Invisible Intelligence
One of the core gating factors in deploying a Business Intelligence application is its overall effect on production workflow for
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One of the core gating factors in deploying a Business Intelligence application is its overall effect on production workflow for
Continue readingThere has been a fair amount of recent coverage on the shortcomings of business intelligence as the concept starts to
Continue readingLooks like the first serious foray into ISP-based behavioral targeting is finally sputtering to a close. Spooked by misinformed and
Continue readingMicrosoft recently announced the release of two new features for IE8 that could potentially have a huge impact on the
Continue readingOne of the constant challenges for anyone developing an analytic application is how to simplify something that is inherently complex
Continue readingSo the uproar over NebuAd continues, and appears to be expanding to include not just NebuAd but the whole Behavioral
Continue readingThe folks at NebuAd had an interesting week. It’s not often that a relatively small start-up is called to the
Continue readingOne of the core requirements that would need to be in place in order to nail the connection between the
Continue readingHow do you deliver against a core motivation? The first step would be to define the specific motivation in the
Continue readingPredictive analytics is pretty much what it appears to be; it addresses the question of what is someone likely to
Continue readingBuyer motivation varies hugely. Often we have no choice (e.g. gasoline, basic food, etc.), often we have some latitude of
Continue readingSo if small, concise messages work well in the new mobile ad paradigm, and the content management systems have evolved
Continue readingSo what are the practical limits of going ‘small’? If your objective is to communicate a concept clearly and unambiguously,
Continue readingI caught a quick snippet on the radio recently of Steve Martin’s “Let’s get small” comedy routine, and it triggered
Continue readingGoogle’s recent announcement regarding the Open Handset Alliance provides an interesting glimpse into where personalized advertising is headed. One of
Continue readingSo if you were to apply a theoretical model of direct marketing that included behavioral algorithms with a predictive capability,
Continue readingSo what is the relevance of asking WHY in advertising? The old adage used to be location, location, location, which
Continue readingSo how can you take the “customized banner” concept and roll it forward to the point where it’s so accurate
Continue readingFollowing up on the last post, we have two aspects of marketing that appear to be leap-frogging each other in
Continue readingDick Reed over at Just Media recently ran a blog post that examined the changes in advertising spending for the
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