By Gavin James on March 18th, 2013
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Billing disputes are the number one reason for credit card customer complaints, and . Not only does this put credit card providers at risk of losing business, it may cost them plenty if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) detects any regulatory or compliance issues. Just ask Capitol One, Discover, and American Express who received [...]
By Gavin James on March 12th, 2013
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In highly competitive markets, consumers demand real value and exceptional experiences in return for brand loyalty. Businesses need to continuously raise the bar on how well they understand the customer and meet their needs. This becomes more challenging as technology and social business are evolving rapidly, which means organizations need to adapt quickly as [...]
By Gavin James on March 7th, 2013
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Imagine if you could increase customer retention and loyalty by quickly resolving pain points and targeting offers to meet each customer’s unique needs. It’s more possible than you think. With the right strategy and tools, you can get the answers you need to solve key business questions and take action to build lasting and profitable [...]
By Gavin James on February 20th, 2013
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With Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as watchdog, credit card issuers face increased risk of punitive action unless they detect regulatory issues early on and take quick action with improvements. Last year the CFPB slapped multi-million dollar fines on Capitol One, Discover, and American Express for deceptive or illegal marketing practices with credit card customers. [...]
By Gavin James on February 4th, 2013
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With increasing regulatory challenges in a competitive landscape, today’s financial institutions need to keep a close eye on reducing complaints. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made this even tougher last summer when their customer complaint database was made public. Beyond the Arc’s ongoing analysis of the CFPB database has shed light on the top [...]
By Gavin James on January 28th, 2013
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With today’s competitive market, how do businesses provide greater value to customers while growing the business? The answers may lie in all that customer data that’s piling up. Why not put “big data” to work for you to increase marketing ROI? Predictive Analytics can help you determine which customers to target, the best offers to [...]
By Bruce Johnson on December 20th, 2012
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With today’s competitive markets, businesses increasingly need highly tailored approaches to win and retain customers. This introduces a host of challenges: How do you offer the right message, to the right person, at the right time? Or determine which services will best suit specific customers? Or plan in advance which offers deliver [...]
By Brandon Purcell on December 18th, 2012
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Traditional market research uses surveys to segment customers, and survey analysis helps you discover groups of customers with similar characteristics, who may respond to similar messaging. However, it does not tell you exactly which of your customers need which messaging. Data mining helps you increase marketing effectiveness so you can deliver the right message to [...]
By Dana Roytenberg on September 29th, 2011
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Customer segmentation enables companies to get more bang for their buck by directing marketing efforts to the most likely targets.
Segmentation is a widely used technique in marketing, a way of dividing customers into groups based on their demographics, attitudes, buying behaviors, and other attributes. Using predictive analytics makes it an even more powerful tool [...]
By Bruce Johnson on June 6th, 2011
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To capture more value from social media, companies are moving from listening to engaging. Predictive analytics can help businesses plan strategic responses across a wide spectrum of customers to maximize the value of their social media interactions.
Using techniques from data mining and text mining, predictive analytics lets you look at historical patterns and make [...]
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