Modern marketers are expected to be omnichannel, data-driven masterminds, generating, analysing and acting on customer data in an accurate, timely and personalised manner. 

Living up to this expectation can be hard when you are struggling to connect data across multiple disconnected channels and marketing tools. The issue of businesses working with disparate information is referred to as data silos, something which 47% of customer experience executives state is hurting their digital CX initiatives. 

In this guide, we will provide you with the fundamental knowledge you need to solve data silos within your marketing department: data integration.

What is data integration? 

Data integration is the process of taking data from multiple, disparate sources and connecting it to achieve a single, unified view. The process is particularly significant to those working within a marketing discipline who are attempting to communicate with their customers via many channels and struggle to gain a complete picture of their customer journeys. 

By downloading this guide, you can expect to learn why data-driven, omnichannel marketing is the new industry standard and why marketers need data integration to achieve this standard. You will also discover how data integration can save your business time, increase efficiency and drastically improve your ability to gain and act on business intelligence. 

We will also delve into one of the most effective types of data integration for the marketing industry, application integration, and provide a real example of how this technique can improve your marketing campaigns by allowing your marketing tools to work better together.

Finally, you will discover some of the best practices for data integration success: 

• Planning 

• Method Evaluation 

• Organisational Readiness

• Data Governance

Download ‘Data Integration Strategy: What Marketers Need to Know’ today and find out why over 80% of enterprise business operations leaders say data integration is critical to ongoing operations.