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Safety in numbers: proving and evaluating social media ROI

Social media has been one of the defining elements of our new generation. There’s no denying its power: we’ve seen nearly every aspect of our lives altered, from something as simple as staying connected to old friends, to affecting election results. But marketers remain unclear how to prove the business worth of social – and how to track social media ROI. Here’s how to dig into the data and keep tabs on it all . . .

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Five big artificial intelligence ideas for marketing

Marketing has come a long way since the scattergun approach. Customer-centricity has driven the need for polished personalisation and technology is empowering ‘laser-guided marketing’. Doron Youngerwood discusses this concept and offers some artificial intelligence ideas and tips to guide marketing ‘artists’ into becoming marketing ‘scientists’.

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AI-enabled insight set to transform affiliate marketing

Collecting and analysing marketing data takes humans a long time, but AI-enabled insight instantly identifies data patterns and enables marketers to match people to the products/services they want, at the right time and at top speed. So is 2017 the year AI becomes the age of acceptance for marketers?

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The cross-border question: should agencies do more to localise content?

Providing customers with personalised content can lift revenue by 15%, according to Harvard Business Review, so why is it that businesses so often settle for producing generic marketing – or, worse, create messages that simply do not translate? Robert Berkeley says they need to do more to localise content if they are to draw in customers and grow their businesses.

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Digging into big data: how deep learning can unlock marketing insights

The news is full of how artificial intelligence will transform the world around us, but as marketers, how will it impact our industry specifically? Here we explore why one technology in particular holds a lot of promise for data-driven marketing. Because in all that big data we produce, there are countless hidden insights that we’re missing every day — and deep learning is the key to unlocking them.

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What does dominance by internet giants Google and Facebook mean for data marketers?

Facebook and Google increasingly dominate the time people spend online and there are both pros and cons in this web duopoly. Verto Analytics’ Dr Hannu Verkasalo spells out the implications for data-driven marketers of having two such powerful internet giants.

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Measuring the happiness factor: how brand loyalty stats stack up

Pharrell Williams sang about being Happy back in 2013 and topped the charts in 35 countries – and that’s an ‘earworm’ that marketers should take on board long-term, researcher Ben Pask says, since the customer’s pursuit of happiness can drive brand loyalty. So, are your loyalty stats reflecting lots of happy customers? If not, why not?

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Time-saving techniques for PPC advertising

Managing pay-per-click (PPC) advertising can prove time-consuming, but paid search is often a major part of a marketing strategy. Here are tips and tactics to help SMEs save time with their PPC advertising by leveraging technology.

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60s sexism to ‘noisy’ noughties and beyond: how the ad world changed after Mad Men

Ten years on from the first airing of the hit TV series Mad Men, about a ‘golden age’ of advertising – a world of sexism, racism, hard drinking and even harder smoking – Dale Lovell looks at how the ad world changed after Mad Men and why the modern era of technology, appropriate data targeting and creative must coexist in order to maximise today’s advertising campaigns.

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#WalkersWave & Burger King ‘OK Google’: risk-taking personalisation explored

One was a masterclass and one a bit of a mess: Burger King and Walkers, their risk-taking personalisation strategies and their campaign results, are explored here. But marketers, be warned: learn from these experts, but be cautious – assess all potential outcomes (and don’t underestimate the quick-witted public) – before rolling out risky advertising.

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