Business Marketing

Kansai University's Katsutoshi Yada has been awarded the 2019 Prize for Science and Technology (Promotion Category) in the Commendation for Science and Technology by Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for applying and promoting data mining technology to analyze big-data in business marketing. The annual prize recognizes research, development, and promotion of science and technology to the general public. Katsutoshi Yada is one of Japan's leaders in applying data mining technology…

"Any business, but particularly small ones, needs to be continually focused on making sure the customer experience is unique and differentiated." Tell us about your role and the team/technology you handle at Salesforce. I’ve been at Salesforce for nearly 12 years in various roles; currently, I lead the Small Business Marketing team. As a daughter of immigrant entrepreneurs, I’m super passionate about small businesses, so empowering them with the tools and resources they need to grow is a dream role for me. To build the…

Consumers are vocal about how brands use their data. To stand out in a good way, marketers and advertisers need to stop focusing on the information they can glean from customer data and build campaigns that capitalize on consumer expectations. Most of the current outcry against misuse and abuse of private user data centers on mobile. However, a recent report by The Washington Post reveals that desktop browsers also pose significant vulnerabilities for data security. Investigating “the secret life of our data,” tech…

The first digital short text was over 25 years ago. Neil Papworth who was a Developer sent a message as “Merry Christmas” to the Vodafone director Richard Jarvis. This simple message is believed in giving rise to mobile communication technologies that we see now. SMS is present for more than a couple of decades now and it seems to stay even when the most advanced social media platforms and internet messaging applications like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp etc. are there to compete. As per the latest research, almost 95% of…