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Dave serves Customer Insights (CI) Professionals. He leads a research team that focuses on helping companies better leverage customer knowledge to improve marketing performance and business strategy. Dave's team delves deeply into the dynamics of CI and specializes in areas such as CI technology and services, web intelligence, social intelligence, marketing and customer analytics, measurement and attribution, and customer loyalty.
Dave has written about CI and marketing service providers, as well as the organizational and business impact of CI. In addition to his research, Dave posts his thoughts and opinions on Twitter (@dfrankland) and on his blog (http://blogs.forrester.com/dave_frankland).
Prior to joining Forrester, Dave was vice president of corporate communications at DoubleClick, where he managed internal and external communications. While at DoubleClick, he managed enterprise communications, as well as for the company's digital marketing, email marketing, Abacus, and enterprise marketing solutions business units. Prior to DoubleClick, Dave was a director at strategic communications consultancy Niehaus Ryan Wong. Dave began his career working in Hill & Knowlton's London and New York offices.
Dave holds a B.A. from the National University of Ireland, Galway, a master's in peace studies from Trinity College, Dublin, and a master's in public relations from the University of Stirling, Scotland.
CI Professionals Are Fighting Wars On Multiple Fronts In Order To Evolve
As Customer Intelligence (CI) matures, CI professionals must adapt how they capture, integrate and manage, analyze, and apply knowledge about their customers. As we look ahead to 2011, we expect CI...
A Framework For Turning Customer Data Into Smart Business Strategy
Marketers who measure the impact of their Customer Intelligence (CI) say that it not only boosts campaign-specific metrics but also improves customer acquisition, retention, and satisfaction, as well...
Successful customer contact strategies involve five major components: culture, technology, analytics, business process, and measurement. To gauge how well firms are positioned to establish an...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
In the two years since we last evaluated database marketing service providers, infoUSA has invested in enhancing its technology and service delivery. There are signs of the investment starting to pay...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
In the two years since we last evaluated database marketing service providers, Epsilon has completed several acquisitions, adding interactive, data, and agency capabilities to its arsenal. Its...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
Two years ago when we last evaluated database marketing service providers, we described Targetbase's agency-style approach as "the future of the industry." Its highly integrated strategic and...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
In the two years since we last evaluated database marketing service providers, Experian Marketing Services has invested to improve its service delivery, enhance its strategic and proactive advice,...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
In the two years since we last evaluated database marketing service providers, The Allant Group has honed its delivery of analytically and strategically led database engagements. Allant targets...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
Equifax Database Services (Equifax DBS) offers flexible, pragmatic, and integrated solutions best suited for midmarket opportunities. Primarily focused on financial services, media, retail, and...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
In the two years since we last evaluated database marketing service providers, Knowlegebase Marketing (KBM) has continued its analytic and strategic approach to service delivery and, through the...
Merkle, Targetbase, KnowledgeBase, Allant, And Epsilon Are Enterprise Leaders
Forrester evaluated 12 leading database marketing service providers across 143 criteria. Our analysis identifies Merkle, Targetbase, KnowledgeBase Marketing, The Allant Group, and Epsilon as Leaders...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
Fair Isaac offers a range of services and technologies for enterprise clients, but most of its database clients have service bureau relationships for data processing and database management. Its...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
Although Harte-Hanks offers enterprise-level custom database solutions, much of its recent focus and success stems from its midmarket accounts. The company offers several midmarket packaged solutions...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
In the two years since we last evaluated database marketing service providers, Merkle has completed its transition to a leading analytically driven integrated services provider. The company has...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q4 2007
In the two years since we last evaluated database marketing service providers, Acxiom has made significant additions to its strategy and analytics capabilities, and has developed a promising...
Harrah's Entertainment's customer insight team tracks almost 80% of its revenue on a "Total Rewards" card, the firm's customer loyalty program, giving the company amazing insight into its customer...
How Leading Firms Leverage Customer Insight Across The Business
Marketing leaders working to drive customer centricity within their firms recognize that left-brained, quantitative skills are crucial for success. These marketing execs often spend millions building...
1-800-FLOWERS.COM uses insight derived by its customer knowledge group in many ways across its business. But that wasn't always the case. In the past five years, the group has grown from a couple of...
Most marketers who outsource tasks to support their direct marketing efforts work with several service providers. Unfortunately for marketers, there are a multitude of vendor options across many...
We interviewed 198 marketers about how they outsource 10 related database marketing services. Bottom line: Direct marketers are hungry for outsourcing services. They turn to service providers for...
Epsilon Gains Retail Capability But Will Struggle With Overlapping Business Units
Acquisition-hungry, Alliance Data Systems' Epsilon business makes its fifth buy in 15 months with Abacus, DoubleClick's data and analytics business. The $435 million cash deal brings Epsilon some...