Whitney asks, “Does anyone have any recommendations/resources for maintaining a fresh perspective when you’re deep in to the calendar planning process for clients? How do you pull yourself out of repetitive, stale caption writing?” I use predictive calendaring for this. When you know what’s going to be trending well in advance, you can give yourself…
Summary In today's episode, I walk through how predictive calendaring helps content creators stay fresh by forecasting when specific topics will trend among their audience. Here's what this means for you. You gain a data-driven system for planning weeks or months of content that never feels repetitive or stale. You'll also learn these concepts: how…
Patricia asks, “I know the cannabis and CBD space is growing exponentially. What kinds or types of content should I be producing?” This is an interesting question that will rely heavily on SEO data. The method I recommend for finding industry-specific content marketing opportunities is a three step process: intent-based permutation, validation, followed by predictive…
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,…
Nathan asks, “Do you see a place for human contributions still in predictive analytics even with A.I. taking over?” There are indeed still reasons for humans to play a role in predictive analytics. Watch the video to learn the three most important reasons, and especially why more seasoned, experienced professionals are essential to the data…
Matthias asks, “Soon we will be preparing marketing budgets for next year. What tips do you suggest?” Budgeting is forecasting, and forecasting means prediction. Identify highest ROI channels and strategies based on historical data Cost data is essential Identify goals and targets to hit Status quo Needed Stretch Identify cost to hit targets Forecast by…
Mark asked, “I have a great team and we do a lot of things right. What do we need to do to take things to the next level?” One of the things marketers – and business people in general – do wrong is assume that having the right team is enough. It’s absolutely vital, but…
Ben asks, “Predictive analytics seems like a big topic – what kinds do you work with most or find work best?” Prediction falls into two general buckets, scoring and forecasting. Scoring builds a model to understand, as best as possible, why something happened The most common model is multiple linear regression, which is literally ancient…
Christopher asked, “Christopher! Went to the SMMW this past year and attended your presentation. One of the most impactful and motivating talks I have seen. I am extremely amateur in my domain expertise in coding- signed up for a python course via codecademy for my personal growth. In my professional role I am pulling the…
Search engine optimization, or SEO, has changed significantly in the past few years. Thanks to the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence, the only way to build a sustainable, long-term SEO strategy is to create content people want to share. To combat these new trends, we need to employ our own machine learning technology…
