{"id":20637,"date":"2024-05-16T09:47:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanlist.ca\/?p=20637"},"modified":"2024-11-01T09:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T13:46:55","slug":"unlock-the-secrets-of-diy-list-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.presshero.co\/cleanlistnew.ca\/unlock-the-secrets-of-diy-list-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlock the Secrets of DIY List Cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20637\" class=\"elementor elementor-20637\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e4e26a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e4e26a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351b1b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"351b1b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most organizations struggle with incomplete, inaccurate and outdated contact data in their data warehouses, CRM, ERP, CDP, and other systems. Unless you live under a rock, you\u2019ve experienced<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the frustration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketers, data scientists, analysts, sales professionals, and business leaders are all too familiar with the problem and the time and money that\u2019s wasted as a result.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At some point, the frustration reaches a level where something needs to be done. It\u2019s time to get the IT team in a room and ask:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-817f71b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"817f71b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b0e95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47b0e95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><b>\u201cHow do we fix our dirty data problem?\u201d<\/b><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f28d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73f28d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc2ad3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dc2ad3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, IT folks are geniuses. Testament to their brilliance is the technology, software, and data they manage daily.\u00a0 Somehow they keep on top of it all and keep everything running. Dirty data problems are just another challenge to tackle.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a laundry list of things IT Pros consider when diving into the dirty data problem. Here are the top 3.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8edd76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f8edd76\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2ab715 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2ab715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>#1. Is the data properly elementized at the source?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84cc779 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84cc779\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d59e3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d59e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, it\u2019s hard to have any control over a 60-character \u201caddress\u201d field. But it\u2019s broken up into components like: unit number, street number, street name, street direction, city, province, and postal code, then there\u2019s a lot that can be done to analyze and improve the data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95f7834 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95f7834\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6702e03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6702e03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>#2. Are proper input data validation rules in place?<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f76367 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f76367\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a4d765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a4d765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, it\u2019s easy to limit what data gets entered into a postal code field and restrict it to the format A1A 1A1. Without validation, all sorts of junk will end up in the wrong places.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-927a8da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"927a8da\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1431479 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1431479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>#3. Are updates being logged and date-stamped?&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd515b9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd515b9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90d4df1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90d4df1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As data is updated over time, it\u2019s very helpful to know what last happened, and when. Otherwise, data from 10 years ago will look the same as data entered yesterday. Update stamping makes prioritization and segmentation possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eece96 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5eece96\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f7eb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1f7eb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>If your technical team addresses these top 3 issues, your data will immediately be in the top 25% of what\u2019s out there in the wild.<\/b><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1f040 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b1f040\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f82ddc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f82ddc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All these things can be done in-house &#8211; DIY style.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What comes next is where DIY ends. And it has nothing to do with the skills of your IT Team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7da1d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7da1d7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b71555a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b71555a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Your IT Team will point you to an outside expert because they don\u2019t have the resource data needed to effectively solve the problem.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd9cd19 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd9cd19\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e60048 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e60048\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your next task is to validate the data inside the various fields and fill-in data that\u2019s missing. Some small parts of this work might be a candidate for a DIY project (for example, it\u2019s relatively easy to validate the province codes in the province field), but at some point, all organizations turn to an expert partner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider this example. Customer Sammy Segal\u2019s postal street address \u201c12 &#8211; 455 Beverly Street\u201d. It looks pretty good, doesn\u2019t it? But does Beverly Street exist? And is there a building #455 on Beverly? If so, is there an apartment #12? To answer these questions, you\u2019ll need reference data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s possible to buy a database of every address in Canada to compare yours to it. So long as you keep this information current, you\u2019ll be able to answer the question as to whether this address exists. Easy, right? Not so fast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does Sammy Segal still live at 12 &#8211; 455 Beverly Street? That\u2019s very important to know, but difficult to answer. And the address database you bought won\u2019t help. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b211c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b211c8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35a3ec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35a3ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>See the problem? It\u2019s like the layers of an onion.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0461e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f0461e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2787607 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2787607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you need to check a mover database like Canada Post\u2019s National Change of Address (NCOA), to see if there\u2019s an update available. And even if there is, you need a way to know if it\u2019s the most current address &#8211; or if he moved again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, it\u2019s also possible that Sammy has passed, in which case all this work is futile. So we need to check our records against the Canadian Deceased Registry as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79091d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79091d8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fbd413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fbd413\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Do you see where this is going? It gets complicated, fast.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe68bb8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe68bb8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56c501d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56c501d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve only talked about Sammy and his street address. There are also cities, postal codes, phone numbers, email addresses, and other fields to validate &#8211; some of which aren\u2019t even populated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c9ecd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2c9ecd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50094ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50094ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Even then, you\u2019re not done yet.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b10238 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b10238\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af6b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2af6b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to know more about Sammy, so we better meet his needs. For example: what\u2019s his ethnic background, does he own or rent his home, and how old is he? Answers to these and other questions rely on other huge and specialized reference databases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8bc647 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a8bc647\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b2ae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61b2ae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Anything is possible.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-451d001 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"451d001\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16d16a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16d16a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You could invest the time, talent, and money to bring all these resources in-house (and essentially create another Cleanlist company), but is that really the best use of your time and resources?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4b8030 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4b8030\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62b0ffe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62b0ffe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>For most organizations, the answer is clearly no.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6207e0a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6207e0a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bef6c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bef6c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even the biggest brands choose to partner with an expert who has these resources and spend a few cents to have each record cleaned and maintained. 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