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Alexa = This Year’s Pokemon Go
This year, I predict you’ll be forced to participate in many pointless meetings because some company will use voice recognition to make some money. The campaign will be breathlessly promoted as the next big thing in marketing. As a result, and because … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Data, Marketing, Media, Predictions
Tagged Alexa, Amazon, B.S., machine learning, Mark Ritson, Pokémon Go, powerpoint, UI/UX
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You’re Buying Digital Media All Wrong
The only people who ever got rich by developing exotic solutions to common problems are the ones selling the solutions. FOMO (fear of missing out) is not a reason to be wasting your dollars on untested media or unproven “audience” schemes pitched by salespeople. If the media works, it will be there tomorrow. Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Media
Tagged digital marketing, digital media, segmentation, whitelist
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Use Real Metrics, Not Social Media Nonsense
Don’t focus on lousy Facebook social media metrics. Instead,look at sales, retention rates, and ARPU. Don’t waste your time with the little kids’ metrics, which make for easier-to-understand and flashier charts at the next convention you attend. Don’t track them in your data warehouse. Don’t put them in Powerpoint slides. Don’t even talk about them. After all, the people that promulgate this nonsense have told you that they are worthless.
Worry about the things that actually generate profit. And win. Continue reading
Buying Audiences, Getting Worked
I thought the modern age of non-intrusive advertising was supposed to give me only the relevant ads I wanted to see, lovingly presented to me by some perfect algorithm hand-crafted in a loft in SoHO? Ta-da–you’ve just seen what happens when you get stuffed into an “audience.” Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Strategy, Travel
Tagged adtech, digital media, marketing, segmentation, tactics, targeting, technology, Twitter
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An Odd Industry: “Marketing Leadership”
Increasingly, marketing is being taken over by charlatans. An example of this is the so-called “marketing leadership industry” one that is, so far as I can tell, devoid of metrics and accountability. When you see a CMO bragging of their accomplishments in said “industry” you can be sure you’ve been had. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Marketing, Organization, Philosophy, Sales
Tagged Bob Hoffman, charlatans, CMO, leadership, Mark Ritson, marketing
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Gaming AdTech: Easier Than Go Fish
How easy is it to game the AdTech ecosystem and steal–yes, steal–money from advertisers? Incredibly easy. The sad thing is that very few players in the industry care enough to do anything about it. Continue reading
Posted in Data, Marketing, Media, Tactics, Uncategorized
Tagged adtech, digital marketing, fraud, online advertising, programmatic
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Why ads on my personal blog? I’m running a little experiment right now. More to come and the ads will come down. I don’t like them either. Continue reading
Tuesday, 15 November 2016 9:27 pm
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Still Trust in Big Data?
We had an election yesterday where hundreds of millions of dollars of models, data collection and analytics predicted one outcome. We got the other. Still think you can predict how a particular ad impression will impact a purchase decision for the … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Communications, Data, Marketing, Media
Tagged adtech, algorithms, big data, Bob Hoffman, Mark Ritson, online advertising, programmatic
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Marketing dashboards are poor maps of where you’ve been. You need first-hand experience with the terrain you’re now encountering, not more lousy maps. To improve your marketing, don’t hire a cartographer. Hire the hiker who’s seen the terrain up close. … Continue reading
Thursday, 3 November 2016 11:45 am
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Where’s the Digital Tear Sheet?
Digital advertising is a mess. Your ads aren’t likely to be seen because: Ad fraud is out of control and getting worse Most of our ads are shown to bots Only 35% of ads actually shown to humans are viewed … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Direct Response, Marketing, Media
Tagged advertising, business insider, digital marketing, digital media, fraud, magpie
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