Data is now an integral part of making sure you stay on top of how your business is performing. Despite being a fairly new area of study in the...
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Tracking Satisfaction (S1-E021-02)
In Part One of this blog, we established the basics of tracking customer satisfaction. Part Two covers the differences between a relationship-based or a transaction-based approach to tracking satisfaction....
Tracking Satisfaction (S1-E021-01)
In our most recent blog post, we talked about measuring customer satisfaction – or, better, dissatisfaction. Let’s call that our baseline satisfaction research. Now you know where your organization...
How-To Guide to Satisfaction Research (S1-E020-02)
In our last blog, we introduced the first steps of (dis)satisfaction research. Using a survey, you are opening your brand up to honest customer or employee feedback. You are...
How-To Guide to Satisfaction Research (S1-E020-01)
There is a point at the end of the year or the end of a project when we are all reviewing how well we have served our clients, how...
How To Craft A Customer Loyalty ROI Model (S1-E019-01)
How does your brand make money from marketing? It’s impossible to overstate the importance of connecting return-on-investment (ROI) to your marketing strategy. In fact, we could go as far...
Ranking and Diagnostic Reporting Techniques Pt. 1 (S1-E014-01)
Hand on heart, do you always know why you are gathering the data you are collecting? Come on, be honest. Gathering all the data you can in the hope...
Management by Exception in Dashboard Reporting (S1-E013-01)
Previously, we discussed basic data properties and ways of thinking about data. This blog will discuss dashboarding and reporting, and how you can build management by exception into your...
Measuring Sales and Longtail Brands Pt. 2 (S1-E012-02)
As clients and agencies got more comfortable working with data, not everything was smooth sailing. Marketers were excited about seeing the potential and the quality of recommendations that were...
Making Better Decisions with Data Pt. 2 (S1-E010-02)
Modern companies have access to huge volumes of user data that they can analyze to provide more personalized services. Data is not just big business, it is a seminal...