Digital Transformation Insights

Fri, 30 Jun 2017

Using Geofencing to Interact with Customers to drive Engagement

Using Geofencing to interact with customers to drive engagement

As of 2017, there are an estimated 2.32 billion smartphone users, out of which 80% of shoppers use their smartphones to purchase products. In an age of digital transformation, the retail and financial industries have turned to geofencing to target a wider audience and increase their businesses. Using GPS, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification), wifi or Bluetooth, geofencing establishes a geographic virtual perimeter around a specific location like that of a retail store.

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Thu, 27 Apr 2017

Converting Browsers to Buyers - Top 5 Searchandising Secrets

Top 5 Best Practices for Searchandising success 

Search can be your one and only interaction with a customer. Make it count.

Incorporating user data, deploying Smart search and discovery functionalities like auto-complete, visual search, self-learning searches can help you create personalized search results and a highly profitable customer experience (CX) without retooling the front end. Searchandising a.k.a. fusing site-search and navigation with merchandising can boost sales, conversion rates, and Average Order Value (AOV). Searchandising can make or break your Ecommerce experience.

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Wed, 21 Dec 2016

From Big Data Insights to Omnichannel Experiences: Valuable Lessons from Fortune 500 Omnichannel Brands

By Srinivas Balasubramanian, CEO at Photon

From Big Data Insights to Omnichannel Experiences

Data volume and velocity, two of the Four V’s of Big Data, grow exponentially in a digital enterprise. However, these have no relevance unless high-performance analytics convert the data into what we call Big Data’s fifth VValue to Business. Innovative companies use actionable insights from Big Data to drive real-time marketing effectiveness, such as delivering high-value, personalized customer experiences to drive ROI and brand love; dynamic online merchandising like smart cross-selling and upselling to drive revenue; and insights to enhance an app experience, target customer with next-best offers, adjust pricing in real time or provide up-to-the-minute information about customers.

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Thu, 30 Jul 2015

Photon and Moxtra partner to bring a rich collaboration experience to personalized customer engagement

 By Subrah Iyar, Co-founder and CEO, Moxtra and                                                                       Srinivas Balasubramanian, Co-founder and CEO, Photon

Moxtra

There are differing opinions in the community on how a business should go about effecting its digital transformation but there is complete consensus on one essential element of that effort – the need to deliver personalized engagement for the customer. Context-sensitive engagement is widely acknowledged to be a critical element, if not the cornerstone, of digital strategy. Such engagement increases the business’s mindshare, brand relevance and conversion to commerce with the consumer.

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