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February 8, 2017

Why you really need a DMP in your marketing stack

Show me your marketing stack and I’ll tell you whether you’re a smart marketer or not. Yes, it’s that simple. No tests, no questions, no vetting your past experience. Just show me the tools you use, and I’ll tell you whether you are a smart digital marketer or not. Because, you see, there’s one telltale…
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February 1, 2017

How Can A DMP Help With Cross-Device Attribution?

Cross-device attribution. These 3 words are responsible for headaches, missed opportunities, and ad waste for online advertisers and marketers everywhere. And while it’s true that cross-device attribution is hard, there is a solution, and like most solutions to today’s advertising and marketing problems, it involves data, in particular, a data management platform (DMP). How Can…
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January 20, 2017

6 Problems to Solve When Choosing Web Analytics for Financial Services And Banking

Have you ever tried to select web analytics for financial services and banking? If you haven’t, let us warn you: it’s not a walk in a park. It’s more like cutting your way through the jungle of data privacy rules and regulations you’ll have to adhere to. You won’t have the luxury of settling for…
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January 19, 2017

Using PII in a DMP: What Are the Implications?

In case you hadn’t heard – data management platforms (DMPs) are all the rage these days. Optimizing media buying and monetizing audience data is more important than ever and a big part of that is personalization. But when it comes to using personal data – or Personally Identifiable Information (PII) – things get a bit…
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January 18, 2017

ePrivacy Regulation: what will the new EU law mean for your business?

On January 10, 2017, the European Commission has published an official draft of the so-called ePrivacy legislation which changes its status from a Directive to a Regulation. Not sure what this means? The change will have far-reaching consequences for EU law as the new ePrivacy regulation will surely impact the way business software is used.…
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January 13, 2017

A Simple Segmentation Framework to Leverage Your Web Analytics Data

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data,” as Sherlock Holmes put it. We live in times when a deficit of data is no longer a problem. On the contrary, the abundance of data may feel like information overload and does not necessarily translate into actionable knowledge. Aggregate data is neutral and…
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January 12, 2017

3 Features You Need to Use PII in a DMP

People are getting a bit jumpy about personal data these days. Just ask the poor folks at Yahoo who have had to announce not one, but two hacks of their email accounts over the last year. The result of such high-profile breaches is that people who never gave much thought about trusting a well-known brand…
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January 10, 2017

Why You Should Use Content Tracking and How to Pull It Off

It goes without saying that your website’s performance hinges on its content. Having invested resources into your website, you want to be certain it delivers the right customer experience to your visitors and, most of all, that it yields expected business results. You bring UX and web designers on board, perform A/B testing, and maybe…
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January 9, 2017

3 Ways Publishers Can Benefit From A Data Management Platform (DMP)

Data management platforms (DMP) have long been associated with companies & vendors on the buy side (e.g. DSPs and ad agencies), but they are increasingly starting to be adopted by those on the supply side, in particular, publishers. Below are 3 ways publishers can benefit from a Data Management Platform (DMP). 1. Increase The Value…
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December 29, 2016

Piwik PRO Blog Roundup: The Most-Read Articles of 2016

Web analytics is not only our bread and butter, but our passion as well. Our blog content delivers solid proof of that. Or at least we think so ;-). This year, in more than 70 articles, we have covered the latest data privacy regulations, as well as shared our knowledge on Piwik PRO best practices,…
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