There is real pressure to invest in big data to stay competitive, but businesses often end up collecting as much data as possible without deriving valuable insights. Huge databases aren’t practical or cost-effective. Instead, you can benefit from rethinking your approach to big data and focusing on qualitative data. There is a real push to […]
The problem with algorithms and why we created Oomiji
Algorithms, the core formula behind Big Data, are not objective facts. They are opinions embedded in math, In the words of US data scientist Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction (2016). Watch this brief entertaining video to better understand how algorithms work as well as the potential mistakes we make in relying too […]
Let’s take the confusion out of strategy and sail across the ocean
(When I meet with business executives, I usually ask “what’s your strategy for growth?” At a trade show I attended a few weeks ago, that question was often met with silence or a list of tactical programs that had no overall direction other than selling. I wrote a similar blog post to this years ago and received […]
Do you know who’s reading your digital ads?
Probably not. You may know how many people have clicked but do you know who they are, what they want and where to find them? Unlikely. When they click, you may have them go to a landing page where they sign up for more information but do you know specifically what they’re interested in and […]
New partnership offers an innovative solution to customer engagement
Tempesta Media, a content creation and micro-influencer marketing technology platform, has announced its partnership with Oomiji, a world-class customer relationship management solution. Tempesta Media and Oomiji, a company that makes 1:1 marketing a reality, have come together to solve the challenge of personalized marketing. “Content marketing works best when highly relevant content is targeted to the […]
You’ve spent all this money on leads, now what are they doing?
As the chart from below shows, collecting leads is expensive. Depending on the channel and industry, they can be as much as $71 for each. If you’re blitzing them with ongoing emails of a general nature, you’re spending a lot of money. Across all industries, email open-rates run between 17% – 22% and click rates are from […]
If you want to innovate, find out what frustrates your customers
Frustrations are essentially unmet needs. Understand customer frustrations and you have the requirements for successful innovation. Otherwise, you’re operating in the dark. The challenge is how to ask and understand customer frustrations and get the information that will really help. Most approaches to understanding real customer frustrations fail. The failure rate for corporations, both big and small, […]
Trying to learn what your customers want? Market research won’t help you.
Read this post, then contact us for a demo and free test of Oomiji. Market research isn’t going to help you understand your customers’ interests and needs. It may do that in a generic sense, and if some demographic group putting dots in circles meets your needs, you can stop reading now. But if you really […]
If the only thing your market research platform does is research, you’re not getting your money’s worth
So, you’ve decided to begin a new market research project. You’ve got your email database that you’ll send the questions to and you’ve opened up your market research provider’s survey builder to create the survey. You may have done it dozens of times before; that is, begun a research project knowing that what you’ll get back is […]
DTC Wine Shipments are growing at a record pace. How long will it last?
There’s no question that DTC wine sales are growing at a dramatically rapid pace. According to Sovos ShipCompliant’s 2017 DTC Report, shipment volume increased more than 17% last year with similar growth expected this year. The potential seems unlimited with 45 states now allowing direct wine shipments. Three states, California, Texas and New York account for nearly half […]