Category: Data Science

  • You Ask, I Answer: Finding Ideal Audience on Twitter?

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to map your ideal Twitter audience using network analysis and interaction data. Here's what this means for you. You gain a systematic method for finding topically relevant, highly engaged people who can amplify your reach through genuine engagement. You'll also learn these concepts: how to extract interaction…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Measuring Social Media Impact on SEO?

    Sergey asks, “Is it possible to measure the impact of your social media on SEO? If so, how would you do this?” I’d look at content which has been socially shared and its SEO performance versus content that has not been. Using the SEO tool of your choice, extract the data and look at the…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Measuring Social Media Impact on SEO?

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to measure whether social media activity actually impacts your SEO using a statistical technique called propensity score matching. Here's what this means for you. You get a practical, real-world method for analyzing your own content and finding out if sharing posts on platforms like Twitter, Facebook, or…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Social Media Engagement and SEO?

    Sofia asks, “Do social media likes, shares, and comments have an impact on SEO?” This is a tricky question to answer because the answer will be different for every company. Broadly, we’ve studied in the past and see no clear correlation, but it’s something you have to test for yourself. Can’t see anything? Watch it…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Social Media Engagement and SEO?

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through a data-driven analysis answering whether social media likes, shares, and comments actually move the needle on SEO. Here's what this means for you. You can stop treating social engagement as an automatic SEO lever and instead measure its true impact on your own site using tools you likely…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Measuring Content Engagement KPIs?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how to identify the right KPIs for measuring content engagement and walk through the process of sourcing data to track them. Here's what this means for you. You learn to run a regression analysis that reveals which engagement metrics actually predict your conversions rather than wasting effort on vanity…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Third Party Data and Model Audits?

    Jessica asks, “When it comes to training data for marketing AI models, do you think vendors will anonymize/share data sources in the future? Will it be required?” It depends on the vendor and the model. The raw data for public models, even de-identified, probably will not be publicly available, but should be made available to…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Liability for Marketing AI Models?

    Jessica asks, “Who’s liable for violations in marketing AI models, the company that hires the vendor, or the vendor? Anything in service agreements to look for?” Who’s liable when someone uses a tool improperly or illegally? Companies have some responsibility, as we see with product warnings, but the ultimate responsibility – and who gets sued/arrested…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Vetting Marketing AI Vendors for Bias?

    Tracy asks, “What are some questions you should ask vendors to better understand what data they use in their algorithms to make sure it’s not biased?” It’s not just questions we need to ask. Consider checking for bias to be like any other audit or due diligence. We will want to investigate the 6 main…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Difference Between Fair and Unfair Bias?

    Gianna asks, “What’s the difference between fair and unfair bias? What’s the fine line?” Fair and unfair comes down to two simple things: laws and values. Statistical bias is when your sample deviates from the population you’re sampling from. Bias isn’t inherently bad unless it crosses one of those two lines. Can’t see anything? Watch…

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