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 Marketing in the Moment

Unlock the secrets to effective real-time marketing by delivering the right message at the right moment, every time.
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In today's fast-paced world, your customers demand more than just traditional marketing. They expect personalized, timely interactions that resonate with their unique needs and preferences. Marketing in the Moment (MITM) is our innovative approach to meeting these expectations, enabling brands to engage customers with the perfect message at the ideal time, across any channel. Discover how MITM can revolutionize your customer engagement strategy.

Channel Silos

Campaigns focused on a single channel create a fragmented experience, leaving customers with a disjointed brand interaction.

Calendar-Based Planning

Rigid, seasonal scheduling that ignores real-time customer signals results in missed opportunities and outdated messaging.

Brand-Centric Messaging

Promotional blasts that prioritize the brand's agenda over customer needs often fail to resonate, leading to disengagement.

Batch-and-Blast Mentality

Generic communications erode trust and dilute the impact of your marketing efforts.

Why Traditional Marketing Falls Short

For too long, brands have struggled to deliver meaningful, authentic, and timely messaging to their customers. The reasons for these failures are clear:

MITM addresses these challenges by focusing on personalized, real-time customer engagement, breaking down silos, and aligning your marketing efforts with the customer's journey.

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Marketing in the Moment (MITM) is more than just personalized marketing—it's the next evolution in customer engagement. MITM leverages cutting-edge technology and real-time data to deliver hyper-personalized messages that resonate with customers precisely when they're most receptive. It's about understanding context, predicting behavior, and delivering tailored content that meets your customers' immediate needs.

What is Marketing in the Moment?

Key components of MITM include:

01

Contextual Intelligence

Analyzing real-time data such as location, behavior, and preferences to understand a customer's current situation.

02

Predictive Triggers

Utilizing AI tools to pinpoint the exact moments when engagement will have the greatest impact.

03

Hyper-Personalized Delivery

Seamlessly delivering the right message, offer, or content based on the customer's unique context.

Data is the foundation of MITM. By harnessing first-party and zero-party data, you gain a deep understanding of your customers' intent, preferences, and behaviors. This empowers you to predict pivotal moments and create hyper-personalized experiences that build trust and loyalty.

  • First-Party Data: Directly collected from your customers, offering accuracy, relevance, and personalization opportunities.

  • Integration of Disparate Data Sources: Breaking down silos and unifying data across departments provides a complete view of the customer journey.

  • Real-Time Data Processing: Ensures that your marketing is timely, relevant, and responsive to real-world events.

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  • Unified Customer Profiles: Braze consolidates data from various touchpoints, giving you a 360-degree view of each customer for precise personalization.

  • Real-Time Data Streaming: Stay relevant with instant data updates, allowing for immediate response to customer actions.

  • Advanced Segmentation: Target specific customer groups with tailored campaigns based on detailed demographic and behavioral insights.

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Data: The Bedrock of Understanding

Timing is everything in MITM. Customers don't live their lives according to your marketing calendar, so your brand needs to be agile and responsive.

  • Real-Time Data Insights: Leverage tools that monitor customer behavior and market trends in real-time.

  • "Always On" Content Creation: Develop a continuous flow of content that can be quickly adapted to current needs.

  • Moment-Based Triggering: Use AI to identify when customers are most receptive and deliver tailored messages accordingly.

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  • Contextual Intelligence: Understanding what a customer needs at any point in time by collecting, analyzing, and cataloging real-time data signals.

  • Proactive Engagement: Ensure your marketing technology infrastructure is set up to quickly ingest real-time data signals so that they can be read and actioned by Braze without any friction.

  • Enable Personalization: Understand the customer as a whole by factoring in their declared preferences, transaction history, real-time behaviors, and anything else that will allow for your message to be as relevant as possible.

02

Timing: The Catalyst for Action

The message is what compels action. In MITM, messaging is personalized, timely, and aligned with the customer's current needs and past behaviors.

  • The Message as the Catalyst: Clear, concise calls to action that resonate with the customer's immediate situation.

  • The Role of Content: Creating engaging content that supports the message and builds emotional connections.

  • Personalized Delivery: Messages tailored to the customer's preferences and delivered through their preferred channels.

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  • Cross-Channel Messaging: Reach customers through their preferred channels—email, push notifications, SMS, and more—ensuring a seamless experience.​

  • Dynamic Content Personalization: Personalize messages with dynamic content based on customer data, making each interaction relevant and impactful.

  • A/B Testing and Optimization: Continuously refine your campaigns by testing different messages to see what resonates best with your audience.

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Messaging: The Heart of Engagement

The Three Elements of Marketing in the Moment

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MITM’s framework puts the customer at the core of your marketing efforts. By understanding their needs, anticipating their journeys, and delivering tailored content and messaging at the ideal moments, you can foster meaningful connections, cultivate loyalty, and achieve unparalleled marketing results.

  • Enhanced Customer Engagement: Real-time, personalized interactions that resonate with customers.

  • Increased Loyalty: Building trust through relevant and timely communication.

  • Tangible Results: Higher conversion rates, improved customer retention, and a stronger brand presence.

 Why MITM Drives Success

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01

Break Down Data Silos

Integrate data across your organization to create a unified view of each customer.

02

Adopt Real-Time Marketing Tools

Invest in technology that supports real-time data processing and personalized engagement.

03

Personalize Customer Engagement

Tailor your messaging and timing to match your customers' unique needs and preferences.

04

Foster Cross-Department Collaboration

Ensure that all teams are aligned and working towards the same customer-centric goals.

Unlocking Marketing in the Moment: The Power of Data, Messages, and Timing

If you're still relying on outdated marketing practices, it's time to embrace Braze. Here's how to get started:

With this action plan, you can transform your marketing strategy into a dynamic, real-time powerhouse that consistently meets your customers where they are.
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The Time to Act is Now

Almost a decade ago, we envisioned a future where customer-centric marketing would be the standard. Today, that future is here. Don't get left behind—embrace MITM and transform the way you connect with your customers. Let Covalent Marketing be your trusted partner on this journey. Contact us today to explore how MITM can reshape your brand's future.

Why Traditional Marketing Falls Short

For too long, brands have struggled to deliver meaningful, authentic, and timely messaging to their customers. The reasons for these failures are clear:

MITM addresses these challenges by focusing on personalized, real-time customer engagement, breaking down silos, and aligning your marketing efforts with the customer's journey.
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Channel Silos

Campaigns focused on a single channel create a fragmented experience, leaving customers with a disjointed brand interaction.

Calendar-Based Planning

Rigid, seasonal scheduling that ignores real-time customer signals results in missed opportunities and outdated messaging.

Brand-Centric Messaging

Promotional blasts that prioritize the brand's agenda over customer needs often fail to resonate, leading to disengagement.

Batch-and-Blast Mentality

Generic communications erode trust and dilute the impact of your marketing efforts.

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