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Marketers are spending more on data management platforms than operational tech

Nearly 60% of marketers surveyed by Merkle said they spend more on management tech versus campaign and decision management tools. Amy Gesenhues on February 19, 2020 Marketers are investing more of their budgets in databases and analytics management technology platforms than operational tech solutions like campaign and decision management tools, according to Merkle’s Q1 2020 … Continue reading Marketers are spending more on data management platforms than operational tech

The Road to Deploying a Call Center System Doesn’t Have to be Bumpy: 4 Essential Steps Toward a Smoother Transition with New Tech

Laura Krajewski — January 31, 2020 Business is all about competition. Today, the big player in that competition is customer experience. A survey by Harris Interactive found that a quarter of U.S. adults don’t feel loyalty toward any type of brand. And, 56% of those surveyed said they’d be at least somewhat likely to switch … Continue reading The Road to Deploying a Call Center System Doesn’t Have to be Bumpy: 4 Essential Steps Toward a Smoother Transition with New Tech

A Guide to Change Management in Your Contact Center: 4 Strategies to Align People and Processes as You Move your Tech to the Cloud and Mature your Systems this Year

Veronica Krieg — January 10, 2020 More than 80% of CX professionals said they were starting or in the middle of a digital transformation project in 2019. And, the focal point for these transformative moves is improving customer experience. As disruptors and new competitors emerge in markets, companies continue to seek out ways to level … Continue reading A Guide to Change Management in Your Contact Center: 4 Strategies to Align People and Processes as You Move your Tech to the Cloud and Mature your Systems this Year

By the Tech: The Future of Work is Starting to Look a Lot Like the Past

Stefan Palios — November 18, 2019 Process at work was the innovation of the 19th and early 20th century. During the Industrial Revolution, the biggest compliment you could pay an entrepreneur was to say their business ran like a well-oiled machine. Each part did one specific thing over and over again. The same went for … Continue reading By the Tech: The Future of Work is Starting to Look a Lot Like the Past

Startups Masquerading as Tech Firms is Not Paying Off For Investors

Daniel Payne — October 30, 2019 Last week The Atlantic published a piece about the bursting of the “not-come bubble”. They refer to the unicorn companies like Uber, Lyft, WeWork and Peloton which became overvalued by masquerading as tech firms. A few years ago, two major trends happened that in my mind, caused this bubble … Continue reading Startups Masquerading as Tech Firms is Not Paying Off For Investors