The New Future of Marketing: 16 Predictions From The C-Suite
What’s in store for marketers? Forget crystal balls — this article in Forbes, written late last year by former CMO Kimberly A. Whitler, offered insights and predictions for the year ahead from CEOs, authors, and other marketing experts. So what did these experts predict would happen in the wonderful world of marketing during 2016? More targeted, personalized efforts…
Data Quality – is “close enough” “good enough”?
I was discussing the data quality vendor landscape with a colleague the other day and he drew a very interesting parallel, an analogy about solutions and performance I hadn’t heard before. Frankly, on the surface it was almost comical—but the more I thought about it, the more I realized the significance. For some reason, too often technology buyers…
From Insight to Action: How Data-Driven Marketing Is Supporting Big Decisions
If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine. Quote Jim Barksdale, former CEO of Netscape While reliance on instinct may have been enough to get by in the past, today, neglecting to adopt a data-driven mindset could very well make or break your business. Today, Data centricity is…
8 Data Demons Blocking CMOs’ Path to Marketing ROI
In this dog-eat-dog, data-centric world, many of today’s CMOs want the ability to easily measure and show how their teams are delivering ROI. But what’s preventing them from actually doing that? According to Nadim Hossain, CEO and Co-Founder of BrightFunnel, it’s because of “Bad Data,” which generally falls into one of eight categories: Account Hierarchy and Duplicates, Opportunity…
