With less than thirty days to go in the quarter, my mind returns to the business goals we set a few months ago. Some of those OKRs were related to…
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Are You Looking Deeply Enough Into Your Digital Marketing Analytics?
We get it: digital marketing analytics can be by turns annoyingly opaque and jaw-droopingly obvious. With a little effort and perhaps some outside help, you can eliminate those frustrations by…
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Clarke had it right, AI is magic
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic Arthur C Clarke A few weeks ago, Tim Peter and I spoke about AI on our podcast. There continues to be a…
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Why Millennials Value Experiences, Not Stuff
There is no question that Millennials or Generation Y consumers (born between 1980 and 2000) are an unusual breed, with very different values, buying habits and attitudes that confound older…
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What Digital Marketers Can Learn From Their Analytics Data
If you’re not measuring it, it doesn’t matter. And if you’re doing any sort of digital marketing, including content marketing, you’d better be measuring how well that marketing is working….
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Are you consulting your database of intentions?
Internet luminary John Battelle is famous for describing Google as a “database of intentions.” Back in 2003, it was a critical insight, that Google searches were actually a way of…
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4 Ways Technology Is Transforming Traditional Small Businesses
Many small businesses are tied to the way they have always done business, but new technology emerges every day to offer a more streamlined way to do things. Tech innovations…
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What are you doing about ad fraud?
According to The Guardian, 60% of online advertising spending is going to fraudsters. Even if you don’t believe that (I do), suppose it was just 20%? Wouldn’t you want to…
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How do you segment your market?
Clients ask us all the time to help them with the right characteristics for personas–which are essentially market segments. We use what we call the A2G framework to help you…
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Attribution: The secret sauce of digital marketing
One thread that binds my career is top-of-funnel content. I’ve co-written two books on the importance of early-stage content and how to identify and capitalize on those opportunities. I’ve also…
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