A Year in the Life of a Global Build Project
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A year in the life of a Global Build Project
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A year in the life of a Global Build Project
Synergy 2012
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NACCO Materials Handling Group
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• Background
• Snapshots in time - Research
- Design
- Programming
- Loading
• Q&A
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Agenda
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The position in 2011
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Objectives
• Internationalised site
• Brand / messaging consistency
• Marketing agility
• Better conversion
• Improved SEO
• Easier maintenance
• Lower TCO
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A global project
London
Sydney
Sao Paulo
China
Ohio
North Carolina
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Where to start?
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Research
GLOBAL ONLINE SURVEY15,151 invitations sent (via email)(more than 1/3 of which were outside North America)
+ translated into 10 languages
373 responses (2.46%RR)
QUALITATIVEINTERVIEWS
phone-based
Dealersfrom acrossthe world
(10)
+ online survey to over90 key NMHG people
InternalStakeholders
(14)
Customersfrom acrossthe world
(24)
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Cross-sector:1. to find out details of a specific product
2. to get an overview of the trucks they produce
3. to find the right product
4. to find information on parts
5. to find a dealer
6. to find what products they have to meet my need
7. to access maintenance information
8. to find what solutions they have to meet my need
9. to find information on service
10. to find how to fix a problem with my fork-lift truck
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User journeys
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Surprise
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What we thought the competition was
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The actual competition
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The actual competition
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Important point
Relevant whatever industry you are in:
Expectations of customer experience raise continually,
for everyone. Including B2B. Whatever you are selling
or promoting you are competing for attention
and consideration against the best online. !
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Ektron
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Partner Search Criteria
• Ektron Elite or Platinum
• US- or UK-based
•Digital marketing
• Branding
• B2B
•Global project management
•Good web design
• Language translation experience
• Value
•Chemistry
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Synergy 2011
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Edinburgh London10+ Growing50+ Digital
Introducing Realise
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Realise Digital
• 100% Digital
• 11 certified Ektron developers
• 1 MVP
• 60+ UX, Creative, Web Development & Support
• 5+ years experience with Ektron
right brain left brain harmony
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Lloyds Bank Wholesale
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APEX Hotels
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The price negotiations were quite ferocious
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Timeline
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2011 2012
User research
Website Specifications
Brand Consensus
Creating Sitemaps
Wireframes
Design
Program & Test
Organise & write content
Finalise site
Lift truck customers
Requirements& RFP
Branding & Creative
Information Architecture
Initial structure
Graphic Design
Technical Build
Content Catalogue
Roll outwebsites
Current Sites
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Brands
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Getting the rightweb frameworksfor the brands
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What does a typical Ektron user look like?
A B C D
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Word: Bold Word: Agile
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Happy New Year
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2011 2012
User research
Website Specifications
Brand Consensus
Creating Sitemaps
Wireframes
Design
Program & Test
Organise & write content
Finalise site
Lift truck customers
Requirements& RFP
Branding & Creative
Information Architecture
Initial structure
Graphic Design
Technical Build
Content Catalogue
Roll outwebsites
Current Sites
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Global Hierarchy
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Wireframes
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Benefits of wire framing at this stage:
Quick
Interactive
Can be tested
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The Big RevealThe Big Reveal
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Hyster Home Page - Global
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Hyster Home Page - Regional
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Yale Home Page - Global
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Yale Home Page - Regional
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Things Heat Up
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2011 2012
User research
Website Specifications
Brand Consensus
Creating Sitemaps
Wireframes
Design
Finalise site
Lift truck customers
Requirements& RFP
Branding & Creative
Information Architecture
Initial structure
Graphic Design
Technical Build
Content Catalogue
Roll outwebsites
Current Sites
Program & Test
Organise & write content
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Get technical
•8.5, upgraded to 8.6 mid-build
•Functional, infrastructure requirement & specification
•Multi-site Vs separate domains
•Load balanced, US-hosting & CDN
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Pagebuilder
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Mega-menu
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Product Finder
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Product Finder / Taxonomy
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Dealer Finder
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Dealer Finder
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Regional and language switching
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Mobile
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Integration points
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Agile/ Waterfall
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Content
• Re-written to reflect brand positioning
•Multiple languages
- Navigation labels
- Product data
- Marketing copy
- Image captions
•Global review
- Marketing management
- Legal
- Trademark
- Risk management
- Investor relations
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The Home Stretch
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2011 2012
User research
Website Specifications
Brand Consensus
Creating Sitemaps
Wireframes
Design
Program & Test
Organise & write content
Finalise site
Lift truck customers
Requirements& RFP
Branding & Creative
Information Architecture
Initial structure
Graphic Design
Technical Build
Content Catalogue
Roll outwebsites
Current Sites
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Testing, testing, testing
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Launch planning
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The big day
• Current goal: Countdown to site launch
• Just over a year from last year’s Synergy Conference
• New global brand manuals
• Now the real work starts
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What have we learned?
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The highs
• Building a global team
• Brand transformation
• Attention to details
• Great partners – importance of trust and chemistry
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The lows?
• Global design consensus
• Server configuration needs
• Loading sites down the stretch
• Later launch than we would like
• “Perfect is the enemy of the good”
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What's next?
• Go live promotions
• Regional site evolution
• Authoring and approval processes
• Tweaking and improving copy
• Marketing optimization suite
• Social module
• Converting leads/relationships into sales
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Questions?
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Thank you
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