Networked Insights uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to understand what consumers are talking about in social media and to build individual-level interest profiles. These are used by agencies and brand marketers for analysis and audience targeting across Facebook, Twitter, and ad networks. The company just raised $30 million, bringing total funding to $80 million.
Business data compiler Dun & Bradstreet announced purchase of Avention, which distributes B2B company and contact data through lists, triggers, and integration with CRM and marketing automation systems.
We might as well finish out the day with still more news about B2C marketing automation. Bridg assembles unified customer data from Point of Sale, loyalty, and other systems at retailers and restaurants. It then applies predictive models to classify customers based on their behaviors, assigns customers to appropriate (human-created) campaigns, and creates highly personalized messages. Like Listrak, Bridg is expanding beyond email and SMS to deliver messages in display, mobile, and social channels.
Bombora has launched Visitor Insights, a consent-based website tag that tracks the topics a device has consumed. It infers intent, job function, management level, and other information that B2B publishers can use for ad targeting and personalization. This Bombora report shows intent trends by industry: for example, media and advertising users show 70% more interest in Customer Data Platforms than they did last year.