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Six tips for turning big data into huge insights

Six tips for turning big data into huge insights

With more than 5 billion people calling, texting, tweeting and browsing on mobile phones worldwide, marketers are scrambling to capture and capitalize on all that data. Eric Williams, formerly of Catalina Marketing, has six tips to help you on your way.

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Top three marketing trends for 2013

A Marketer's Viewpoint

What should marketers focus on for 2013? I sat down with Adele Sweetwood, VP of SAS Americas Marketing, to find out the top trends – and what you need to do now to take advantage of them.

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How IKEA, British Airways tie insights to outcomes

Tying insights to outcome

Is your marketing team a silo in your organization? Customer analytics data has paved the way for marketers at IKEA and British Airways to closely align with the rest of the business — and shape company strategy.

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Gilt Groupe gets personal with mobile members

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When consumers shop for high-end luxury items, they expect high-end customer service — even if they’re online. That’s why online luxury retailer Gilt Groupe works so hard to personalize the customer experience. Find out how they’re meeting this challenge and the future of analytics at Gilt Groupe.

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How Gilt Groupe uses big data to give customers what they want

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When Gilt Groupe began selling high-end merchandise at deep-discounts on its members-only website in 2007, the flash sale phenomenon was born. 3.5 million members later, they’re still growing strong, How do they do it? Gilt’s Senior Director of Analytics and Research shares their secret.

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The case for conversational marketing

Five Best Practices for Social Media Measurement

According to marketing experts like Charlene Li, conversational marketing will soon become as natural as breathing. That entails big implications for business. Here’s what you need to know about helping employees with customer interactions.

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Customer analytics in the age of social media

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What’s the biggest difficulty in analyzing social media data, and how do you overcome it? TDWI Research Director David Stodder has answers.

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Intelligent customers demand customer intelligence

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What’s holding you back from delighting your customers? Camille Baumann explores the role of strategy, vision, executive sponsorship and analytic talent in improving the customer experience — and shares examples from companies that are exceeding customers’ expectations.

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Secrets for more profitable marketing from Chico’s and Staples

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Marketing experts from these two retail giants recently participated in a panel discussion on growth opportunities. There was a lot of meat in the general discussion, but here are five tips they shared that will help you refine your own marketing efforts, no matter what industry you’re in.

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Top 5 “Moneyball” lessons for marketers from Billy Beane

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Billy Beane is the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, whose story is told in the book and film “Moneyball.” Beane is known for finding value in undervalued assets and maximizing resources, which translates nicely to marketing. Here are five lessons from a recent presentation Beane made at SAS.

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