’Hello $FirstName’ - marketing experts discussing the topic of personalization

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely Chapter 17. It is the third and last chapter in Part 3 of the book - The Prerequisites for Personalization and the chapter is called: Conversion Rate Optimization & Personalization. CHAPTER 17: CONVERSION RATE OPTIMIZATION AND PERSONALIZATION Prioritizing between CRO and personalization Shifting from CRO t...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast we'll be discussing the second chapter in part 3 of the book: THE PREREQUISITES FOR PERSONALIZATION. Chapter 16 is called ’DATA AND PERSONALIZATION'. This week’s guest is no-one but Chief Consulting Officer from the DACH based agency Nexum AG, Michael Bietenhader. Michael has extensive experience from both within consulting, from working ‘cl...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely Chapter 16. It is the second chapter in Part 3 of the book - The Prerequisites for Personalization and the chapter is called: Data & Personalization. CHAPTER 16: DATA & PERSONALIZATION Is your data clean? How much data is needed to make personalization profitable? Re-evaluate often! How to scale permis...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast we'll be discussing the first chapter in part 3 of the book: THE PREREQUISITES FOR PERSONALIZATION. Chapter 15 is called ’THE BASIC FOUNDATIONS FOR PERSONALIZATION'. To help us getting to the bottom of this, I've had the opportunity to spend a really good time discussing matters with Jesper Damsgaard, SVP of Ecommerce at the world famous jew...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely Chapter 15. It is the first chapter in Part 3 of the book - The Prerequisites for Personalization and the chapter is called: The Basic Foundations for Personalization. In the chapter we discuss the things that need to be in place in order for personalization to be worth doubling down on as a company. This is c...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast we'll be discussing chapter 14: ’TYING IT ALL UP IN THE BOWTIE’ with Håvard Hovdahl, SVP of Loyalty at the Nordic hotel chain, Strawberry. It's a conclusive episode of the series - almost a season finale (except there will be a new season starting next Wednesday already) - as we're concluding on the Bowtie of Personalization - but also addin...

This week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast is a BONUS episode and we'll be discussing Moments of Truth and the role of CDPs within Personalization. To help us become wiser on this topic we have Founder and CTO at Tealium, Mike Anderson in the studio. In this episode we cover the following points: Mike’s career and how Tealium was born before the term CDP was even invented How important...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely Chapter 14 which brings further perspectives on how personalized a customer journey can be expected to become - even if you are an expert at it. Also we zoom in on how to work with control groups to measure value properly. CHAPTER 14: TYING IT ALL UP IN THE BOWTIE OF  PERSONALIZATION  Getting back to the knot...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast we'll be discussing chapter 13: ’PERSONALIZATION ON INBOUND PLATFORMS’ with Lars Birkholm Petersen, Founder of Uniform, the Agency Altola and Ex VP of Business Optimization at Sitecore.  Lars is a published author within personalization and was one of the pioneers within onsite personalization when he was at the Nordic CMS / DXP Sitecore.  I...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast we'll be discussing chapter 12 ’CONTENT PART 2: CONTENT FEEDS’ with Pier Luigi Spagna, EMEA VP of Retention and Engagement at Warner Bros Discovery. Pier has deep experience from CRM and Engagement through not only several years with HBO and Warner Bros Discovery but also from his time at Deliveroo in the UK. In the episode we cover the foll...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely Chapter 13 which concludes on how to deploy personalization tactics to inbound platforms such as websites and apps. Due to a slight mix-up of schedules, the intended discussion of Chapter 12 with Pier Luigi Spagna from Warner Bros Discovery will be next week's episode.  CHAPTER 13: PERSONALIZATION ON INBOUND P...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely Chapter 12 which revolves about the role that content feeds - as in e.g. product recommendations and similar recommendations - play in the realm of personalization.  CONTENT PART 2: CONTENT FEEDS Using content properties to group, sort, rank, filter, and mark Generic grouping of content Advanced grouping of co...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast we'll be discussing chapter 11 ’Value from Marketing Automation’ with Jesper Lindeberg, Head of CRM at Miinto.com Jesper has been a part of personalization and CRM at Miinto.com for several years now and is the primary architect of the huge growth that Miinto.com has had in their revenue coming from Marketing Automation. There's really no on...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely Chapter 11:  PERSONALIZATION IN MARKETING AUTOMATION Value creation in marketing automation Segments and content feeds are secondary in marketing automation For marketing automation, consider value over the long term The three primary value drivers of marketing automation Increased top line – retail Increased...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast we'll be discussing chapter 10 ’Insights part 2: Moments of Truth’ with Gianfranco Cuzziol, Former Head of CRM at Aesop, Speaker, Author and Consultant. Gianfranco has been a part of personalization and CRM from way back when Direct Mail was the thing (and hey - it still works!). He's worked agency side, as a consultant and on the brand side...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely Chapter 10:  INSIGHTS PART 2: MOMENTS OF TRUTH What is a moment of truth? Moments of truth belong to the customer Discovering vs creating intent The danger of creating an unintended intent Finding moments of truth Dynamic data indicates a moment of truth Absence of data can also indicate a moment of truth Digg...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast we'll be discussing chapter 9 'Personalization in Campaigns' with Mads Jefsen, Marketing Director at the football club F.C.Copenhagen (FCK). FCK has been a huge success the last few years - and with the recent qualification into the knockout parts of the Champions League - this year is no exception. But they're not only doing well on the fie...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely chapter 9: PERSONALIZATION IN CAMPAIGNS Defining the term ‘campaign’ Value creation in personalized campaigns Increasing sales to prospects and customers Increasing the efficiency of campaigns by reusing dynamic logic for content Saving costs by optimizing ad spend and avoiding returned orders and dissatisfact...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast I'll be discussing chapter 8 'Content, Part 1: Messages' with Dorte Karlsson, Previoius Head of Data & Insights from Story House Egmont Denmark and CRM Manager at the workers' union HK and now Senior Advisor at the agency Web2Media. Dorte's career history has CRM written all over it... So how has Dorte seen different message variants con...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter, namely chapter 8: CONTENT PART 1: MESSAGES What is a message? Variations from channel to channel Adapting message variants for different segments Using cultural differences in message variants Beware of poor translations Using parametrization for extra personalization Creating value for customers in your messages Cat...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast I'll be discussing chapter 6 'The Bowtie of Personalization' with Peter Anders Franch, Head of Customer Insights, CRM and Email Marketing at the multiple award winning Danish omnichannel retailer in health and beauty, Matas.  Since The Bowtie of Personalization is one of the key chapters in the book and the Bowtie being the main model for un...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter. The episode was supposed to be a discussion of Chapter 6, but due to unforeseen circumstances - we'll launch yet another chapter before we head into discussions of the two. INSIGHTS PART 1: SEGMENTS How are segments built? Turning segments into personas Methods of segmentation Advanced segmentation – behavioural clus...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter. THE BOWTIE OF PERSONALIZATION A glimpse of hyper-personalization – what’s ‘knot’ to like? Dramatizing the knot in the bowtie True personalization magic happens before the channels Central management of insights and content drives efficient personalization The art of the possible Websites and apps mash it up Deciding...

In this week's episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast I'll be discussing chapter 5 'Marketing Without Personalization' with Kim Jong Andersen, Partner and CCO at Wibroe, Duckert & Partners and Chairman and Founder of Danish Digital Award. You can expect us discussing how marketing would look - and indeed looked - before personalization became a thing. That includes the following: Kim's back...

This episode of the 'Hello $FirstName' podcast consists of an audio book chapter. MARKETING WITHOUT PERSONALIZATION The personalization–value equation Short- or long-term value creation Using strong value propositions for easier marketing Getting the format right to engage your audience Achieving more value via high reach Adding extra value to your marketing through personalization The full book i...