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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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss what happens when algorithm choices go wrong. What happens when junior or naive AI engineers or data scientists make bad choices for algorithms. Using an example from a writing analysis website, we discuss what went wrong, what an appropriate choice should have been, and why it’s […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris tackle the sorry state of digital advertising, and advertising in general. Why is advertising so terrible? Are companies and marketers focused on the wrong metrics? What are we doing with the data we collect, and could we be doing something different and better with it? Find […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss the current state of AI deployment. Companies are rushing ahead to put models and algorithms into action with little to no due diligence, and the consequences can be disastrous. Should AI adopt a practice similar to clinical trials, where a model must prove that it causes […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss what to do with an analytics or data science project goes off the rails. How soon should you call a marketing analytics project a failure? What do you do once it’s clear a data research project isn’t going to meet its goals or produce anything useful? […]
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Based on a question from our analytics community, in this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris tackle the challenges of new technology. When a new piece of technology makes a big splash, how do we evaluate it? How should we assess whether it’s right for us, whether it makes sense to pursue it? What […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss unnecessary reporting. Why does this happen? What can we do to streamline our reporting processes and make sure we’re focused on the most valuable reporting and analytics first? Listen to this episode to learn about change management, KPI identification, and reporting as a security blanket. [podcastsponsor] […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss companies and individuals stuck in reporting nightmares. Why do we keep behaving like reporting vending machines, cranking out report after report, instead of focusing on building reporting systems that let our stakeholders get what they want, when they want it? Why are marketers resistant to automation, […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, take the audio version of Trust Insights Competitive Social Media Analytics class, taught by Christopher Penn. Want to watch the full version? Click here to access it. [podcastsponsor] Watch the video here: Listen to the audio here: Download the MP3 audio here. Need help with your company’s data and […]
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What data should you look at to decide marketing strategy? How do you use that data with a shoestring budget during leaner times? In this episode, Katie and Chris walk through common Google Analytics metrics that lend themselves well to marketing strategy decisions, and a KPI decision framework. [podcastsponsor] Watch the video here: Listen to […]
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