Perficient Digital’s Jim Hertzfeld, Chief Strategist over Digital, lent his expertise to the Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) for the recently released 2018 SoDA Report, which provides a global digital outlook for 2019. In this edition of the report, centered around “Design for Change,” Jim shared insights on combining planning with Design Thinking to remain […]

How is your company’s transformation going? Thought I’d ask, since it seems just about everyone is transforming their organizations these days — or at least talking about it. In fact, talk (and search) of “digital transformation” has been steadily rising since early 2014, when this phrase started moving up the charts. And like it or not, […]

In the course of getting to know many of our clients and their aspirations, we often work with them to get a better understanding of the competitors and companies they admire and are inspired by. Of course, companies are always trying to keep up with and outwit their competitors, but more often we find clients […]

We often work with clients that have varying degrees and varieties of a “digital strategy:” something that sort of sets the direction on what, why, and how they are becoming or improving their digital footprint. Sometimes it’s just an idea in someone’s head. Other times it’s the product of painstaking research and planning that thought […]

Most companies today comfortably fall into the second stage of competency when it comes to their customer data. They don’t have a good handle on what they have or how to use it, but do fully realize the deficit it creates in their experiences. Great customer understanding and the data that allows that understanding are […]

Earlier this week I was flying through LAX, and, due to construction in the terminals, I needed to leave the terminal I arrived in, wait in a line, board a bus, and find my way into another terminal to make my connecting flight. On top of all that extra effort, delay, and confusion, it then […]

It’s not complicated to come up with a clever use of the latest technology, but it takes effort to find an idea that is truly unique and recognizable as your own. A brand-defining digital idea expresses who you are and clearly articulates the role can you play in a consumer’s life. Breakthrough digital ideas often […]

Personalization has been on the radar for years, but so far this year, it has been front and center of 100% of the client projects I’ve worked with. One hundred percent. In a world full of spam, pop-up ads, and in-your-face marketing, customers are still willing to trade their privacy for a good deal (that […]

In our work assessing clients’ Customer Experience abilities, one of the opportunities we regularly uncover is a lack of alignment among management and leadership. This can be jarring for some executives, but there are some quick ways to resolve those gaps, and sometimes the awareness alone is enough to get on track. But when executives and customers […]

Companies capable of delivering “end-to-end” customer service entering 2017 are well-positioned to lead their industries throughout the year, according to new Forrester research. The independent technology and market research firm’s January 2017 report titled Elevate Your Customer Experience With End-to-End Customer Service includes examples of customer service performances from a handful of top-tier consumer market […]