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Growth

Connected, by mParticle Episode 8: The death of the cookie with Sean Oakley

In this episode we sit down with Sean Oakley of NBCUniversal to discuss the history of online advertising.

September 07, 2022

Engineering

Enhancements to mParticle’s developer tools make it easier to collect data and ensure quality at the source

mParticle makes it easy for engineers to accurately collect customer data by translating data schemas into production-ready code.

Sean Ryan – September 07, 2022
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Growth

What’s the difference between predictive vs. prescriptive analytics?

Understand the difference between predictive analytics and prescriptive analytics and get tips on how you can begin using both types of AI insights to personalize the customer experience.

Kiera Abbamonte – September 02, 2022
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Growth

How to assess your organization's customer data maturity

Successful personalization at scale requires intentional planning around customer data management, process, and tooling. Learn more about customer data maturity, and why it’s important for increasing the ROI of your MarTech stack.

Joey Colvin – August 31, 2022

Growth

Step-by-step tutorial: Use mParticle to generate predictive insights and maximize marketing ROI

AI-driven insights are powerful catalysts for supercharging your customer data. But all too often, these resources are siloed in data science departments, disconnected from go-to-market teams who possess the skills to maximize their value. This article demonstrates how mParticle can help you leverage intelligent attributes to maximize the impact of your engagement campaigns without engineering support.

Sean Ryan – August 30, 2022
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mParticle Product

All mParticle customers can now try Indicative for free

mParticle customers can now try self-service analytics platform Indicative free for 30 days. Indicative helps marketers and PMs understand customer journeys, drive conversion, increase engagement, and retain customers––all without writing a line of code.

Sean Ryan – August 26, 2022

Growth

Transform customer data into predictive insights with an AI CDP

You don’t need an army of data scientists to generate predictive models from your customer data, or complicated pipelines to translate this intelligence into business value. mParticle is democratizing AI adoption, and turning what was once a pipe dream into a catalyst for your pipeline.

Sean Ryan – August 19, 2022

Company

mParticle is now available for purchase on AWS Marketplace

mParticle is now available on AWS Marketplace, which means it is easier than ever for organizations to transform cross-channel, first-party data into deeper insights and better outcomes by connecting mParticle with 300+ integration partners, including Amazon Kinesis, RedShift, Mixpanel, Zendesk and Braze.

Sean Ryan – August 16, 2022

mParticle Product

mParticle acquires Vidora, AI personalization platform for customer data

Vidora’s Cortex platform enables brands to predict future user behavior, and leverage those insights in their marketing tools to proactively take action.

James Fang – August 03, 2022
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Growth

How to use data to deliver a personalized customer experience

Industry reports consistently share the consumers are more engaged when they receive timely, relevant personalized customer experiences. But how do you make sure that personalization is respectful and helpful, and not unwanted or creepy? The answer lies in designing the right data strategy, and working with the right data foundation.

Kiera Abbamonte – August 01, 2022
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mParticle Product

An inside look in mParticle Journeys roadmap themes and initiatives

In this article, we break down the four themes of the mParticle Journeys product–testing and experimentation, analytics, orchestration, and experience delivery–and explain how you can get involved in shaping the future of Journeys features.

Jonathan Senin – July 29, 2022
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Growth

The great migration: How to navigate the transition from Google Analytics Universal Analytics to GA4

On July 1, 2023, Google will be sunsetting their widely adopted Universal Analytics solution, recommending that users migrate to their new offering, GA4. This article discusses how Universal Analytics and GA4 are different, what the migration means for the industry, and how your team can navigate the transition.

Joey Colvin – July 19, 2022
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mParticle Product

Accelerate your GA4 migration with the mParticle GA4 integration

Skip the rip and replace work and migrate from Google Analytics Universal Analytics to GA4 with the flip of a switch using the mParticle GA4 integration.

Joey Colvin – July 19, 2022

Growth

Connected, by mParticle Episode 7: Thinking beyond the stack with Adam Griffiths

In this episode we welcome MarTech expert Adam Griffiths.

July 20, 2022
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mParticle Product

Get instant insights into your first-party data set with mParticle Audience Estimator

It's hard to use customer data to drive business results when your customer data set is a black box. mParticle Audience Estimator allows you to understand the size of customer segments in seconds so that you can build better Audiences and optimize each customer's journey.

Jonathan Senin – July 07, 2022

Growth

What is customer journey management, and how can you get started?

The average customer now needs six touchpoints before they make a purchase. How do you manage that experience so that it feels personalized at scale? In this article we’ll dive deep into customer journey management: what it is, why it’s important, and how to get started.

Adam Dorsey – July 01, 2022

mParticle Product

Turn data privacy into a competitive advantage with mParticle

The complexity of the global data privacy landscape presents a challenge for any business that collects and leverages customer data––especially those with a multinational customer base. mParticle simplifies this process by making it easy for customers to implement region-specific rules for collecting and forwarding customer data.

Sean Ryan – July 01, 2022
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Growth

CDP vs. MDM: What’s the difference and which one should you use?

Although both solutions provide a centralized data foundation, Customer Data Platforms and Master Data Management are not mutually exclusive. This article discusses the differences between CDPs and MDMs, and clarifies when each solution should be used.

Kiera Abbamonte – June 24, 2022
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Company

What I learned at MAU Vegas 2022

I had the chance to attend MAU Vegas 2022 and gather insights from a variety of mobile marketing experts. Here's what I learned.

Joey Colvin – June 17, 2022
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Growth

CDP vs. CRM: What’s the difference, and is CDP the new CRM?

Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools are often confused, as both store customer records that the business can use for insight. Below the surface, however, they're very different solutions. This article breaks down the distinction and explores whether or not CDPs and CRMs can fruitfully coexist in the same technology stack.

Kiera Abbamonte – June 17, 2022
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mParticle Product

Transform your customer journey management with mParticle Journey Builder

Journey Builder is the visual orchestration tool in mParticle’s new Journeys workflow. It’s incredibly powerful, but powerful at doing what? And what problems will it help your team solve? Let’s get into it.

Adam Dorsey – October 27, 2022

Engineering

How we reduced Standard Audience calculation time by 80%

mParticle’s Audiences feature allows customers to define user segments and forward them directly to downstream tools for activation. Thanks to our engineering team’s recent project to optimize one of one of our audience products, mParticle customers will be able to engage high-value customers with even greater efficiency.

June 01, 2022
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Growth

How is mParticle different from other Customer Data Platforms?

With so many vendors calling themselves Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), it can be difficult to separate the signal from the noise. This articles explains how mParticle is different from other CDPs on the market.

Joey Colvin – May 31, 2022
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Growth

MAU Vegas 2022: Everything you need to know

mParticle is thrilled to be at MAU Las Vegas this year. Read more about the event and RSVP for breakfast on us.

Adam Dorsey – April 27, 2022
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mParticle Product

Increase Return on Ad Spend with the mParticle Google Enhanced Conversions integration

Increased cookie opt-outs are making conversion measurement more difficult. With the mParticle Google Enhanced Conversions integration, you can leverage first-party data to accurately track conversions and optimize ad spend.

Joey Colvin – May 24, 2022

Engineering

The engineer’s guide to working with marketers

While developers don’t readily admit it, working with marketers can sometimes be a pain. But when engineers and marketers collaborate effectively on data, amazing things can happen. We’ve assembled this guide to provide engineers with a roadmap for effectively working with their colleagues in marketing and making friends out of frenemies.

Sean Ryan – May 20, 2022
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Company

Take mParticle for a spin with our new Free Trial and Growth Tier

mParticle's mission is to make customer data more accessible and actionable for the whole company, and this includes companies of all sizes. To that end, we're excited to announce our Free Trial and Growth Tier offerings.

Shafiq Shivji – May 19, 2022
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Engineering

Harveer Singh leads Western Union’s digital transformation with data

Chief Data Architect Harveer Singh creates the data and tech roadmap that will help the iconic company emerge as a leader in fintech.

May 16, 2022

mParticle Product

Introducing Journeys: A new workflow to continuously optimize each step of the customer journey

Our newest release combines multi-path journey analysis, testing, and orchestration into a single workflow, and helps brands deliver complete, cohesive, and personalized customer journeys on an individual level.

May 11, 2022

Engineering

Developer Deep Dive: mParticle Sample Apps

Recently, a cross-functional squad of engineers, PMs and designers at mParticle assembled to produce a labor of love––sample applications. These sample apps help developers implement our SDK in Web, iOS, and Android environments and understand the value of mParticle. Here’s the nuts-and-bolts story behind what they built, the technical choices they made while building these apps, and what they learned along the way.

Sean Ryan – May 05, 2022
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Growth

Unifying online and offline data to create a connected customer experience

Customers are now engaging seamlessly across both digital and in-store channels, and the experiences you deliver need to be equally seamless. Being able to integrate online and offline data in real time is critical not only to supporting data privacy, but also to making your customers feel valued.

Kiera Abbamonte – April 29, 2022

Growth

Honesty, buzzwords, and the power of saying “no”: how to create successful vendor partnerships

On a recent episode of the podcast Connected by mParticle, host Abhi Seeth sat down with Taylor DiVincenzo, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Brand Marketer, and Programmatic Media Buyer. His unique experience on all sides of the marketing equation led to a great conversation on how brands and vendors can foster meaningful partnerships.

Adam Dorsey – April 27, 2022