It’s a mixed bag today, Dear Reader. Let’s start with Salesforce, which has launched a new Web content management system, straightforwardly named Salesforce CMS. Claims to fame include drag-and-drop content creation and ability to deliver the content to any vendor’s system via API calls. The cool kids call that “headless”.
Hi folks, it’s Jamie, Senior Intern at the CDP Institute’s Department of the Obvious. I didn’t understand the boss’s message asking me to write today’s newsletter – something about a moose – but I’m always happy to help. Let’s start with a salute to my counterparts at Twilio, who found that 94% of consumers are sometimes annoyed by marketing communications. That’s world-class obviousness. There was less obvious stuff about preferred channels and such, but I ignored it.
How accurate is that third party data you’re so worried about losing? This study by several academics applied three tests to data accuracy and found profiles more accurate than random guesses, but not by much – and probably not enough to compensate for the higher ad costs charged for such data.
No one really doubts that real-time data is useful, but here’s more concrete data in case you’ve been arguing the point: this Confluent survey of IT leaders finds 63% of companies with widespread access to real-time data showed 10% or higher revenue growth, compared with just 44% of companies with only some access grew as fast. Integrating multiple data sources was the most common obstacle to real-time access, cited by 60% of respondents.