The Sitecore Water Cooler

For years, ‘water cooler talk’ has been a natural way for people in the workplace to come together and connect on common interest topics in what would otherwise be a formal environment; it boosts morale, improves culture and gets the creative juices flowing! Some of the best workplace ideas and conversations happen through face-to-face conversations around the ‘water cooler,’ so just as the name implies, The Sitecore Water cooler Podcast is a casual conversation between colleagues and peers centered around all things Sitecore. This podcast is an outlet for various Sitecore experts within the Sitecore community to have a meaningful discussion around the latest with Sitecore products, every day topics, challenges and successes associated with this top-of-line digital experience platform. 

Each podcast episode will range in topic, but will be geared towards quick-hitting initiatives that affect how business is done today. Whether you’re a new Sitecore user, a Sitecore MVP, or just someone who wants to learn more about Sitecore technology and capabilities, then meet us at the watercooler! 

The Sitecore Watercooler Podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios; subscribe today for exciting new episodes!

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1
Sitecore Hackathon 2023 & The Recipe for Success
Hacking the experience. The 2023 Sitecore Hackathon is an online community-driven event organized and supported by Sitecore. 91 teams from across the globe compete in building a Sitecore module for 24 hours straight, relating to the following categories: Best enhancement to SXA Headless, Best Enhancement to XM Cloud, and Best Migration from XP to XM Cloud. In this episode, our guest host, Maggie Burke is joined at the water cooler by the winning team of Sitecore Architect's Alex Lentz, Jeremy Haun, and Senior Sitecore Business Analyst Casey Stanutz. They discuss their experience performing at Hackathon 2023, taking home another victory from this year's event, and more. For the fourth time in five years, Americaneagle.com has been crowned once again the champion at Sitecore Hackathon. The overall challenge for this event was to create a module that could be implemented in real-life scenarios to help clients with their solutions in the end. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
13 min
2
Deep Dives & Lessons Learned with XM Cloud
In this episode, host Jon Price is at the water cooler with Richard Seal, Lead Partner Technical Advocate at Sitecore, and Jared Arnofsky, Sitecore Solutions Architect at Americaneagle.com. They discuss the features offered with a headless CMS by XM Cloud, understanding the marketing perspective of new tools and functionalities for everyday use, and more. Sitecore's XM Cloud and Vercel systems are two powerful platforms that can be integrated into a composable stack, to provide a seamless digital experience for businesses and their customers. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
21 min
3
The Next Level of Data & Analytics with Relevan...
In this episode, host Jon Price is joined at the water cooler by RelevantEdge's Chris Nash, Partner & Director of DX Optimization, and Niels Kuhnel, Partner and CTO. They discuss how RelevantEdge came to fruition and grew during the pandemic, how they developed the Experience Extractor that can be integrated into platforms like Excel and PowerPoint, and more. RelevantEdge has the solution for capturing customer-centric data, insights, data visualizations, and DX optimization. They're committed to keeping user data protected while analyzing information trends to help businesses improve their websites overall. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
40 min
4
Content & Product Search Remastered
In this episode, our host, Jon Price is joined by Chris Janning, Director of Commerce and Search Presales at Sitecore. They discuss the product details of Sitecore Search and Discover, the importance of user profile data, product offerings to users, and more. Sitecore Discover has the functions for an all-in-one solution to power your business's search capabilities. It also creates personalized recommendations based on your search results, and provides analytics to measure each user interaction. Sitecore Search can provide users with predictive, type-ahead searches in milliseconds, that's powered by Sitecore's intelligent AI. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
24 min
5
Email Marketing Made Simple with Sitecore Send
In this episode, our host, Jon Price, is joined at the water cooler by Paul Brennan, Senior Director for Sitecore Send at Sitecore. They discuss the automation capabilities of Sitecore Send, the implementation of creating transparent email marketing campaigns, and more. Sitecore Send is an intelligent email marketing tool made simple for marketers. Understanding, engaging, and growing your audience with personalized email campaigns are the core functions of Sitecore Send's capabilities. Creating meaningful email campaigns can bring your brand closer to your customers overall. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
25 min
6
Optimizing the Customer Experience with Sitecor...
In this episode, our host, Jon Price is joined at the Water Cooler by Danny Robinson, VP of Product at Sitecore, and Sarah O'Reilly, Presales Engineer at Sitecore. They discuss the differences in products between Sitecore CDP and Personalize and how customers can improve their digital footprint. Sitecore Personalize and CDP bring together real-time behavioral insights and all your customer data so you can instantly understand and engage with every customer overall. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
30 min
7
Kicking Off Sitecore in 2023 with Rick Bauer & ...
In part one of this episode, our host, Jon Price is joined by Rick Bauer, Global Director of Customer Transformation at Sitecore. They discuss the customer transformation strategies from DXP to composable, the importance of proper planning and documenting integration points, and the focus on customers' business problems and opportunities to get them on the best path forward. Part two of this conversation will continue on the Sitecore Standard Values Podcast. Available on Discover Sitecore's YouTube channel, and wherever you find your podcasts. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
23 min
8
Post-Symposium 2022 Roundtable
In this episode, our host, Jon Price, is at the roundtable with our Sitecore experts and one of our Sitecore MVPs to talk about their experience at Sitecore Symposium 2022. Ahmed Okour, Maggie Burke, and Naim Al share their highlights, takeaways, challenges, and announcements they experienced during this year's convention. David O. Flanagan and many others laid out a great vision for Sitecore in the marketplace, including where Sitecore can serve its existing and future customers. Sitecore has bought into the vision of composable and SaaS and has broken out its tech stack into three distinct clouds for content, commerce and engagement. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
25 min
9
Exploring the Ecommerce Tech Space with Coveo
In this episode, our host, Jon Price, talks with Simon Langevin, Senior Director of Product Management at Coveo. They discuss the new updates and integrations within search, product listings, and keywords to help consumers find specific products and recommendations with the help of product vectors. Coveo partners with the leading technology vendors and system integrators globally. Coveo for Sitecore integration is the only relevant solution that fully integrates with Sitecore. Leveraging Sitecore APIs, Coveo for Sitecore blends its unified, AI-powered search capabilities into the Sitecore experience. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
30 min
10
Building a Sitecore Team in The New Composable ...
In this episode, host John Price talks with Sitecore Architect and multi-year MVP, James Gregory, and Americaneagle.com's Senior Project Manager, Maggie Burke, about how to prepare for a composable project and building the right team around that project for when development happens. The focus lately by analysts, software companies, and current and prospective customers has been very technology focused. However, equally or more important is the business focus on how to actually construct a team that processes around a composable ecosystem for implementing and maintaining the platform. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
15 min
11
Pre-Sitecore Symposium with Corrie Sahli
In this episode, our host, John Price is joined by Vice President of Enterprise SaaS Sales at Sitecore, Corrie Sahli, and Americaneagle.com's Sitecore Program Director Maggie Burke to talk about Sitecore Symposium 2022. Corrie Sahli gives us a sneak peak of what to expect at this year's conference, what guest speakers are going to be worth the watch, a brand new suite of products that are heading towards the future of Sitecore, and new announcements with XM Cloud and more! This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them!
14 min
12
The New Age of Building a Sitecore Solution
In this episode, Jon Price spoke with Sitecore's System Architect Andy Cohen and Americaneagle.com's Sitecore Architect Naim Al. They go into Sitecore XM Cloud and Sitecore CDP, and also discuss the new age of building a Sitecore solution and a guide to how existing Sitecore clients can become composable. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen them!
24 min
13
Solving Customer Challenges & Putting It Forward
In this episode, Jon Price talks with CEO and Founder of PutItForward, Mark Cowan, to discuss how technologies can help automate the insights and integrations between siloed systems and data. PutItForward creates the ability for people and organizations to simply get control of their data story and realize its full potential. The core is the Data Automation Network, a configuration driven approach to integrate, manage the platform, orchestrate and see around corners.
19 min
14
What's In Store with Coveo
For many years, Coveo has been a leading search and insights engine for platforms such as Sitecore. Lately, Coveo has expanded its footprint and capabilities in use cases, a few being case resolution for self-service portals, integrating with chatbot providers, and helping ecommerce customers drive more sales. In this episode, our host, Jon Price, spoke to Coveo's Account Executive, Anthony Dumas, and Coveo Sales Engineer, Paul Sheridan, to learn more about what Coveo has been up to the past year and what's in store ahead. They discuss Coveo's recent acquisition of Qubit, the company going public, what are Coveo's future focuses regarding features and capabilities, what are Coveo's key differentiators compared to their competitors, and so much more. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen them!
18 min
15
2023 MVP Kick-Off
2022 MVP's were just announced and therefore the 2023 process begins! One of the pivotal pieces of success for a software company today is the community which dedicates itself to the success of implementations and advancement. It is tough to argue that Sitecore's community is second to none with the individuals who are invested day in and day out. Sitecore recognizes these special individuals who dedicate themselves towards improving the Sitecore product and sharing their knowledge and passion within the Sitecore community. Our host, Jon Price, is joined by Sitecore's Tamas Varga who leads the Sitecore MVP Program. In this episode, Jon finds out why the number of MVPs awarded has dropped, why the MVP Program is important to Sitecore's success, how to become active in the community, and the introduction of the Sitecore Mentor Program.
18 min
16
A Love Affair with Sitecore
Seasonally fitting with the Valentine's season, we are focusing on loyal customers of Sitecore who have been on the platform for over 5 years and have progressively enhanced their original implementation including Sitecore upgrades. In this episode, we're diving into a very recognizable association that prides themselves on portraying and creating content centered around all things quality — ASQ. Our host, Jon Price, spoke with ASQ's Web Application Manager and Scrum Master, Ama Wanniarachchi. ASQ started their journey over 5 years ago and have migrated their flagship website along with 50,000 unique pieces for product and informational content over to Sitecore. In this episode we talk about why ASQ chose Sitecore, the new features of Sitecore that excite ASQ the most, and more! ASQ is committed to providing enhanced expertise, professional networks, tools, and solutions to help members advance their products, services, and industries. They provide professional training, certifications, and knowledge to members globally.
10 min
17
Sitecore Connect for Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Organizations today are in the continuous pursuit of their ever elusive 360 degree view of their customers and prospects. The reason why organizations struggle with this is because they have numerous systems that hold different types of data, and it is always a challenge to marry these different data sources. However, once organizations can marry customer data from numerous data sources, new doors will open for things like explicit personalization and marketing automation. A good majority of Sitecore customers are also Salesforce CRM and Salesforce Marketing Cloud users. The opportunity to have these systems connected has never been more advantageous, and the way to marry Sitecore and Salesforce has never been more streamlined. Sitecore offers a Salesforce connector to accelerate these data connections. In this episode, we're going to dive into how a specific Sitecore customer, Renown Health, was able to utilize a Salesforce and Sitecore connector to better reach their constituents. To discuss the site, our host, Jon Price, spoke with Americaneagle.com's Senior Project Manager, Maggie Burke, and Sitecore Architect, Alex Lentz, both of whom worked on the project. For more information, check out: A Harmonious Communication: Using Sitecore Connect for Salesforce Marketing Cloud to Maximize Your Marketing Initiatives. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen them!
13 min
18
A Marketer's 360 View With Sitecore CDP
Continuing from the conversation in the last episode about Sitecore OrderCloud, our host, Jon Price, spoke with longtime Sitecore Architect and multi-year MVP, James Gregory, to discuss everything about Sitecore CDP (Customer Data Platform) and Sitecore Personalize. CDPs collect data on customer behavior with your product of service. CDPs can tell you each step that a customer has taken since engaging with your company from the channel they found you on to how they behave with it within your product. This aggregate of data within a CDP can then be used to personalize on any channel. The CDP stores a 360 view so marketers can personalize the next step in whatever channel they may be in. Tune in to learn more about Sitecore's CDP product!
13 min
19
The In's and Out's of Sitecore OrderCloud
Built as a cloud-based, API-first, headless ecommerce platform, Sitecore OrderCloud offers nearly limitless customizations and endless freedom for growth. Sitecore now has multiple commerce options available where OrderCloud is looking towards the future. In this episode, our host, Jon Price, spoke with longtime Sitecore Architect and multi-year MVP, James Gregory, to discuss everything OrderCloud: what it is, its history, and its application. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen them!
12 min
20
Building the Sitecore MVP Website
Every year Sitecore honors the top contributors in the community by naming them as MVPs. Thousands of applicants need a way to apply and that is through the channel of the Sitecore MVP Website. In this episode, our host, Jon Price, spoke with Americaneagle.com team members who helped build the website, helping streamline the application process. Our guests include Senior Sitecore Developer, Naim Al, and Joshua Hover, Director of Sitecore Project Management Operations, as well as Sitecore Solutions Architect, Ahmed Okour, at Americaneagle.com who, combined, have more than 30 years of experience in Sitecore. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen them!
13 min
21
Sitecore Hackathon Advice and Insights
Sitecore Hackathon is a free online community organized by community members and supported by Sitecore. Once a year, developers and business users from around the world get together to compete for 24 hours straight to build a new feature or function for the Sitecore platform. The modules and components built are then reviewed by community members and Sitecore employees where a winner is selected. To discuss the Sitecore Hackathon, our host, Jon Price, spoke with Senior Sitecore Developer, Naim Al, and, Joshua Hover, Director of Sitecore Project Management Operations at Americaneagle.com.
12 min
22
The What, Why, and How of Sitecore Headless
For the past few years, the content management and digital experience platform scene has changed drastically. Recently Gartner introduced the concept of "composable". Along with the topic of composable, in this episode, our host, Jon Price, spoke with longtime Sitecore Architect and multi-year MVP, James Gregory, to discuss Sitecore and headless. Headless has been a hot development trend lately which fits directly into the concept of composable. Sitecore originated, and is still technically, a headless CMS. Until recently though, Sitecore hasn't marketed itself as a headless platform. This episode covers numerous options, including Sitecore headless services (previously known as JSS), Sitecore Experience Edge and as well as content as a service. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen them!
15 min
23
How to Become a Sitecore MVP
Sitecore's MVP submissions for 2022 are right around the corner. In this episode, our host, Jon Price, spoke with longtime Sitecore Architect and multi-year MVP, Mohammed Syam, to discuss all about becoming ad being a Sitecore MVP. The two cover what it takes to become a MVP, retain the MVP title, and what value MVPs provide for Sitecore customers. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios.
13 min
24
Post-Symposium 2021 MVP Roundtable
The day after Symposium wrapped, our longtime Sitecore Architects and multi-year MVPs, Jon Price, Mohammed Syam, Ahmed Okour, and James Gregory, broke down the topics and announcements presented at the conference: cutting edge features, how the SC community is impacted, our favorite sessions, next steps, and more! This episode discusses all things Sitecore and how you can get the most out of your DXP platform investment! This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios.
49 min
25
Previewing Sitecore Symposium 2021
Sitecore Symposium 2021 is right around the corner. In this episode, our host, Jon Price, spoke with Sitecore's Senior Senior Director of Product Marketing, David Schweer, to preview Sitecore Symposium 2021 and share some additional insights in regards to the platform's strategic direction. Sitecore Symposium 2021 will take place October 5 – 7, 2021. Thousands of marketers, developers, Sitecore customers, experts, and solution and technology partners from around the world will come to hear compelling, real-world customer success stories and learn best practices from businesses and organizations. You’ll learn about new products and updates on current solutions, and get a sneak peek into Sitecore’s product roadmap. With expert speakers, innovative thought leaders, and representatives from a range of global brands and industries, Sitecore Symposium 2021 will create connections, spark ideas, and offer actionable insights. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios.
20 min