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S5 | 433: Demystifying platform selection with Bryan Jones and Cara Bourdage, The Office of Experience

I’m excited to talk with my guest today on a special episode brought to you by The Office of Experience, a design-driven, digital-first, vertically integrated and collaborative agency that believes in the power of ideas and the strength of people. Today we’re going to talk about demystifying platform selection and how taking the right approach enables better strategic alignment, streamlined integration, and a better customer experience. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Bryan Jones, CTO and Cara Bourdage, Director of Product at The Office of Experience.

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S5 | 431: Growing leaders and aspiring leaders with Nate Prosser, Wawa and the Leadership Chalk Talk Podcast

Today we’re going to talk about growing current leaders and aspiring leaders into the best possible version of themselves. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Nate Prosser, Head of Learning, Leadership and change at Wawa and Host of the Leadership Chalk Talk Podcast.

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S5 | 430: Personalizing Campaigns in Highly Regulated Industries with Diana Lee, Co-Founder & CEO at Constellation

Today we’re going to talk about AI and the workforce, and how intelligent businesses embrace automation to empower citizen developers and others to work smarter. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Jon Darbyshire, CEO at SmartSuite.

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S5 | 428: Personalizing the Customer Journey with Trent Rossini, inQuba

Today we’re going to talk about Customer Journey Orchestration with a focus on SMS and messaging to help brands drive greater customer engagement and personalize the customer experience for consumers that quickly grow impatient by being saturated with impersonal messages from the brands they support. In fact, according to a recent report by Twilio, two-thirds of consumers say they’ll quite a brand if their experience isn’t personalized. I’ve seen in my own work with leading brands that customer journey orchestration can help this, and to help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Trent Rossini, Managing Director at inQuba.

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S5 | 425: Media sufficiency for greater marketing success with Austin Fredrich, The Office of Experience

I’m excited to talk with my guest today on a special episode brought to you by The Office of Experience, a design-driven, digital-first, vertically integrated and collaborative agency that believes in the power of ideas and the strength of people. As marketers, we all know that it’s not enough to create a really compelling-seeming campaign, it has to perform, and continue to perform in order to be successful. Today we’re going to talk about media sufficiency and why it is important for marketing campaign success.

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S5 | 424: Marketing complex products and services with Jaxon Repp, Field CTO & Head of Marketing, HarperDB

Today we’re going to talk about marketing technically complex products and services, and some of the challenges and opportunities they present. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Jaxon Repp, Field CTO & Head of Marketing at HarperDB.

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S5 | 423: Hyperautomation and the enterprise with Jon Barton, TEKsystems Scheduled Sep 22, 2023

This is part 1 of a special series about how organizations can streamline business processes, increase workflow efficiency and mitigate risk with hyperautomation. This series is brought to you by TEKsystems, a global provider of business and technology solutions. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Jon Barton, a director at TEKsystems.

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S5 | 422: The future of work in marketing with Lisa Murton Beets, Content Marketing Institute

Next week, Content Marketing World will be coming to Washington, DC on September 26-28 and I’m excited to be attending (and that it’s in my backyard). There’s an amazing lineup and lots of great topics for those in the content marketing industry. Additionally, the Content Marketing Institute’s Content Marketing Career & Salary 2024 Outlook is now available, and it offers some interesting insights for those of us in the business of content marketing. Today we’re going to talk about some of the key findings in this report, and to help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Lisa Murton Beets, Research Director, Content Marketing Institute.

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S5 | 421: Agile Accessibility with Corb O'Connor, LevelAccess

Creating accessible digital experiences enables brands to create a more equitable, inclusive world, but doing accessibility well can provide challenges, and unfortunately, many organizations treat accessibility as an afterthought, which makes updates and innovations move slowly and ultimately making digital accessibility harder than it needs to be. But there’s a solution to this, and it involves… Agile. Today we’re going to talk about Agile Accessibility, and to help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Corbb O'Connor, Director of Accessibility Advocacy, at Level Access.

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S5 | 420: Excellent Experimentation with Dejean Brown, Principal Product Evangelist at Optimizely

Today we’re going to talk about doing digital experimentation well and what this means in terms of your platform choice, and the way you approach experimentation as a marketing team. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Dejean Brown, Principal Product Evangelist at Optimizely.

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S5 | 419: Headless E-commerce and the Customer Experience with Chris Bach, Netlify

Today we’re going to talk about headless e-commerce, and how it improves personalization, reduces friction, and drives greater loyalty. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Chris Bach, Co-Founder, CCO and CSO at Netlify a company that powers web experiences for major retailers like Victoria Beckham Beauty, Paul Valentine and Butcher Box.

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S5 | 418: Better Customer Journey Mapping with Percy Rose, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Today we’re going to talk about why customer journey mapping matters, and how it can improve customer loyalty, and drive other customer and business outcomes. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Percy Rose, Customer Success Strategy Executive, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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S5 | 417: Staying competitive in Ecommerce with Steve Denton, CEO at Ware2Go, a UPS Company

Recent data from Ware2Go, a UPS Company, found that 89% of consumers are comparison shopping on 2+ marketplaces before they make a purchase. The same research found that 89% of consumers would consider purchasing through an online marketing place they have not previously shopped on in the next year. To me, this means three things - one, that competition is steeper than ever, two, that there is dwindling loyalty in the online marketplaces, and three, that there is opportunity for new or competitor entrants in online marketplaces if they are able to create the right type of end-to-end customer experience.  Today we’re going to talk about all three of these aspects, and I’m thrilled to have a guest today with extensive experience in both his time as an executive at companies like eBay as well as his current position at Ware2Go, a UPS Company. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Steve Denton, CEO at Ware2Go.

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S5 | 416: Digital displays and their impact on health and sustainability, with Tim O'Malley, E Ink

Digital interfaces, displays, signage, and more are a fixture of our lives, and they aren’t going anywhere. In fact, as digital displays get more flexible and sustainable, they will continue to grow in usage, but at what impact to our health, energy usage, and overall sustainability? Today we’re going to talk about creating sustainable, long-term digital displays that improve the lives of consumers and businesses. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Timothy O'Malley, AVP US RBU at E Ink Corporation, which you might not have heard of before, but if you’ve ever used an Amazon Kindle, seen digital retail display signage, healthcare signage, or even the recent color-changing BMW at CES earlier this year, you’ve probably seen their work.

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S5 | 415: Winning and retaining customers with Solomon Zakinov, Founder & CEO, ShipX

Today we’re going to talk about winning and retaining customers in technology and service-based businesses. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Solomon Zakinov, Founder & CEO of ShipX, a company that uses technology to facilitate seamless first, middle, and last-mile delivery for retailers, third-party logistics providers, and other shippers.

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S5 | 414: Strengthening the relationship between Sales and RevOps with Bayley Fesler and Annie Jones from Xactly

According to Gartner, only 6% of Chief Sales Officers (CSOs) are extremely confident about their team's ability to meet or exceed revenue goals. This lack of confidence has a ripple effect throughout an organization, especially between the RevOps and sales teams who each believe they hold the best strategy to meet quota. Because of this, RevOps and sales teams often interact like vinegar and oil – they don’t mix well and struggle to see eye-to-eye. How can we repair this relationship and encourage collaboration between the two departments? Today we’re going to talk about strengthening (and in some cases repairing) the relationship between RevOps and sales teams to drive revenue and re-energize sales teams. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Xactly’s Bayley Fesler, Director of RevOps, and Annie Jones, RevOps Business Partner.

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