merges your physical and digital world into one, with a truly personalized individual experience.

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