An eMarketer article reported that “US B2B Digital Healthcare Ad Spend will grow by 41.2% in 2020 to reach $848.1 million. That is the highest growth rate out of all the sectors for which we track B2B digital ad spending.” Now, I can’t say I’m surprised by this statistic. As eMarketer accurately points out, not […]
Digital Experience
Rise in Synthetic Experiences
As all marketers know, visual content creation can be a long and expensive process. Photo and video shoots require a big investment in time and budget and the end result may be just a single asset or a few shots for you to use. Stock footage and photography exists, but they don’t always quite fit […]
Empathy: The Business Value of Experience Design (Part 1 of 8)
This is the first in a series of blog posts sharing the results of our study on the business value of experience design. In this post, we explore the value of empathy: revealing how users think, perceive, and interact with digital products and how those product experiences help make their lives easier. The history of […]
Case Insensitive Queries with the AEM Query Builder
Recently, I needed to perform a query using the AEM Query Builder which was case insensitive. While I normally prefer using JCR SQL2 queries, in this case Query Builder was a better fit as I wanted consuming applications to be able to manipulate the query and doing so as a map is significantly easier than […]
Essential Question for Healthcare: Why Redesign Your Website?
For the vast majority of hospitals, a redesign is triggered by three events: An organizational-wide rebrand or rename Acquisition or merger with another entity Annual funding cycle catches — e.g. “it’s been too long” or “we’ve asked two budgets ago” However, this funding decision is just the starting place. Your website is the first — […]
Will Customer Experience Ever Rule the World?
I talk with a lot of companies who want to up their game in delivering a better customer experience. Yet, I’m always struck by the impediments companies always put in front of themselves that negatively affect that experience. “We can’t do that because…” is always the first part of a long set of internal issues […]
What Quibi’s Flameout Teaches Us about Behavior Change
The mobile TV platform seemed to have it all. Why did it lose everything? Last week mobile TV platform Quibi announced plans to shut down operations, just seven months after a promising debut. In its brief run, Quibi burned through $1.7 billion of investor goodwill, flubbed a turn on the Super Bowl ad stage and […]
Exploring the Sling Feature Model: Part 3 – Custom Aggregates
In the first post of the Exploring the Sling Feature Model series, I discussed the process of converting the Sling CMS app from the Sling Provisioning Model to the Sling Feature Model. So how does this apply to your custom applications? To illustrate, let’s convert my personal site, danklco.com, which is currently managed via Sling […]
Survive and Thrive During the 2020 Holiday Shopping Season: 3 Digital Commerce Trends to Act On Now
It’s hard to believe that the 2020 holiday shopping season is almost upon us, and it’s likely to be unlike any other holiday season we’ve seen to date. It goes without saying that this year will be different in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, and you already know the impact the pandemic has had […]
Showcasing the Perficient Culture One Trivia Question at a Time
Question: What is one of the best things about working at Perficient? Correct Answer: Our incredible culture and the people who live it! Company culture is all about the people who create it and live it every day. Examples of Perficient’s collaborative and engaging culture can be found across all offices, and our Chicago office […]
What Businesses Should Expect for Commerce This Holiday Season
Before we could blink, summer ended, and the holiday season is now just around the corner. The COVID-19 pandemic has already impacted several facets of digital commerce, and many businesses will have to make certain adjustments as holiday spend continues to move online. Here are some tips that will prepare your business for the digital […]
Adding a Color Picker to the AEM Content Fragment Model Editor
Recently, one of our clients looked to add a custom field in the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Content Fragment Model Editor. If you’re wondering what AEM Content Fragments are, check out Dan Klco’s post, as he does a great job explaining. Content Fragment Models are built with elements from various out-of-the-box data types, including single-line […]