According to the SAS Experience 2030 global study, by the year 2030 67% of in-person customer engagements (think sales assistance and information queries) will be completed by smart machines rather than humans. And while it may seem a bit ironic, the most personalized customer experiences could involve no people at
No matter what your brand's level of marketing maturity is, SAS can help you move from data to insight to action with rich functionality for adaptive planning, journey activation and an embedded real-time decision engine – all fueled by powerful analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Let's begin with a
I promised in my previous post on automated segment comparisons that I would reveal more about how SAS measures differences between segment profiles. To recap, we wanted to have a method that would determine: If two segments are different in a meaningful way. By how much? What descriptive attributes best
How different is different? Descriptive analytics is powerful. You get to see your data and seeing is believing as they say. But blindly believing what you see is not always the best strategy. Asking someone else if they see what you see helps but is still subjective. Objectivity starts with
The only constant is change – Heraclitus As online user behavior continues to evolve, user expectations are growing as well. More and more, users expect to be known; thus, web personalization and targeted content are becoming mission critical and an expectation, not an exception. Using SAS Customer Intelligence 360, we
In an earlier blog post my colleague, Suneel Grover, wrote about how to take advantage of the product recommendations technology implemented in SAS Customer Intelligence 360. He noted that two methods are implemented behind the scenes, a visitor-centric and a product (or item)-centric approach. And most importantly, while some sophisticated
Recommendation systems work best when you can provide them with as many relevant examples as possible. On the other hand, increasing the number of products or offers leads to recommendation blind spots, especially early on in training the system. This cold-start problem is a challenge for most recommendation systems. SAS
For those new to SAS Customer Intelligence 360, its functionality can seem vast, but I found it easy to jump in and get started. With this cloud-based software you can combine multiple data sources to create a full picture of your site visitors and better know your customers. SAS Customer
Why does your organization’s website or mobile app exist? What are you hoping to accomplish with your business by being digital? What are the most important priorities for your digital presence? Here are three goals that most organizations share: Sell more stuff. Make marketing more effective. Delight customers. Goals are
Editor's note: Learn more about SAS 360 Plan, the latest addition to the SAS Customer Intelligence 360 solution. We all know that digital platforms have transformed the role of marketing in the last few years; however, in many organizations, marketing operations hasn’t kept pace with that innovation. Marketers need to be
