CRM

Churn and Retention from the Portland Trailblazers

We thought we’d share one of our favourite case studies from the second edition of our book, Winning with Data. It’s a great read, courtesy of the NBA’s 1977 Championship-winning team, and particularly looks at their approach to churn analysis and customer retention. We hope you enjoy it, and if

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Silver bullet
Software

Technology is not a Silver Bullet

If you use that exact search string in Google, you get 312,000 results. That’s not as many as I thought there would be but could explain why we continue to meet organisations who tell us “Our data’s great because we use <insert here any software brand/company name>.” I say “not

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CRM

What you should be doing during the off-season

It’s that time of the year once again. If you’re from a football, rugby or ice hockey club, the competitive season has just drawn to a close, and it’s time to all put our feet up until the whistle blows in August. Right?   Wrong.   The off-season is in many ways

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CRM

Kevin De Bruyne on TikTok….so what?

Thank you @behindsport for providing me with the idea for a new blog post. Or should I say, the opportunity to reiterate a point I’ve written/talked/argued about on many occasions including this post that questions our obsession with “vanity metrics”. Kevin De Bruyne posted his first TikTok 4 days ago

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CRM

What is CRM?

CRM as defined by market leaders Providing a universally accepted definition of CRM is quite a challenging task. If you ask a group of 100 people for it you’d probably get 100 different answers. This is why I’d like to quote the definition provided by Gartner, the leading IT research

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CRM

Benefits of using surveys

We may all say we put customers at the forefront of our thinking – but how many of us actually know what our customers want?   Let me paint you a picture. You’re putting together a campaign and you’re relatively unsure of how it will be received by your fans. It should go

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Data driven marketing

Changes In Customer Behaviour

Have you ever been in a conversation, right in the middle of a sentence, when the person you’re talking to looks at their phone, scrolling to see their latest notifications and messages? And what about those smartwatch users who think they’re being discreet, just looking at the time, but their lingering glance lets you know they’re reading an email.

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CRM

YES you can use an opt-out instead of an opt-in!

Those of you who know me, will also know that I’ve been on a bit of a crusade to dispel the many GDPR myths that are out there (you should email your database to ask them to opt-in, you have to ask for a third party opt-in to send your

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CRM

Four Challenges and Four Opportunities for CRM in Sports

Excerpt from Winning with Data – CRM and Analytics for the Business of Sports. The sports marketing industry has been around for many years. While the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics holds claim to being the first US event to generate broadcasting fees, the to-the-death arena fights of ancient Rome could

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