Were We Wrong About the Value of First-Party Data?
There are myriad reasons behind any business failure. But the failure of so many DTC brands raises the uncomfortable question: Were we wrong about the value of first-party data?
There are myriad reasons behind any business failure. But the failure of so many DTC brands raises the uncomfortable question: Were we wrong about the value of first-party data?
It takes a publisher around six weeks on average to test and deploy a new identity solution, not to mention the maintenance they have to do over time. No wonder publishers are stressed out.
Whereas some CDPs store copies of data to do identity resolution, composable CDPs are natively designed to integrate with data cloud warehouses, like Snowflake, AWS, Databricks or Google’s BigQuery, says Jason Davis, CEO and co-founder of Simon Data.
Customer retention is a beautiful thing. But it doesn’t happen without an ongoing investment in personalized customer experiences, said Ekta Chopra, chief digital officer at cosmetics brand e.l.f., which has been working with customer data platform ActionIQ since 2020.
Privacy is the number one reason why marketers say they want to partner with a customer data platform. Twenty-six percent of marketers cite data compliance and ensuring consumer privacy as the top benefits of working with a CDP provider, according to the companies surveyed by Advertiser Perceptions in its wave on the CDP market covering […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tasso Argyros, CEO and founder of ActionIQ. Recently, martech influencer Scott Brinker posted the results of a survey that claims 67% of respondents plan to build their own “custom” customer data […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Joseph Enever, senior director analyst at Gartner. Customer data platforms (CDPs) are facing an identity crisis: just like marketers. Although marketers have spent lavishly on martech to support personalization, brands face […]
Over half (52%) of marketers say that they use Salesforce or Microsoft as their customer data platform, according to the most recent Advertiser Perceptions report on the CDP market. Clear evidence that the marketing clouds are dominating the CDP category … right? Here are a few grains of salt. For one, when Advertiser Perceptions conducted […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tasso Argyros, CEO and founder of ActionIQ. The pandemic has disrupted every industry, forcing far too many businesses to shut their doors. But when it comes to digital transformation, COVID-19 […]
Did the CDP category just have its DoubleClick moment? Twilio will acquire customer data platform Segment for a $3.2 billion in stock, the companies said Monday. Forbes first reported the deal on Friday. Twilio powers automated mobile communications for clients such as Airbnb, Lyft, Blue Apron, Netflix, Hulu and Salesforce. Its Flex platform supports billions […]