Jessica Liu

Decades ago, the alcohol industry launched its ubiquitous “Drink responsibly” marketing campaign. In 2024, it’s time to “AI responsibly” in marketing technology (martech).

Retailers: understand the fundamentals of value-based personalization in this Forrester blog by analyst Jessica Liu and researcher Cole Walsh.

Source: Office Space, GIPHY “What would you say … your marketing operations function does here?” If you can’t quickly and easily answer that question, you need a formal marketing operations charter, STAT! It’s imperative that marketing operations functions codify their existence, remit, and who they serve – for themselves, the broader marketing department, and senior […]

Tina Turner famously questioned, “Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?” Marketing operations is the beating heart of marketing teams. Strong marketing operations yields better decision-making, improved capacity and efficiency, and stronger governance and compliance. Yet the marketing operations heart is broken in many companies. Don’t despair — this vital organ can […]

“Hey, Count von Count, how do I know if my personalization strategy is working?” It’s difficult for companies to assess because they often measure myopically at the individual point of interaction. But personalization tactics are numerous and diverse across a company, requiring a holistic approach to measurement for a complete view of personalization efforts. Source: […]

In the future, companies will go to consumers and customers before they know or realize that they need something (and look for your website). Learn how to get ahead of this scenario.

Hanging prominently in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City is a giant infographic that explores the physical, technical, and social components of modern artificial intelligence. Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler’s 2018 “Anatomy of an AI System” is a visual essay that spares no detail as it traces the lifecycle of an […]

Learn how to enhance your company’s personalization efforts over the holidays — and well into next year.

Consumers and customers interact with brands across their customer journeys (see figure). Many of these moments are personalized. Though the end customer doesn’t necessarily distinguish between different types of interactions, companies acutely know that different personalized tactics require different strategies, data, and technology. Those moments could manifest across the customer lifecycle as: segmenting ads and […]

Hey B2C marketers, who else is feeling the pain of: A proliferation of consumer touchpoints? Unpredictable and fast-changing macroeconomic conditions? And industry variability with no one-size-fits-all model? B2C marketing has undergone so much change since the 2010 dawning of the age of the customer that companies have no choice but to become customer-obsessed now. Marketing […]

Tackling consumer personalization requires strategy, data, and technology (see figure). When it comes to the third pillar, technology, consumer personalization capabilities are baked into many different technology categories across the business technology ecosystem. Companies must strive to harmonize multiple tools to deliver personalized moments that can occur anywhere in the customer lifecycle. Instead of focusing […]

It’s easy to be dazzled by new ways to solve old problems. But technology still must play a supporting, not leading, role in enabling consumer experiences and marketing execution.

Personalization sounds good in theory — who doesn’t want a moment customized just for them? But the reality is that not all consumers or customers want personalization from brands at the same intensity across the customer lifecycle (see figure). Consumer-brand personalization is a lot like dating: People don’t share everything about themselves early in the […]

The days of marketing "hyper-personalization" are ending. Let these three mantras guide you as customer data deprecation takes hold.

Maintaining positive brand-consumer relationships and personalizing consumer experiences takes work. In the end, you could be rewarded with long-term loyalty or you may be left with little to show for your efforts. In many ways, it’s like dating. Cultivating relationships requires time and patience along the journey: Pre-purchase (courting). People are wary when dates and […]

The paradox of personalization: Consumers both want it and despise it. A successful personalization strategy requires three things. Learn more.

Today’s marketers face an existential crisis of looming irrelevance. To combat this, companies must follow the model for modern marketing: customer understanding informs brand strategy, which leads to brand experience. To adeptly support brand strategy, marketers must make marketing operations more efficient, streamlined, and cost effective, especially among pandemic-induced decentralized workforces. Proactivity is paramount for […]