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Tealium Integration
Blueshift in the NewsWe are excited to announce that Blueshift is now available in the Tealium Tag Marketplace. Tealium is just one of the many ways of streaming real-time events to Blueshift.

Integration with Segment.com
Blueshift in the NewsWe are excited to announce a new integration with Segment. Blueshift supports a variety of ways to send event data, and Segment.com is the latest addition. Read more about it on Segment's blog.

Cultivating Stickiness and Repeat Behavior With Mobile Commerce Apps
Marketing AutomationBrand-loyalty & stickiness of customers have long been a problem for e-commerce, especially with price comparison on the web. However, in the new age of mobile commerce, early data is suggesting that apps might just be the cure that the…

Mobile E-commerce Done Right!
Marketing AutomationIn 2014 the number of mobile users exceeded desktop users for the first time, accounting to 52.1% of all online traffic. (IBM report) This marked an important shift for marketers and how they communicate with their customers. The challenge facing…

5 Tips to Reignite Referral Marketing
Digital Marketing Practices & InsightsReferral marketing, or also known as word-of-mouth marketing, happens organically by enthusiastic or satisfied customers, but it can also be influenced by companies with the right strategy. You would naturally trust a friend’s opinion more…

The Case For Predictive Segmentation – Part 1 of 2
AI in Marketing
Retention & Growth marketers are often interested in taking action on a segmented base of users. Classic segmentation methods include
Lifecycle based segments: new, active, lapsed etc.
Behavioral segments based on user behavior…

5 Essentials For E-commerce Push Notifications
Marketing AutomationMobile commerce is growing much faster than ecommerce. Mobile apps are not only extending commerce beyond the desktop, but also enabling new e-commerce use cases like on-demand services.
However, e-commerce apps tend to have much lower…

How To Drive Customer Engagement This Cyber Monday [Infographic]
Marketing AutomationThe phrase "Cyber Monday" first made an appearance in 2005, in a Shop.org press release entitled "'Cyber Monday. Nine years later, it has become a quintessential part of our culture. Here are some ways brands and retailers can engage their customers…

4 tips for #CyberMonday
Marketing AutomationIt's that time of the year, when everyone in the Ecommerce world gets warm and fuzzy about delivering delightful savings to customers (and in turn, logging their biggest day of the year)!
We have dug through tweets from 2013 to help you avoid…

PREDICTIVE LIFECYCLE MARKETING – PART 2
Digital Marketing Practices & InsightsIn the previous post in this series, we had talked about the early evolution of predictive models for customer response and lifetime value.
In this second part, we will talk about how marketers can improve or influence lifetime value through…

Connecting Hive and Spark on AWS in five easy steps
Development & EngineeringHive and Spark are great tools for big data storing, processing and mining. They are usually deployed individually in many organizations. While they are useful on their own the combination of them is even more powerful. Here is the missing HOWTO…