The Engagement Tier – Ian Truscott

Will “mobile first” one day seem as ridiculous as “Internet Explorer” first?

February 13, 2013February 13, 2013The Engagement Tiercampaign management, Computing, Digital Clarity Group, Facebook;, Google;, Internet, Internet Explorer, iPad, iPhone, mobile device, mobile devices, smart phone, smartphone, Tablet computer, Technology, Tim Walters, ubiquitous web, web analytics;, web content delivery, web designers, Web development

Ridiculous isn’t it to say “IE first”, yet in the olden days of web development when browser compatibility was no such thing – web designers had to think like this, to create a web presence

Personality goes a long way….

March 9, 2012March 9, 2012Observations, The Engagement TierAMEX, Blog, IMDB, Internet, Pulp Fiction, Scott Liewehr, Social information processing, Social Media, Social Web, Technology, Twitter;, United Kingdom;, web content;

In this post I would like to explore personality in content marketing and the digital customer experience, but I am going to start with my kettle. Moving into a new house from the UK, we

Is the C in CXM actually Credibility?

January 19, 2012January 19, 2012Observations, The Engagement TierCEO, Credibility, Customer engagement, enterprise software;, Facebook;, Popular culture, Twitter;, World Wide Web

I don’t often talk directly about my day to day work here on this blog, but I’ve just come back from a management team meeting and as we discussed our messaging and our own customer

They don’t know your name..just your number..

April 25, 2011April 25, 2011Observations, The Engagement Tieranalyst, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Facebook;, Klout, Online social networking, Real Story Group, Real-time web, Salesforce.com, Seth Godin;, Social Media, social media monitoring, social media monitoring block, Social Web, Tony Byrne;, Tweetdeck, Twitter;, Web 2.0, World Wide Web

Over the last few weeks I’ve been thinking about the news that Klout and Radian6 are working together having seen my friend @Robert_Rose tweet about it and I seem to have an obscure English 80’s

Adding Pervasive to the Engagement Lexicon (a new Russian doll)

March 17, 2011March 17, 2011Observations, The Engagement TierContent Management, Customer engagement, Customer experience, Laurence Hart, Marketing, Twitter;, Web Content Management;, Web Engagement, web engagemt, web experience

As you know I have recently joined SDL and I have been delighted to find a new twist on the business of engagement that I write about on this blog, something we call Pervasive Engagement.

Who Will Buy This Web Engagement?

December 23, 2010December 23, 2010Content Management, Gilbane, Observations, The Engagement TierBlog software, Computing, Content Management, Content Management Systems;, Digital media, Social Media, Web Content Management;, web content;, Web Engagement, web engagement management strategy, WordPress, World Wide Web

As the holidays approach, my SKY+ hard disk (PVR/Tivo thing) is brimming with movies ready for the onset of quality time with my young family. Perhaps our viewing pleasure as I recuperated from what I

Web Engagement – The Emperor’s New Clothes?

December 5, 2010December 5, 2010Content Management, Gilbane, The Engagement TierConsumer behaviour, Content Management, content management solutions, Customer engagement, David Meerman Scott, Frank Gilbane, Jarrod Gingras, Marketing, Seth Godin;, Social Web, software vendors, Twitter;, Web CMS, Web Engagement, Web Engagement Capability model, web experience, web experiences

Recently I’ve been seeing ‘an examination’ shall we say of the term Web Engagement Management and the acronym WEM. There is a suggestion that it’s a figment of the fervid imaginations of software vendor marketing

Introducing the Web Engagement Capability Model

October 30, 2010October 30, 2010Gilbane, The Engagement Tieranalyst, digital marketer, Internet marketing, Marketing, Scott Liewehr, web analytics;, Web Content Management;, Web Engagement, web engagement strategy, Web Engagement thing

I originally posted this on the Gilbane blog back in October 2010 when I was an analyst there – as that blog has now changed hands and many posts removed, I wanted to preserve my

You say tomato, I say tomato, you say WEM, I say WEM..

October 25, 2010October 25, 2010Gilbane, Observations, The Engagement Tieradvocate, analyst, Business, Consumer behaviour, CRM;, Customer engagement, Customer experience, Customer experience management, Customer relationship management, Irina Guseva;, Marketing, Mary Laplante, Social Media, Twitter;, Web Engagement, Web Engagement Management, web engagement strategy, web experience, Web Experience Management

When you say WEM, do you say Web Experience Management or Web Engagement Management? What does it mean and does it matter and what about CEM? Well, in this post I want to explore that,

Your Website – Your Customer Service Agent

October 12, 2010October 12, 2010Observations, The Engagement Tierartificial intelligence, Business, Consumer behaviour, Customer engagement, Gerry McGovern, Intelligence, Intelligence analysis, Marketing, Seth Godin;, Social Media, Social Web, Web Engagement, web engagement objectives, web experience

I’m doing some work for a new client, who look at optimizing customer service across multiple channels using, rather interestingly – artificial intelligence. In my research on this I find myself observing an interesting convergence with

Engaging Clouds

September 8, 2010September 8, 2010Observations, The Engagement TierBusiness, Cloud computing, Computing, Customer engagement, digital marketer, Gilbane Group, information technology, Marketing, Mary Laplante, Robert Rose, Software as a service, Web Engagement, web experiences

I was delighted to recently be asked to comment on a paper by Robert Rose over at Big Blue Moose as he dives into the waters of analysis and research with his first paper –