You Ask, I Answer: How Useful is Porter’s 5 Forces?
Katy asks, “How applicable is Porter’s 5 Forces for you in your career/firm?” The short answer is that Porter’s 5 Forces, while an excellent abstract strategic framework, is exceptionally difficult to quantify and thus manage against....You Ask, I Answer: Is Direct Mail Dead?
Maria asks, “Researching direct mail and my boss says it’s a waste of time, it’s dead. Is direct mail dead?” Yes and no. Direct mail to people who didn’t ask for it is dead. It’s an enormous waste of money and is flat out pollution....You Ask, I Answer: Best Language for Marketing Data Science, R or Python?
Maria asks, “Which is the best language to learn for marketing data science, R or Python?” It depends. For data science, in which you’ll be doing a lot of statistics-heavy work, R is the better language. For machine learning, especially deep...You Ask, I Answer: What’s The Difference Between Marketing and Sales?
Mallory asks, “In your honest opinion, what is the difference in marketing and sales?” The short answer: creation of demand versus fulfillment of demand. We see this most in examples where demand exists – sales are effectively order-takers and...Build Your Own Marketing Conference
The value of conferences are that you obtain content, have conversations, create community, and change context – all so you could put yourself in a different space, a different place, and reap some changes from it. That said, I’m wholly aware of the giant...You Ask, I Answer: Do Keywords Still Matter in an AI SEO World?
Shane asks, “With the changes that Google has made to its algorithm, is there still any validity to having a list of keywords and tracking how they are ranking? Do keywords still have a place in the SEO process?” When we decompose a topic, we end up with...You Ask, I Answer: Tracking Specific Link Clicks in Google Analytics?
Will asks, “I’m searching for something that tells me what people click on when they are one of my basic product landing pages. The problem I’m trying to solve: boss says, “I bet this particular button gets a lot of clicks, which means we need...You Ask, I Answer: Dealing With Google SEO Algorithm Change?
Carolyn asks, “A major update to Google’s core algorithm just came out and our site is down 30% for organic traffic overnight. How do you deal with situations like this?” Algorithm updates happen all the time, though Google does deploy large ones a...The Case Against Sentient Artificial Intelligence
Ask any layperson about their greatest fears when it comes to artificial intelligence, and they think immediately in terms of what they’ve seen in modern entertainment. Skynet. Terminators. Killer robots, killer cars, killer drones – you name it,...AI for Marketers Book
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