Are you among those marketers who find CRM systems an administrative burden? If so, then it’s probably time to upgrade. Richard Hillman believes that predictive analytics are one of the key features which will help transform your CRM experience for the better.
ABM at scale – is it just smarter marketing or a whole new approach for B2B, leveraging marketing technology and the power of data to deliver real ROI? Alex Wares tells how to master intelligence-led marketing by taking ABM expertise out of the tech space.
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.
Marketing has come a long way since the scattergun approach. Customer-centricity has driven the need for polished personalisation and technology is empowering ‘laser-guided marketing’. Doron Youngerwood discusses this concept and offers some artificial intelligence ideas and tips to guide marketing ‘artists’ into becoming marketing ‘scientists’.
The news is full of how artificial intelligence will transform the world around us, but as marketers, how will it impact our industry specifically? Here we explore why one technology in particular holds a lot of promise for data-driven marketing. Because in all that big data we produce, there are countless hidden insights that we’re missing every day — and deep learning is the key to unlocking them.
Be not afraid! Instead of a revolution that routs and destroys, artificial intelligence is driving a marketing revolution that will make our industry more intelligent and empowering. It will free-up marketers from the mundanity of day-to-day tasks, enabling ever deeper analytics and insights and creating finer personalisation and customer service. Here’s how:
Recently, the possibility of selling data collected by a robot vacuum cleaner triggered a debate about legality and ethics. But why would marketers vacuum up data and how would they use information about a home’s square footage, furniture and other personal details to reach customers? Tim Scargill discusses the many ways marketers utilise data analytics to predict consumer behaviour, improve targeting and personalisation and determine the ROI of their marketing efforts.
ABM is now a key strategy for any company selling to enterprise businesses. Its evolution from Key Account Marketing has been rapid. However, it’s much more than a cosmetic name change, with a new approach to data and account-wide awareness and advocacy now seen as key to success.
This multi-channel approach requires new skills, new technology and new partners if it is to provide real ROI for your business.
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Data analytics can help identify the right contacts in the right accounts – but newer forms of predictive analytics, combined with sales and marketing data, can help gain an even deeper understanding, enabling companies to identify those who are in the market to buy. Engagement science transforms a one-size-fits-all sales cycle to an individualised approach that will develop sustainable relationships with customers.
Will the new wave of data sets and predictive analytics revive B2B outbound telemarketing to the point where it can become a real driver of sales acceleration? Robert Howells has some answers.