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Christopher Parkin

Integrated Marketing Insights

As senior director Genesis Solutions for Omniture, Christopher Parkin holds overall product responsibility for the Genesis integration platform and solutions. Prior to running the Genesis platform, Christopher created and ran the product marketing organization at Omniture. In his time at Omniture he and has taken multiple new products to market while leading the global go-to-market strategy and execution for several major and minor product releases. Christopher is widely published and has also been a featured speaker and panelist at numerous Web Analytics and Digital Marketing industry events. Christopher has over 15 years of industry experience focused primarily on product marketing for enterprise technology companies including Omniture, Corillian and Siebel Systems. While at Corillian, Christopher held overall product marketing responsibilities for a broad range of online banking product segments representing annual sales of over $50M. During his tenure at Siebel Systems, Christopher held product marketing responsibility for a range of CRM applications.

Lithium Technologies and Catering to “Super-Users”

Wednesday, 15 October 2008 @ 6:00, by Christopher Parkin

I recently had an opportunity to sit down with Lyle Fong, the CEO of Lithium. Lithium recently partnered with Omniture to provide a holistic view of user behavior on social networks. This post is the third in a three-part series.
Advantages of Catering to Super-Users:
One great example of a super-user comes from the Dell community. … Read more »

Enterprise Social Media: Top-and-Bottom Line Benefits

Tuesday, 14 October 2008 @ 6:00, by Christopher Parkin

I recently had an opportunity to sit down with Lyle Fong, the CEO of Lithium. Lithium recently partnered with Omniture to provide a holistic view of user behavior on social networks. This post is the second in a three-part series.
Chris: What is the most important aspect that enterprises should be thinking about with … Read more »

Lithium Technologies & Partnership with Omniture: Part One

Monday, 13 October 2008 @ 10:58, by Christopher Parkin

I recently had an opportunity to sit down with Lyle Fong, the CEO of Lithium. Lithium recently partnered with Omniture to provide a holistic view of user behavior on social networks.  This post is the first in a three-part series.
Chris: Lyle, why did Lithium partner with Omniture? What kind of value can … Read more »

Interview with Larry Freed, President and CEO of ForeSee Results

Tuesday, 19 August 2008 @ 15:33, by Christopher Parkin

I recently spoke with Larry Freed, president and CEO of ForeSee Results, for the second in a series of interviews with some of our 140+ Genesis partners. ForeSee Results uses a patented customer satisfaction methodology to capture and analyze the online “voice of the customer,” offering clients data that helps them increase sales, loyalty, recommendations … Read more »

Interview with Peter McCormick of ExactTarget

Tuesday, 17 June 2008 @ 9:03, by Christopher Parkin

I recently spoke with Peter McCormick, Co-Founder and Vice President, Partnerships for ExactTarget.
CP: Email marketing and remarketing are hot areas for both web analytics solutions and email platform such as ExactTarget. It’s a great opportunity for marketers to demonstrate some new value. I’m really interested in your perspective on the unique challenges and opportunities … Read more »

Forrester: ‘Online Marketing Hub’ Inevitable Why That’s Good News

Thursday, 12 June 2008 @ 9:44, by Christopher Parkin

In recent years, as Internet marketing has leapt ahead again and again in terms of new ways to reach consumers, marketers have had to keep up with and learn a host of new technologies.
It is a testament to our flexibility and innovation that we have been able to conceptualize, use and ultimately measure such a … Read more »

Increase Email Marketing ROI with Web Analytics Integration

Friday, 16 May 2008 @ 10:06, by Christopher Parkin

As I’ve written previously, online customers are increasingly demanding higher relevance from their Web experiences. And that certainly includes higher relevance from the email marketing offers they receive. By linking website behavior with email marketing campaigns, marketers can dramatically improve message relevance — and conversion results.
In fact, according to Jupiter Research, targeted … Read more »

Moving Away From “Spray and Pray”

Thursday, 10 April 2008 @ 15:20, by Christopher Parkin

Clearly, the Internet is established as a global medium that allows over a billion people to efficiently obtain information, communicate and conduct business. It is the preferred technology by which new social networks form to shape and influence our culture and how businesses interact with their customers.

User-generated Content and Word of Mouth Marketing

Monday, 24 March 2008 @ 9:17, by Christopher Parkin

User-generated content and word of mouth marketing provide a new opportunity to integrate with analytics and demonstrate value. What are the unique challenges of UGC and WOM?I’m a big fan of John Hagel’s blog “Edgeperspectives.” Some of the concepts he advances are particularly pertinent here, especially with respect to companies’ need to “adapt … Read more »

The Challenges and Value of Digital Marketing Integration

Thursday, 20 March 2008 @ 14:22, by Christopher Parkin

Digital marketers are faced with challenges today unlike any other time in the history of marketing. Fundamentally, the customers they are trying to attract, convert and retain are: