Jennifer asks, “How do I know, based on my analytics, when it’s time to change tactics?” For questions like this, we look outside of marketing to a discipline that is supremely well-practiced in changing tactics as soon as indicators go sour: financial trading. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of techniques for quickly spotting trends…
Reversing the script today. I’m asking, and you’ll answer: please buy a copy of AI For Marketers, Second Edition. Why? What’s in it for you? This is a book to help marketers understand machine learning and how it applies to your work. You’ll learn what AI is and isn’t, the kinds of marketing problems it…
Vincent asks, “What’s the one insider secret for marketing you’d never put in a tweet or a YouTube video, the kind of secret sauce that you withhold for everyone but your best clients?” If the work I do with Trust Insights were cooking, I give away the utensils and the ingredients. Customers pay for the…
Julie asks, “What are the best affordable analytics tools for small businesses and solopreneurs?” In this video, we’ll walk through the Google Marketing Platform as the platform of choice, plus give you a decision to make: time or money. Also mentioned besides Google Analytics: Hubspot CRM Agorapulse Talkwalker R Studio Tableau Public FTC Disclosure: links…
Stephan asks, “Do you create space for creativity and intuition to help uncover new ways to use data?” This is a fantastic question; in many cases, the creativity doesn’t come from the data, but from knowledge of our tools. There’s a martial arts exercise I was taught years ago that applies well here for solving…
It’s difficult to understate how disruptive the shutdown is to everyone, not just the people who directly work for Uncle Sam, or just how long the aftereffects will last. Before I say anything else, I want to make clear that the people who have been forced against their will to work for free for nearly…
Lisa asks, “What are your thoughts on the evolving nature of digital marketing and predictive analytics for the next year?” Marketing will be dealing with economic headwinds in 2019. Anyone looking at leading economic indicators sees the writing on the wall – a recession in 12-18 months driven in part by inept economic policies. Thus,…
I’m pleased to share the brand new, data-driven 2019 Marketing Trends Report from Trust Insights. Unlike other trends reports and forecasts which are purely qualitative in nature or just vendor promotions, this report looks at 3,627 popular marketing searches and forecasts them, using machine learning, over the next 52 weeks to determine what’s going to…
