Customer Data Platforms (CDP) are growing faster than almost any other marketing technology. In simple terms, a CDP is a master database of your customers and all related information – detailing everything from their contact details to their interactions with your...
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Edit under the hood: Andy Aldersley and Sean Longthorpe
Meet a couple of the clever people behind our intelligent data pillar – our team at the helm of turning data into profit. Senior Data Scientist Andy Aldersley and Senior Insights Analyst Sean Longthorpe discussed the work their team does, the value intelligent data...
How AI spotted coronavirus before it went viral
With the world gripped by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, it’s clear that the main ways to mitigate the impact are through personal hygiene (hand washing), increasing social distance (keeping away from people) and imposing quarantine for effected areas and...
Connected Digital Journeys in Pharma
In pharma, ‘digital’ is no longer merely a channel for tactical execution. It is at the core of both commercial and business planning. Clinicians, healthcare professionals and administrators are engaging with both ‘digital’ and ‘tech’ as part of their day-to-day. Not...
The Way We Watch: 2020’s Streaming Landscape
The broadcast streaming landscape is a dynamic environment. How has the explosion of rival streaming services affected the TV audience landscape? Here's what you need to know. The Impact on audiences – based on Ofcom’s Media Nations Report 2019 Across all age groups,...
Secure to not secure: What you need to know about Google’s TLS announcement
Secure to not secure: What you need to know about Google’s TLS announcement Google is cracking down on sites using "non-secure" versions of TLS (Transport Layer Security). To keep your site secure and your users feeling safe, it’s important you make sure you update...
7 pitfalls when using Google Data Studio
Ok the title is click baity - Google Data Studio is an awesome tool and many of you are probably already using it on some level. For those of you that don’t know Google Data Studio, it’s time to get on board. After all, it’s free and allows you to simplify the...
Keyword Rankings and Forecasting in SEO using Shiny
Previously, we’ve seen how R can be used to retrieve data from APIs such as Google Analytics. Often with data, you’ll conduct the same type of analysis repeatedly, using the same kind of code, for various projects. To make life easier, wouldn’t you want to build a...
Using GTM to avoid (not set) in Google Analytics
If you use a Google Tag Manager variable whose type is “number” to send data to Google Analytics, you may notice that some of your data comes through as (not set), rather than the value you wanted. The example above shows an event label which is pulled in from the...
adwordsR: How to get Adwords API data using R
R has many uses, a particular highlight being its simple integration with various APIs, such as the Google Analytics API. These simple API integrations usually rely on packages, and integration into the Google Adwords API is no different. We have built our own R...