While originally developed primarily as a design exercise, in my experience contextual design also adds immensely to development of the marketing value proposition.

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With this level of insight across information silos, channels and departments, organizations can better serve customers and increase product innovation and quality and support decisions made across the enterprise, as well as provide more dynamic, contextual customer interactions for one-to-one marketing.

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