Data Management

At Supermetrics, we’ve always been big advocates of storing marketing data. We believe all marketers should have control and ownership of their data, not only to keep it safe but to get more value out of it. ...

Marketers often run campaigns across several channels, and without bringing data from these sources together, you’re missing out on the full picture. That’s where data blending comes in handy. Before you say, “Data blending is a data analyst’s thing,” I’d say it’s not entirely true at all. ...

Since we introduced the Supermetrics Marketing Intelligence Cloud in 2023, data transformation features like custom fields and data blending have quickly become our users’ new favorites. In this article, I’ll discuss seven ways you can use custom fields and data blending to manipulate, customize and get a holistic view of your data, including:  Manipulate and ...

“Why do we bother with marketing reporting?” That’s the basic question I ask marketing leaders when giving talks on marketing measurement strategy. Marketers do reporting to see how they’re doing against their goals and identify the best channels for investment. ...

Despite managing large marketing budgets, many senior marketing leaders find it difficult to connect the dots and prove the impact of marketing. After working with thousands of companies across different industries and sizes to solve their measurement problems, we’ve recognized that most companies are missing a key piece in their measurement strategy. ...

The end of third-party cookies is a one-two punch for marketers. It’ll limit how marketers track and measure marketing and deliver targeted ads. Investing in a first-party data strategy will help marketers adapt beyond the cookie crumbles. In this post, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about first-party data and how to take advantage ...

As we’re transitioning to a privacy-first digital marketing world, marketers need to move away from tracking methods relying on clicks, such as multi-touch attribution. Marketing mix modeling (MMM) isn’t a new technology for measuring marketing. ...

As of July 1, 2023, Universal Analytics (UA) has officially reached its sunset phase, and with this end of service, your UA properties will stop gathering new data. Taking over in UA’s place is Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a new version of Google Analytics. It has a lot of core similarities to UA, but there ...

“If I have one dollar to spend on advertising, where should I spend it, and how much will I get in return?” There’s so much pressure on marketing leadership to prove the ROI of marketing and figure out the best channels to spend the marketing budget. ...

In marketing, data reveals a lot about your audience and business performance. That’s why marketers love collecting data and, sometimes, too much of it. Gathering and using data can be a double-edged sword. If you don’t take it seriously, you can break your customers’ trust and put them at risk. ...