Adapt or fail: The shifting nature and evolution of customer identity

In the past, the customer journey was thought to be, or at least accepted as, primarily linear — meaning customers followed a predictable path to purchase over and over. For example, an individual might see a commercial, research the product online and head into the store to purchase it. It was the same templated process for decades, though the awareness and research stages might have occurred through alternative channels. Brands advertised to prospects and customers in a similar fashion. After all, why would you deviate from the touch points where the customers were most likely to interact with you? And for decades this process (mostly) worked. However, with the advancement of technology, such as smartphones and tablets, I've observed that consumer behavior has shifted dramatically, and the customer journey is no longer treated as linear. People jump from device to device, consume information through dozens of channels and can access digital content from almost anywhere in the world. The customer journey now more closely resembles the corkboard and intertwined yarn TV detectives use to connect points of interest to solve a case: The point A to point B road map no longer exists. The way people interact with brands is all over the map. But in a world driven by the customer, brand marketers need to connect these hundreds of customer touch points to better understand their target audiences and deliver more relevant messages across multiple channels. I believe more... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-10 14:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-03 16:54:28 UTC ]
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What Makes a Good Comic Book Adaptation?

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[ Book Riot | 2019-10-03 10:42:51 UTC ]
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Facebook’s Nada Stirratt on the evolution of storytelling and how it helped raise $2 billion for charity

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[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-02 21:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 16:26:21 UTC ]
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Indie booksellers honor Ottessa Moshfegh, Jonathan Lethem and the Natural History Museum

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-02 01:12:51 UTC ]
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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-09-30 21:10:04 UTC ]
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By hiding likes and video views, Facebook could force publishers to shift strategies

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[ The Guardian | 2019-09-24 14:00:06 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-24 04:36:36 UTC ]
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Andrew Scott joins cast for BBC adaptation of Pullman's His Dark Materials

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