Your users are diverse and so is the way they choose to consume media – video being one of the main ones. Video melds both sight and sound, but many users, especially those with disabilities, can have a difficult time understanding the content the video presents if options to assist them, such as transcripts or […]
Digital Experience
Beyond Embed Component: Integrate Web Code Editor
After the introduction of AEM Core Components, custom component development has been drastically changed. In some use cases, there is zero customization and core components can be directly used for authoring. Even in those situations, the custom component is needed. It can be quickly built by extending the existing core components. Thus, the development cost […]
An Ecommerce Feature That Could Protect Your Site Against the Delta Variant
Last year I spoke about how COVID-19 would forever change B2B commerce and B2B ecommerce disaster planning. Thanks to the delta variant, much of what I wrote about in these previous blog posts will be needed once again to deal with the influx of product shortages and supply chain disruptions that businesses dealt with only […]
Experience Design for the Patient Journey
We search for health information in times of heightened emotions: fear, stress, frustration, dread—and even, at times, excitement and anticipation. Irrespective of emotional state, when consumers encounter a healthcare organization’s website, they are not asking to be marketed to, nor are they asking for an accurate representation of departmental structure—they are asking for your help. […]
Optimizely DXP Deployment API – Downloading Assets
The Optimizely Deployment API (Episerver.PaaS.EpiCloud) has helped immensely as I’ve been working on new projects, but there has always been something that has plagued me; copying down content/assets into my local environment. When I say “Copying down Content,” I mean two pieces; Database and the Assets. For the Database Export, I have created my ExportDatabase […]
Perficient Achieves Premier Platinum Partner Status with Optimizely
One thing is clear after the last year and a half – the overnight shift from in-person experiences to digital-first (or digital only) has prompted companies to double down on providing superb digital experiences. At the same time, they have to make sure that “every user interaction builds and delivers on business outcomes.” Planning, building, […]
The Evolution of Digital Design: Why Good Design is More Than Good Aesthetics
Digital design as we know it today is still a relatively new concept. It’s so new that only 22% of 557 organizations surveyed had the design operations to implement the design at scale in 2020, a surprisingly low number when considering the few organizations that tapped into the design for more than just the looks were able to outperform the S&P by 228% over a […]
How to Make Agile Iteration Possible Within Waterfall Budgeting – Part 2
In Part 1 of How to Make Agile Iteration Possible Within Waterfall Budgeting, I covered the business desire to achieve iterative development and quick time-to-market, with the reservations of rigid waterfall budgeting and planning. I also covered pre-project and project start steps, which I believe are critically important to achieving the desired result during implementation. […]
Perficient Commerce Leaders to Present at Digital Commerce 360: B2B Ecommerce Sales & Expansion
We’re excited for our very own, Justin Racine, Director of Commerce, and Karie Daudt, Director of Commerce Strategy, to present at Digital Commerce 360’s Fast-Tracking B2B Ecommerce Sales & Expansion, the second of three B2B events premiering on Thursday, August 12, 2021. This live-streamed session will present research from various thought leaders and commerce experts […]
Perficient and Non-Profit Client Take Home Horizon Interactive Award
We’re excited to announce that the work for our client, a private nonprofit, won a silver award at the 2020 Horizon Interactive Award competition. This competition recognizes the best websites, videos, online advertising, print media, and mobile applications from around the world. The competition’s panel of judges includes diverse industry professionals with multimedia, graphic design, marketing, and advertising backgrounds. Awarding Some of the Best Work We […]
How to Make Agile Iteration Possible Within Waterfall Budgeting
Product owners love the flexibility and short lead time of being Agile. At the same time, it can be difficult for management to adopt. Without a determinant understanding of the final product, there’s a struggle to estimate the total cost and rein in scope. You could mark work as done within a sprint but the […]
Why CX and UX Are Critical to Meeting User Intent – Here’s Why #269
In this series, Eric Enge and Duane Forrester, VP of Industry Insights at Yext, have demonstrated why and how user intent impacts search. So, what should you do to ensure success? How and what should you prioritize? Eric and Duane walk through how to identify if you’re providing a great customer and user experience today […]