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Methods of Study Design – Experiments

Data Science 101

Some pitfalls of this type of experimentation include: Suppose an experiment is performed to observe the relationship between the snack habit of a person while watching TV. We divide participants into two groups- one group given a snack and TV and another group given no TV, just magazines and snacks. They are being secretly observed.

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Measuring Incrementality: Controlled Experiments to the Rescue!

Occam's Razor

It is possible to specifically nail down every incremental dollar added to the bottom-line of adding YouTube to your Search campaigns and then adding radio campaigns and then adding magazine ads and then adding Twitter. Having read this post what might be the biggest downside to experimentation? What do you find exciting?

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The 2015 Digital Marketing Rule Book. Change or Perish.

Occam's Razor

How good can it possibly feel to do unimaginative things that barely even worked on TV/radio/magazines/catalogs? Allocate some of your aforementioned 15% budget to experimentation and testing. In case you are reading this and you are the aforementioned Digital Marketer, then your life is sadder still.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 6

Domino Data Lab

Spoiler alert: a research field called curiosity-driven learning is emerging at the nexis of experimental cognitive psychology and industry use cases for machine learning, particularly in gaming AI. Ensure a culture that supports a steady process of learning and experimentation. Let’s roll the clock back ~65 years.

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Cookies To Humans: Implications Of Identity Systems On Incentives!

Occam's Razor

It will get you to dive deeper into what site/app sections people visit, what they are not reading, what they do read, how many unique page views does it take to get a Lead, what about freshness of content, anything about layout and experimentation, so on and so forth. I’m a paying subscriber to my beloved New Yorker magazine.

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Five Data Analytics Mistakes Marketers Make (And How to Avoid Them)

Sisense

When you discover data that means something, you need to be agile enough to make experimental changes.”. She’s been published in Shore Magazine, the Indy Star, and Time Out Chicago. Bonus tip from the mind of a marketer: “Data and creative should live together,” says Partnership Director of Kicks Digital Marketing Brooke Heffernan.

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7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

But a vast majority of TV commercials, or magazine ads or even billboards, are clever/beautiful/joy-evoking. To accelerate your experimentation I've summarized a cluster of short lessons from experiences covered in this post. They sell a very complicated product, and they do it very smartly.

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