behavioral data

Everybody’s dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. This public health pandemic is having a critical impact on supply and demand. It’s times like these that marketers need to be even more aware and sensitive to the expectations of their customers and prospects. Shopping for major-life purchases (MLPs)—such as a car, loan, insurance, or degree—involves a lot of research, investigation, and comparison. These are big-ticket items that can often get delayed—or even escalated—during uncertain times. Consumers, who…

Having seen a number of articles/heard a resurgence of opinions recently arguing for/against different CX metrics yet again, it’s time to clear my throat and assertively scream once more. The best CX metric is that which best explains the customer behaviors you are trying to motivate and the business outcomes you want to drive. This isn’t mere metric agnosticism. I’m not shrugging my shoulders and saying it doesn’t matter or I don’t care what metric is used. It’s empiricism. The best metric can only be determined by…

Could you tell us about your role and the team/technology you handle at DISQO? I lead the Brand Marketing efforts for DISQO, a rapidly growing consumer-first insights platform that is moving market research forward. While DISQO helps marketers and researchers-tune in and listen to audience opinions and behaviors, I serve as a microphone: defining our voice, crafting our story, and otherwise driving discovery by shining a spotlight on the amazing solutions we offer — and the people who make it possible. As I would…

Millions of consumers visit websites every day, leaving a trail of behaviors related to their wants, needs, desires. These research behaviors include comparing brands to determine who can fulfill their needs, weighing relevant product offerings, or searching for the most competitive rates. As these consumers shop for major-life purchases (MLPs)—things like cars, homes, loans, insurance, or education—they invest even more energy to insure these big-ticket items are right for them. In doing so, most visit multiple websites…

Developing audience personas is a pretty basic part of being a marketer. Most product or account teams at some point go through the process of imagining an archetypical customer to keep creative messages on track—eg. Chris the IT Manager or Shawn the Organic-Manic Parent. And in the digital era, we have more buying and behavioral data than ever to paint the picture. But a lot of brands are still going about it all wrong. Working with hundreds of clients over the years to develop strategic brand platforms, my team and…

DscoverMaps is a Geographic Audience Segmentation Tool that Brings Digital Targeting Tactics to Traditional Media  Dstillery, the leading applied data science company, has launched Dscover Maps (DMaps), a geospatial insights tool that provides a detailed view into the market composition by geography or location. Using Dstillery’s digital audiences and insights, DMaps brings digital targeting tactics to other forms of media, including out-of-home, TV, radio and direct mail. Dscover Maps Makes Location Data 'Magical' for…

How Setting Fundamental Audience-Building Techniques Will Help Marketers Get a Leg up in Their Targeting Strategies Being complacent in business has never been beneficial, but when considering this through the lens of the rapidly-changing data landscape, complacency is going to cost your company now more than ever. The marketing ecosystem is transforming faster every day, and advertisers are always searching for the next big trend to get a leg up in their targeting strategies. For smart marketers, it’s all about combining…

"The ability to understand - in a privacy-friendly way - the places and events that a marketer’s target audience visits are a much bigger frontier."Tell us about your role at Gravy Analytics and how you got here. What made you start a Customer Intelligence platform?  Gravy Analytics started in 2011 as a local events discovery company, recommending interesting things to do in your area. Knowing that events are often the greatest indicator of interests and passions, and seeing the gap in understanding what customers do in…

TolunaInsights™ Empowers Businesses with Real-Time Automated Consumer Insights Toluna, a leading provider of consumer insights for the on-demand economy, has completed a corporate rebrand to spotlight its value proposition and market position. Underpinning the rebrand is the launch of TolunaInsights™, the industry’s first comprehensive, automated platform that delivers consumer insights in real-time. These changes mark a significant milestone based on the founding vision ten years ago to democratize market research and…

Maureen Polo,  SVP, Brand Studio, Fullscreen Influencers could be growing in numbers but not in credibility. That's where influencer analytics platform come into the picture and try to prove their worth. To better understand how Influencer Marketing platforms influence social media buying behaviors and the idea behind the latest report, titled "Influence by the Numbers’, we spoke to Maureen Polo, SVP, FullScreeen. Tell us about your role at Fullscreen and the team and technology that you handle. I am Senior Vice…

Maribeth Ross SVP Marketing, Monetate The digital age has revealed to marketers how no two customers are alike in their interaction with a brand. The art of pleasing a customer is more complex than it ever was, and a good way to start is to leverage technology that measures what works, and what doesn't across the buyers' journeys. It's imperative today for marketers to have a clear understanding of Personalization- Segmentation- Optimization, and Automation at various stages of the Customer Lifecycle. To tell us more…

Adding Infinity Analytics and CX Audience to Oracle Marketing Cloud Boosts Big Data Analytics and Helps Customers Better Pinpoint Their Audiences To help organizations rethink how data is applied across the entire customer lifecycle, Oracle is completely transforming existing approaches to customer data analytics and audience segmentation. With the launch of Oracle Infinity and Oracle CX Audience, the Oracle Marketing Cloud now enables marketers to build deeper, more profitable customer relationships by eliminating data…

Spencer Pingry Chief Technical Officer, Zaius Zaius gives B2C marketers the power to own customer data. This data enables marketer's to grasp their customers' shopping patterns and engage them with personalized, omnichannel campaigns. To understand how should a brand leverage Testing and Optimization software for marketing campaigns, we spoke to Spencer Pingry, Chief Technical Officer, Zaius.Tell us about your role at Zaius and the team/technology you handle. Zaius empowers B2C marketers to better understand how…

"Strict privacy and brand safety standards have a tremendously positive impact on mobile marketing campaigns."Tell us about your role and how you got here. What inspired you to be a part of a mobile marketing company? As a Co-Founder and CMO, my role is constantly changing. Initially, I was wearing many different hats but am now able to focus on the company’s marketing mix, specifically product development and promotion. The journey to get here began after film school while working in television production at the NBC…

Episerver Insight™ Provides Deep Customer Journey Analyses. The Headless API™ Makes It Easier to Engage With the Growing Number of Devices in the Internet of Things Leading digital marketing experience company, Episerver, has announced the launch of Episerver Insight and a new Headless API. These new launches would help organizations gain visitor intelligence and deliver more seamless experiences for their customers everywhere they engage. Visitor Intelligence for Personalized Journeys Episerver Insight allows modern…

As marketers, we’ve long viewed personalization as a good thing. Segment your users based on shared characteristics and target them with appropriate content and offers. Sounds simple right? But with the ever more distracted consumer, it’s not that simple. New research from Cloud IQ,  has, in fact, revealed a personalization paradox – brands believe their personalized approach is exceeding consumer expectations but it’s actually having the opposite effect. Consumers are feeling overwhelmed by irrelevant communication and…