This month we feature Gartner’s prediction for the metaverse and what it means for marketers, consider the role that shapes play in conveying feelings and ideas, and explore the importance of humility and empathy in marketing.
We all know about the importance of clean, accurate and all-round dependable data for great marketing. But how many of us actually achieve it? In this article we outline the actions required to ensure you have reliable data.
In this article, we explore how technology holds the key to ensuring data is accurate, up-to-date and ready for use. In today’s regulatory climate, it’s not just good for business: it’s essential for legal compliance.
Not every company has the skills and resources to develop respiratory equipment or PPE, yet many are finding creative ways to make a real difference during the Coronavirus pandemic. Here’s a list of who’s doing what…
Since GDPR, some marketers are refusing to touch third party data with a barge pole. But is that fair? We speak to industry insiders and data privacy experts to find out the level of risk and how it can be sourced safely and responsibly.
The growth of data and its strategic importance to organisations of all sizes has thrust the issue of data quality into the spotlight. Our new whitepaper – in collaboration with data and insight specialists, REaD Group – examines the scale of ‘bad data’, its implications for businesses and what can be done about it.
“The old adage ‘garbage in, garbage out’ has never been more true or more important for businesses. Good quality data means better business decisions, better marketing and more profitable relationships.”
– Jon Cano-Lopez, CEO, REaD Group
Organisations’ believe that inaccurate customer data costs them, on average, six per cent of their annual revenues, according to the Royal Mail. Perhaps more worryingly, over a third are not even sure how much it costs them.
Tackling this problem should be a business priority. In light of the GDPR, clean data is no longer a preference for companies wanting to improve their ROI: it’s now a business fundamental.
In this 22-page whitepaper, you will learn about:
1. The data quality challenge for businesses today: The cost of bad data, its scale and how clean data has become essential in today’s economic and regulatory climate.
2. How to build a data-aware organisation: Learn how to develop into a mature, data-informed organisation, and how this provides the bedrock for maintaining clean data.
3. How to get clean: The key constituents of a data clean-up operation: The 7 essential data cleansing activities which will transform your data streams into a trusty source of insight.
4. How to stay clean: The future of data cleansing: Effective data cleansing methodologies are set to become increasingly important as new technologies emerge which rely on good data.
5. The key questions to ask your data provider: Discover whether your data providers are providing you with accurate, up-to-date and legally sourced data by asking these 8 key questions.
Download the whitepaper below and rid your company of the scourge of bad data!
The French regulator’s record fine for Google proves that the data industry is being forcefully awoken to a new reality where control over data shifts towards the individual and away from corporations. So what can we expect going forward? Craig Hanna explores the ramifications of the GDPR ruling, why there should be a separation of powers when it comes to personal data, and how a global data stream which is more open and democratic will benefit us all.
As Brexit continues to cast concern for EU trade, Siddharth Shankar sheds light on the ASEAN region and suggests that companies looking to enjoy a fruitful foreign trade relationship should consider the countries within this increasingly important market, which is welcoming international trade.
New research suggests not, but the findings from the UK DMA’s email marketing post-GDPR survey are explored here by Rachel Aldighieri, who reveals that email is consumers’ preferred marketing channel and discusses why marketers must keep the message simple.
Despite cultural and economic differences, new research shows consumers around the world take a similarly pragmatic approach to sharing their data. Jed Mole analyses the results of the study into how the global customer perceives data collection, how they view their data privacy and the value they place on their data use.