The world of digital marketing is on the brink of significant changes. Due to increasing privacy legislation and technological evolution, companies must adapt their strategies to continue advertising effectively. In three recent blogs, we discuss the key aspects shaping this transition: the Digital Markets Act, the phasing out of third-party cookies, and the necessity of privacy-friendly marketing.
The first blog focuses on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). This European legislation aims to curb the power of large tech companies and ensure greater transparency regarding data use. This means that companies will have less access to data through major platforms, forcing them to find new, privacy-conscious ways to reach their audiences.
The second blog addresses third-party cookies. While these cookies have been essential for tracking users for years, their use is increasingly restricted by privacy regulations such as the GDPR. The solution lies in consent-based marketing: companies must explicitly request permission to collect user data. This requires a different technical approach and a new attitude towards customer relationships, where trust is central.
The third blog emphasizes how companies can still advertise effectively in a privacy-conscious world. By focusing on first-party data and contextual advertising, brands can provide relevant and personalized marketing without infringing on their customers' privacy. Building trust through transparency becomes a crucial component of the marketing strategy.
These three blogs illustrate how the combination of regulation, technological change, and privacy awareness is driving a new direction in digital marketing. Companies that adapt by focusing on transparency, consent, and first-party data will be better positioned in this new reality.
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The SMART Audience Builder is an easy-to-use cloud tool that provides organizations with the ability to apply knowledge and insights to their own marketing data in order to increase conversions. Load any form of your own CRM data (Postal Code, House Number, Addition, Email, Phone) into the tool and gain additional insights from your own data. Through automatic integration with various knowledge and intelligence sources, you can apply attribute selections and predictive models to set up the most effective target audiences for activation. Throughout the entire process, you remain in control of your own data.
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With Audiences, we analyze the target audience based on historical data and data from current customer segments. This results in a target audience profile and channel preferences. We then set goals for all desired channels (Direct Mail, DPG media, Marktplaats, phone, and inserting). With access to extensive consumer databases, the best audiences are created based on various socio-demographic data, lifestyle characteristics, or advanced look-alike models. This enables the creation and activation of the best possible audiences, resulting in an average doubling of conversions.
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For every organization, acquiring new customers is crucial. To achieve this, recruitment campaigns need to be set up as effectively as possible. This means approaching the right target audience through the right channels in a data-driven manner. EDM has a proven method for data-driven marketing, which involves an iterative process consisting of 6 steps:
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