Lessons for Tomorrow: Recent Episodes
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The Lessons for Tomorrow podcast is centered around conversations between industry experts sharing insights from the past, to apply in the present, to achieve success in the future. This podcast is the "motivational poster" in your ear; each episode is centered around conversations which motivate you to tackle new initiatives at your organization. We will be talking with some of the best and brightest minds in technology and marketing and will hear from the experts themselves about their latest experiences, their most recent challenges and the road ahead. Every episode has a different story, a different answer, a different approach. Lessons for Tomorrow is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios; follow today for exciting new episodes! Website // Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // YouTube
Unravel the transformative journey from legacy monolithic systems to open-source technologies, spotlighting the prowess of Pantheon in webOps and hosting. Guest host Landon DePasquale is joined by Erin Walker, VP of Sales at Pantheon for this episode of Lessons for Tomorrow. They delve into distinctions between monolithic platforms and open-source tech, examine the merits and drawbacks of open-source adoption, and deftly address concerns of risk-averse leadership. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Resources: Pantheon
Discover how accessibility, digital marketing, and quality assurance intersect in this episode of the Lessons for Tomorrow podcast. Learn from Kevin Rydberg, Managing Accessibility Consultant at Siteimprove, and guest host Nick Goodrum from Americaneagle.com about gaining insights into leveraging analytics, enhancing customer support, current web accessibility trends, and the importance of structured accessibility teams. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Discover the ever-changing world of sales tax changes and compliance in the US with Avalara. Join guest host, Arlind Rojba, and special guests from Avalara, Kate Bacholzky and Brian Kelly, as they explore trends in taxing digital goods, positive advancements in tax solutions, sales tax holidays, marketplace obligations, audits, global tax regulations, and the impact of compliance. Stay informed and adapt to the evolving sales tax landscape to ensure accurate taxation and mitigate potential risks. Listen to Avalara's expert insights on this "Lessons for Tomorrow" podcast episode. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Brian Kelly: LinkedIn
Join host Tim Ahlenius, as he explores the latest trends and changes in the payments world with Subject Matter Expert of Payments, Joe Campagna from Americaneagle.com. They discuss the recent spin-off of Fidelity National Information Systems and the challenges faced by Worldpay due to its patchwork of past mergers. The shift in surcharge changes implemented by major card brands Visa and MasterCard have affected the pricing aspect for businesses and consumers alike. Discover the implications of these developments and gain insights into the future of the payments industry. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Zack Rosen, Co-Founder and CEO of Pantheon, joins our host, Tim Ahlenius to reflect on the web/tech industry this past year. They discuss Zack's hobby project, California YIMBY, that's planning on solving the housing crisis in California, how Pantheon started building digital products for the largest media companies in the U.S., and Zack's predictions for the tech industry in the future. Zack pioneered the first large-scale Drupal website for the Howard Dean campaign in 2003, which helped revolutionize the business model of politics from offline to the Internet. Pantheon continues to grow rapidly while retaining a focus on its talented and passionate team, loyal customer base, and the guiding mission of furthering the open web. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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In this episode, our guest host and Partner Director, Steven LaGow, talks with Becky Reese, HubSpot Consultant at Americaneagle.com about their experience attending INBOUND, HubSpot's annual conference. They discuss the various tools companies utilize every day, using data to understand your customer's needs, and how companies can reconnect back with their customers. HubSpot is the all-in-one package for companies to work seamlessly together. The CRM platform offers "Hubs" that include, Marketing, Sales, CMS, Service, and Operations. Each Hub is powerful on its own, but you can customize it to fit your business's needs. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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In this episode, our guest host and Director of Front-End Development and Accessibility at Americaneagle.com, Nick Goodrum, talks with Jennifer Chadwick, Global Senior Accessibility Consultant at Siteimprove. They discuss why every business needs to be compliant, the future regulations of accessibility, and more! Siteimprove is a software company driven by the desire to show businesses that making the internet a more inclusive place is good for their users, their business outcomes, and the future of the internet. Siteimprove is the go-to solution for businesses and organizations who want to grow with a purpose for their end users. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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In this episode, our guest host, Scrum Master, and WordPress expert, Landon Depasquale, got to talk with Tom Still, Enterprise WordPress Business Development Director at Americaneagle.com, about the early beginnings of traditional WordPress, to its multiple capabilities that can fit into your enterprise tech stack. When creating a software development project, it's crucial to choose the right technology stack that fits your needs. With WordPress being an open-source platform for everyone, it makes it easy to manage and create content while having a consistent experience across your entire tech stack. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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OroCommerce, a pioneering ecommerce platform made for B2B businesses, redefines the benchmarks for best-in-class customer experience. In this episode, Motti Danino, COO at OroCommerce, and Brendan Cameron from Americaneagle.com talk with our host, Tim Ahlenius, about the B2B commerce industry and focus on the customer's needs to produce a reliable service for every aspect of the B2B market. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with
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Avalara is a leader in tax automation software. They provide pre-built connectors and custom integrations making tax compliance simple for their customers. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, talks to two Tax Directors on Avalara's Professional Services team, Mary Cho and Troy Bluske. They discuss the evolution of tax in the ecommerce space, breaking down marketplace facilitator and nexus laws. Lastly, they look into the future of how the uprising of crypto, NFTs, and the metaverse will eventually be a part of the taxation space. View Avalara's recent report on the changes in the taxation space here: Avalara's Tax Compliance Guide for Businesses This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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After years of experiments with different approaches and collaborations between designers and developers, block patterns have changed everything. In this episode, our guest host and Partner Director, Steven LaGow, talks to Sean Blakeley, WordPress Technical Director, and Landon Depasquale, WordPress Expert & Scrum Master at Americaneagle.com, about how Blocks patterns have revolutionized the approach to the entire WordPress design process. They also discuss some of the latest capabilities, the evolution of WordPress's software development, and the journey of integrating the block editor into other sites, This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with: · Lessons for Tomorrow: Website // Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // YouTube · Tim Ahlenius: LinkedIn // Twitter · Steven LaGow: LinkedIn · Landon DePasquale: LinkedIn · Sean Blakeley: LinkedIn
Global Partner Evangelist from Akeneo, François Chaix, joins the show today to talk to guest host, Wes McChristian, about Product Experience Management (PXM) and Product Information Management (PIM) solutions in the ecommerce ecosystem. They also discuss how to create a positive customer experience while conveying your product's information overall. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Kentico has officially spun off its Kontent platform into a brand-new company (Kontent.ai) and returned to its roots as a unified DXP. The company has gone all-in on creating products and services that are designed for helping marketers and developers and supporting them along the path toward their goals. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Dominik Pinter, CEO of Kentico, to discuss the evolution of Kentico as a platform, the recently announced changes including significant reinvestment in the Kentico Xperience platform, and more exciting product updates. They dive deep into how their former CEO and founder, Petr Palas, created a simpler CMS for developers and marketers to reach their end goals and what lies ahead for Kentico in the future. Founded in 2004, Kentico has grown from a one-person show into a company with almost 300 employees. They believed there was a better way to manage content so they created the very first Kentico CMS to make the everyday work of web developers easier. Connect with: •Lessons for Tomorrow: Website // Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // YouTube •Tim Ahlenius: LinkedIn // Twitter •Dominik Pinter: LinkedIn // Twitter // Website
In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with TJ Gamble, CEO of Jamersan, to see the behind the scenes of Jamersan's technical ecommerce content. They discuss what exactly headless ecommerce is, how it started as a enterprise, and the forgotten aspects in the ecommerce space that should be presented. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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A continuation from Part 1, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Dries Buytaert, Founder and Project Lead of Drupal, and Americaneagle.com's Partner Director, Peter Gavrilos, and Ameriacaneagle.com Drupal Technical Director, Jason Luttrell, to breakdown how Drupal incorporates itself with Acquia. They discuss the different variations of Drupal, who exactly is the right target audience that Drupal would work well for, what the future holds for Drupal, and it's new version Drupal 10 to be released this winter. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with, Dries Buytaert, Founder and Project Lead of Drupal, and Americaneagle.com's Partner Director Peter Gavrilos and Drupal Technical Director Jason Luttrell, to breakdown how Drupal incorporates itself with Acquia. They discuss how Drupal has evolved from a hobby started in Dries's dorm room in college, to running and managing the corporation. And integrating Acquia, the cloud infrastructure for Drupal. Join us again for Part 2 of this discussion, coming soon. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Sanne Bolkenstein, Director of Sales at Deity, to dive into Composable Commerce. They discuss how it differs from the monolithic approach, how to know if you’re outgrowing your monolith, the fake vs true composable commerce, and so much more. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Chloë Thomas, a best selling Author, International Speaker, and the host of two award-winning podcasts. They talk about what sustainability means in today's world, what customer's pay attention to while online shopping, how brands can properly communicate sustainable ecommerce initiatives with consumers and so much more! This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Only 1 in 8 retailers embrace modern search to gain a significant competitive edge. Algolia surveyed 900 online retailers to learn how they’re utilizing search to increase conversion and maximize revenue. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Piyush Patel, Chief Strategic Business Development Officer of Algolia, to review their new report, Ecommerce Site Search Trends. They discuss why retailers are embracing AI and personalization, what modern and advanced search capabilities are available, how to curate the result screen to benefit the user, and so much more. Algolia helps businesses build and optimize the search and discovery experience resulting in significantly enhanced online engagement, increased conversion rates and enriched lifetime value that generates profitable growth. Today, Algolia powers 1.5 Trillion searches a year – that’s 4 times more than Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu and Yandex combined. Our amazing technology is used by one in eight online users. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) is an enterprise software for meeting the needs of companies undergoing digital transformation. The Liferay platform is open source, which makes it more reliable, innovative, and secure. In this episode, our guest host, Steven LaGow, spoke with Liferay's Lead Sales Engineer, Wes Kempa, and Director North American Channel Sales, Glenn Saler, to discuss where DXPs are moving. They talk through core CMS's to WEM's, and what's beyond DXPs, how Open Source benefits the current landscape, and so much more. Liferay is an open-source company that provides free documentation and paid professional service to users of its software. Partnering with integrators from across the globe, they have enabled thousands of companies from various industries, including manufacturing, financial services, and energy and utilities, to utilize the Liferay suite to create digital solutions, such as customer self-service portals, B2B commerce solutions, and modern intranets. To learn more about Americaneagle.com's work with Liferay, click here. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Our host, Tim Ahlenius, recently went on the Infinity Nation podcast to speak with Founder and CEO Al Keck to discuss what Q4 2021 looked like in terms of the ecommerce market, both in the U.S. and in the U.K. Today, we are bringing that discussion to this episode of Lessons for Tomorrow. Together, they address the biggest concerns around packaging material shortages and stock, increase in energy prices, computer chip shortage, and attribution to a smaller increase in ecommerce spending. Tim also goes into his thoughts on the Metaverse and what we can expect to see in 2022. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Rethink your website relaunch and learn to iterate your digital experience to drive growth with WebOps (Website Operations) tools and processes. WebOps is a set of practices that facilitates collaboration and automates processes to improve the productivity of the whole web team – from developers to designers, content editors, stakeholders, and more. The result is cross-functional web teams empowered to develop, test, and release website changes faster and more reliably. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Josh Koeing, Pantheon's Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, to discuss the beginning of WebOps platforms as well as the continued need for them. The two dive into how WebOps combines the lessons of agile and DevOps communities to prioritize iterative work that is visible to all team members. Pantheon aims to build one of the most effective WebOps platform — one that empowers marketing and development teams to take control of their websites, while giving them the agility to win in the dynamic world of digital marketing. With Pantheon, marketers and developers deliver results by iterating quickly, learning, and experimenting with their websites in the same way they do with virtually every other tool in their martech and development stacks. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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According to Gartner, brands will soon choose plug-and-play business capabilities over all-in-one platforms. A composable digital experience platform (DXP) is one that is entirely modular, allowing for incremental changes and updates to composite parts. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Jon Price, Americaneagle.com’s VP of Digital Experience Platforms and host of The Sitecore Water Cooler Podcast. The two dive into the move from the monolithic DXP to the composable DXP. Sitecore is the leading provider of an end-to-end composable digital experience platform, empowering brands to make unforgettable connections with their customers. Sitecore's SaaS-enabled, composable digital experience platform unifies the entire customer journey from search to purchase to post-sale marketing with solutions for Content, Experience, and Commerce. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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The market signals of today inform the way the world shops tomorrow – and Signifyd has a wild read on what to expect for 2022 based on the 2021 holiday season. Signifyd’s Commerce Network tracks the ecommerce transactions of thousands of merchants and millions of consumers worldwide. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Signifyd's Head of Global Agency Partnerships Megan Blissick to do a post-holiday analysis which includes supply chain challenges and the COVID-19 Omicron variant and its effects on the economic recovery. Signifyd provides an end‑to‑end Commerce Protection Platform that leverages its Commerce Network to maximize conversion, automate customer experience, and eliminate fraud and customer abuse for retailers. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Websites are meant to be fluid. As technology and business processes continue to evolve, your website should evolve along with it. If it doesn’t, it may actually be hurting your business. This begs the question — how do you know it’s time for a website redesign? To help answer this question, our host, Taylor Karg, sat down with Mike Goliber, Vice President of Client Engagement at Americaneagle.com. This episode covers what it means to redesign your website, what results business owners should hope to achieve, how do you know if you should redesign or rebuild your website, and so much more. Follow this podcast on your preferred podcasting platform so you never miss an episode. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios Connect with:
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When building out a content strategy, there are two sides to consider: the product side and the marketing side. So, how do we, as a digital agency, focus on getting organizations to understand the separation of the two? Very often the product content doesn’t receive the level of attention that the marketing content does. But today, there’s a large shift through digital transformation and how it affects the value of content – the focus is coming back to the product side. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with AD's VP of Ecommerce Solutions Caroline Ernst, and Americaneagle.com's Strategic Accounts Director Brendan Cameron, to talk about the value of content in digital experience. AD is a member owned group. We are passionate about bringing growth-oriented independent distributors and best-in-class suppliers together to outperform the market and to stay ahead of the competition. AD eCommerce Solution is the trusted partner for enabling AD members to achieve their eCommerce objectives and win in an evolving digital world. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Digital transformation is still gaining speed as computers and devices are becoming more consistent companions in our daily activities. And each year introduces, or escalates, a variety of trending buzzwords. Recently, during one of the November 2021 Accelebrate webinars, our host and Americaneagle.com's Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Tim Ahlenius, put a spotlight on 10 concepts that people are consistently talking about today and where they might take us tomorrow. For more information about the buzzwords, check out 10 Buzzwords That Are Driving Tomorrow’s Tech. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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A digital experience platform (DXP) is a well-integrated and cohesive set of technologies designed to enable the composition, management, delivery, and optimization of contextualized digital experiences across multi-experience customer journeys, according to Gartner. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Kentico Xperience's VP of Marketing Jenda Perla, and Americaneagle.com's Kentico Practice Director Wes McChristian to talk about achieving simplicity through the best-fitting digital experience platform. Everyone is on a digital journey – and there isn’t one final destination. Listen to this episode to learn how you can leverage the right tools at the right time. Kentico Xperience can create engaging experiences and grow your business faster with a seamless digital experience platform that combines content management, digital marketing, and commerce. For more information, check out these resources provided by Kentico Xperience.
How to achieve simplicity through a Unified Digital Experience Platform
Is a composable DXP the right fit for everyone?
DXP as a modern means to improve business performance
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Ninety percent of B2B organizations cite product information management as highly important or a top priority, according to the 2020 Akeneo Global B2B survey. This means that the power of product information management and product experience are here to stay. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius spoke with Akeneo's Director of Product Marketing Ali Hanyaloglu and Product Experience Management Evangelist Virginie Blot to discuss product experience. Product Experience, or PX, is the foundation of customer experience - consistent product information delivered in context wherever, and whomever, your buyers are. It’s about finding, browsing and shopping for products. Akeneo is a global leader in Product Experience Management (PXM) that helps businesses with products to sell to unlock growth opportunities by creating a single source of truth for product information and delivering a consistent and compelling omnichannel product experience. For more information, check out Akeneo's Global B2B Survey 2020 eBook: 5 Takeaways on PIM and PXM. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with:
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Virginie Blot: LinkedIn
Amazon is now responsible for 70% of product search in the United States, and Amazon Business, the company’s B2B unit, is now Amazon’s fastest growing division which accounts for over $25 billion in annual sales. The ecommerce juggernaut’s growth accelerated dramatically during the global COVID-19 pandemic, leaving traditional product manufacturers and resellers (distributors, retailers, and others) with an urgent call to action to take advantage of the marketplace. Questions persist on whether Amazon is a competitor or compelling sales channel – or maybe, it’s both? Many companies have questions on how (and whether) to embrace an Amazon selling channel. With the marketplace’s emergence as the world’s No. 1 search engine, these issues are more pressing than ever. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, tackled these questions with Brian Beck, author of the breakthrough book “Billion Dollar B2B Ecommerce” and managing partner at Enceiba, the industry’s only Amazon agency focused on B2B companies. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen them! Connect with:
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Amazon is now responsible for 70% of product search in the United States, and Amazon Business, the company’s B2B unit, is now Amazon’s fastest growing division which accounts for over $25 billion in annual sales. The ecommerce juggernaut’s growth accelerated dramatically during the global COVID-19 pandemic, leaving traditional product manufacturers and resellers (distributors, retailers, and others) with an urgent call to action to take advantage of the marketplace. Questions persist on whether Amazon is a competitor or compelling sales channel – or maybe, it’s both? Many companies have questions on how (and whether) to embrace an Amazon selling channel. With the marketplace’s emergence as the world’s No. 1 search engine, these issues are more pressing than ever. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, tackled these questions with Brian Beck, author of the breakthrough book “Billion Dollar B2B Ecommerce” and managing partner at Enceiba, the industry’s only Amazon agency focused on B2B companies. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen them! Connect with:
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In this episode, our host Tim Ahlenius spoke with Znode Amla Commerce's President and CEO Rupesh Agrawal and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Tom Flierl to discuss how things are evolving with Znode in the B2B ecommerce space. They also cover where things were before multi-store ecommerce, flexible solutions in the B2B and B2C commerce worlds, and looking ahead with what the next iteration of B2B ecommerce might be. Znode is an enterprise, B2B ecommerce platform developed to enable sustainable growth through a rich set of all-in-one features to easily manage content, site search, product information and multi-store functionality. The platform is completely headless with over 600 APIs allowing for greater extensibility, easier integrations and consistent functional updates. For more information, check out The Ultimate B2B Ecommerce Guide from Znode. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen them! Connect with:
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In this episode, our host Tim Ahlenius spoke with President of Accelebrate Steven Heckler regarding democratization of data science. They also discussed the demand of data science skills and the growing number of computer science languages. Accelebrate is an on-site, customized application and web development training company. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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Deliver better customer experiences fast and at a lower cost. How? By connecting your ecommerce systems to the other applications that run your business. Join ecommerce integration experts, Derek Cwik, Director of Integrations at Americaneagle.com, Carole Louie Achramowicz, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Jitterbit, and Lindsey Hampson, VP of Marketing at eBridge Connections, as they discuss the findings outlined in the new eBook: 5 Common Ecommerce Integration Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them). You’ll learn:
The state of ecommerce integration in 2021, including the unique challenges of integrating ecommerce to other applications and systems
Tips for paving a smooth path to successful integration projects
5 common mistakes when tackling ecommerce integration projects and how to overcome them
Jitterbit is an API transformation company that accelerates innovation by combining the power of APIs and integration. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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Lindsay Hampson: LinkedIn
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For IT organizations around the globe, there has never been a more exciting time to do a radical rethink of their entire web infrastructure stack than right now. By so doing, they are able to quickly deliver on customer expectations by rolling out new innovative services and experiences. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Acquia's Senior Vice President of Product Marketing Kevin Cochrane to discuss what has been happening with the modernization of enterprise architecture as it relates to Content Management Systems (CMS). They get into five things every CMS must do, how composable architecture can replace the limitations of legacy architecture, and more. Acquia is an open source digital experience company that aims to empower the world’s most ambitious brands to embrace innovation and create customer moments that matter. For more information, check out these resources from Acquia:
Five Essential Elements of an Agile CMS
3 Ways CIOs Can Design Adaptable Digital Experiences 2021
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The CMS or Content Management Systems market will reach $123 billion by 2026. And as a result of this market growth, there's a rich history of how different CMS have evolved. From static to dynamic, desktop to mobile, this episode covers the evolution of CMS, as well as what we can expect in the future. Our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Progress Sitefinity's Director of Partner Advocacy Lynne Boudreau, Senior Sales Engineers MeiLani Dumont and Heather Berube, as well as Americaneagle.com's Sitefinity Department Director Matt Annes. Sitefinity is a CMS platform that makes building scalable digital experiences easy. With Progress Sitefinity’s intuitive, intelligent tools for marketers and stable, scalable architecture for developers, both teams can easily create and manage high-performing, enterprise-grade digital experiences. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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MeiLani Dumont: LinkedIn
Heather Berube: LinkedIn
Matt Annes: LinkedIn
There was a 146% increase in automated fraud attacks in 2020. Signifyd recently released their new State of Fraud Report that examines the fraud trends that wreaked havoc on ecommerce retailers in 2020 and the way they have shaped the future of commerce. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Signifyd's Senior Partner Manager, Megan Blissick, to discuss which fraud trends we can expect to see an uptick in during the holiday season and how fraud and risk teams are evolving to meet the evolving fraud pressure. Signifyd provides an end-to-end Commerce Protection Platform that leverages its Commerce Network to maximize conversion, automate customer experience and eliminate fraud and customer abuse for retailers. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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As the holiday season approaches, most ecommerce companies start shipping preparations in July. In this episode, we dive into understanding consumer expectations around the shipping experience, how an ecommerce retailer manages expectations for their customers in the holiday season, and what the pandemic did to the local economy bolstering its outreach. Our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with ShipStation's Head of Industry Relations and Strategic Partnerships, Krish Iyer, to discuss the importance of a solid shipping strategy especially for this year's post-pandemic holiday season. ShipStation is the leading web-based order management and shipping software designed to make retailers exceptionally efficient at processing, fulfilling, and shipping their ecommerce orders. For more information, check out this research study by ShipStation: The Global Pulse: Ecommerce After COVID-19 This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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There are different types of projects, and Web and CRM projects are the big transformational ones across businesses right now. Looking at staff, systems, and all the processes involved, data and reporting has had a huge uptick over the past several years. With so many different systems, people and processes in place, how do these different areas stem into project readiness? Are you ready as a client? How do you know when to start being transformational? Our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Ben Sturt, founder and owner of Chrysalis Digital Limited — a digital strategy and consultancy company based in Hampshire, UK. Chrysalis Digital focuses on ensuring organizations have the right CRM, website, and technology platforms to grow and develop their membership, improve operations, and drive permanent efficiencies across their business. For more information on project readiness, check out this article by Chrysalis Digital: Are you ‘digital’ project ready? This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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The amount of capital pouring into ecommerce in the last few years is staggering. One of the biggest aspects contributing to the surge in ecommerce came as companies were forced to establish online purchasing to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with Jason Nyhus, Senior Vice President of Sales and Partnerships at Digital River. Digital River helps established and fast-growing brands with API-powered solutions to directly sell to their customers, whether they live around the corner or around the world. The two discussed ecommerce as it relates to taxes, frauds, BNPL and building better business models and partnerships. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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A lot of organizations get fooled into thinking that they are providing the right accessible experience. Our host, Tim Ahlenius, is joined by two experts in the digital accessibility field — Keith Bundy, who has worked for over 35 years in a variety of professional positions and is currently a digital accessibility consultant and trainer with Siteimprove, Inc., and Nick Goodrum, the Accessibility Practice Team Lead and Director of Front-End Development at Americaneagle.com. The three set out to answer questions including, how do we engage in truly delivering accessibility? Why is there a gap between the technology and guidelines? And what is the future of technology and accessibility? Listen today as our experts dive into accessibility best practices. For more information on accessibility, check out these resources provided by Americaneagle.com and Siteimprove.
Accessibility Eaglevision Magazine
The Question of Website Accessibility Whitepaper
The All-In-One Digital Accessibility Guide
Siteimprove Blog
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On this episode of Lessons for Tomorrow, our host Tim Ahlenius, is joined by Erin Raese, Senior Vice President of Revenue at Annex Cloud, to discuss how consumer loyalty has changed due to the pandemic, the impact of CPG loyalty, and the impact that the disappearance of 3rd party data has had on huge brands. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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This episode of Lessons for Tomorrow covers the evolution of search from the early days of being very one-dimensional, the shift from segmentation to personalization, and now the focus on individualization. Our host Tim Ahlenius, is joined by Dale Traxler, Senior Director of Alliances at Coveo, and Jon Price, Coveo Practice Director and MVP at Americaneagle.com. Together they dive into the importance of creating a seamless experience for your website visitors and the role search, recommendations, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) play in delivering relevant results and increasing conversions. Tim, Dale, and Jon discuss in further detail the role that AI currently plays in delivering personalized experiences through the indexing of data and their predictions for the future of AI, including how Machine Learning will begin to play a larger role in the evolution and growth of the now very linear voice search. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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In part 2 of this Lessons for Tomorrow episode, we continue our conversations with founder and CEO of Oro Inc., Yoav Kutner, and Americaneagle.com Solutions Engineer, Derek Cwik, discussing the drastic growth and evolution within B2B marketplaces. Hear how B2B marketplaces are changing the way business is done and working to create efficiencies through time, pricing, workflow and enablement. Plus, be sure to listen through the end for some exciting new product news from Oro Inc. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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In part 1 of this Lessons for Tomorrow episode, founder and CEO of Oro Inc., Yoav Kutner, and Americaneagle.com Solutions Engineer, Derek Cwik, join us to discuss the drastic growth and evolution within B2B marketplaces. Oro Inc. delivers innovative solutions for dynamic companies embarking on their digital transformation journey. Hear how B2B marketplaces are changing the way business is done and working to create efficiencies through time, pricing, workflow and enablement. Plus, be sure to listen through the end for some exciting new product news from Oro Inc. Be sure to check out part 2 of this episode as well! This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Connect with:
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This episode of Lessons for Tomorrow focuses on all thing headless from a developers perspective – what is it, what are the true benefits, and what doors can it open for developers and enterprise organizations? Our host, Tim Ahlenius, speaks with three technical-expert guests: Jason Cohen, WP Engine Founder and CTO, Sean Blakeley, Americaneagle.com WordPress Technical Director, and Ellis LaMay, Americaneagle.com WordPress Practice Director. Throughout their conversation, our speakers dig into the technical side of the headless industry and how this new ‘buzzword’ is really changing the game in today's digital landscape, along with how the de-coupled approach allows developers to choose their framework expertise and can help drive organizations forward in this new headless world. They also touch on the marriage between WordPress and headless addressing many challenges in the marketplace. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios.
In this episode of Lessons for Tomorrow, the topic of discussion revolves around all things ecommerce: where it’s been, what we’re seeing in the marketplace, and where both B2B & B2C are going in the future. Our host, Tim Ahlenius, is joined by BigCommerce Channel Account Manager, Sean Callihan, and together they discuss the surge in ecommerce stores that have been stood up in the last 1.5years and the shift that ecommerce merchants have been faced with to remain profitable. They provide insights into how business-to-business merchants have adapted to online selling, and how direct-to-consumer trends have been adopted by the majority transacting online. Tim and Sean share valuable insights surround the new generation of buyers, the importance of understanding industry trends, and how to embrace the quickly evolving ecommerce market. This episode will leave you energized and ready to tackle your ecommerce storefront!
In this episode of Lessons for Tomorrow join our host, Tim Ahlenius, as he speaks with Matt Gorniak, CEO of Threekit, and Americaneagle.com Partner Manager, Rob Sanders, to discuss the drastically changing landscape of creating immersive commerce experiences. Hear how brand and product visual experience standards have evolved from standard photography to now the cutting edge in providing an augmented reality visual experiences for customers. Dive into where the future of AI and AR is headed across commerce industries. Download today! This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios.
In this episode of Lessons for Tomorrow join Tim Ahlenius, VP Strategic Initiatives at Americaneagle.com, as he speaks with Al Keck, CEO & Founder of Infinity Nation, UK, to discuss digital marketing insights from the past, to apply in the present, to achieve success in the future. Tim and Al dive right in to share valuable insights on the importance of understanding your audience, how to invest in those customers to ensure repeat business and increase lifetime value, and how to pivot and diversify your marketing strategies to remain relevant in such a quickly evolving ecommerce market. You will walk away from this episode with three actionable ways to stay true to the core of your brand.
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