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Christof Kubosch
Chris Kubosch
Senior Product Marketing Manager Global

Chris Kubosch works as a Senior Product Marketing Manager Global at CoreMedia in Hamburg.

Mastering Mobile Commerce

Mastering Mobile Commerce

As eCommerce moves from desktop to smartphone, retailers are struggling to make the transition. Consumers today now expect an engaging shopping experience on every device, from mobile apps to the latest wearable. But online retailers often lack the right tools to repurpose their content for multiple channels and devices.

Christof Kubosch

Chris Kubosch

Managing Rich Media

Managing Rich Media

Product images, videos, and interactive media experiences are essential elements in eCommerce to drive sales, but many companies suffer from poor digital asset management (DAM) capabilities. That means a reduced ability to compete in terms of the customer experience, which has become a key differentiator for all brands in online retail.

Christof Kubosch

Chris Kubosch

Handling Integrations Over Time

Handling Integrations Over Time

Managing the integrations between content management systems and commerce platforms is daunting. Many integrations are custom builds, meaning that updates are a huge technical challenge and a major cost burden. And even then, there’s no guarantee that one-o integrations will remain robust and secure as the major platforms evolve.

Christof Kubosch

Chris Kubosch

Incorporating Existing Tools

Incorporating Existing Tools

To address market demand and improve the customer experience, retailers must constantly add new functionality to their stores. But rebuilding a major eCommerce site is no small matter, especially when there is existing infrastructure. Rip-and-replace solutions can be prohibitively expensive and often require extensive downtime — not an option for most online businesses.

Christof Kubosch

Chris Kubosch

Beating the Odds: Our Week at IBM Think

Beating the Odds: Our Week at IBM Think

For CoreMedia, March means Vegas. Specifically the two major trade shows that take place there: Shoptalk and IBM Think. For our impressions of Shoptalk, see the post here. For impressions of IBM Think, read on!

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Chris Kubosch

Stage 1: Fragmented: Multiple Channels

You’re a digital dinosaur!

You have a beautiful website, but with fragmented digital experiences, you run the risk of extinction.

It’s time to evolve.

Your audiences want a seamless experience, no matter what's happening behind the scenes. When your experience is different or difficult, it’s important to start with the basics, such as cultivating a holistic approach to online digital experiences. Realign your teams, platforms, processes, goals, and metrics around a comprehensive view of the online experience. Focus on the end-to-end customer journey cutting across channels, desktop and mobile.

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Stage 2: Integrated: Multiple channels

You’re a fish!

Signs of exciting life are starting to form. Your DX is responsive and adaptive but it’s not quite personalized yet.

Keep swimming!

The integration of your brand content across every touchpoint (website, online store, social media, emails, apps, point of sale) creates immersive experiences. These flagship sites combine content-rich brand experiences with immediate conversion capabilities. Business teams and marketing are closely aligned. However, while the digital experience is responsive and adaptive, it’s not yet personalized.

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Stage 3: Instant: Global expansion

You’re a crocodile!

You’re taking it global. Speed and scalability are key and just like a crocodile, you’re fast…but you’re clumsy.

Oh snap!

In this stage, the online digital experience becomes completely dynamic. You need content that is global, yet relevant, with plenty of local insights: Who is the user? Are they using a mobile phone? Is it raining where they are? Is it snowing? If it is, maybe they need warm, waterproof boots. All of this contextualized information creates a better user experience. With one global orchestration, you’re able to adapt everything, in whatever country or language you choose – while keeping turnaround times low. So keep evolving.

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Stage 4: Dynamic: Real time personalization

You’re a lion!

You’re reaching more customers in more countries and languages than ever before, and now you’re finally hunting and collecting info with precision.

But you can do more to keep your brand roaring!

As you graduate to the Instant level, you’re able to rapidly update everything - not just in one language and for one country, but in 20 languages and for 100 countries. Speed and scalability are key, driven by the need to roll out global campaigns in all languages and all touchpoints and make updates in minutes or hours, not weeks. But there’s still more to do to reach nirvana.

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Stage 5: Immersive: Elevated experiences

You’re Captain Content!

You’ve done it! You have opposable thumbs AND you’re saving the world with your seamless, elevated customer experiences.

You're a superhero in the digital space.

Your digital world and your physical world are blending together in the most complementary way possible. When shoppers visit your store, they’ll be greeted with their pre-selected products. Language changes dynamically depending on country of origin – it's like the whole store was set up just for your one specific customer.

In this final stage, your customer experience is truly immersive and superior, and your flagship store merges your physical and digital world into one, with a truly personalized individual experience.

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