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What you can get from us
There is money to be made out of data by giving you a deep insight into the value that’s hidden there, and the ways in which it can be used to cut costs, in...
Wed, 27 Sep, 2017 at 1:46 PM
Marketing = Creating Customer Value
I'm niggled by Peter Drucker's assertion that everything apart from marketing and innovation is simply a cost; that only marketing and innovation pr...
Wed, 27 Sep, 2017 at 1:47 PM
Our approach
I loved the simple insight from one reader of an article by Clay Christensen of Harvard Business School on Milkshake Marketing: "Does it work, and wh...
Wed, 8 Apr, 2020 at 2:18 PM
Who we are
Mike Schorah  Name sounds like 'scorer', but I've never won a sports game - I run instead!  I use the best technologies to grow businesses and...
Wed, 27 Sep, 2017 at 1:48 PM
About us
Starfish deep insight is the trading name of Starfish DI Ltd, a business incorporated in England in September 2017 and formerly part of Target Intelligence ...
Thu, 26 Oct, 2017 at 3:58 PM
Why "starfish"?
We're inspired by Rod Beckstrom's superb book, The Starfish and the Spider.  Superficially, starfish look like spiders. A spider is a creature w...
Fri, 15 Sep, 2017 at 9:11 AM
What is GDPR?
GDPR refers to the General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) - It was adopted 27 April 2016 (so it's already law!) and any organisation offering ...
Tue, 3 Oct, 2017 at 11:48 AM
Don't get caught out by GDPR
Many aspects of how the GDPR legislation will be applied are still very unclear, particularly for SMEs. It’s a little clearer for the corporates. The UK...
Tue, 3 Oct, 2017 at 11:50 AM
GDPR kills 3rd party data sources
GDPR means that from May 2018 you'll have to stop using all marketing data, unless you can show that you have explicit consent that is informed and free...
Tue, 3 Oct, 2017 at 11:50 AM
Use GDPR as an Opportunity, not a Threat
If in doubt, read the background to GDPR: you know you've got to take it seriously and comply. But you can move beyond that and turn it from a Threat in...
Tue, 3 Oct, 2017 at 11:50 AM