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* Business Goals
* Content Operations
Collaborate effortlessly on content strategy, creation and analytics
* Digital Asset Management
Centralize all your digital assets and deliver them to any customer
touchpoint
* Content Management
Create, manage and deliver content across unlimited channels and
markets
* Customer Data Management
Understand every user and uncover trends with customer and journey
insights
* Personalization and Testing
Optimize every customer interaction with A/B testing and
personalization
* Marketing Automation
Engage your audiences with automated email and messaging campaigns
* Storefronts and Marketplaces
Design composable B2C or B2B buying experiences for any channel or
device
* Search and Merchandizing
Convert more customers with hyper-relevant shopping experiences
* Order Management
Manage orders with flexible fulfillment solutions for any buyer or
supplier
* Industries
* Financial Services
Focusing on key priorities and investments in customer experience is
putting FinServ leaders in an enviable position
* Manufacturing
Manufacturing is evolving, with customer centricity emerging as a key
competitive differentiator
* Automotive
The rapidly changing automotive industry is under pressure to deliver
standout customer experiences
* Healthcare
Healthcare brands are witnessing a shift in power as they align
themselves around the patient’s priorities
* Education
Delivering outstanding DX for students improves engagement and drives
better education outcomes
* Retail
Rapid changes in the retail landscape are driving the need to know
your customers in a digital world
* Government
Governments that simplify processes and deliver personalized services
earn the goodwill of their citizens
* Information Technology
In a digital world, IT companies have to demonstrate their credentials
by providing memorable digital experiences
* Travel and Hospitality
Travelers have higher expectations than ever before - delight them
with standout experiences across channels
* Professional Services
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providing DX that meets growing client needs
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guide consumers through their journey
* IT Departments
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channels and at scale
* Content Departments
Create and manage an efficient content supply chain to deliver
relevant content to any channel at scale
* Commerce Departments
Meet diverse customer shopping needs with seamless, adaptable
experiences both online and offline
* Digital Experience Departments
Empowering DX teams to create, deliver and manage highly engaging
experiences and omnichannel content
* Solutions overview
* Free
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and sustainable content management.
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handled. Best for maximum agility.
* * Content Cloud
* XM Cloud
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* Search New
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discovery
* Content Hub DAM
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* Content Hub Operations
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* Content Hub One New
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headless CMS
* * Engagement Cloud
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* Personalize
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personalization
* Send
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marketing
* * Commerce Cloud
* Discover
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recommendations
* OrderCloud
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* Platform DXP
Integrated and cohesive full-suite technology platforms, hosted on your
services. Best for architectural control.
* Experience Manager
Create, manage and publish multisite, multilingual content
* Experience Platform
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in real-time across any channel
* Managed Cloud
Host, monitor, manage and maintain the installation of Sitecore XP, XC
& XM
* Services and Support
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* Sitecore Managed Cloud
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& XM
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organization
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into the future
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Discover the most important commerce trends and decide which
capabilities matter most to your success
* Content Management
Master the research to get a 360-degree view of your content landscape
from creation to publication
* Data & Analytics
Review best-practice approaches to data and analytics to turn missed
opportunities into positive engagements
* Digital Transformation Popular
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connections with your customers
* DX & CX
Build relationships with your customers by being empathetic, telling
great stories, and using AI to let your humanity show
* Headless
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experience no matter the device
* Omnichannel
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experience every step of the way
* Personalization
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connection between your customer and your brand
* Learn & Connect
* Getting Started with Sitecore
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* Sitecore Learning
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capabilities of our products
* Mastering Personalization
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* Insights Blog
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Create, manage and deliver content across unlimited channels and markets
* Customer Data Management
Understand every user and uncover trends with customer and journey
insights
* Personalization and Testing
Optimize every customer interaction with A/B testing and personalization
* Marketing Automation
Engage your audiences with automated email and messaging campaigns
* Storefronts and Marketplaces
Design composable B2C or B2B buying experiences for any channel or device
* Search and Merchandizing
Convert more customers with hyper-relevant shopping experiences
* Order Management
Manage orders with flexible fulfillment solutions for any buyer or
supplier
* Industries
* Back
* Financial Services
Focusing on key priorities and investments in customer experience is
putting FinServ leaders in an enviable position
* Manufacturing
Manufacturing is evolving, with customer centricity emerging as a key
competitive differentiator
* Automotive
The rapidly changing automotive industry is under pressure to deliver
standout customer experiences
* Healthcare
Healthcare brands are witnessing a shift in power as they align
themselves around the patient’s priorities
* Education
Delivering outstanding DX for students improves engagement and drives
better education outcomes
* Retail
Rapid changes in the retail landscape are driving the need to know your
customers in a digital world
* Government
Governments that simplify processes and deliver personalized services
earn the goodwill of their citizens
* Information Technology
In a digital world, IT companies have to demonstrate their credentials by
providing memorable digital experiences
* Travel and Hospitality
Travelers have higher expectations than ever before - delight them with
standout experiences across channels
* Professional Services
Professional service providers are differentiating themselves by
providing DX that meets growing client needs
* Departments
* Back
* Marketing Departments
Combine content, data and personalization to deliver experiences that
guide consumers through their journey
* IT Departments
Deliver fast, high performing, stable and secure experiences, across
channels and at scale
* Content Departments
Create and manage an efficient content supply chain to deliver relevant
content to any channel at scale
* Commerce Departments
Meet diverse customer shopping needs with seamless, adaptable experiences
both online and offline
* Digital Experience Departments
Empowering DX teams to create, deliver and manage highly engaging
experiences and omnichannel content
* Solutions overview
* Products
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* SaaS DXP
Modular software, hosted in the cloud, with upgrades and infrastructure
handled. Best for maximum agility.
* Back
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Create content, launch websites and experiences all in the cloud
* New Search
Power your website search box with intelligent search and content
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* Content Hub DAM
Store, manage and centralize digital assets
* Content Hub Operations
Collaborate effortlessly on content strategy, creation and analytics
* New Content Hub One
Author and serve content for any digital channel with an agile headless
CMS
* Engagement Cloud
* CDP
Unify and leverage customer data across a variety of touchpoints to
deliver intelligent experiences
* Personalize
Create relevance in every moment with a/b testing and personalization
* Send
Engage your audiences with automated and personalized email marketing
* Commerce Cloud
* Discover
Lift sales with AI-powered commerce search, merchandising and
recommendations
* OrderCloud
Supercharge commerce with a headless, API-first commerce platform
* Platform DXP
Integrated and cohesive full-suite technology platforms, hosted on your
services. Best for architectural control.
* Back
* Experience Manager
Create, manage and publish multisite, multilingual content
* Experience Platform
Combine a powerful CMS with rich data to deliver personalized content in
real-time across any channel
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Host, monitor, manage and maintain the installation of Sitecore XP, XC &
XM
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XM
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next emerging channel
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partners
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organization
* Cloud
Explore the right cloud computing approach to help you thrive now and
into the future
* Commerce
Discover the most important commerce trends and decide which capabilities
matter most to your success
* Content Management
Master the research to get a 360-degree view of your content landscape
from creation to publication
* Data & Analytics
Review best-practice approaches to data and analytics to turn missed
opportunities into positive engagements
* Popular Digital Transformation
Discover ways to accelerate transformation to make authentic human
connections with your customers
* DX & CX
Build relationships with your customers by being empathetic, telling
great stories, and using AI to let your humanity show
* Headless
Investigate the benefits of going headless to deliver a consistent
experience no matter the device
* Omnichannel
Learn omnichannel strategies to provide a consistent and seamless
experience every step of the way
* Personalization
Prepare to deliver personalized digital experiences, creating a
connection between your customer and your brand
* Learn & Connect
* Back
* Getting Started with Sitecore
Learn how to deploy, upgrade, access training and consulting, and more
* Sitecore Learning
Learn best practices, get informed, and take advantage of the full
capabilities of our products
* Mastering Personalization
Free step-by-step guide for marketing & technical teams
* Insights Blog
Sitecore experts share their thoughts on DX transformation
* Events and Webinars
Learn, connect and upskill with events nearby & globally
* Developer Resources
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Is it the right choice for your team? See how Sitecore integrates with
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results and transform their CX
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customers demand
* Customer stories by product
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their business goals
* Sitecore Experience Awards
Sitecore’s Annual Experience Awards recognize the top digital experiences
from brands across the globe
* Support
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* Sitecore Training
Sitecore offers a comprehensive training program for all roles to help
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* Sitecore Documentation
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Personalization: the basics
WHAT IS PERSONALIZATION?
In today’s increasingly competitive marketplace, delivering contextual customer
experiences is no longer a “nice to have” — it’s an expectation. Dive into how
personalization drives engagement and builds relationships.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
* What personalization means today
* Why does personalization matter?
* Where (and how) to start personalizing websites
* Keep it useful, not creepy
TABLE OF CONTENTS
* What personalization means today
* Why does personalization matter?
* Where (and how) to start personalizing websites
* Keep it useful, not creepy
QUICK INSIGHT
If you don’t know your customers, you can’t give them what they want.
Personalization helps you gain insights into their preferences and intent
through data, so you can offer them tailored experiences.
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Chapter 1
WHAT PERSONALIZATION MEANS TODAY
Remember when seeing your name in an email subject line seemed like a
revolutionary advancement in digital marketing? Today, personalization —
offering customers tailored experiences that keep them engaged — requires a far
more robust and strategic approach, and is essential to remaining competitive in
a crowded and increasingly savvy marketplace.
Customers today are gravitating toward brands that feel like they listen to
them, understand them, and pay attention to their specific wants and needs.
That’s where personalization comes in. It’s a way for brands to contextualize
the messages, offers, and experiences they deliver, according to each visitor’s
unique profile.
Think of it as an evolution from marketing communications to digital
conversations, with data as the starting point. Collecting, analyzing, and
effectively using information about consumer demographics, interests, and
behaviors will help you create campaigns, content, and experiences that resonate
with your target audience.
Chapter 2
WHY DOES PERSONALIZATION MATTER?
YOUR CUSTOMERS EXPECT IT
The importance of personalization is easiest to grasp when you think of your own
experience as a consumer. When you’re on a brand’s website, do you appreciate
receiving personalized recommendations and offers? How about content that is
relevant to you, or related to a product or service you’ve recently purchased?
Like most consumers, maybe you’ve even come to expect it as an integral part of
your online experience.
The digital age has elevated consumer expectations for relevant, contextual, and
convenient experiences to unprecedented heights. Put plainly, consumers have
become accustomed to getting what they want, and they’re gravitating toward the
brands that recognize them as individuals at every step of their journey.
Meeting those expectations lands squarely on the shoulders of marketers, who
must leverage intelligent personalization tactics if they hope to keep consumers
engaged and coming back for more.
> 91% of consumers are more likely to shop with brands who recognize, remember,
> and provide them with relevant offers and recommendations.
Accenture survey, 2018
PERSONALIZATION IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS
If you’ve ever bought something on impulse (think 2-for-1 candy at the store
checkout), you know that not every purchase decision is a rational one — our
emotions play a big role, too.
Emotions are personal to us. And that personal connection is something that
savvy brands are leveraging via contextual marketing to create relevancy, foster
loyalty, and ultimately boost their bottom line.
Consumers are more likely to purchase from brands that know their name and
purchase history, and then deliver relevant communications as a result. If
you’re going to do that (which you should), you need an effective way to
leverage consumer data to deliver content and experiences across all channels
that feel timely, in-context, and personalized.
> 48% of consumers have left a company’s website and made a purchase elsewhere.
> The only reason: the experience was poorly curated.
Accenture survey, 2018
Chapter 3
WHERE (AND HOW) TO START PERSONALIZING WEBSITES
GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH YOUR DATA
Personalization means using audience and data analytics to meet the individual
needs of a consumer. Start by using your data to outline the details of who each
of your customers is, what their intention is at any particular moment, and
where, when, and how they’ve engaged with your brand previously.
Data is the key to knowing them intimately enough to then begin trying to meet
their needs, and even predict what they might want at a particular touchpoint
going forward.
So, you know you want to deliver personalized, contextual experiences to your
customers, and that you need a 360-degree view of their interactions to get
there — but how do you actually do it? A digital experience platform like
Sitecore® Experience Platform™ can help. Its integrated database and machine
learning mean that real-time, always-on personalization at scale is built in.
You can also check out how Sitecore personalization bridges the gap.
Chapter 4
KEEP IT USEFUL, NOT CREEPY
Customer expectations carry a lot of weight. People know what they want, and
they expect to get it whenever they want and wherever they are. To meet those
kinds of demands, brands must create intensely personal, precisely curated
communications, offers, and experiences — yet at the same time, do it in a way
that doesn’t feel overly invasive.
There are ways to show your audience that you’ve heard their needs and
understand just what they’re looking for, without crossing the creep-line. For
example, data might show you that a particular customer has a preference for
gluten-free products. You can then leverage that insight in a way they might
appreciate by personalizing your website content to recommend a recipe for a
gluten-free pasta dish.
When reaching into a consumer’s personal space, more isn’t always better. Listen
intently to what your customers are saying, then use appropriate tactics to
offer them personalized experiences to match.
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