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Jaffer Ali
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Can Eric Schmidt and Marketers Predict Human Behavior? - Jaffer Ali - MediaBizBloggers

"We may regard the present state of the universe as the
effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect
which at a certain moment would know all forces that set
nature in motion, and all positions of all items of which
nature is composed, if this intellect were also vast enough
to submit these data to analysis, it would embrace in a
single formula the movements of the greatest bodies of the
universe and those of the tiniest atom; for such...

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Catalyst S+F: CTRS and One Hundred Thousand Count Von Counts - Jim Nichols - MediaBizBloggers
By Jim Nichols

It's no new observation that digital enables marketers and their agency counterparts to access tons of metrics. So many that for many media people, two days of the week are devoted to collecting and visualizing bajillions of data points in complex reports.

Reports that, let's face it, are often given no more than cursory examination.... more

Can Eric Schmidt and Marketers Predict Human Behavior? - Jaffer Ali - MediaBizBloggers
By Jaffer Ali

"We may regard the present state of the universe as the
effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect
which at a certain moment would know all forces that set
nature in motion, and all positions of all items of which
nature is composed, if this intellect were also vast enough
to submit... more

FTC to Social Marketers: Keep it Real, or We'll Take Action - Ed Keller - MediaBizBloggers
By Ed Keller

After a lengthy process of review and comment, the FTC issued new advertising guidelines late last year that cover social media and word of mouth marketing. The goal was to make clear that just as the Commission can take action against deceptive, fraudulent, or unfair business practices in advertising, they will do so against deceptive... more

Jack Myers
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USA Today Shift Reflects Compelling New Digital Data

The announced reorganization by Gannett's USA Today to shift its business model away from traditional print and to focus on digital operations reflects compelling new economic data published exclusively in this week's subscriber-only Jack Myers Media Business Report (Compelling New Data on Digital vs. Traditional Media Economy.) Ad spending in traditional media will be the...

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