Analytive Podcast

For those of you who follow boxing or MMA, you'll remember August 26th, 2017. Connor McGregor took on Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match. Mayweather is the best of this generation when it comes to boxing. McGregor wasn’t even a boxer, he was an MMA fighter. On paper McGregor lost the fight. But for McGregor's career, it changed everything. For fresh weekly email content on marketing, join our newsletter: http://analytive.com/email

When we look at marketing data and analytics, it's so easy to focus on the precise numbers and metrics. In this Podcast, we talk about how precision is an illusion and what we should focus on instead.

I was about five years old when I got my first bike. It was a Christmas present. Like all good Christmas presents, it required a bit of assembly. I remember my dad putting it together and then putting on the training wheels. I loved that bike. There were thee houses on our block, and I used to ride it back and forth for hours at a time. Once I started to understand how to ride, the day came where Dad took off the training wheels. This led to a few crashes and skinned knees, but as I got the hang of it, I learned one of the most important lessons in my life. I just didn’t know it at the time. When you’re riding a bike, it’s not difficult to stay upright as long as you’re moving forward. But staying upright after you stop is almost impossible. Hear past Analytive Podcasts: analytive.com/podcast/ For fresh weekly email content on marketing, join our newsletter: http://analytive.com/email

I hold in my hand a corporate marketers dream piece. It’s a check in the box. It’s enough for someone to say “Look what we created!” and then forget about it the next moment. In a word, it’s boring. But here’s the truth: boring doesn’t attract attention. Boring doesn’t sell. Boring doesn’t make a difference. Boring doesn’t change the world. Boring doesn’t drive engagement. Boring doesn’t build the future. Boring isn’t even read. It’s skimmed, then dropped. Do you have to be over-the-top crazy? No. Do you have to be offensive? No. But do you have to be boring? Absolutely not. In this podcast, we break out five ways you can avoid creating boring content. It's easier than you think.

We all consume content. We listen to podcasts. We watch YouTube. We watch TV. Content marketing isn't just a fad. It is the way you'll get discovered online. In this podcast we talk about why content matters and whether this strategy will change over the next 5-10 years. Listen on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/analytive-podcast/ Listen on our website: https://analytive.com/podcast For fresh weekly email content on marketing, join our newsletter: http://analytive.com/email

In this episode, I download all the data Facebook has collected on me over the past 10-15 years. Here's what we discuss: - How much data was correct? - How much data was incorrect? - What data was missing? - Do I trust Facebook's marketing data? If you'd like to download your own data, you can click the link below for instructions on how to do that. Once you do that, I'd love to know how accurate you think your own Facebook data is on you. Download your data: https://www.facebook.com/help/302796099745838  Hear past Analytive Podcasts: https://analytive.com/podcast/ For fresh weekly email content on marketing, join our newsletter: http://analytive.com/email

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Analytive Podcast! In this episode, we talk about bitcoin, blockchain, and the impact that it could have on the marketing industry. Will blockchain fundamentally change the way we do marketing? Or is it just a bunch of hype? In this episode, we do our best to give answers to those questions.  To get alerted of new emails, join our mailing list by going to http://analytive.com/email

In the first episode of the Analytive Podcast, we discuss how two companies (a roofer and a mechanic) gave me a *very* different brand experience on the same day. And how branding is more than just logos and colors. For fresh weekly email content on marketing, join our newsletter: http://analytive.com/email