I remember an experience early in my career when I became passionate about a point of contention in a meeting (I don’t remember now what it was) that someone told me keep emotions out of it. For many years in my ascent of the towers of commerce, I practiced that approach to decision making. Like […]
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Building Better UX with a Product Content Strategy
Many manufacturers and distributors find the concept of content marketing to be daunting and complex. In fact, only 39% of B2B organizations had a documented content marketing strategy in 2018. Senior commerce consultant Karie Daudt, who recently joined Perficient Digital after serving as VP of Marketing & Customer Experience for Insite Software, weighed in the importance […]
Ad Blockers: The Key to Your Missing Web Analytics Data
If you haven’t dealt with inconsistencies between revenue and order totals reported by your web analytics platform and the numbers reported by your eCommerce transaction platform, you probably will eventually. There are many possible causes for these inconsistencies. Some of the most common are: Incorrect transaction tracking implementation Incorrect web analytics filtering configuration Transactions that […]
Building Your WebSphere Commerce V9 Roadmap for B2B
With HCL’s acquisition of several IBM products, including Websphere Commerce, many are wondering how those platforms will be affected. HCL has asserted that they are not setting out to change the strategic direction of WebSphere Commerce, but rather they aspire to add to it. This acquisition isn’t going to fundamentally change the architectural direction that […]
Why Fewer than 50% of B2B Sellers Have Mobile Optimized Sites
B2BecNews recently published survey results indicating that most manufacturers and distributors are behind in developing a mobile strategy. In fact, less than 50% of manufacturers currently have a mobile-optimized website. Senior commerce consultant Karie Daudt, who recently joined Perficient Digital after serving as VP of Marketing & Customer Experience for Insite Software, weighed in on why this […]
Meet Our Commerce, Marketing, & Strategy Experts at B2B Online
The latest cutting-edge experiences in the B2C arena are shaping expectations for B2B transactions and relationships as well, so manufacturers and distributors need to be proactive in evolving their digital strategies and technologies in order to keep customers happy and earn new business. Wondering how to accomplish this? Join our Commerce, Digital Strategy, and Digital […]
51% of B2B Sellers Are Seeing Low eCommerce Sales – How to Fix It
B2BecNews recently published survey results indicating that for more than half of B2B sellers, eCommerce efforts are bringing in 10 percent or less of their total sales. Senior commerce consultant Karie Daudt, who recently joined Perficient Digital after serving as VP of Marketing & Customer Experience for Insite Software, weighed in on the causes of […]
Connecting with End Users in B2B Commerce
The digital landscape continues to evolve rapidly, putting pressure on businesses to continue to meet and exceed the elevated expectations of consumers. This has been especially relevant for B2B organizations such as manufacturers and distributors, which have traditionally had very little interaction with their customers further down the supply chain. Businesses that have historically sold […]
Prepping for Product Information Management (PIM) Implementation
Maintaining data is not a new challenge. It’s complex when you want to succeed in the market and want to get ahead of your competitors. The eCommerce market is expected to grow further in coming years, making data management a crucial factor. This post is a quick guide that will help you not just to […]
Join Perficient Digital’s Martech Experts at B2BMX 2019
Perficient Digital, recently named one of Forrester’s Top B2B Agencies, will be at B2BMX in Scottsdale, AZ, February 25 – 27th, teaching marketing leaders about best practices in marketing automation and measurement. On Monday February 25th, Perficient Digital’s Martech expert, Andrew Hull, will lead a workshop on critical marketing metrics CMOs need to prove marketing […]
Perficient Digital Named a Top B2B Agency by Forrester
Perficient Digital has been featured in a new Forrester report, “B2B Marketing Agencies, North America, Q1 2019.” Released this morning, the report includes Forrester’s overview of 39 North American service providers serving B2B marketers, segmented into three categories based on revenue from B2B-specific marketing services. Perficient Digital was included as a “large, established player” in […]
IBM Commerce and HCL: A Q&A with Our Chief Strategist
The digital commerce industry has been abuzz since last month’s announcement that HCL Technologies will acquire several technologies from IBM, including the entire Commerce portfolio IBM developed over the last two decades. We asked our Commerce Chief Strategist, Mike Rabbior, to share his insights on what this news means for the commerce technology industry, our […]