Leveraging Sitecore to Create a Completely 
Connected Customer Experience 
Donald Donais 
Solutions Architect – Avtex Portals and 
Customer Experience 
Lefteris Grammatas 
Senior Business Optimization 
Consultant - Sitecore
Today’s Session 
Objectives 
• Understanding Customer Experience Around Portals 
• How To Define Customer Experience 
• Defining a Customer Experience Roadmap 
• How Does Sitecore Work with Customer Experience?
UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE 
AROUND PORTALS
Customer Experience
CX Defined 
“Customers perceptions and related feelings caused 
by the one-off and cumulative effects of interactions 
with supplier's employees, systems and channels or 
products”
Customer Interactions 
• What is Shaping a Customer Interaction? 
 Modes By Which to Interact 
 Emotions Involved with the Interactions 
 Point of Need/Time
Why Do Customers Leave? 
Did You Know? 
Poor CX 
Of US consumers will abandon an 
online transaction if their questions or 
concerns are not addressed quickly. 
Purdue University 
Benchmark 
Seek Alternatives 
Prefer Competitor 
Dissatisfied with 
Products/Service 
Die Move Away
Customer Experience
The Integrated Customer Experience 
It’s not about multi channel 
It’s about omni channel 
Contact 
Center 
Interactive 
Voice 
Response Web Mobile Social Email Video Portals Chat Next 
…?
Omni Channel = Integration 
• Organizations Have Many Touch Points 
 Integration is Key to Omni Channel and CX 
• Strategy Around CX Is Needed 
 Understanding Interactions 
 Underpinning Technologies Needed 
 Integration Points Between Technologies 
• Integration between Touch Points 
 Give Organization Data at Point of Need 
 Allows for Cohesive Customer Experience 
 Reduced Time in Connecting with Customers 
 Increased Overall Customer Satisfaction
DEFINING CX FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION
Defining a Persona 
• Personas Represent Your 
Customer 
• Activities They May Want To Do 
• What Interactions Points They 
Prefer 
• How Technically Savvy Are They
Experience the Experience 
• What is Your Customers Experiencing When Interacting 
With You? 
• What is The Customer Experience When: 
 Requesting Support Information 
 Finding Product Information 
 Sales Questions 
 Need To Return a Product
Content Model & Information Architecture 
• Consistent 
Definition of 
Content Across 
Different Systems 
• Within Portals 
and Apps How is 
Information 
Architected to 
Optimize the 
Interaction 
Content Model 
Information Architecture
Mapping the Journey 
• Identify the Experience that Customer Will Have with Company 
• What are the Desired Touch Points? 
• What Channels will be Used? 
• How Are Touch Points Perceived Internal and External?
HOW CAN SITECORE WORK WITH CX?
Bring Your Personas To Life 
HAROLD
Think WHAT is Relevant WHEN In the User Journey
SBOS Digital Relevancy Map 
AWARENESS RESEARCHDECIDE PURCHASE 
Intention 
Customer Intention 
Capturing Intention 
Objectives 
Business Objective 
Customer Objective 
Message 
Touchpoint 
Content 
Intention 
Customer Intention 
Capturing Intention 
Objectives 
Business Objective 
Customer Objective 
Message 
Touchpoint 
Content 
HAROLD 
FIONA
Capturing Intention 
In the moment 
Digital Fingerprint 
• Traffic Source 
• Device 
• Landing Page 
• Product Area 
External Context 
• Weather 
• Trends 
History 
Digital Fingerprint 
• Past content viewed 
• Traffic Source/Device 
last used 
• Goals completed 
Profile 
• Personal Information 
• Demographics 
• Psychographics 
• Social Information
Personalize Customer Experience
.. Based On Your Customers Interaction 
INPUT 
Custom DB Call Center CRM Websites Social
.. Across Touch Points 
INPUT OUTPUT 
Print Website Devices Email/SMS 
Custom DB Call Center CRM Websites Social
The Different Flavors of Personalization 
Predictive 
Connected Algorithmic Rules
Rules Based Personalization 
If … 
Then ...
Algorithmic Personalization 
HAROLD FIONA 
VISITOR 
Match visitors 
to pre-defined 
profiles
Connected Personalization 
Omni-channel 
Coordination
Predictive Personalization 
Machine 
Learning
Measure Personalization on Aggregate Level 
Personalization Tracker Experience Intelligence
Measure Personalization on Individual Level
DEMO 
• Personalization, Facebook campaign 
• Creating personas 
• Applying profiles
Rules Based Personalization: EasyJet
Take the Leap From Your Competitors 
“EasyJet has 
wiped the floor 
with us..” 
Michael O’Leary, Ryanair CEO 
The Telegraph - Friday 29, November 2013
Predictive Personalization: Australian Super
Connected Personalization: Leo Pharma
Lefteris Grammatas 
lgr@sitecore.net 
@lgrammatas 
Find Out More Information 
lefterisgrammatas.com 
For More Information 
About Avtex Customer 
Experience Consultants 
For More Information 
About How Sitecore Can 
Optimize Your Interactions 
Donald Donais 
ddonais@avtex.com 
@dondonais 
http://www.avtex.com/en/S 
olutions/Customer- 
Experience.aspx

Leveraging Sitecore to Create a Completely Connected Customer Experience

  • 1.
    Leveraging Sitecore toCreate a Completely Connected Customer Experience Donald Donais Solutions Architect – Avtex Portals and Customer Experience Lefteris Grammatas Senior Business Optimization Consultant - Sitecore
  • 2.
    Today’s Session Objectives • Understanding Customer Experience Around Portals • How To Define Customer Experience • Defining a Customer Experience Roadmap • How Does Sitecore Work with Customer Experience?
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
    CX Defined “Customersperceptions and related feelings caused by the one-off and cumulative effects of interactions with supplier's employees, systems and channels or products”
  • 6.
    Customer Interactions •What is Shaping a Customer Interaction?  Modes By Which to Interact  Emotions Involved with the Interactions  Point of Need/Time
  • 7.
    Why Do CustomersLeave? Did You Know? Poor CX Of US consumers will abandon an online transaction if their questions or concerns are not addressed quickly. Purdue University Benchmark Seek Alternatives Prefer Competitor Dissatisfied with Products/Service Die Move Away
  • 8.
  • 9.
    The Integrated CustomerExperience It’s not about multi channel It’s about omni channel Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Web Mobile Social Email Video Portals Chat Next …?
  • 10.
    Omni Channel =Integration • Organizations Have Many Touch Points  Integration is Key to Omni Channel and CX • Strategy Around CX Is Needed  Understanding Interactions  Underpinning Technologies Needed  Integration Points Between Technologies • Integration between Touch Points  Give Organization Data at Point of Need  Allows for Cohesive Customer Experience  Reduced Time in Connecting with Customers  Increased Overall Customer Satisfaction
  • 11.
    DEFINING CX FORYOUR ORGANIZATION
  • 12.
    Defining a Persona • Personas Represent Your Customer • Activities They May Want To Do • What Interactions Points They Prefer • How Technically Savvy Are They
  • 13.
    Experience the Experience • What is Your Customers Experiencing When Interacting With You? • What is The Customer Experience When:  Requesting Support Information  Finding Product Information  Sales Questions  Need To Return a Product
  • 14.
    Content Model &Information Architecture • Consistent Definition of Content Across Different Systems • Within Portals and Apps How is Information Architected to Optimize the Interaction Content Model Information Architecture
  • 15.
    Mapping the Journey • Identify the Experience that Customer Will Have with Company • What are the Desired Touch Points? • What Channels will be Used? • How Are Touch Points Perceived Internal and External?
  • 16.
    HOW CAN SITECOREWORK WITH CX?
  • 17.
    Bring Your PersonasTo Life HAROLD
  • 18.
    Think WHAT isRelevant WHEN In the User Journey
  • 19.
    SBOS Digital RelevancyMap AWARENESS RESEARCHDECIDE PURCHASE Intention Customer Intention Capturing Intention Objectives Business Objective Customer Objective Message Touchpoint Content Intention Customer Intention Capturing Intention Objectives Business Objective Customer Objective Message Touchpoint Content HAROLD FIONA
  • 20.
    Capturing Intention Inthe moment Digital Fingerprint • Traffic Source • Device • Landing Page • Product Area External Context • Weather • Trends History Digital Fingerprint • Past content viewed • Traffic Source/Device last used • Goals completed Profile • Personal Information • Demographics • Psychographics • Social Information
  • 21.
  • 22.
    .. Based OnYour Customers Interaction INPUT Custom DB Call Center CRM Websites Social
  • 23.
    .. Across TouchPoints INPUT OUTPUT Print Website Devices Email/SMS Custom DB Call Center CRM Websites Social
  • 24.
    The Different Flavorsof Personalization Predictive Connected Algorithmic Rules
  • 25.
  • 26.
    Algorithmic Personalization HAROLDFIONA VISITOR Match visitors to pre-defined profiles
  • 27.
  • 28.
  • 29.
    Measure Personalization onAggregate Level Personalization Tracker Experience Intelligence
  • 30.
  • 31.
    DEMO • Personalization,Facebook campaign • Creating personas • Applying profiles
  • 32.
  • 33.
    Take the LeapFrom Your Competitors “EasyJet has wiped the floor with us..” Michael O’Leary, Ryanair CEO The Telegraph - Friday 29, November 2013
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    Lefteris Grammatas lgr@sitecore.net @lgrammatas Find Out More Information lefterisgrammatas.com For More Information About Avtex Customer Experience Consultants For More Information About How Sitecore Can Optimize Your Interactions Donald Donais ddonais@avtex.com @dondonais http://www.avtex.com/en/S olutions/Customer- Experience.aspx

Editor's Notes

  • #18 How do you translate Motivations Needs How they access How they engage Into a digital experience
  • #19 You don’t go to a marriage straight up You want to build us the relationship
  • #20 Building a Digital Relevancy Map. Consider the desired actions and what content you need in order to persuade your potential segment to take that action. This is called the Digital Relevancy Map – returning to the Gartner Lifecycle, we want to identify and personalize the experience for our target segment throughout their lifecycle.
  • #35 Profiling Predictive Personalization Rules Based Personalization 300% ^ Member Self Service 300% ^ Members Login 98% ^ Employers Join Online 42% ^ Members Join Online Australian Super Profiling Predictive Personalization Rules Based Personalization ============== Started with personalization Listen to the visitor – are you an employer or employee and based on click behavior they classify you into a segment and then trust compelling messages If look as employer go back to front see 48% increase in new member registration Now applying personalization on entire lifecycle Australian Super Profiling Predictive Personalization Rules Based Personalization ============== Started with personalization Listen to the visitor – are you an employer or employee and based on click behavior they classify you into a segment and then trust compelling messages If look as employer go back to front see 48% increase in new member registration Now applying personalization on entire lifecycle