The CDP Institute today launched RealCDP, a program to certify that systems meet the Institute’s definition of a Customer Data Platform. The project offers a five-point checklist that any CDP must meet. It is intended to reduce confusion in the CDP market. Qualified vendors will get a spiffy badge for their Web site.
The Customer Data Platform Institute today launched RealCDP, a program to reduce the confusion plaguing the Customer Data Platform industry.
For marketers who prefer human assistance, martech services firm Ansira has purchased BrightWave, an agency specializing email and CRM services. It’s Ansira’s third acquisition in the past year.
Martech keeps taking larger bites out of marketing budgets: 17.3% last year, 19.9% this year, 23.5% next year, and 30.9% five years from now, according to the latest CMO Survey. This despite barely more than half (56.4%) of current tools being used and nearly half (48.8%) of the survey respondents reporting worse-than-expected results. Oddly enough, marketers rate selecting marketing technologies as the thing they do best.