How to Build a Data Strategy

How to Build a Data Strategy

For today’s businesses, data is an invaluable resource. With so much data being produced, it’s easy for organizations to struggle with maximizing that data’s potential. Gathering, sorting and using data becomes difficult without an effective strategy for processing and optimizing it in place. Developing a business data strategy can help businesses overcome these challenges and … Read more

What Are the Methods of Data Collection?

what are the methods of data collection

Data is one of the most precious resources in today’s business landscape. The more information you have about your customers, the better you can understand their interests, wants and needs. This enhanced understanding helps you meet and exceed your customers’ expectations and allows you to create messaging and products that appeal to them. But here’s … Read more

5 Ways to Decrease Wasted Ad Spend

5 Ways to Decrease Wasted Ad Spend

Digital ad spend worldwide passed $600 billion in 2023. Much of that ad spend, however, ends up wasted. In a recent survey by Rakuten Marketing, digital marketers estimated they waste 26 percent of their budget on the wrong strategies and channels. Wasted ad spend is a significant problem in the marketing industry, but you don’t … Read more

Why Is Data Quality Important?

Data Quality Featured

Data is a hot topic in the business world these days. Everyone wants to talk about the insights and value they can derive from data. There’s a good reason for that — data is one of the most valuable resources available to today’s marketers, agencies, publishers, media companies and more. But data is only useful … Read more

What Has the Shift to Mobile Meant for Publishers?

Shift to Mobile

Jump to: Not that long ago, publishers only had to consider desktop when creating digital content. Today, however, readers consume content on a variety of devices — many of them mobile. While the global shift to mobile presents some challenges to publishers, it also provides opportunities. Publishers who don’t take advantage of mobile are missing … Read more

How to Use A/B Testing to Maximize Marketing Campaign Performance

Market Segmentation

TL;DR Are your marketing campaigns actually working, or just… working? A/B testing (or split testing) is your crystal ball, giving you data-backed answers to boost ROI. Stop guessing what your audience wants and let them show you with data. Are your marketing campaigns performing as well as they could be? Whether a campaign isn’t meeting … Read more

What Is Market Segmentation?

When trying to reach customers with a marketing message or ad campaign, targeting the right market with the right message is essential — If you aim too broadly, your message might reach a few people who end up becoming customers, but you’ll also reach a lot of people who aren’t interested in your products or … Read more

Back to Basics: What Is Sequential Messaging?

What is Behavioral Targeting

Jump to: In an increasingly connected world, people are bombarded by marketing messages almost constantly. Today’s consumers can encounter up to 10,000 brand messages every day, far too many for a single person to remember or even notice. Customers receive advertising messages through several different channels — ads appear on television, social media, the radio and even … Read more

Big ROI Starts With Defining Your Ideal Customer

Big ROI Starts With

Jump to: Every business wants a big return on the investments they make in marketing and sales. To accomplish that, you need to attract prospects and customers who will provide value to your company. Often, those customers are the same ones to which you can provide significant value. Unless you have an unlimited marketing budget, … Read more