{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Planning a Google Analytics 4 Migration

{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Planning a Google Analytics 4 Migration

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss the newly-released Google Analytics 4. At a high level, what should marketers be thinking about? How soon should they migrate? Are some companies better suited for it than others? All these questions and more answered in this episode. [podcastsponsor] Watch the video here: Can’t see […]

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{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Convenience Marketing

{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Convenience Marketing

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss the balance companies must find between cost and time. When should you outsource products, services, data sources, or analytics? Tune in to find out. [podcastsponsor] Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: Download the MP3 […]

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{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Shiny Object Syndrome and Tech Arrogance

{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Shiny Object Syndrome and Tech Arrogance

In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss shiny object syndrome, blind spots in your marketing technology (especially around AI and machine learning) and how arrogance can lead to substantial technical problems in your tech stack and company culture. How can you avoid pitfalls and blind spots? How do you manage AI and machine […]

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{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Rapid Response Marketing

In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris examine rapid response marketing. How do you react when a major event happens in your market on a very short timeframe? We look at Amazon Prime Day 2020 and how marketers must react on a significant marketing activity in just two weeks. Will marketers make it work? […]

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{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: The Value of Analytics

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris ask and answer the question, “What is the value of analytics?” For many marketers, analytics is seen as a cost center and an administrative burden. What will it take for it to be seen as a benefit, as something we want to do instead of a […]

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Marketing Insights Q&A: Marketing without Data

Can your marketing be effective without data? Yes, absolutely. Marketing has been around for hundreds of years. Modern marketing certainly has been around for decades. Technically, marketing started when the first store was invented, when a merchant was shouting out his wares to the passers-by. Marketing has functioned without data analysis capabilities for a very […]

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{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Good and Bad Surveys

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris talk surveying: the good, the bad, the Buzzfeed. Instead of selecting random photos to tell you which Game of Thrones character you are, how do you build credible market research? What are the major biases that will sneak into your research if you’re not careful and […]

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{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Marketing Planning for 2021

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris tackle the task of planning your marketing strategy for 2021. For good or ill, companies are beginning to set marketing strategy and marketing objectives for the year ahead. In an age of complete uncertainty, how do we build a reasonable marketing plan for the year ahead? […]

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{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Leadership Models and Roles

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss leadership: what is it, what models exist for it, and how should we think about it? We discuss the different types of power and what balance we should be seeking while in leadership roles. [podcastsponsor] Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it on […]

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{PODCAST} In-Ear Insights: Why Consumer Recommendation Engines Fail

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Chris and special guest John Wall discuss the state of consumer recommendation engines. Why are recommendations so narrow and ineffective many times? What could we do to improve them beyond what we get now? Listen in as we discuss limitations of computational power, algorithm choice, and more. [podcastsponsor] Watch […]

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