business strategy

Think like an internal entrepreneur—turning your work into a business within a business for greater impact and job satisfaction.

From competitive intelligence to technology trends, Erin Pearson, VP of Marketing, Evalueserve, discusses several factors that contribute to marketing and business success “Determine the market traction and sentiment the competitors are developing. Use those learnings to jumpstart your strategy or inform it in a way to differentiate from the competition. You can also use it […]

Subscribers need exceptional experience. A misstep and they will not hesitate to cancel and move to a competitor. Amina has trust issues. From people to things, she is not a fan of change. And for the last two decades, Amina has been using an Android phone despite her son urging him to try an iOS. […]

Marketers who rely on the same strategies from the pre-pandemic world will fall behind. How do you perceive customer loyalty today? It’s common knowledge that building brand loyalty starts with a great product that meets rational needs and builds brand trust. And those who talk about loyalty as just a program, fail to capture the […]

CX expert Gregorio Uglioni talks about the future of customer experience concerning omnichannel marketing, loyalty, and predictive analytics “Experiences are the key differentiator in business. It’s something that cannot be easily copied. If companies compete on price, everybody will lose. The prices will often decrease and the quality of the product and service will also […]

It’s not only customer experience that has become the core of business strategies but customers themselves. With shoppable user-generated content (UGC) as the current marketing trend, brands anchor their loyal customers to fuel their business strategies. A recent DemandGen report revealed that over 90 per cent of buyers prefer interactive and visual content over traditional […]

Despite the pandemic, brands across industries are sensing the need to offer innovative experiences to customers. The experience economy is here to stay. Laila and her group of friends want to hang out in a café with board games rather than a traditional coffee shop. Fred wants to first experience the latest iPhone features in […]

As South Africa faces a long road to economic recovery, value perception to maintain customer retention will be crucial Although South Africa recovered from its longest recession in 28 years, experts predict that its economy will hit pre Covid-19 levels only by 2025. According to Statistics SA, 216 liquidations have been recorded in March this […]

Machine Learning can now be the key element in a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool to boost customer acquisition. American Express, a company that once received leads only via email campaigns, is now witnessing a 40 per cent increase through machine learning (ML)-driven online engagement. According to a Forrester report, ML technologies are expected to hit […]

Advertisers are scrambling for ad tracking strategies as it directly affects their business ROI. The cookie crumbles at what expense? It was not until the mid-1960s that the word ROI made an appearance. At the time, marketing and advertising was only a linear concept of demonstrating new products. Tracking the impact and response of advertising […]