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Data Wrapping: A New Way to Increase a Product’s Value Proposition

Data wrapping is the practice of giving data and analytics to customers as product features and customer experiences, with the goal of increasing a product’s value proposition. The users of these data wrapping functionalities are the company’s customers – not the employees. And as this is a customer oriented feature being a part of the product offering, the product road map is lead by product owners – not IT. It is an interesting strategy to monetize data – in a way that extends the product value proposition. 

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Winning Strategies for B2B Marketers Facing Tough (Or Even Easy) Times

During turbulent times when you’re not sure what to do, it helps to remember that this won’t last forever. Step back from the anxiety with action. Gather your data and your teams and prepare to come out on the other side in a stronger position. ISBM B2B Pulse brings you timely (timeless) advice from Director Emeritus, Dr. Gary Lilien. In his article ‘Winning Strategies fro B2B Marketers Facing Tough (Or Even Easy) TImes’, Gary Lilien describes three actions that firms will likely take to come out of this crisis healthier than before.

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How AI is Streamlining Marketing and Sales

This article in the Harvard Business Review looks at companies using AI to manage their sales leads in a more prompt and effective way. This small investment can win customer satisfaction by providing personal and helpful attention.

Delivering Organizational Value Through Analytics (Paul Costa)

Data-driven marketers report higher levels of customer engagement and market growth. Effective data-driven marketing is accompanied by listening and engaging with customers, in other words data-driven marketing is customer-centric marketing. The Cisco Customer Insights team will share its transformational journey as their marketing organization evolves to become more data-driven. The presentation covers how to go from the delivery of analytical models, research and insights, to success and demonstrating impact on business results – while being dependent on facilitating tight integration between organizations.