Close Window
 

BlogRSS feed

Video: How to select a web content management system

We advise on quite a few technology selection projects at DCG, and web content management systems are the most common type. In the CMS-Connected video below, I lay out our 8-step process, and I highlight some of the key ingredients to a successful outcome. Here are a few of them: Identifying focal needs, or the… read more >

2013 predictions

Peering into 2013

With every New Year come the dreams and predictions of what the next 365 days will bring. The DCG team has pulled together a few of our own predictions (and wishes) for 2013 … The web content management (WCM) nomenclature fog will (finally) begin to lift, as bigger vendors further embrace some variation of CEM… read more >

Marketing Automation pie

Eloqua acquisition a step in right direction . . . for Oracle

Oracle buying Eloqua for $871 million is a BIG deal. A big deal that is good for those who own Eloqua stock (as my colleague Robert Rose said, “Merry Christmas Eloqua employees”), but maybe not something to toast if you are an Eloqua customer. Time will tell that tale. All-in-one solution With this announcement, Oracle… read more >

blowing-a-dandelion 600

In 2013, I wish…

I recently participated in a great idea that the good folks over at CMS Wire are running with: they’ve reached out to dozens of folks in the content management industry and have asked them to provide a few sentences about what they wish for the industry in 2013. They are posting one wish per day throughout the… read more >

100-cloudtweaks-comic-e1344583764681

Does BYOD = loss of freedom?

The BYOD – bring your own device – discussion seems to be on everyone’s radar as something to “tackle” at his or her organization. Whether from an employee engagement perspective of interacting with employees on “non-corporate” devices, to IT’s concerns about security and IP protection, it is a top of mind topic for companies around… read more >

Ubiquity Signage

To understand mobility, think ubiquity

The “mobile shift” is the most profound and wrenching technological transformation since the advent of the personal computer (at least). It is also one of the most widely misunderstood. Fundamentally, the mobile shift is not about smart phones and tablets. It is not about iOS versus Android, the flailing of RIM, the prayers of Microsoft,… read more >

JC dinosaur001

Hitting the mark

Most people understand the importance of knowing your audience. Whether it is a big pitch to the executive, a presentation to your own team, or a sales demonstration for a prospective customer or client, you need to know who is in the room so that you can speak to their interests. Misjudge your audience and… read more >

techtarget

For effective customer experience management, rethink WCM

Both Tim Walters and Scott Liewehr were interviewed by TechTarget’s Jonathan Gourlay for an article on SearchContentManagement.com entitled, “For effective customer experience management, rethink WCM“. In the interview, the pair pointed out that, the key to a well-planned Web content management deployment for a rich customer experience and engagement is to stop thinking of it… read more >

Digital Clarity Group

Selecting the best product without testing execution is a futile exercise

Technology buyers often ask, “How do you know which vendor to trust? They all say they have the best product.” Of course, all vendors say they’re the best, although they rarely, if ever, define what that word means for them. Award-winning, industry-leading, state-of-the-art, and on and on. These statements are all different flavors of authority… read more >

trap

Big Data & Marketing – Beware the Trap!

Embracing the “Big Data” wave before we understand where we’re going may be the biggest mistake that marketers will make since we were told sock puppets would make good company spokesmen. There is a well-worn quote most often attributed to Danish physicist Niels Bohr that says “prediction is difficult, especially about the future”.   But make… read more >

Meet us at: