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The increasing influence that technology has on consumerism is calling for more intelligent
marketing. Consumer interactions with companies are constantly changing due to greater
uses of technology. To keep up with changes, understanding a consumer requires current
analytical methods that hone in on data points to reveal the behavior and interactions
with a company’s product.
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A new focus on marketing research sets up businesses in the direction to conduct more
efficient, in-depth research to better cater to their consumers, find new market
opportunities, reduce risk in investments, stay ahead of competition, maintain brand
identity and make up-to-date, strategic marketing decisions.
Today, marketing research has evolved with a digitally-focused consumer base and
additionally, new technological tools for data management. The greater divide
technology previously created on consumers’ social interactions and commercial habits
is now narrowing with the ability to track online activity precisely through the
development of even smarter technology, artificial intelligence.
Big data, the umbrella term for the increasing scatter of data in the digital landscape,
allows marketers to hone in on consumer data points to the unique individual by
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enabling web mining, search data and transaction tracking. Machine learning is a
technical capability that makes a computer learn without specific programming.
Data is only as useful as the marketer’s input in finding out how to frame their
analysis towards their objective. The deeper look on the consumer allows marketers
to personalize advertising towards a segmented market while adapting to trends in the
market allows for more effective widespread marketing campaigns.
Although AI takes over the tedious and never-ending task of data collection and
analysis, the human role of marketers is indispensable. Efficient data analysis and
trends alone cannot be the complete solution in marketing. Marketing is for humans,
by humans. AI will be a major asset to the future of marketing as long as marketers
enforce the use of data in line with company’s goals. Human intelligence is still a key
component of marketing efforts in shaping a business’ future.
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Intelligent digital data collection consists of both quantitative and qualitative data from
existing and future consumers through all available sources. Marketing intelligence
zooms in on data from a digital consumer that provides a complete, and a potentially
new lead generating outlook on the individual’s buying behavior as well as trends.
Efficiently and accurately, machine learning can use cluster models to identify groups
of individuals that share similarities and provide acute focus on the consumer as well
as their behavior, emotion and unique characteristics.
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Data can be made useful when it is then analyzed and prepared into insights. With the
use of machine learning data analytics, information pertaining to individual
consumers can be deduced and translated for targeted ads and predicting behaviors
and trends. Once the data is collected and analyzed, marketers can leverage the data
that is relevant for reaching their objectives. For example, a marketing team aiming to
guide consumers to follow a call-to-action, can closely observe how the user interacted
with their page, and test iterations to improve engagement and conversion.
The “final” step of utilizing marketing intelligence is simply a transition to the next
phase of a cycle — translating insights into actionable solutions for ongoing marketing
strategies and for purposeful leads for future strategies. While a successful CTA may
provide a lead, marketers can expand this lead to customer acquisition by using the
insights from existing loyal customers’ purchasing behavior data and setting KPIs of
their targeted counterparts. Formulating the strategies based on the insights through
marketing intelligence will allow companies to better maintain engagement with their
consumer base and take advantage of new business opportunities.
The accessibility to visual content online is further opening opportunities for marketers
to better understand consumers and generate sales. Marketing intelligence strategies
have proven successful by companies that have thoughtfully integrated digital
resources into their marketing efforts. The surge of AI development has many
companies rushing to incorporate the new technology without adapting it to their
company’s goals. With clear objectives in mind, companies can use technology to their
advantage rather than falling short to the hype.
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