Content & Communication - CMS, Email, and Their Data Footprint
Chapter 9: Uncover the data generated by Content Management Systems (CMS) and email marketing platforms. Learn to correlate this engagement data with customer profiles (from CDPs/CRMs) for powerful content personalization within your Unified Data Blueprint.
Our journey through the Unified Data Blueprint (Chapter 1) has brought us from the bedrock of data collection (Chapter 2) to the sophisticated hubs of customer intelligence like CDPs (Chapter 7) and CRMs (Chapter 8). In Chapter Eight, we delved into how CRM systems are pivotal for managing direct customer relationships.
Now, we turn our gaze to two universally adopted channels businesses use to communicate, deliver value, and truly connect: their websites, powered by Content Management Systems (CMS), and their direct email outreach. Think of these not merely as broadcast tools, but as vibrant ecosystems teeming with behavioral data.
Every click, every open, every page view tells a story, offering crucial insights into content consumption and communication effectiveness – insights that become exponentially more powerful when woven into our holistic data strategy.
Content Management Systems (CMS): Beyond Website Publishing
At its core, a Content Management System (CMS) is the engine that empowers you to create, manage, and modify digital content, primarily for your website, without needing to be a coding wizard. Platforms like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and even modern headless CMS options like Contentful or Strapi have democratized web publishing.
But let's be clear: modern CMS platforms are far more than digital filing cabinets for static pages. They are dynamic ecosystems supporting interactive content, user accounts, e-commerce functionalities, community forums, and a plethora of integrations. This dynamism is precisely what makes them such a rich source of data.
The Data Generated – Listening to Your Website's Pulse:
Read on- Data Blueprint Ch. 9
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