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Category Archives: Data
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
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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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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Big Data: Mostly Tail Numbers
If you fly regular routes, you’ll notice the same tail numbers around you. The same planes tend to fly the same routes, with changes mostly due to weather or maintenance. What does it usually mean when a particular tail number … Continue reading
Questions Advertisers Should Ask of AT&T and Verizon
It turns out that you’re not just a product when using free Internet services. Even when you’re paying AT&T and Verizon for cellular service, you’re still being productized by having your communications altered without you knowing about it. Both Verizon … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Marketing, Philosophy
Tagged AT&T, data, do not track, privacy, tracking, Verizon
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Seal The Deal With Good Direct Mail
Most direct mail these days stinks. Yes, that means the stuff your company is sending me. Generally it lacks: A strong offer Segmentation Good merge/purge I get too much mail in blank white envelopes without anything interesting on the outside. … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Data, Direct Response, Marketing
Tagged analysis, direct mail, offer, postcard, Pricing
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My Morning As A Product
I’ve been tracked over 700 times in just 5 minutes. That’s not including what the NSA is tracking about me. It’s just the count of the number of times Facebook has “called home” to various tracking services in the few … Continue reading
A Bitcoin for Identity
I believe that Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures is a smart investor and astute observer of technology trends. His talk at LeWeb Paris is timely, because a lot of us are looking forward to 2014 and trying to figure … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Leadership, Organization, Philosophy, Privacy, Security
Tagged bitcoin, data, Fred Wilson, freedom, Mikko Hypponen, NSA, privacy, security, surveillance, trends
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What “They” Want Or Think Doesn’t Matter
On his deathbed Steve Jobs told Tim Cook not to worry about what he would do, but instead do what was right for Apple, or so the story goes. A great piece of advice. Now that Steve is dead, what … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Marketing, Product Development
Tagged apple, product development, research, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook
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What Doctors Can Teach You About Dashboards
I’m pleased that today’s guest post is from Chuck Ullan. Chuck’s a fellow direct response marketing disciple and analytics ninja who provided me with much wise counsel when we worked together at AOL. He now runs his own analytics firm, … Continue reading
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