Marketing technology evolves at a breakneck speed. But it usually follows a familiar pattern: the hype, a flurry of activity, and—after the dust settles—a few winners emerging with technology that only somewhat resembles our wild expectations. But when it comes to consumer data, we’re expecting that only a few major players will continue to dominate. […]
Econometrics is an applied science that extracts quantifiable relationships (called estimators) in observable economic data. Simple enough, right? The problem is that we’ll never be able to nail these relationships down exactly, so the game is to use available data to uncover reliable estimators to be used in models that explain what we see and […]
Smartphones are a lot like Asian carp. Asian carp were innocently brought to North America in the ‘60s as a new food source to help control unruly algae and snail populations. This fish quickly became one of the most invasive species in modern history, decimating vegetation and destroying the spawning habitats of countless native species […]
In marketing agencies, there are two kinds of numbers people: those who make reports, and those who ask for them. Regardless of which group you belong to, 2018 will be a year where you should start feeling the impact of cloud-based business intelligence (BI) tools like Tableau, Power BI, Qlik Sense and the now-free Google Data Studio. I say “should” because your organization may not yet be willing to take the BI plunge next year. I get it — coming […]
In its third admission since September, Facebook announced it has realized more errors in the way it measures engagement with video ads and links to external sites. 2016 has not been a banner year for accuracy at the internet’s second-biggest advertising player – so what does this mean for brands? More and more, agencies and […]
In 2017, marketers (yes, even you!) will become acquainted with the term “martech stack”. The term sums up marketing’s trajectory into the near future: the convergence of technology and modern marketing, and the increasingly common practice of stitching together various specialized software platforms in order to optimize marketing efforts. Martech’s popularity is growing at a […]
Like many of you, I jumped ship from a career in another industry into the “cutting-edge” world of digital marketing. Migrating to an industry in high demand and experiencing unprecedented growth seemed like a very smart and sensible choice. But, following a year of working with various software applications, I grew suspicious of automation’s role […]
