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by davemel37 9y ago
> And every time they've run smack into reality and had to backpedal. I am all for being brutally aware of reality...but, there is also a time horizon to these things. Most great startups had to break through resistance. Maybe the r
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by davemel37 9y ago
I don't think anyone is misunderstanding your point, I just think its ridiculously backwards. It's the equivalent of the government breaking roads so they can create jobs fixing those roads. If software can simplify bookkeeping a
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by davemel37 9y ago
Ironically, Lyft is advertising to recruit drivers on this very article! Sometimes ad targeting misses the boat.
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by davemel37 9y ago
I think everyone is thinking about chatbots and conversational interfaces backwards. Consumers should be the ones building chatbots to talk to brands not vice versa. The brands can use NLP and AI to partially automate much of the conversati
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by davemel37 9y ago
The authors ultimate solution is to use the scientific method to compare competing hypothesis...otherwise you'll be blinded by all sorts of biases. If you are running an experiment and using competing hypothesis...in theory, you can id
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by davemel37 9y ago
Have them read Chapter 5 of this book. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intellig... "Using experts in a variety of fields as test subjects, experimental psychologists have examined the relations
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by davemel37 9y ago
This is a must read for anyone responsible for making decisions based on data...it is truly eye opening.
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by davemel37 9y ago
I completely agree...this will just dilute the impact of not secure and after a bunch of safe interactions to not secure sites, it might actually make not secure meaningless to the masses. That being said, I think the owners of sites will s
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by davemel37 9y ago
I don't know the Amazon executives...but I would give them the benefit of the doubt that they appreciate fundamental differences between a low cost retailer and a high end retailer. Amazon needs to cut costs and find efficiencies every
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by davemel37 9y ago
James Altucher talks about a similar strategy in numerous places... here is one http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2016/11/ultimate-cheat-sheet-lo...
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by davemel37 9y ago
This is what Bing tried by being a "decision engine"... maybe it works...cuz the search sucks...but they still claim 30% us market share. Edit: There is an exception to your understanding of perception. Extreme convenience can ove
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by davemel37 9y ago
You are focusing on the symptom not the root cause... Honestly, the blame here lies with the publishers, not the advertisers. The way they try to maximize revenue forces out the legit advertisers and only leaves room for bad actors...If adv
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by davemel37 9y ago
one of the top branding experts in the world,Al Ries, says the purpose of a slogan is to give your users the tool for explaining why someone should use your product when discussing it with a friend. https://youtu.be/EAXCu1ze
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by davemel37 10y ago
This might just be me and my own immaturity, but in my experience, employees often count their eggs before they hatch, and once I start negotiating them down, I create a scenario where I can't get them fully aligned with my goals. They
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by davemel37 10y ago
Interesting idea
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by davemel37 10y ago
Every time I ever tried this, the candidates hover around the top of the range regardless of qualification and experience.
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by davemel37 10y ago
Will buy it asap. Thanks.
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by davemel37 10y ago
> And as more and more ads are viewed and not clicked, (there's probably some adtech term for this) the price per view is going to go down, which will encourage more clickbait, which will drive the value of an impression down, etc.
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by davemel37 10y ago
Who moved my cheese. Its not my favorite book but its influenced me the most and I read it atleast once a year. It is a powerful parable about making things happen for yourself and focusing on things you can control and not blaming a bad h
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by davemel37 10y ago
I think this article completely fails to consider the human element in consumerism and advertising. Big data will never replace human decision making. It is a nice observation from someone figuring out the world...but is very early in that
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by davemel37 10y ago
Tenfold Traffic | Search Engine Marketer| Denver | http://www.tenfoldtraffic.com - http://www.davidmelamed.com Tenfold Traffic is a rapidly growing Digital Marketing Consultancy looking to scale into a full blown age
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by davemel37 10y ago
The divisiveness in this country is politics working incredibly well. Essentially, politicians take a position, rile up the masses and sneak in their pork and entitlements when everyone is distracted arguing with each other. We should all s
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by davemel37 10y ago
> displaying ads that are guaranteed to be relevant and attractive... Pretty much all the evils in todays ads are a byproduct of the sellers controlling the ecosystem and focusing on their needs over the buyers.(i.e. selling impressions,
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by davemel37 10y ago
>a truly great way of measuring a user session's real value to the advertiser has been invented and discarded hundreds of thousands of times over the past two decades -- Most advertisers do track and measure actual revenue to them.
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by davemel37 10y ago
I am not discounting how difficult and stressful his situation might be, and I am not saying I would have acted any better... But, This is exactly my point. His reason doesn't matter. Reasons aren't relevant to apologies. When you
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by davemel37 10y ago
Probably the most useful piece of advice I ever read (readers digest about 20 years ago) was... "Never Ruin an Apology With an Excuse." I read Steve's apology and to be honest it was more dismissive and excusing than it was a
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by davemel37 10y ago
Looks like Google is reinstating accounts. http://www.slashgear.com/pixel-phone-flipping-scheme-googles...
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by davemel37 10y ago
http://www.slashgear.com/pixel-phone-flipping-scheme-googles... Looks like Google is reinstating accounts.
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by davemel37 10y ago
That's why we have a legal immigration route.
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by davemel37 10y ago
I didn't consider that scenario, but I still feel it's a totally reasonable proposal. It's one thing if you are already here, a functioning and contributing member of society where relatives are citizens, etc... IN that case,

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