Big Data

The rise of digital has seen many businesses undergo organizational restructures with digital no longer a just a function of the marketing department. In the last couple of years the market has seen the rise of the chief digital officer (CDO), a senior executive who sits at the right hand of the CEO and is seen as instrumental to the future of the organization, is this true really?

Seeing day by day the advertisement seeking for social media experts, not knowing that the digital channels need to managed all together, we cannot see this trend. These experts are trendy, open-minded to go new ways, understand the social media community and are not scared to adopt quick, all indications which old fashion executive do not bring by nature.

Vendors like Adobe recognized early the high need to succeed in the business to move away from traditional marketing channels to supporting digital channels. As result Adobe is offering today the most comprehensive set of marketing solutions. Marketers finally have a complete, integrated solution for all their marketing efforts. Analytics, social, media optimization, targeting, web experience management – and now cross-channel campaign management with Adobe Campaign – Adobe Marketing Cloud does it all.

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  We’ll help you get ahead and stay ahead. Marketing is changing so quickly it’s hard to be sure you’re making the most of every opportunity. Let Adobe show you the way. Our solutions offer marketers amazing new possibilities, and with training, support, and expertise from Adobe, we can help you maximize both impact and revenue.

We bring the data together to give you the insights you need. Marketers are becoming strategic leaders within their organizations, and now they have the tools to find and maximize every opportunity. Adobe Marketing Cloud pulls all your data together – including email, point-of-sale, CRM, third-party data, and more. With a single source of truth, you’ll have powerful new ways to monitor and adapt campaigns, accurately assign attribution, and make informed decisions based on powerful, predictive logic.

How Big Data can be used in a transformative way

For the last few years, people have been talking a lot about big data with lots of digital companies jumping on the bandwagon as experts in this space.

Digital practitioners have had to add words like “No SQL”, “Hadoop”, “Map-reduce” and most (in)famously “The cloud” to their vocabulary.

All good stuff, however in the vast majority of cases there has been no real explanation of what it means for digital marketing.

People have been very poor at answering the “So what?” question and I would say that general understanding of the impact it can have is still very low.

Making Sense of “Big Data” to improve digital media ROI

Profiling Web users based on their Web histories based on big data is a nice approach. However, what can you read out of history?

  Would it not be more efficient to understand what in real time you user wants?

Profiling online users in an effort to evolve digital marketing are only one step companies can take toward unlocking “big data’s” potential. Nevertheless, the application of online profiling is limitless.

  It could be applied to direct marketing (e.g., an e-mail campaign focused on the most promising prospects).

Looking further, another exciting challenge to come will involve the adaptation of a company’s online stores based on target Internet user profiles.

In addition to profiling online users, “big data” can also be leveraged in a very pragmatic and operational way. There is no doubt it can reshuffle the cards of search, affiliate marketing, and Internet-based direct marketing.

Why big data matters to marketing

Collecting big data doesn’t automatically lead to better marketing, but it is a good starting point. Think of big data as your secret ingredient, your raw material, your essential element and the only thing you are looking for is the recipe.

It’s not the data itself that’s so important. Rather, it’s the insights derived from big data, the decisions you make and the actions you take that make all the difference.

By combining big data with an integrated marketing management strategy, marketing organizations can make a substantial impact in these key areas: