| The stakes are high: it is truly the survival of the fittest
in today’s marketplace. Increasingly, firms are recognizing
that business agility for sustainable advantage is a long-term effort,
one that will require organizational transformation on an unprecedented
scale. Key to that transformation is innovation: creative, groundbreaking
ways of deploying people, processes, and technology.
We look at innovation from a number of different perspectives in
this issue of the newsletter:
- Innovation at the market level
From media sharing and wikis to social tagging, user-generated
content reflects a powerful way for consumers to control and enrich
their online experience. It also represents a golden opportunity
for interactive marketers: put Web 2.0 to work to harness this
phenomenon—and strengthen your brand. Read
a dynamite white paper on this subject.
- Innovation at the customer level
As a solutions partner, we help our customers find innovative
solutions to their toughest business challenges. Discovery Communications
was primarily known for its television presence and needed an
online strategy to unify its television and online presence—and
better engage today's sophisticated Web visitor. Listen
to a fascinating Webcast about what they achieved—in less
than four months.
- Innovation at the technology level
Recently released innovations in our flagship Web Solutions platform
address the key focus of Web-centric business models: engaging
high-value customers and prospects when they visit us online.
Read
more.
For an excellent perspective on Web marketing, don’t miss
our feature article on “Ending the Great Debates.”At
most companies, Website design is the result of long debates about
the minute details of a page. Learn what happens when design and
content decisions are driven by science, not opinion!
Last, but not least, Interwoven has joined the blogosphere with
our new BlogSite.
Today, the Internet is the “go to” sphere for information,
interaction, and idea exchange. It’s more transparent and
more direct than traditional channels. You learn more about us.
We learn more about you. We’re proud of the breadth and depth
of expertise found among the Interwoven team. And we’re more
than happy to share what we know about a wide range of subjects
from a variety of perspectives. And, of course, we expect to learn
a lot from you as well.
Grabbing for the brass ring when “the times, they are a’changing”
…that’s our job as marketers today. That often means
looking for—and acting on—the “a-ha” moments
that presents themselves without forgetting the basics. Hear more
thoughts about this in my first blog, “Focus
and A-ha Moments.”
Looking forward to talking with you again soon!
Ben Kiker
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Interwoven |