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Category Archives: Education
What are Your Principles?
One of my proudest moments as chair of the Board of Trustees of Utica College was when the entire community adopted our Statement of Principles. We acknowledged that, as a member of the community, you’ll be exposed to ideas that … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged education, principles, Utica College, Values
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USPS 3685 and the State of Marketing
Sometimes reading the USPS-required Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (form 3685) can reveal a lot about the state of one’s industry. As a direct marketing and postal junkie, I find USPS forms fascinating. (I don’t get out much.) I … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Education, Marketing, Strategy
Tagged Byron Sharp, Net Promoter, NPS, research
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Algorithms: Recipes for Disaster
When we purchase digital advertising, we place our faith in the algorithms–a fancy word for “recipes”–used to determine things like the final price of the inventory, which creative is shown, and the frequency at which those impressions are shown. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Data, digital marketing, Education, Leadership, Media, Strategy
Tagged algorithms, education, magpie, Mark Ritson, trust
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Be The Solution
We get the advertising we deserve. As marketers, we’ve put our skepticism on hold. And we’ve been taken. Programmatic buying, content marketing, influencer marketing, and native advertising are just a few of the fallacies the advertising ecosystem has foisted on … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, digital marketing, Education, Marketing, Philosophy
Tagged Bob Hoffman, digital marketing, Richard Feynman, science
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“Guessing is a Dumb Man’s Job”
I was watching a Richard Feynman lecture from 1964, during which he described the scientific process. As usual, he did it in a way that even I could understand. Tell me if, in the next roughly 32 seconds of this … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Philosophy
Tagged adtech, martech, process, Richard Feynman, science, theory
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Go “Out There” For Education
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
Posted in Education, Philosophy
Tagged adtech, blockchain, digital advertising, education, learning
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Four Easy Articles to Improve Your Testing Today!
I’ve seen a few examples lately where the word “test” was bandied about when no such thing took place. One of my recent favorites was this article by the MD of a digital trading desk who claimed to be testing … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Direct Response, Education, Marketing, Rants
Tagged analysis, Bayes, experiments, statistics, test design, testing
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Don’t Be Blind To Domain Dependence
Why did the auto dealers in New Jersey work to get Tesla’s direct sales model banned in the state? Why do Uber and Lyft have to battle taxi and limousine commissions in order to do business? And why didn’t Hilton … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Diversity, Education, Leadership, Organization, Product Development
Tagged Antifragile, product development, Taleb, Volatility
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The Value of a College Degree
Articles about the value of a college education are not in short supply currently. The cost of a university degree continues to increase and opportunities for recent college graduates remain limited with the continuing economic challenges. It’s not surprising that … Continue reading
Discovering New Ideas Through Books
My colleague Miten Sampat recently wrote about his college experiences in visiting bookstores and discovering new books and his concerns over the demise of bookstores. He also touts Findings as a service to help with discovery of new ideas. That … Continue reading
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