Category: analytics

  • Why the MAICON Conference Feels Like Home for Marketing and AI Professionals

    “It isn’t a place, it’s a people.” – Odin to Thor One of the most challenging things we face every day in an increasingly machine-mediated world is finding that sense of community, of home. There’s no shortage of distractions, no lack for digital dopamine hits, but a place you can legitimately call home? That’s hard.…

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  • Mind Readings: Visible Does Not Mean Recommended

    Summary In today's episode, I explain Will Reynoldsโ€™ warning that high AI visibility does not guarantee credibility or recommendation, using vacation rentals and synthetic visibility reports as examples. Here's what this means for you. You need to examine context, sentiment, and recommendations instead of treating brand mentions as proof of success. You'll also learn these…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: How to Measure AI Traffic Value?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how digital publishers can measure whether AI bot traffic is actually delivering commercial value. Here's what this means for you. You get a practical framework for separating real human results from inflated machine numbers, so you can make confident decisions about blocking, charging, or welcoming AI crawlers. You'll also…

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  • So What? Whatโ€™s New with the LinkedIn Algorithm?

    Summary In today's episode, I break down what's new in the fifth edition of the LinkedIn Algorithm Guide from Trust Insights and explain how LinkedIn's ranking system really works. Here's what this means for you. You gain a clear picture of how two separate language models decide which posts reach you and what specific levers…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Chunking Enterprise Data for AI Analysis?

    Summary In today's episode, I break down how to analyze massive multi-year business reports with AI without falling victim to context window limitations or hallucinations. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover a practical architecture combining vectorized databases, knowledge graphs, and deterministic Python code that delivers reliable enterprise-scale analysis. You'll also learn these concepts:…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Can AI Solve Marketing Attribution?

    Summary In today's episode, I break down why AI cannot solve marketing attribution and what marketers should do instead. Here's what this means for you. You gain a clear path to genuine customer insight that no analytics dashboard can deliver. You'll also learn these concepts: how cookie deprecation and bot traffic have gutted the data…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Does A/B Testing Survive AI Personalization?

    Summary In today's episode, I tackle whether traditional A/B testing becomes obsolete in an era of AI-generated hyper-personalized landing pages. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover that effective evaluation still requires guardrails, consistency in offers, and robust tracking of what visitors actually see. You'll also learn these concepts: why business constraints prevent truly…

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  • So What? Nontraditional Podcast Analytics

    Summary In today's episode, I break down why traditional podcast analytics miss the mark and how to measure the entire content ecosystem around your show. Here's what this means for you. You gain a framework for tracking performance across every platform your podcast touches so you can stop making decisions based on incomplete download data…

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  • Transform Your Marketing Data with Generative AI at MAICON26: Workshops, Podcasts & Networking

    In 48 days – 7 weeks – I and a bunch of other folks are making our annual pilgrimage to Cleveland for #MAICON26, the SmarterX Marketing AI Conference. What’s on tap this year? Katie Robbert and I will be recording an episode of our In-Ear Insights podcast live from the show floor on Wednesday, 14…

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  • Why Locally Run Open Weights AI Models Are More Trustworthy Than ChatGPT and Claude

    “Do we really trust Chinese models that much?”” Lisa asked that question in the Trust Insights Analytics for Marketers Slack group and the short answer is, “we really trust models under our control that much”, which means open weights models, models we download and run on our own hardware or in trusted inference providers. Here’s…

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