In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss math. Specifically, what are the math skills that marketers of all stripes, but especially those who have an interest in marketing analytics, marketing data science, and machine learning/AI applied to marketing need to know. Do you need a Ph.D.? Do you need to spend a year […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss the importance of transparency and disclosure in research and data. These are troubled, uncertain times – not for the macro situation, but for our willingness to collectively accept statements of fact without verifying those facts or inspecting the methodology behind a piece of data. They also […]
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Introduction The recurring perception that artificial intelligence, AI, is somehow magical and can create something from nothing leads many projects astray. That’s part of the reason that the 2019 Price Waterhouse CEO Survey shows fewer than half of US companies are embarking on strategic AI initiatives – the risk of failure is substantial. In this […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, the Trust Insights podcast, Katie and Chris discuss early warning systems. When looking at your analytics, what metrics constitute leading, realtime, or lagging indicators, and how should you think about using them to determine when trouble is brewing? Learn about what exponential math is, how it factors into trend detection, […]
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This past week, our CEO Katie Robbert said, “can we be done with the “something about me and tag five people” on twitter thing? it’s really annoying now“. If you’re unfamiliar with the reference, there’s a Twitter meme where you share 5 jobs you’ve held, and then tag 5 people: These tag memes at first […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris respond to a listener question: how valid are predictive analytics forecasts when you’re in the middle of massively unpredictable events? How do you deal with the anomalies of a black swan event, and how do you tell the difference between an anomaly and a breakout (continuing […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris answer a mailbag question from Denise: “My question is about UX copywriting. Other than using a service like “crystalknows.com,” how do I know which words and phrases influence a specific buyer persona? Which words or CTAs influence a 35-year-old CTO male who makes craft beers on the […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, you’ll enjoy the Data Science 101 session at Social Media Marketing World given by Chris. An off-the-books speaker meetup talk, this is the first time this content has been shown publicly, and due to A/V issues, the slides were hand draw and can be found below. Enjoy the workshop! […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss whether or not you need data science skills to be an effective marketer. Find out the answer, plus why machines won’t be taking your job any time soon, as well as some helpful tips for growing your marketing analytics skills. Mentioned in the show: Hugging […]
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I had the pleasure and privilege of being the guest subject matter expert for Content Marketing World’s Twitter chat on data science 101, and the questions were so good, they deserved longer answers than just a handful of tweets. If you want to read the chat as it happened, you’ll find the original tweets here. […]
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