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Two Ways to Enrich Directly in the Warehouse
Two Ways to Enrich Directly in the Warehouse
Copy our SQL to enrich data directly in your warehouse, or try it via our HTTP enrichment protocol.
Ellen Perfect
21 February 2025
Understanding Gemini: Costs and Performance vs GPT and Claude
Understanding Gemini: Costs and Performance vs GPT and Claude
See how Gemini's flash and pro models measure up against GPT and Claude, and understand which ones to use for which tasks.
Ellen Perfect
5 February 2025
GPT vs Claude: What's The Best AI Model?
GPT vs Claude: What's The Best AI Model?
Which models are the most performant and cost effective? Which win at what use cases?
Ellen Perfect
27 January 2025
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How Canva activates its data warehouse for better customer insights | Census
Nicole Mitich
16 March 2023
User-friendly graphic design app, Canva, has changed the way people design. Check out what Matthew Castino, lifecycle data lead, had to say about why a traditional CDP wasn't going to cut it for them.
Product News
Entity API: Real-time personalization in all your apps | Census
Sean Lynch
15 March 2023
Despite supporting more than 150 different destinations, we regularly have users ask, “Can I pull the data on demand?” Today that answer is yes! The Entity API enables instant access to 360° warehouse data in your website, app, or internal tool without additional engineering work.
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CDPs and the Broken Promise of the Customer 360 | Census
Satya Gadepalli
8 March 2023
By 2023, marketers are brought into the why of data activation, but so long as we continue to rely on out-of-the-box CDPs, we won’t (to our data teams’ dismay) have nailed the how.
Product News
Git-backed Models: Use Git to govern your Reverse ETL workflows | Census
Jeff Sloan
7 March 2023
Announcing Git-backed Models, a bi-directional Git integration that brings software development best practices to Reverse ETL workflows - peer review, version control, and auditability. Now you can govern your activation flows as seamlessly as the rest of your data stack.
Product News
Alerting where it matters – Our integration with Datadog | Census
Jeff Sloan
3 March 2023
Introducing our new Datadog integration to help data teams guarantee the health of their business-critical pipelines. Centralize your monitoring within Datadog and create customized alerts for all your reverse ETL syncs. Stay ahead of data surprises!
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CDP Use Cases: 6 Clever Ways to Maximize ROI of Customer Data
Nicole Mitich
2 March 2023
With customer data at your fingertips, you can improve personalization, segmentation, predictive modeling, omnichannel marketing, and more.
Product News
Quick Search: A faster way to navigate your data | Census
Katy Yuan
1 March 2023
Announcing Quick Search for faster navigation and action in Census. Just hit cmd⌘/ctrl + K, or click on the search box, to search across your entities, segments, datasets, and syncs from anywhere in the app. You can also navigate faster with shortcuts to syncs and segments.
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Data Activation Trends Coming True in 2023 | Census
Katy Yuan
28 February 2023
Data Activation is essential for marketing in 2023. 12 thought leaders share their takes on current Data Activation trends and how the data warehouse transforms marketing use cases like Customer 360 profiles, personalization, and automation.
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Top 5 Third-Party Data Enrichment Providers (And Use Cases) | Census
Sylvain Giuliani
24 February 2023
You need accurate and complete data to target the right audiences at the right time. And to achieve this data quality, you need to enrich your data. Check out this beginner's guide to data enrichment.
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The Ultimate Guide to Google Ads Offline Conversion Tracking
Nate Corliss
23 February 2023
If you're overlooking offline conversions, you're not actually seeing the impact of your ads. Learn the easiest way to set up the Conversion API now.