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Book SynopsisGet the expert perspective and practical advice on big data The Big Data-Driven Business: How to Use Big Data to Win Customers, Beat Competitors, and Boost Profits makes the case that big data is for real, and more than just big hype. The book uses real-life examplesfrom Nate Silver to Copernicus, and Apple to Blackberryto demonstrate how the winners of the future will use big data to seek the truth. Written by a marketing journalist and the CEO of a multi-million-dollar B2B marketing platform that reaches more than 90% of the U.S. business population, this book is a comprehensive and accessible guide on how to win customers, beat competitors, and boost the bottom line with big data.
The marketplace has entered an era where the customer holds all the cards. With unprecedented choice in both the consumer world and the B2B world, it''s imperative that businesses gain a greater understanding of their customers and prospects. Big data is the key to this insight, be
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Why We Wrote This Book, and How It Can Help You ix
1 Big Data, Big Benefits 1
2 The Evolution of the Customer-Focused, Data-Driven Business 15
3 The Evolution of the Buyer’s Journey, or How the Internet Killed the Three-Martini Lunch 25
4 The Marketing Stack—Why CMOs and CIOs Are Working Together 35
The Software in the Stack 48
5 How Technology Bridges the Gap between Marketing and Sales 55
Technology Brings Harmony between Sales and Marketing at DocuSign 62
How Bizo Used Data to Boost Marketing–Sales Alignment 64
6 Data and the Rise of Online Advertising 69
Early Uses of Audience Data 72
Early Marketing Analytics—Audience Auditing 73
The Rise of Internet Advertising 74
Ad Networks 75
Audience Platforms 75
Online Advertising Exchanges 76
Retargeted Display Ads 77
Social Media Advertising’s Powerful Leap Forward 78
How Marketers Are Putting Data on Display 79
7 Using Data to Better Understand Customers and Pursue Prospects 85
Netflix Flexes Its Data Muscle 88
SaaS and Its Powerful Window on the Customer 90
The Power of Predictive Lead Modeling 91
Data Isn’t Reserved for Dot-Coms 93
8 The Arrival of Left-Brained Leaders and the Rise of the Marketing Department 97
9 Implementing a Big Data Plan (Sometimes by Thinking Small) 113
Eleven Principles to Follow When Bringing Big Data into Your Business 123
10 Measurement, Testing, and Attribution 133
Data and Measurement 136
Measuring the Power of Display Ads 138
Data and Testing 138
Data and Attribution 140
Attribution’s Big Day 144
11 Data Can Be a Matter of Corporate Life and Death 149
The Dead 155
Near-Death Experience 161
Culture Clash 162
Missed Opportunity 165
Whistling Past the Graveyard? 166
Schadenfreude? 167
12 Using Data Responsibly 169
Privacy and Online Advertising 173
Privacy and the Corporate Database 176
The Responsibility of Corporations 179
13 Big Data’s Big Future 183
How Cleversafe Harnessed the Power of Data 187
Key Trends Defining Big Data’s Future 188
The Human Touch Remains Essential 206
Index 209
