In the case of retail, the customer is king. With today’s digital and social outlets, customers influence, motivate, and sway other customers based on personal experience and opinion more than ever before. This infographic pulls out key stats from our Transforming Retail in the Age of the Customer eBook, highlighting what matters most in a world of educated customers.
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CES is the land of dreams for early adopters, geeks and of course consumer electronics companies looking to ply their wares. On a side note, we learned it isn’t a comfortable environment for movie directors.
Read MoreWhy Social Technology Boosts Business Value
We’re getting social on whole new level at MarketStar. It’s been a full month since the Grand Opening of our social intranet for all our employees in the U.S. and Canada. More than 2,000 employees now use MarketStar Connect daily as a way to collaborate, connect, and communicate. As the Social Community Manager, it’s exciting to see the innovative ways our teams are using social technology to be more efficient and effective for our clients.
Read MoreWe all have them: Zombie leads who invade and spread fear in our marketing databases. Halloween is here and so is the time to talk about "zombie" leads. There are a couple of definitions of a zombie lead:
Read MoreNot long ago, “outsourcing” was a taboo subject. Outsourcing meant moving business operations offshore to Asia, Latin America, or some other region where there is cheaper labor. Thanks to the internet call centers, customer support, and other administrative services could be located anywhere in the world. That same infrastructure also powers cloud solutions that are making today’s businesses more efficient and it creates new jobs.
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Read MoreFrom Leonardo DiVinci to Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, there is a sweet spot at the intersection of Science and Art where incredible impact occurs. Each of us will define that magical moment in somewhat different terms depending on the challenges and opportunities we're confronting. When we are able to consider both the quantifiable and definable, with the potential of an artist's unfiltered creativity, we find solutions to even our most precarious challenges.
Read MoreUtah Business Magazine Recognizes MarketStar CIO
Congratulations to our Chief Information Officer, Julie Simmons, who was honored today by Utah Business magazine as one of this year’s “30 Women to Watch." Our senior executive was awarded this afternoon with other Utah women business leaders in a special luncheon at the Grand America hotel in Salt Lake City.
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