Content Marketing

Two weeks ago, in preparation for Adobe’s NextGen eCommerce event in Dallas TX, Adobe asked us if we would demo their Edge Delivery Services product (EDS). The product was officially announced at Adobe Summit 2023 in March, and at the time all we had was a tutorial. So, I relayed the request from Adobe to […]

What are Icons? Icons are graphical representations of different elements on a website. They make the webpages visually appealing and like any other image, have a stronger connection and retention to the end user’s memory than plain text. When used in moderation and the right way, they can be self-explanatory and reduce the need for […]

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step…” This is the first in a series of articles describing my experiences with migrating client sites from CMS 11 to CMS 12.  Many things have changed, added, and improved, but some things I encountered did not always have an easy answer. Optimizely has a […]

It seems like such a simple task: Write informative content about your healthcare organization that speaks to your users’ concerns and encourages them to convert. Easy, right? If you’re involved even tangentially with healthcare content development, I’m assuming the preceding paragraph led to sarcastic scoffs or eye-rolling from you. Writing high-quality healthcare content that converts […]

From the invention of the calculator to computers to the present AI era, we humans have come a long way. Aka AI. In the simplest words, Artificial Intelligence is a set of algorithms/logic mimicking the human thought process and behavior. It simplifies and speeds up our work. One such AI tool that is making headlines […]

A backlink, also referred to as an incoming link or inbound link, is a link from one website that points to another website. It acts as a vote of confidence for the linked website and informs Google and other search engines that the linked website content is relevant to the topic and a valuable one. […]

Listen up, content marketers! Are robots about to take your job? Don’t panic just yet. Listen to  the new episode of What If? So What?, where Jim and Kim talk with Eve Sangenito, principal of digital marketing & customer experience consulting at Perficient. In this episode, they investigate the depths of generative AI and its […]

It’s a story as old as time. You work hard to build a great site. You have all the right properties – with descriptive names – that the content authors recognize and know how to use. Everything is going according to plan. The site is good. Life is good. The client is happy. Then BAM! […]

One week ago, Optimizely and Perficient worked together to organize a roadshow event in Atlanta.  It was an afternoon of good information, discussion, and networking.  For those of you who did not get a chance to attend, here is a summary of why these events are so important for the community.  More importantly … why […]

Thought leaders build credibility and trust by creating content that showcases deep knowledge and unique perspectives. However, the writing process can be time-consuming and labor-intensive (and not all thought leaders are strong writers). That’s where AI writing assistants come in. With cutting-edge large language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4, content creators can now streamline the process […]

The Era of Generative AI is Upon Us “The Age of AI has Begun” – states Bill Gates regarding the recent surge of AI tools and AI capability. If you have not read this article, it’s an extremely informative read and really we can’t disagree. We’ve already been seeing real innovation in generative AI, especially […]

For the scenario of independent deployment of your NextJs static site, say in an automated deployment, one missing piece is a way to push the SSG site into Vercel. Here I provided a simple deployment script using the Vercel CLI of the static site in the XM Cloud project. Code: # Set up variables with […]