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Content marketing ROI and the measurement meltdown

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A new survey has revealed how marketing professionals are struggling to convince decision-makers about the value of content marketing, due to a mix of high expectation and a lack of focus in terms of clear marketing ROI. And, while budgets are growing, it is getting harder to deliver the results now demanded by those holding the purse-strings. Marketers are under more scrutiny than ever, as the pressure is on to achieve the desired result. Kirsty Daniel investigates the survey findings.

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Big data versus old data – is it time to look back?

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Take another look beyond the ‘big’ at your historic, ‘old’ data – you might be surprised to see how well it can be leveraged to take your marketing campaigns onto another level. Michael Deane has tips to show how better results can be achieved.

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Balancing data and creativity: the key to marketing success

Is the culture of measurement killing creativity? How do marketers achieve a symbiotic relationship between two apparently opposing concepts – art and insight – combining a variety of skills to see campaigns through from start to finish? When it comes to balancing data and creativity, Rebecca Manville has some sound advice.

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Data strategy planning: roll with the punches and reveal what your data can do for you

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Does the deluge of data sometimes make you feel like you are fighting for air? Box clever, says Tyler Greer, ensure your data strategy planning and the insights you are gathering are punching in the right direction: data that is correctly verified is thus good data – providing insights that guide our targeting; clearer understanding of audience behaviours that drive higher performance campaigns. Here’s how and why you should get the good data.

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Tomorrow’s world today – privacy & technology: the ethics debate

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First, computer cookies as data collectors and now AI, bots and myriad automation – they are all bringing a level of ease and convenience to our lives as consumers; offering targeted ads, using our locations and preferences for relevance, saving us our valuable time. But they also offer unease and concern . . . followers or stalkers, assistants or snoopers? Just how far can technology – and brands and even governments – go when it comes to gathering and using data? It’s all about ethics, says Steven van Belleghem, delving into the great privacy & technology debate.

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Dealing with international data: how to clean global databases

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A clear data hygiene strategy is vital if your business is operating on a global scale, says Anna Kayfitz – but it’s not an easy task to monitor and maintain international data and to standardise fields and formats. Here are her tried and tested tactics for optimising data management and keeping globalised data pristine.

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The macro and the micro – comparing marketing predictions from a major analyst with practitioners’ plans

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Are marketers equipped and resourced to deal with major challenges ahead? How will the marketing landscape pan out this year? What’s at the top of a marketer’s wishlist for 2018? What did they get right last year and can build on in the months ahead? Robert Howells checks out the major annual research report from Winterberry (hindsight and predictions) and compares it with comments from Marketo’s community of marketing practitioners. Here’s what he found:

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The data scientist, examined – addressing the talent gap in data analytics

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It is now generally agreed that the process of analysing data is key to successful marketing. Collecting data from happy and consenting customers is fine, but putting that data to good use – identifying trends, optimising campaigns and examining effectiveness in detail – is still a skill that many marketing departments lack. How skilled is your data scientist? …What’s that? You don’t have one, just a regular marketer trying to keep all the balls in the air (and dropping a few)? Find out why the science of data is so important – as is the need to fill that specific role.

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How to bridge the gap between gathering & harnessing SEO data

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Search engine optimisation – are you making the most of your SEO data? Vanity metrics just eat away at budgets! So don’t just passively gather it in, in endless reams – marketers need to be actually analysing and harnessing SEO data for it to be of use; making improvements and realigning your strategy. Here’s how:

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Get smarter data insight: combine depth of direct with digital dynamism

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Dubbed ‘Direct Marketing 4.0’ and ‘Data Directed Marketing’, smarter data insight is achievable if you follow that modern approach, says Phil Andrews. Here, he describes the process required to take advantage of real-time digital markets; combining the depth and rigour of direct marketing with the reach, personalisation and real-time dynamic approach of digital.

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