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Mr. Bilicic

David Bilicic

Senior Vice President , Magid

As Senior Vice President, David Bilicic leads new business development for Magid, a consumer-centered business strategy company delivering courageous thinking that shapes better experiences, products and services.

Mr. Bilicic brings impressive research and consulting experience to his work across several verticals including Travel/Hospitality, Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, CPG and Automotive. In the past year alone he has been instrumental in the development of proprietary research specific to the consumer behaviors surrounding subscription-based services, as well as a deep dive into the private label space.

Standing on their industry-defining service, Magid is grounded by a rare combination of tailor-made research, a deep understanding of human behavior and operational expertise.

Prior to joining Magid, Mr. Bilicic was Global Head of Sales & Strategic Partnerships at Realeyes - a company that determines consumers' emotional response to video and digital advertising. Before Realeyes, he gained supplier-side experience at a range of companies including: Lightspeed Research (Kantar / WPP), GfK, Research Now, IRI, and Nielsen. Notably, while at Gfk, Mr. Bilicic developed the Travel/Hospitality vertical from scratch, growing it to $10 million during his tenure.

In addition to his deep research background, Mr. Bilicic is also able to connect with the client-side perspective having honed his skills at Tropicana, Taco Bell, and Abbott Labs. He is frequently quoted in the media and has spoken at past industry events, including IIEX.

Mr. Bilicic earned degrees in HR / Organizational Development and Fitness / Exercise Science from Vanderbilt University, and also earned an MBA from The Ohio State University.

Please visit http://www.magid.com for more information.

Mr. Bilicic can be contacted at +1 215-740-7337 or dbilicic@magid.com

Coming up in February 2020...

Social Media: Social Listening Tools

The reach and influence of social media is staggering. Nearly 3 billion people use social media daily, posting a range of messages, selfies, images, and everything in-between. According to HubSpot, almost 4 million posts are uploaded to the major social networks every single minute! That's an astounding amount of content and it is crucial for hotels to skillfully use social media in order to effectively compete. From establishing a suitable brand identity and voice to creating content across all the major networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.), the goal is to actively engage consumers and to eventually convert them to customers. Some hotels are initiating online contests as a way to attract new customers, while others are rewarding customers with discounts who subscribe to the their email lists or follow their social media pages. Another recent strategy is to employ social media listening tools that track what people are posting online about their businesses. These tools allow hotels to monitor - or listen to - what's being said about a brand across the entire social web, and this can prove to be very valuable, unfiltered information. Social listening permits hotels to be aware of people's opinions about their business, industry or competitors, and some of these tools even listen beyond social media platforms. They also monitor publicly available information on blogs, forums, news outlets and websites. Some listening tools are more focused on gathering and analyzing data, while others offer more engagement-oriented features, which allow hotels to interact with people right from the platform. Often the information that is gleaned from these listening tools ends up being the most authentic, unbiased insights a business can get. The February Hotel Business Review will document what some hotels are doing to successfully integrate social media strategies into their operations.


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