Broadly speaking, the holy grail of digital media measurement is to analyze the impact and business value of all company-generated marketing interactions across the complex customer journey. In this blog post, my goal is to take a transparent approach in discussing how data-driven marketers can progress past rules-based attribution methods, and make the business case for leveraging algorithmic applications.
Tag: marketing analytics
Marketing analytics continues to explode with more data sources and fascinating predictive marketing approaches to solve important business problems, yet one challenge continues to bubble up. The ability to translate the technical math behind predictive analytics into easy-to-understand business language and visualization to help c-suite executives make data-driven decisions with
Marketers are walking a tightrope today with data privacy issues: Data can simultaneously bring customers and brands together and further drive them apart. Recent data breaches, potential changes in data-privacy legislation and regulations loom large as customer expectations concerning marketing data continue to rise. As a result, today’s complex data
Digital marketing analytics has evolved over nearly two decades, per Gartner, and has beginnings with Web analytics developed to analyze server logs. Much has changed and a broader digital marketing analytics ecosystem has evolved into its own right, so Gartner saw the need to evaluate providers of digital marketing analytics solutions. In their inaugural Magic Quadrant for
As social media burst onto the scene as a game-changer for marketing several years ago, a lot of focus was placed on the need for brands to be transparent, authentic and accountable in their interactions. Those have always been hallmarks of good business practices, but what had changed was that social media made it
Why are they thinking that? And how is their customer experience different with mobile? As the world is going mobile, those were the questions on our mind as we kicked off an important research project with Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management (the Research). We were motivated to zero in on those
The topic of Marketing Accountability is very hot right now. Also known as Marketing Measurement or Marketing Attribution, it looks at how brands can demonstrate the value of the marketing programs they put in place and execute. In order to demonstrate this value, organizations often use software or programs that are
In today’s world, leading your organization to faster, better decisions calls for skill, agility and resourcefulness. Increasingly, it also requires the use of analytics to meet changes in customer expectations brought about with social, mobile and the digitization of life. The lunch keynote at the DMA's Marketing Analytics Conference featured insights
‘These shoppers ain’t loyal’: The sentiment expressed in "Loyal," a song by American singer Chris Brown, struck a cord with me, particularly around consumer behaviour. Whilst Brown may be decrying the erosion of loyalty in a very different setting, it's not a stretch to imagine how his lyrics might ring
Today's customers want consistent interactions and experiences with your organization, and increasingly they expect personalization and real-time relevance. A major catalyst behind those customer dynamics is mobile devices. The sheer size of the mobile market is enough to take notice, but an increasingly important factor is the proportion of smartphones & tablets and the