Infographic: Transforming Big Data into Actionable Insights

Big Data

2013 may be the year of Big Data… you’re going to see a lot more discussion here on the Marketing Technology Blog on tools to find, manage and leverage very large volumes of data. Today, Neolane and the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) issued a free report entitled, Big Data: Impact on Marketing Organizations. Key findings on the report are being shared through this infographic. The report finds that most marketing departments are ill-equipped to handle the growing influx of data and are behind in planning for tremendous growth. Among the … Continue reading

Infographic: Why an Integrated Marketing Strategy?

Integrated Marketing

What is integrated marketing? Wikipedia defines it as the customer centric, data driven method of communicating with the customers. Integrated marketing is the coordination and integration of all marketing communication tools, avenues, functions and sources within a company into a seamless program that maximizes the impact on consumers and other end users at a minimal cost. While that definition says what it is, it doesn’t say why we do it. From Neolane: Todays marketer has the challenge (or opportunity) of reaching their customers through what can seem like an infinite … Continue reading