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Page 1: The Platform Marketer Stack - Merkle Inc....Core Technology Focus Areas Marketing Database Connected Recognition Decisioning Channel Specific Applications Interactive Marketing Hub

The Platform Marketer Stack

A Deep Dive into the Technology

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Technology Infrastructure Key Foci

Integrate all platforms across known & unknown and non-interactive & interactive

Be able to facilitate data and decisions in both the interactive and non-interactive environments

Embed analytics in all environments

Solve for Identity and Experience to enable better marketing

Understand the known and unknown worlds

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Core Technology Focus Areas

Marketing Database

Connected Recognition

Decisioning

Channel Specific Applications

Interactive Marketing Hub

The deployment of the marketing tactics via a real-time algorithm and business rules execution. This is coupled with a

machine learning layer that is able to systematically fine tune rules and algorithms.

The management and association of identity attributes

across all channels and media. The creation of a

longitudinal view of the experience a consumer has with a

brand: Event Stream.

An interactive marketing hub for anonymous and identified audiences and individuals from both the digital and traditional

marketing realms. This platform allows you to evaluate, identify, and acquire new audiences for marketing and provide data

and insights for execution of the marketing activities.

The core of the marketing environment including the customer data warehouse, marketing management, marketing

automation, and offline event management.

Insights Platform

Us

er

Ac

ce

ss

Co

ns

ole

The core analytics capabilities to provide insights to drive

marketing strategy.

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Bottom of the Stack

Marketing Database

Connected Recognition

Decisioning

Channel Specific Applications

Interactive Marketing Hub

The deployment of the marketing tactics via a real-time algorithm and business rules execution. This is coupled with a

machine learning layer that is able to systematically fine tune rules and algorithms.

The management and association of identity attributes

across all channels and media. The creation of a

longitudinal view of the experience a consumer has with a

brand: Event Stream.

An interactive marketing hub for anonymous and identified audiences and individuals from both the digital and traditional

marketing realms. This platform allows you to evaluate, identify, and acquire new audiences for marketing and provide data

and insights for execution of the marketing activities.

The core of the marketing environment including the customer data warehouse, marketing management, marketing

automation, and offline event management.

Insights Platform

Us

er

Ac

ce

ss

Co

ns

ole

The core analytics capabilities to provide insights to drive

marketing strategy.

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Connected profile of consumer data

Alias: MarketableDig

Handle: @MarketableTom

Name: Tom Malthus IP: 192.168.1.201

Address: 1001 Semblance Dr. Cookie: 49526F636B

DOB: 10.03.1965 Phone: 443.542.4000

Customer, prospect, and

event stream data is

connected, delivering

comprehensive view utilizing

1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data in

a standard data model.

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Longitudinal view of the experience

User ID Date Time Event ID Event Desc

1234 2/1/2012 DM437 DM Delivered

1234 2/2/2012 3:05 pm DI9076 Display Impression

1234 2/2/2012 3:06 pm CC068 Inbound Call Center

1234 2/2/2012 5:05 pm EM087 Sent Email

1234 2/2/2012 9:30 pm EM088 Opened Email

1234 2/2/2012 9:30 pm EM089 Clicked Email

1234 2/6/2012 9:00 pm PS674 Clicks Paid Search

1234 2/6/2012 9:15 pm Q8740 Completes Quote

User Event Table

Event Meta Data

Event ID EM088

Creative A2346 Trip of a Life Time

Offer OI92365 10% Off 7 Days

or More

Product P978 Destination

Vacations

DM Delivered

2/1/2012

Shown Display

Ad 2/2/12

3:05pm

Calls 800#

Requests Info

and gives email

2/2/12 3:06 pm

Clicks

Branded Paid

Search Ad

2/6/12 9:00 pm

Sent Email

2/2/12 5:05pm

Opens Email

2/2/12 9:30 pm

Completes

Reservation

on site

2/6/212 9:15 pm

A time-sequenced view of the consumer’s interaction with the brand, enabling the brand to understand and impact the customer experience moving forward.

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Extending Audience Reach

Audience

Platforms

Name & address 3rd party cookie 3rd party segment Context

1st party cookie Device ID Geo-location Social ID / handle

Data Exchange

Cross Device

On-boarding

Ad Serving &

Tag Management

Identity

Management

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If I solve for identity and experience, I can …

Understand whom I am speaking with

Personalize and optimize the experience

Attribute the behaviors

Movers & Shakers

Family Matters

Mature Planners

Passives

Loners

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Marketing Data Warehouse

Identity Attributes Connected Identity Data Insights

Marketing Database

Connected Recognition

(cR) The management and association of

identity attributes across all channels

and media. The creation of a

longitudinal view of the experience a

consumer has with a brand: Event

Stream.

The core of the marketing environment including the customer data warehouse, marketing management, marketing automation, and offline event management.

Insights Platform The core analytics capabilities

to provide insights to drive

marketing strategy.

Marketing Automation

Marketing Management

Offline Event Management Customer Data Warehouse

Model

Attribute

Analyze

Customer

Performance

& Portfolio

Management Visualize

Standardize Hygiene Link

Identity Map Event Stream

Media Data Hub

Compiled

Event Stream

The traditional marketing database is here to stay, but it needs to adapt…

Ingest more digital data: The definition of identity needs to expand

• Social • Site

• Display • Mobile Embedded analytics

Promotion history must become consumer experience

Better connection to the digital world through improved data sharing paths

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Decision Management Business Rules Testing Optimization

cR CRM

Database

(CDW)

Interactive

Platform

(IMP)

Platform is built with embedded, integrated analytics and visualization technologies to seamlessly enable insight-driven decisioning.

• Attribution and MMO enablement

• Centralized measurement platform

• Segmentation management

• Standardized scoring frameworks

• Scenario planning and forecasting

• Analytics automation

Analytics Platform

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Top of the Stack

Marketing Database

Connected Recognition

Decisioning

Channel Specific Applications

Interactive Marketing Hub

The deployment of the marketing tactics via a real-time algorithm and business rules execution. This is coupled with a

machine learning layer that is able to systematically fine tune rules and algorithms.

The management and association of identity attributes

across all channels and media. The creation of a

longitudinal view of the experience a consumer has with a

brand: Event Stream.

An interactive marketing hub for anonymous and identified audiences and individuals from both the digital and traditional

marketing realms. This platform allows you to evaluate, identify, and acquire new audiences for marketing and provide data

and insights for execution of the marketing activities.

The core of the marketing environment including the customer data warehouse, marketing management, marketing

automation, and offline event management.

Insights Platform

Us

er

Ac

ce

ss

Co

ns

ole

The core analytics capabilities to provide insights to drive

marketing strategy.

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Interactivity

A Marketer’s Definition:

Any marketing activity using data generated at any touch-point in conjunction with

existing data to make a real-time decision in order to enhance the consumer’s

experience.

Da

ta In

sig

hts

Existing Data Asset

Recognize Enhance Decide

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Interactive Marketing Hub

CC Display Search Social Mobile Site

Channel-specific interface

Da

ta

Insig

hts

Underlying technology architecture supporting channel-specific technologies enabling consistent, personalized customer experience across touchpoints.

Interactive Services Conductor

Recognition Event Optimization Personalization

Decision Services

Decision

Management

Business Rules

Algorithmic

Decisions Testing

Recognition Services

Identity Event

Data Management Layer

Anonymous Individual

Known Individual

Audience Profile

Audience

Management

Analysis &

Visualization

Data

Exchange

Da

ta

Insig

hts

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Interactive Marketing Hub

CC Display Search Social Mobile Site

Channel-specific interface

Da

ta

Insig

hts

Underlying technology architecture supporting channel-specific technologies enabling consistent, personalized customer experience across touchpoints.

Interactive Services Conductor

Recognition Event Optimization Personalization

Decision Services

Decision

Management

Business Rules

Algorithmic

Decisions Testing

Recognition Services

Identity Event

Data Management Layer

Anonymous Individual

Known Individual

Audience Profile

Audience

Management

Analysis &

Visualization

Data

Exchange

Da

ta

Insig

hts

The Data Management Layer Must:

• Break out of the context of digital only • Have pointers to all aspects of identity and experience • Maintain PII Privacy • Enable all interactive channels and media • Getting the data into the DMP alone does not make marketing better

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Interactive Marketing Hub

CC Display Search Social Mobile Site

Channel-specific interface

Da

ta

Insig

hts

Underlying technology architecture supporting channel-specific technologies enabling consistent, personalized customer experience across touchpoints.

Interactive Services Conductor

Recognition Event Optimization Personalization

Decision Services

Decision

Management

Business Rules

Algorithmic

Decisions Testing

Recognition Services

Identity Event

Data Management Layer

Anonymous Individual

Known Individual

Audience Profile

Audience

Management

Analysis &

Visualization

Data

Exchange

Da

ta

Insig

hts

The Decision Services Layer Must:

• Be able to recognize all forms of identity • React to consumer experience change in the offline and online world • Provide insights into any interactive channel or media • Drive marketing consistency across media and channels • Be flexible enough to handle rules, algorithmic, and machine learned decisions

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Data Management vs. Interactive Marketing

Feature Data Management

Platform (DMP) Interactive Marketing

Hub (IMH)

Data Management

Audience Creation

Audience Extension

Audience Syndication

Rules Based Decisions

Model Based Decisions

Channel Integration

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cCRM Functional Reference Architecture

Data Data

Identity Attributes

Identity Attributes

Connected Identity

Connected Identity

Data

Data

Insights

Insights

Insights

Insights

Marketing Database

Media / Channel Specific Applications

Decisioning The deployment of the marketing tactics via a real-time

algorithm and business rules execution. This is coupled

with a machine learning layer that is able to systematically

fine tune rules and algorithms.

Connected Recognition

(cR) The management and association of

identity attributes across all channels

and media. The creation of a

longitudinal view of the experience a

consumer has with a brand: Event

Stream.

Interactive Marketing Hub A Data Management Platform for anonymous and

identified audiences and individuals from both the digital

and traditional marketing realms. This platform allows

you to evaluate, identify, and acquire new audiences for

marketing and provide data and insights for execution of

the marketing activities.

The core of the marketing environment including the customer data warehouse, marketing management, marketing automation, and offline event management.

Use

r A

cc

es

s C

on

so

le

Insights Platform The core analytics capabilities

to provide insights to drive

marketing strategy.

Data

Marketing Automation

Marketing Management

Offline Event Management Customer Data Warehouse

Model

Attribute

Analyze

Customer

Performance

& Portfolio

Management Visualize

Standardize Hygiene Link

Identity Map Event Stream

Media Data Hub

Compiled

Event Stream

Data

Audience Anonymous

Individual

Known

Individual

Function

Audience

Management

Analysis &

Visualization

Data

Exchange

Marketing

Rules Engine

Decision

Engine

Machine

Learning

Web Service API Pixel

Data Services

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