transforming knime consumer data into actionable insights

Transforming Consumer Data into Actionable Insights

Feb. 24, 2016

Benjamin Spiegel

#ShamelessSelfPromotion

MMI is a data-driven agency mpowering conversations

between brands and consumers.

what we do

for 29 years, MMI has been creating

experiences for our clients

we believe in the value of partnershipsMMI partners with best-in-class agencies, technology providers, startups, and media platforms to scale and provide leading results for our clients.

our approach

@nxfxcom

why KNIME?

123.123.123.123 - - [26/Apr/2000:00:23:48 -0400] "GET /pics/wpaper.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 6248 "http://www.jafsoft.com/asctortf/" "Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)"123.123.123.123 - - [26/Apr/2000:00:23:47 -0400] "GET /asctortf/ HTTP/1.0" 200 8130 "http://search.netscape.com/Computers/Data_Formats/Document/Text/RTF" "Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)"123.123.123.123 - - [26/Apr/2000:00:23:48 -0400] "GET /pics/5star2000.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 4005 "http://www.jafsoft.com/asctortf/" "Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)"123.123.123.123 - - [26/Apr/2000:00:23:50 -0400] "GET /pics/5star.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 1031 "http://www.jafsoft.com/asctortf/" "Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)"123.123.123.123 - - [26/Apr/2000:00:23:51 -0400] "GET /pics/a2hlogo.jpg HTTP/1.0" 200 4282 "http://www.jafsoft.com/asctortf/" "Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)"123.123.123.123 - - [26/Apr/2000:00:23:51 -0400] "GET /cgi-bin/newcount?jafsof3&width=4&font=digital&noshow HTTP/1.0" 200 36 "http://www.jafsoft.com/asctortf/" "Mozilla/4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC)"end of user-specified pre-formatted text

data complexityDATE/TIME DIMENSIONS METRICS

January 1 2001 Source = “Yahoo” 120 visits

February 15 2002 Link ID = 12 75% conversion rateApril 10 2003 15:11 PM Keyword = “Search agency” 5% click through rate

June 2 2015 11:09 AM EST Product = “Shiny shampoo” $12

6/6/2005 Direct 5:12 avg. visit time

http://www.jafsoft.com/asctortf/

http://search.netscape.com/Computers/Data_Formats/Document/Text/RTF





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data sources

client challenges

real-time events — Shell Houston Open• Real-time content• Simultaneous activities• Multiple real-time

platforms• PR, social, analytics,

radio, TV, and physical activation

experiential social — ”Until 20”

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• Flexible demands (line length)• Multiple competitors — film

festival• Location-based media support• POS integration/bidding

digital launch — Boogie Wipes• Multiplatform launch• Dynamic paid support• Minute-by-minute cross-platform

tracking• Real-time content creation• CRM Integration

e-commerce — Kandoo

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• Ratings and reviews• Paid media• Specialized algorithms• Inventory management• Counterfeiting

the requirements

our approach

Insights to Action

Acquisition

Modeling

Visualization

Management

acquisition Acquire data from:

• Multiple databases• Flat files• Web APIs• Unstructured• Real time • Behavior• Models• Text (a lot of it)• Binary

Insights to Action

Acquisition

Modeling

Visualization

Management

modeling

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Leverage:• Machine learning• Predictive• Linguistic• Regression• Clustering• Sentiment• Behavioral

Insights to Action

Acquisition

Modeling

Visualization

Management

visualization

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Enable:• Visual storytelling• Simplification with pictures• Easy discovery• Insights creation• Reporting• Dashboards• Scorecards

Insights to Action

Acquisition

Modeling

Visualization

Management

management

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We need:• Aggregate• Filter and verify• Combine and merge• Transform and enhance• Index and optimize• Export• Share and distribute• Basically ETL on steroids

Insights to Action

Acquisition

Modeling

Visualization

Management

activation

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We can:• Real-time communications• Individual media optimization• One-on-one tracking• Cross-platform activation• AI-driven content• Instantaneous measurement

Insights to Action

Acquisition

Modeling

Visualization

Management

social media

last year — #SocialPro in Las Vegas

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“Social network ad spending to hit $35.98

billion worldwide in 2017.”

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lumascape

lumascape — acquisitions

@nxfxcom#SocialPro #24A

I hate tools!

why

• Cross-platform integration

• Granularity• Al• Cost

• Data ownership• Facebook = Facebook• Reporting• Real-time insights BS

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social tools cost up to $100k/brand/month

our only tool: KNIME

our setup

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• Private networks• Scheduled jobs• Backup• Hosts all instances

• API calls• Data extractions• Transformations• Q&A• Text analytics• Modeling• Alerts

• Data storage• Aggregation• Data preparation• Data serving

• Visualization• Modeling• Analysis• Reporting• Delivery• Alerts and automation

our setup

contributions

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keyword density

keyword density

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clean HTML retriever

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XML sitemap reader

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Google pagespeed insights

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Moz link and URL metrics

random data generator

Twitter trends

CSS validator

HTML validator

XML sitemap reader

what’s next?

Facebook API

things we do now

CRM data

closed loop activation

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save 128 hours/month

operations

streaming data

motion data

checkin data

Thank you

Benjamin SpiegelCEO, MMI [email protected]

transforming knime consumer data into actionable insights

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