Being able to bring together the facets of customer engagement – and to do so automatically – is the true value of decisioning tools. Alex Yoder on November 19, 2018 With the proliferation of martech and adtech tools over the past ten years, there’s no shortage of technology platforms available to help marketers understand, … Continue reading The decisioning dilemma: Getting the right combination of marketing tech to optimize engagement
Tony Zambito — October 29, 2018 Follow @tonyzambito — October 29, 2018 A hot buzzword during the past couple of years has been digital transformation. It has branched off a few more in the world of marketing and sales: Martech Transformation Sales Transformation CX Transformation Customer Engagement Transformation I am sure there are more. At … Continue reading Why The Buyer Transformation Is The Only One That Will Matter By 2020
James Patterson — September 24, 2018 — September 24, 2018 The internet and evolving technologies have dramatically changed the way people do everyday activities like researching, shopping, and banking. The common practice before was going to a physical store to learn more about a product, canvas, and finally purchase. Now, it’s possible to do everything … Continue reading The Consumer Buying Behavior in the Digital Age [Infographic]
How To Use Audience Data To Maximize Marketing Spend by Jaime Smith , Columnist, September 12, 2018 In its 2018 Digital Marketing Trends Report, AdMaster found that 70% of advertisers plan to increase our digital marketing budgets for 2018. But what do we plan to do with that money? The biggest thing to remember is … Continue reading How To Use Audience Data To Maximize Marketing Spend
Ana Gotter — August 8, 2018 Follow @ana_gotter — August 8, 2018 When you’re creating video content for your marketing campaigns, how do you decide which selling points, emotional appeals, and stories will resonate most with your audience? What about different segments within your main audience? Whether you do it intentionally or not, you’re likely … Continue reading How to Create Buyer Personas That Actually Work
Liz Kislik — August 4, 2018 Follow @lizkislik — August 4, 2018 Very few decision-makers operate completely independently — even CEOs usually have to answer to a board. So unless you’re a sole owner, or a sole employee, you need to appeal to many different audiences to get support for your initiatives, as well as … Continue reading Why You Need to be Able to Make Your Case to a Variety of Audiences
Probabilistic methods allow for personal campaigns while ensuring anonymity. The debate surrounding probabilistic versus deterministic cross-device tracking is nothing new. But with the rapidly evolving online landscape and technological capabilities, and with customers increasingly engaging across multiple devices, brands and agencies should be having a different conversation: They need to look beyond which targeting method … Continue reading How to reach consumers while protecting their privacy
Study from Blis found that in-store browsing was the number one way consumers discovered new products. Greg Sterling on June 28, 2018 A new survey of 2,000 US consumers from location intelligence provider Blis argues that, contrary to marketers’ perceptions, the dominant way consumers discover new products is in traditional retail stores. At the … Continue reading Report: Stores still critical in consumer purchase journey, above TV and social
Consumers Catch On To ‘Open’ And ‘Transparent’ Buzzwords by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 22, 2018 Consumers have latched on to the words “open” and “transparency,” especially when it comes to hearing and learning about technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), which they don’t completely understand. Some 80% believe companies should tell consumers how and when … Continue reading Consumers Catch On To ‘Open’ And ‘Transparent’ Buzzwords
How you approach martech is highly dependent on the thread that’s unifying all of your decision-making. Contributor Debbie Qaqish explains how this affects your chances of success. Debbie Qaqish on June 18, 2018 In 2011, I worked with a large tech firm on their martech stack. This was years before marketing operations (MO) was … Continue reading Is your customer the unifying thread? How to do martech right
