Category: Videos

  • You Ask, I Answer: Tracking Clicks in a PDF?

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through three practical ways to track hyperlink clicks inside PDFs that you email to subscribers, ranging from quick UTM-tagged short links to a fully self-hosted custom URL shortener. Here's what this means for you. You finally see exactly which links your audience engages with, so you can measure content…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Best Voice Transcription Services?

    Summary In today's episode, I break down the best and cheapest ways to transcribe audio files, comparing Otter.ai, custom-trained voice models, and open-source deep learning options. Here's what this means for you. You get a clear decision framework for picking a transcription tool based on your budget, technical skill, and accuracy needs. You'll also learn…

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  • Do Something With Your Marketing: Conduct a Skills Assessment

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to conduct a skills inventory so you can map out what you know and what you don't as a marketer. Here's what this means for you. You gain a simple method for spotting blind spots and choosing what to learn next, which sharpens both your expertise and…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Media Value of Reddit Posts?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain why cost equivalence is a flawed metric for measuring the value of Reddit posts and other organic media. Here's what this means for you. You'll understand why treating earned media like saved ad spend distorts your true marketing performance and how to replace that shortcut with real business results.…

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  • MarTech East 2019 Recap: Peak CDP, Point Solutions, and Privacy

    Summary In today's episode, I recap the MarTech East Conference and share the major themes from my three-hour attribution workshop and the conference talks. Here's what this means for you. You gain an insider view of marketing operations trends and learn to recognize common pitfalls in your own tech stack strategy. You'll also learn these…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Visualizing Your Marketing Technology Stack?

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to visualize an entire Martech stack from data collection through final documentation. Here's what this means for you. You'll create a visualization that satisfies governance, compliance, finance, and operations needs by mapping people, process, and technology at every stage of the customer journey. You'll also learn these…

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  • Do Something With Your Marketing: Basic Marketing Governance

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to build marketing governance documents for your most common marketing functions. Here's what this means for you. You get clear, findable records of your goals and data so vendors and new hires can hit the ground running instead of starting from scratch. You'll also learn these concepts:…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: LinkedIn Contact Export Data Details?

    Summary In today's episode, I tackle a listener's question about whether you can download LinkedIn contacts with city or state location, and explain why LinkedIn's official export no longer includes that information. Here's what this means for you. You learn that while scraping tools exist, they violate LinkedIn's terms of service and risk getting your…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Categorical Prediction Techniques for Google Analytics?

    Summary In today's episode, I explore CHAID analysis as a classical statistics method for uncovering relationships between multiple categorical variables, compare it to decision trees, and explain when modern machine learning approaches like stacked ensembles outperform it. Here's what this means for you. You gain a clear framework for choosing the right technique based on…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Conversion Rate Optimization Strategies?

    Summary In today's episode, I break down a go-to strategy for conversion rate optimization that focuses on foundational elements before any creative tweaking. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover that getting the right audience and presenting the right offer matters far more than button colors or graphics, so you stop wasting effort on…

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