Marketers strive to get more and more leads. The underlying logic is since it is customers who provide revenue, and leads bring in customers, more leads would mean more customers and hence more revenues. However, more does not always mean better. The quality of the lead or the revenue a lead ultimately brings in matters […]
Category Archives: Big Data
Marketing success depends on having a coherent marketing strategy in place that leverages the key strengths of the company to engage with prospects effectively throughout their customer journey. However, in any increasingly competitive world, merely going through the marketing process is not enough. Marketers need to innovate or differentiate to reach out to their prospects […]
With big data analytics and “hyper-customization” becoming indispensable to generate leads and engage with prospects effectively, marketing automation has become an integral part of the marketing landscape. B2B estimates 46% of marketers have adopted some form of marketing automation, with 62% of them being strong adopters. By 2014, the tribe of strong adopters will grow substantially […]
Recently, we shared how dealing with big data can be like getting lost in the woods. It’s tough to see the big picture with so much digital information surrounding you. The first step to surviving the big data wilderness is to understand what it is, now the tough part — admitting you’re lost. As is […]
Ask your sales, marketing and client success teams to define a typical customer for your organization and you’ll receive at least three different answers. As I wrote last week, big data can help build your customer profile (assuming it’s good data) as well as your ideal customer profile as they may not be the same. […]
Working with Big Data can be a challenge for any business. Companies around the globe, large and small, struggle to deal with the sheer volume and variety of digital information constantly pouring in. Many organizations ignore the issue and never create a plan for using Big Data. Others know they should be doing something, but […]
Last month I had the pleasure of collaborating with Gary Galvin of Galvin Technologies on our webinar, “Using Data & Content to Find the Ideal Customer.” Galvin Technologies is a full-service web and software company whose services are to provide effective web design and development, web strategy along with custom software application development. It’s always interesting to work with subject matter experts from other […]
A recent Gartner Survey, “Predicts 2013: Information Innovation,” reveals 42% of respondents have either invested in big data technology or are planning to do so within a year. The popularity of big data technology can be attributed to the many possibilities it brings about for businesses. Big data integrates data from diverse and disparate sources and subjects it […]
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Salesforce.com + ExactTarget: Validation for all technical marketers
Last week was definitely an interesting one in the marketing world. After years of marketing technology taking a back seat to other technologies, we saw a resounding vote for the importance of marketing in today’s business world from software leader Salesforce.com in their $2.5 billion dollar acquisition of ExactTarget. Congratulations to Marc Benioff, Scott Dorsey and team […]
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How “Smarter” Institutions of Higher Education Succeed
The all-pervasive nature of technology has forced colleges and universities to overhaul their systems and procedures, and embrace technology to remain competitive. One of the biggest impacts in technology within higher education is in marketing to prospective students. Flexibility Today’s youth are connected to the Internet practically every moment they are awake, and any communication […]