MVP Profile
Chris Staley
United States
MVP 2026
Ambassador
MVP 2025
Ambassador
MVP 2023
Ambassador
MVP 2021
Ambassador
MVP 2020
Strategy
MVP 2019
Strategy
MVP 2018
Strategy
MVP 2017
Strategy
MVP 2016
Strategy
MVP 2015
Strategy
Timeline
Sitecore Platform Landing Page
Developed a new Sitecore platform landing page on the Horizontal Digital website to promote the Sitecore AI product. Built a social campaign to drive current and potential Sitecore clients to this page. We are starting to see more and more potential Sitecore clients landing on this page.
Sitecore Symposium Community Event
Held an event at Sitecore Symposium - invited customers, partners such as Gradial and Vercel, Sitecore employees and many prospects. One example how it led to growing the Sitecore ecosystem is connecting the prospect Unilever with our customers SCJohnson & General Mills and led to Lunch with the Unilever prospect and the Horizontal team. I am now assisting Sitecore in pritching this customer out of the UK market. Many more such stories are coming out of this event.
Sitecore XM CloudCMS Switch Social Media Campaign
Built a Campaign to get Customers to switch from Adobe, Drupal, Aquia, Tridion, Kentico, Oracle Web Center, Wordpress to sitecore specifically - after 2 months it drove:
Over 3,800 accounts have engaged with the campaign Over 1,100 accounts are currently receiving outreach Email open rates have remained strong 29 unique accounts have viewed the On-Demand webinar 226 MQLs have been generated
Partnered with Sitecore Marketing on Building landing pages on the Sitecore website for a swi...
Sitecore XMDXP Master Class Series
Came up with the idea of educating customers and potential customers on DXP platforms today - there is so many new concepts - what is a headless cms, how to select the right platform, what is atomic content, what is a scalable design system, etc.
Promoted this master class series on social media
Sitecore XM Sitecore XP Sitecore XC Sitecore CDP Sitecore Personalize Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Content Hub Sitecore Discover Sitecore Search Sitecore Send Sitecore XM Cloud Sitecore Content Hub ONE Sitecore Connect Sitecore Stream Sitecore JSSXM Cloud Accelerator
Led a team to launch the most advanced Accelerator for Xm Cloud - shot a video to promote this new product as well as drive traffic to it via social media. In a year with customer budgets seeing downward preasure it was critical to find the right way that could deliver xm cloud implementations - without taking shortcuts. This video explained and articulated how we could implement XM Cloud at a lower effort/price
Sitecore Symposium Video Content Production and Promotion
Created video content which I put out on social media promoting sitecore symposium topics. Pushed the video content on our linked in channel with over 150K subscribers. Purchased online media to promote the video content to both current and potential Sitecore customers in attendance as we as well as to current and prospective customers that were not in attendance
Sitecore XM Sitecore XP Sitecore XC Sitecore CDP Sitecore Personalize Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Content Hub Sitecore Discover Sitecore Search Sitecore Send Sitecore XM Cloud Sitecore Content Hub ONE Sitecore ConnectSymposium 2024: Setting the foundation for AI-driven connected experiences
I Spoke on stage at Sitecore symposium w my customer Ucare w Brian Kopp their digital transformation Director.
Our talk was around how consumers expect personalized, consistent experiences across multiple touchpoints. And with the power of AI, delivering the right content to the right segments across every channel is a promise we continue to hear. But where does this content come from, and where do you start?
We talked on stage about how UCare — a leader in the highly regulated healthcar...
Sitecore XM CloudSitecore Symnposium Community Event - Josh Ross Concert
Hosted a socil event at Sitecore symposium that brought half of the attendees (900) at Sitecore Symposium together including potential customers, existing customers, Sitecore board members, Sitecore partners represented from every partner digital consultancy to celebrate the Symposium week. The event was cobranded with Sitecore.
2024
16/Oct
Sitecore Symposium Executive Track - Expert Panel Speaker
I spoke on an Expert Panel at Sitecore's Executive track at Sitecore Symposium. The topic was Driving the AI Strategic Roadmap - Hosted by Bjarne Hansen. Many of Sitecore's strategic customers and Sitecore's board members were in attendance.
Customer Case Study: Shure
Created a case study for the Shure work. Shure was repeatedly presented at Sitecore's SKO as one of the best examples and few net new customer sales in the previous year. I promoted both the customer case at our booth at Sitecore Symposium and compiled the case study to be promoted on our website. I asked the client to be a speaker at Sitecore Symposium on the main stage and helped prepare the content to tell their story.
XM Cloud Campaign
Designed an executed a campaign to target both Sitecore current customers as well as prospects. Designed a campaign to target customers that were reserching SAAS CMS or were considering a move to the cloud. Created video content I promoted on social media as well as worked with Sitecore on target customer lists to make sure we targeted the content to potential customers in the media buy. I incorportaed thought leadership wia video and content to sell the move to a SAAS CMS with XM cloud.
Sitecore XM CloudPodcast - Marketing Mastery: Sitecore’s CMO Vision for Digital Innovation
In this episode of the CX4CA podcast, I delved into the strategies and insights driving Sitecore’s evolution in the digital sphere alongside Sitecore’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kathie Johnson, and me, Horizontal Digital’s Chief Digital Officer. I talked with Kathie about her illustrious career journey in the digitally-rich realm, and helped listeners gain exclusive insights into Sitecore’s pivotal marketing goals for 2024 as they pave the way for unparalleled growth in the Customer Experience la...
Speaker at Sitecore DX Dubai
Presented on the main stage at Sitecore DX Dubai. Spoke about how customers are trying to build connected experiences for their customers, ones that continue the conversations as customers jump in and out of channels. Highlighted the technology stacks that allows a company to deliver on this vision and talked about how customers can continue to innovate with sitecore's composable stack and their XM Cloud product.
Sitecore XM Sitecore XP Sitecore XC Sitecore CDP Sitecore Personalize Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Content Hub Sitecore Discover Sitecore Search Sitecore Send Sitecore XM Cloud Sitecore Content Hub ONE Sitecore Connect