Posts Tagged: marketing

Growth Hacking: How to Grow Your Startup on a Lean Budget

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Speaking @ NYC Startup Society

Talking to cutting-edge NYC entrepreneurs at NYC Startup Society event.

Yiblab’s Sawhney Talks about Cutting-Edge Digital Marketing at Startup Grind – Published on NJ Tech Weekly

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Speaking @ Startup Grind

Marketing has made great strides in recent years, as companies have integrated the latest marketing technologies to help them achieve the best possible results in selling products and services in today’s digital economy.

That was the message from marketing expert and entrepreneur Jasmeet Sawhney, who was the featured speaker at the Startup Grind Princeton event on February 16 at the Tigerlabs coworking and entrepreneurship center, in Princeton.

via Yiblab’s Sawhney Talks about Cutting-Edge Digital Marketing at Startup Grind Princeton.

When My Fridge Orders Milk – What Iot Revolution Means for Brand Marketing? – Published on Digital Doughnut

IOT Impacts Brand Marketing

The Internet of Things has arrived

While some continue to write it off as futuristic, they are not acting any different from skeptics we had when mobile technologies were maturing. We all know what happened next – it took only couple of years for smartphones to change our lives. And, if mobile brought ‘change’, IOT will be nothing short of a transformation. Only a couple of years ago, impact of IOT didn’t seem much. But, then, almost instantly, mobile, web 2.0, and connectivity technologies became ubiquitous and inexpensive. Technologies like Wi-Fi, NFC, RFID, and sensor tags now make economic sense for widespread use. These technologies when added to everyday products enable massive data exchanges, and make it possible for brands to deliver dynamic services.

According to Cisco Systems, 15 billion connected devices already exist, and the number will reach 50 billion by 2020. Intel is even more bullish and predicts 200 billion connected devices by 2020. But, another number from Cisco puts things in better perspective, i.e., 98% of all physical devices will be part of the Internet of Things ecosystem. While most people only think about the obvious IOT candidates such as cars, consumer electronics, and appliances, these make up a very small percentage of trillions of consumer products sold every year. The biggest opportunity for marketers is in dumb products that will become part of the IOT ecosystem via smart packaging and software.

via When My Fridge Orders Milk – What Iot Revolution Means for Brand Marketing? – Digital Doughnut.

PANEL CONVERSATION: Marketing & Analytics … A Love Story – NYC Marketing Analytics Forum (New York, NY)

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Data-driven marketing is profoundly shifting the way organizations and brands engage with their customers. Enterprises are motivated, now more than ever, to leverage converged data platforms and strategy to facilitate data-driven decision-making.  Technology has evolved to allow marketers the opportunity to mine insights along the customer journey in real-time to produce a more meaningful, targeted, interaction.

Join us for an evening of networking and insights.  Hear real-world examples of how marketers are using analytics to grow audiences, revenue, and achieve greater impact with their resources.

How to Get SEO Clients? 11 Experts Chime In – Published on Agency Analytics

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Believe it or not – my team has been extremely successful in signing up clients with some offline tactics. The most successful offline medium for us has been Yellow Pages. We focus on companies that run full page advertisements on YP, and then search the company on the web to make sure it has a website. Yellow Pages is a great lead qualifier because it costs thousands of dollars for a full page ad (depending on the location). If a company can spend that amount of money on a print ad, they probably have funds to improve their online presence and SEO, which in most instances has better ROI.

So, we create a list of decision makers (or marketing contacts) at these companies, and reach out to them with comparable analysis of their spend on Yellow Pages vs. website SEO, with details around what impact the same dollar amount would have if spent on SEO. Our initial plan was to use this technique for local businesses, but it worked so well that we scaled it to generate leads across US. The only catch is that most of the times you are dealing directly with business owners or traditional marketing folks who have little knowledge of digital channels. So, there is a lot of hand-holding. But, it’s all worth the effort.

via How to Get SEO Clients? 11 Experts Chime In – Agency Analytics Blog.

Big Data’s Big Deal is HUMAN TOUCH, not Technology – Published on AnalyticsWeek

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I have been involved in marketing analytics work for some years now. It requires me to regularly talk to CXOs about their big data challenges, and their plan to leverage this data to improve business decision making. I am constantly surprised how much misconception exists among executives. All of them read about new technologies and platforms coming out of Silicon Valley that magically clean, organize, analyze and visualize data for them. As if, they just have to implement some technology, press a button, and insights would start flowing.

This is a myth. There is no such (magical) technology-based analysis. Period.

Big Data’s big deal is not about technology platforms – it is rather about appropriate human interface with data technology.

I am myself guilty of selling big data solutions under the facade of technology and platforms. In many ways, I have contributed to this misconception about Big Data technology. So, I hope you believe me when I tell you – Big Data’s big deal is not about technology platforms – it is rather about appropriate human interface with data technology. Let’s not continue to speculate that technology platforms would save the enterprise from all data problems. I have seen the most advanced technology platforms that exist today. There is only one thing I know – these platforms would serve no purpose if we don’t have trained data professionals who know three basic things – business/domain knowledge, analytical experience, and ability to embrace new data technology.

via Big Data’s Big Deal is HUMAN TOUCH, not Technology – AnalyticsWeek.

AXTRIA RANKED 11TH ON NEW JERSEY’S 50 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES (2015) BY NJBIZ

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Axtria, a leader in Data Analytics software and services, has been Ranked 11th on New Jersey’s 2015 50 Fastest Growing Companies by NJBIZ (New Jersey’s premiere business news publication). We are glad to share that Axtria has achieved this feat for the second year in a row.

The NJBIZ 50 Fastest Growing Companies awards program celebrates New Jersey’s most dynamic companies who progressively contribute to the success of the state’s economic growth and stability. To qualify, companies had to meet selection criteria that included a revenue size of at least $500,000 within the past two out of three years and growth in revenue over a three year period, dating from the fiscal year 2012 to 2014.

The NJBIZ recognition follows Axtria being featured for the second year in a row on the Inc.5000 list in August 2015 and also being selected as a Red Herring Top 100 North America winner in June 2015.