FAQs
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DDI’s mission is to help organisations make the most of their data.
DDI offers a full scope of services designed to met you wherever you are at with your data. From identifying data needs, to doing something about those needs, to building a story & strategic plan.
In house this process often requires a chain of 3-4 employees to execute; which we understand is not feasible for many businesses. DDI’s services are designed to take you from 0-100 without the unnecessary cost and friction that can sometimes come with pulling in a wide team.
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That’s a great question, especially if your business isn’t data based in the first instance.
Understanding your data is insight, it’s power, it’s leverage. It helps you chose the best path forward and avoid some of the pitfalls along the way.
But you have to have more than just data, understanding it is what’s important. When you understand your data that’s when you can really take advantage of it and use it to accelerate your business.
Helping you gain that understanding is what DDI excels at.
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You shouldn’t… not on a whim anyway!
You should however consider hiring DDI if you’re finding your data is a burden more than benefit, if you don’t even know what data you have, or if you want to make sure your maxing out the value your data can provide.
A good data consultant should be able to help you understand your needs and come up with solutions that are right for you and your business. That could be anything from a quick data diagnosis to a full blown data management system build - but it should always fit your needs.
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Yes, DDI can help. Our Embedded Expert offering should be perfect for any weird and wonderful data needs.
DDI can help with a variety of ways you might not expect such as:
Process evaluation & advice
Process execution (need an extra pair of hands)
SOP building
Data report design
Statistical validation
Academic writing
…and much more!
The best thing to do would be to get in contact with us here. You can either leave us a message or book in a free 30 minute consultations.
If it turns out that DDI isn’t the right solution for you, we’re also pretty well connected here so we’ll do our best to point you in the right direction.
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You can find out more about our pricing here. Or if you’d like further detail you can get in contact here.
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That’s understandable!
Knowing what level of detail you actually need isn’t the easiest thing to work out. If you haven’t already, I’d suggest taking a look at the example reports - they can be downloaded from our reports page here.
If you’re still not sure, then we’d love to have a chat to better understand your needs. You can book your free 30 minute consultation here, and we’ll get you the start you need.
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More than likely yes!
Whilst each of our reports accommodate a certain number of data sources and metrics, to ensure we’re producing easy-to-digest, insightful reports, the wider library of data sources and metrics to chose from is in fact rather big.
With DDI Marketing & Social media Reports you can chose from over 300 different data sources each with hundreds of metrics to chose from.
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That’s entirely up to you. There’s a minimum level of reports we ask you commit to depending on the level you chose. However, how you spread that out is up to you.
Here are our recommendations:
Micro Report - Monthly
Core Report - Bi-monthly
Advanced Report - Quarterly
Beyond Marketing Report - Annually
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Yes absolutely, it’s great that you’re already confident in running your centralised reports.
All our reports are conveniently setup to facilitate a templated option. We’ll work with you to get everything set up in your report the way you’d like it, then it’ll be over to you.
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The Beyond Report has its name because it does just that - it goes beyond the typical marketing & social media report. Don’t worry though, this report is designed to build on the previous reports, so you’ll still get all that great data from the Advanced Report.
What’s new is the statistical backing and the data driven personas.
The statistical backing is used to separate fact from fiction, or another way of putting it would be certainty vs inference. When you really need to know what you’re seeing in your data is a true pattern and not down to random chance, this is where having some proper stats applied comes into its own. It’s not going to be suitable for everyone but when it fits it’s a powerful tool.
Using customer personas to understand your key target audience is a fundamental tool for any business. However, we can take this to the next level. When your business reaches a stage where you need to know your audience in greater detail, we can apply data analysis techniques to personas that gives you a much deeper, more actionable understanding of your audience.
If either of these additional elements sound like something you need then you should definitely get in contact here.
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Yes absolutely!
Even in the “worst case scenarios” where the data might be a mess or key bits of data are missing, DDI can still help. We have the skills to help you get organized with what you’ve got and set you up to handle all of your future data needs.
…and besides sometimes what you don’t have can be just as insightful as what you do have!
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Yes of course!
What’s right for your needs will be at the heart of our initial discussions.
If your data is already perfectly organised then starting at step 2: act, could work for you. Or if you’ve already done the work to analyse you’re perfectly organised data but aren’t sure how to turn that into value for your business, then starting at step 3: leverage, could work for you.
If you think this could apply to you then let’s have a chat about it - get in contact here. Just keep in mind, you get more for your money if you sign on for all three steps.
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Yes! At all three steps you’ll receive a background datasheet so you can see all of the moving parts behind the reports. DDI will also be on hand to explain everything.