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Design thinking starts with redefining the role customers play in your product strategy

To develop a customer-led design philosophy, companies must change its approach to improve collaboration with engineers and marketing teams. Jeremy Korst on February 19, 2020 Google the term “design thinking” and you’ll get around 1.5 billon results. It’s one of the most searched terms in business today as companies and marketers look to put the … Continue reading Design thinking starts with redefining the role customers play in your product strategy

Play by the Rules: 15 Tried and Tested Principles to Up your UX Game in 2020 – Part 1

Jennifer Warren — January 7, 2020 Sound design is no more the privilege of a handful of uniquely talented individuals. Today, virtually all designers, with the application of evergreen UX principles, can achieve the same. By the way, playing by the principles has its advantages. It increases the probability that a design will be successful. … Continue reading Play by the Rules: 15 Tried and Tested Principles to Up your UX Game in 2020 – Part 1

Gifter CX: How to make a play for gift givers this holiday shopping season

Here are some suggestive gifting strategies for a brand’s non-consumer during this season’s narrow window of holiday shopping. Sharon Joseph on November 21, 2019 It’s not uncommon to see brands dedicate 365 days of their customer experience strategies to their buyers’ consumer behavior. But to sustain impactful CX in our competitive digital age, brands this … Continue reading Gifter CX: How to make a play for gift givers this holiday shopping season

Marketers have to play more videogames to make better brand experiences

Here’s a look into successful in-game mechanics and tactics that could help brand experiences drive engagement and revenue. Stefan Tauber on October 24, 2019  In case you don’t follow gaming, the first Fortnite Worldcup came to a glorious end a couple of months ago and the numbers alone were staggering: 40 million qualifiers, 20,000+ fans … Continue reading Marketers have to play more videogames to make better brand experiences

Facebook makes a play for creators with new tools, features for monetizing content

The updates aim to help creators earn more and enable advertisers to collaborate on branded content more easily. Taylor Peterson on July 9, 2019 at 1:29 pm In advance of VidCon later this week, Facebook announced Tuesday a new slate of updates designed to provide creators with more opportunities to make money — and attract … Continue reading Facebook makes a play for creators with new tools, features for monetizing content

Play Ball! Business Leadership Lessons from Baseball

Ellen Huxtable — April 25, 2019 Follow @abiztweet — April 25, 2019 How about them Cubs? Business leadership can be exhausting. So take a break, and indulge and reflect on glorious memories of our National Pastime. It’s springtime in Chicagoland, and thoughts, at least on the north side, again turn toward the perpetual saga of … Continue reading Play Ball! Business Leadership Lessons from Baseball

Facebook’s shift to privacy is just a play on emerging market dynamics

Facebook will likely continue to push the boundaries of private messaging for the next evolution of advertising on the platform. Steve Weiss on April 5, 2019   Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that Facebook’s family of apps will be pivoting to privacy and focusing on enabling private, fully encrypted messaging in his seminal 3,200-word pledge for … Continue reading Facebook’s shift to privacy is just a play on emerging market dynamics

Why developers should play a big role in your next marketing campaign

With product reputation at stake and developers influencing budget decisions, it’s more important than ever for marketers to win them over. Here’s how. Ben Gibson on March 6, 2019 Think about your last marketing campaign. You likely spent most of your time catering it to decision-makers: the ones with the budget and those who make … Continue reading Why developers should play a big role in your next marketing campaign