Monthly Archives: September 2017

Bots in the Walled Garden!

Posted on Friday, 29 September 2017 10:17 am by

I’ve been getting a spike in “likes” every week for my Facebook business page over the last 4-6 months. They’re all clearly bot likes, as they appear to come from India, where I do no business nor have friends or … Continue reading →

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Go “Out There” For Education

Posted on Thursday, 28 September 2017 8:58 am by

Does your company have an internal education system? You probably go there once a year or quarter for the compliance training, and not much else. It probably has some nice introductory music, cute little branded cartoons, and has scored quizzes at … Continue reading →

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Canal Street Ad Impressions

Posted on Wednesday, 27 September 2017 8:50 am by

You’ll never find a real Rolex on Canal Street in New York City for $30. But for some reason we delude ourselves into believing that the FT.com ad impressions that show up on some sketchy exchange for $2 CPM are … Continue reading →

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Marketing Navigators: Do You Have a Sextant?

Posted on Wednesday, 27 September 2017 7:40 am by

How can you be sure that your marketing navigation system is picking up the true signal, which can be very weak in these days of bots, fake traffic and across billions of rows of impression data? Continue reading →

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Buy Digital Directly. No, I’m Not Crazy!

Posted on Wednesday, 20 September 2017 7:15 am by

Dr. Augustine Fou just published an interesting presentation, “You’re Not Getting What You Paid For,” which I encourage all marketers to read. The presentation lays out a number of the ways you–yes you–are being screwed in the digital ecosystem. In … Continue reading →

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Profit Maximization, Humanity Minimization

Posted on Friday, 15 September 2017 8:28 am by

Facebook stepped in it again, this time by allowing users of their advertising platform to target users via vile anti-Semitic terms. Do I think the people or the company is anti-Semitic? Of course not. I think the company* is anti-human. … Continue reading →

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AdTech: The Worst Server Room Ever

Posted on Thursday, 14 September 2017 11:29 am by

We get a kick out of images like this one at the left. How in the world could somebody let a system get so out of control? When Alan Kay shows this picture, he points out that every wire was … Continue reading →

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Guitar Effects: Two Legends and a Sale

Posted on Friday, 1 September 2017 9:12 am by

My core beliefs include positivity and assuming goodwill. If you only knew me from my writing here, you might not think that. It’s hard to be positive sometimes when I seem to spend the whole day mired in “digital” marketing … Continue reading →

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