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Welcome to Customer Analytics, a blog for anyone who is looking for ways to improve the business of marketing and communicating with customers.
We strive to prompt new thinking in the way you tackle customer-related business issues. And we hope to inspire the use of analytics for everything from multi-level marketing to social media campaigns. Follow us here and on Twitter at @SAS_CI, or check out the Twitter hashtag #sasci.
I’m John Balla, Editor of the Customer Analytics blog and Senior Marketing Specialist in Customer Intelligence. Read more about me here.Tags
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John brings 15 years’ experience across many marketing disciplines, including direct marketing, analytics, consulting, product management and product marketing. He frequently represents SAS at global marketing conferences, including those hosted by Direct Marketing Association (DMA), National Center of Database Marketing (NCDM) & American Marketing Association (AMA), speaking about best practices and futures in the areas of social media and customer analytics. John has his Bachelor’s in Public Relations from the University of Florida, and Master’s degrees in Information Systems Management (MS/ISM) and Business Administration (MBA) from the University of South Florida. John currently resides in Tampa, FL.
If you would like to connect with John directly, send a personalized connection request to his LinkedIn profile of http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbastone or send connect to @johnbastone on twitter.
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