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September 30, 2016

When Can You Use PII for Online Advertising and Marketing?

The way companies conduct their advertising and marketing activities has changed a lot since the popularization of the Internet. Previously, companies would collect consumer information such as name, address, age, etc. The Internet created new pieces of user data and information and companies now collect items (in addition to basic user data) like cookies, device…
September 26, 2016

3 Simple Use Cases To Do More With a DMP

The power of a Data Management Platform (DMP) is based on creating specific audience segments and activating data about those audiences in the right way. All this sounds ideal in theory, but what about real-life examples? In the following post we have decided to show you a couple of simple examples which hopefully will give…
September 20, 2016

SaaS or Self-Hosted: Which Model is Better for a DMP?

As with any decision, the process of adopting a new software application can be long and arduous, filled with tough choices. The same goes for a choosing a data-management platform (DMP). Today we explore one of the most fundamental choices between using a self-hosted or SaaS-based model. Both options offer pluses and minuses — vendor…
September 15, 2016

How to Stay Privacy Compliant With Your Data Management Platform (DMP)

Data management platforms (DMPs) and data privacy — a tricky combination. Both are pretty hot topics these days, though perhaps in different ways. Research indicates there is strong continued interest in DMP adoption among advertising and marketing professionals looking to leverage data for more effective campaigns. Data-privacy regulations, including the European Union’s recently enacted General…
September 14, 2016

Infographics: 4 Actionable Web Analytics Checklists

Being a web analyst is a real challenge. It combines so many different fields, skills, and responsibilities that it’s easy to get lost. We’ve put all the heads in our team together and brainstormed about the toughest issues every web analyst has to tackle. You’re probably a master when it comes to analyzing and managing…
September 8, 2016

Case study: Piwik PRO Web Analytics for Finance and Banking sector

Piwik PRO serves a number of clients from the finance and banking sectors. Because we put data safety and user privacy first, this makes us a natural partner for data-sensitive industries. This blog post is focused on the Global Financial case study to explain how our solution benefits industries dealing with mountains of sensitive data.…
September 5, 2016

4 Burning Reasons to Choose a Self-Hosted DMP

Data management platforms (DMPs) are great, right? Right. Cloud-based applications are great too, right? Right. So a cloud-hosted DMP, is perfect, right? Not so fast. The reasons that cloud computing or software-as-a-service (SaaS) – in its various and sundry forms – has become immensely popular are well documented. Rapid adoption, low maintenance costs, easy scalability…
September 1, 2016

Enterprise Analytics: 10 Top Issues to Check When Selecting the Right Platform

Choosing an enterprise analytics tool is a critical process: whichever platform you choose, you will be stuck with it for a while. Web analytics implementation is definitely a long-term project, with high organizational and financial costs. That’s why it’s good to pause and reflect before making any commitment. At this stage you probably have already…
August 29, 2016

How do you build a Single Customer View platform?

Got too much data? Don’t know how to use it? You need a Single Customer View platform. Sound familiar? Probably – since the idea of having SCV capabilities is all the rage these days. But is it just a buzzword, and if not, how exactly does it work? In other words, how do you go…
August 29, 2016

ABC of segmentation in Piwik PRO

There is nothing as important as segmentation. You have probably heard that a billion times, and for good reason. The thing is that most reporting is presented in aggregated form, by default. Aggregated data suggests that every visitor delivers the same value. This is false. There are different types of visitors entering your website. They…