Margins and Paddings Update

For the second year in a row, Experian Marketing Services has been named one of the top email service providers (ESPs) in the market by The Relevancy Group. The Relevancy Ring — ESP Buyer’s Guide 2015 evaluates and ranks ESP vendors according to the satisfaction of several hundred marketers and the vendor’s ability to meet their challenges and goals through product functionality and innovation. The report also cites Experian Marketing Services for excelling in areas such as integration, omnichannel marketing and production services. According to the report, Experian Marketing Services differs from a traditional ESP in its ability to support real-time optimization and machine learning using a combination of data, services and analysis. “Experian goes out of their way to understand a client’s unique challenges. They can simplify complex systems and create solutions that help clients to make their marketing programs more sophisticated,” said David Daniels, CEO and Founder of The Relevancy Group. The report also praises the Experian Marketing Suite for its infrastructure stability, deliverability tools and services, creative services and technical services. The report states, “Clients interviewed tended to praise the timeliness, quality and the ability to scale Experian’s technical implications. They also are seen as great partners and extensions of their clients’ teams.” Learn more about the Experian Marketing Suite here, and download your own copy of The Relevancy Ring – ESP Buyer’s Guide 2015 today.

Launch of AdTruth Resolve simplifies cross-device audience management for marketers Experian Marketing Services, today, introduced AdTruth Resolve, a new technology designed to simplify the process of recognizing and engaging audiences across all devices and environments. AdTruth Resolve is designed for the multinational marketer that struggles to make smarter, more data-driven business decisions and keep up with today’s mobile-first consumer. AdTruth Resolve provides marketers with the means to reconcile and associate their existing digital identifiers — including cookies, device IDs, IP addresses and more — and then leverage that consolidated intelligence for visibility across devices. AdTruth Resolve represents another milestone in Experian Marketing Services’ long-term strategy to provide marketers with a ubiquitous, consistent and persistent link across all channels as part of the Experian Marketing Suite. Powered by a three-tiered identity-management framework, the Experian Marketing Suite’s Identity Manager gives marketers everything they need to persistently, accurately, effectively and respectfully recognize, resolve and reach consumers across all devices in all digital environments. “The AdTruth Resolve technology is meant to address the needs of both the data owners and the consumers in the digital ecosystem,” said Matt Seeley, president at Experian Marketing Services, North America. “Our AdTruth Resolve technology functions within a company’s own data and technology environment, enabling marketers to focus on leveraging their data assets within their existing tools and services. It is an excellent extension to the Experian Marketing Suite’s Identity Manager and will further enrich the customer view we are already providing to our marquee clients.” AdTruth Resolve uses a process called digital identification resolution to remove the need for organizations to piece together and manage the vast amount of identification data variables themselves. AdTruth Resolve identifies, reconciles and associates a company’s existing digital identification data assets, allowing the consolidated data to be used throughout its digital marketing stack and across the entire digital ecosystem in a privacy-mindful way. AdTruth is known for DeviceInsight™, a statistical device-recognition technology that delivers a privacy-compliant way to associate online activity with a specific device. AdTruth Resolve continues Experian’s consumer-privacy-minded technology development by facilitating broader opt-out capabilities. “Marketers and publishers have struggled to deliver consistent, targeted messages across the entire digital landscape because their customer data resides in so many different systems,” said James Lamberti, vice president and global general manager of AdTruth. “By implementing AdTruth Resolve, marketers have full control over, and can take full advantage of, their own customer data to address this situation. AdTruth Resolve is a smart product for achieving a consolidated customer view that protects an organization’s data and respects consumer privacy as well.” The Experian Marketing Suite was designed to be flexible, giving clients complete control over the components necessary to power their programs. As a client’s campaign requirements and complexity evolve, they can easily take advantage of the functionalities across the Marketing Suite’s three core managers: Identity Manager, Intelligence Manager and Interactions Manager. Similarly, the AdTruth Resolve technology can be used as an integrated part of the overall Marketing Suite or incorporated into a company’s existing tools and services. Click here for more information about AdTruth Resolve.  

Years ago, when data was the shiny new object, people talked a lot about it being organized into useful information that could drive actionable insights. It sounded great at the time. Unfortunately, at that time (and we’re talking about the late 90s and early 00s) the promise far outstripped the reality. However, in the past five years the responsible collection and usage of data has significantly evolved. In fact, we see that 95 percent of companies feel driven to turn data into insight to understand their customer needs, find new customers and increase the value of each client. Today, successful businesses are drawing meaningful insights from data to impact almost every aspect of business operations. But what actually makes data valuable? How can this incredible volume of information be converted into action? In its rawest form data really isn’t all that useful. A name here, an email address there, and purchase intent somewhere else. But responsibly collecting and connecting those data is the key, and it’s also a complex task that almost all businesses struggle with. Accomplishing this task – turning insights into action – is what we do, and it’s something we do better than others. Transforming insights into action can take many different forms. It can mean helping marketers communicate with customers in more meaningful and effective ways; helping consumers secure loans that are right for them; or helping businesses protect themselves against risk. Given what we do at Experian Marketing Services, it’s that first point I’d like to focus on. How do we approach data so that it has the greatest value for marketers and their customers? First and foremost, we treat data with respect and protect it rigorously. For some it may be easy to forget that each and every bit of consumer information out there has its roots in a real person. This is something we never forget or take for granted at Experian. We hold ourselves to a higher standard when it comes to working with and managing consumer information. That ethos is in our DNA, and is the foundation of everything we do. Equally important is ensuring information quality. For a marketer, accurate information is critical. Before you can reach out to a customer you need to have a high degree of confidence that you are reaching the right customer. In many respects, inaccurate data is a bigger problem than a dearth of information. Why? Today we see a little over a quarter of information is believed to be inaccurate in company databases. That high degree of error dramatically impacts marketing success, but also the business bottom line. The final piece of the puzzle is making that highly accurate and well-protected information available when, where and how it’s needed. This means being steeped in the innovation that is part and parcel of the integrated marketing mix. Our Experian Marketing Suite provides marketers with the ability to plan, manage, execute and optimize all of their customer interactions in real time across any channel. And this is critical as today’s consumer moves seamlessly between media channels. She may be reading an email one minute, browsing the Web in the next and scanning Facebook on the phone in the one after that. This reality of the consumer device experience creates opportunities for marketers to meet the consumer where they are with messages that make the most sense, at the right time. For example, promoting the latest episode of a popular program to a streaming-enabled device in the evening is an actionable impression and one likely to be welcome by a fan. When this type of interaction happens, consumers often don’t think twice, they simply appreciate the natural and timely delivery of relevant information. Information needs to inform every consumer engagement in today’s cross-channel world. We’re able to deliver this through our strong foundation in marketing technology, our appreciation and understanding of today’s platforms, apps and devices, and by keeping an eye on the future. We recognize that consumers live in an increasingly diverse digital world. We understand that the data – accurate data that provides a great experience for consumers and marketers alike – is an asset like no other. It’s the bedrock on which so many businesses, relationships and experiences are built. Serving as responsible stewards of that data through the technology and services we provide has allowed Experian Marketing Services to play a central and trusted role for marketers around the world.