Are you looking to reduce your total cost of ownership and accelerate time-to-market? Don’t build a customer data platform (CDP) from scratch for data management and integration — buy one and build an innovative solution that drives competitive differentiation. “Organisations investing too much in building or customising systems of record have less funding available for […]
In today’s demanding marketing orb, every marketer’s quiver has to be armed with the right tools that will allow access to customised reports filled with the most recent data. Here’s the starting point of your quest. Ever come into your office, look at your calendar, and see right there in printed black and white that […]
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)resonated for almost two decades, however, it is time to move ahead Today, marketers are striving to give customers a superlative ‘experience’ and not just manage the ‘relationship’. Enter CXM Exit CRM. Marketing can no longer operate in silos. CX-driven marketing requires behavioural data (social, web, media), CRM, After-sales, Financing, and so […]
Merger and acquisitions have been an on-going trend of 2018-2019 in MarTech. Tech giants have grabbed solutions providers by the handful and MarTech guru Scott Brinker thinks that 25 per cent of the existing MarTech landscape will “euphemistically consolidate” within this next 12-18-month period. According to David Raab, the most recent acquisitions – Salesforce and […]
June 24, 2018, when Saudi Arabia lifted the ban on women driving, #SheDrives went viral, brands like Renault, Audi, Coca-Cola, Zain, and Nissan capitalised on the historic move with video advertising. While the video ads proved to be emotional and heart-warming, the most endearing one was that from HH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. One of […]
Marketing Technology platforms are becoming the core of the marketing world today. In some cases, marketing activities have been delegated to MarTech stacks. In many others, it is touted as a differentiator. Right? Wrong? Alternatively, a mix of both? Well, the judgement is still out. The fact is MarTech stacks are here to stay. However, […]
Artificial Intelligence has brought revolutionary changes in the marketing and technology space. With integrated software in the form of chatbots and extensive marketing tools based on conversational AI, businesses are augmenting their sales efforts and improving lead generation. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) bridging the gap between potential customers and business enterprises, conversational AI has taken […]
Braze was previously named a leader in the Forrester Wave™: Mobile Engagement Automation, Q3 2017. Braze, the leading global customer engagement platform, announced that Forrester named the company in the “Now Tech: Cross-Channel Campaign Management Report.” The report is an overview of 42 vendors across 15 different functional capabilities, putting them into three segments. In […]
The holy month of Ramadan is upon us, it’s a time of spiritual reflection, self-improvement and increased devotion. It is a social season where communities celebrate and individuals connect with family and friends near and far. Ramadan is also a month in which people spend a lot more time online and social media consumption changes. […]
Ambitious government plans are ensuring that the region becomes one of the fastest-growing cloud-based markets. “We are betting on the cloud. We’re betting big on Amazon,” said Salman Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain. He was referring to cloud computing giant Amazon opening its first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Region in Bahrain. The Bahrain government is […]
