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How to Use Analytics for Effective Content Marketing

One of the most effective ways to research the success of a digital marketing campaign is to simply measure your qualitative and quantitative results . Let’s imagine that you want to write a superb blog post. You research topics in your niche that people want to learn more about. You discover the best keywords. You write the post to the best of your ability. And then … nobody sees it. You might have written awesome copy about a great product — but the blog has less traffic than the Daytona Speedway on a day with no races scheduled. What do you do? You go enlist a professional knowledgeable in social media marketing services . How do you know your ROI if you aren’t selling anything since you can’t use profit or loss as a measurement? How do you know if you have a positive or negative ROI, or just break even after writing your blog post?  You would know you did well if you received a lot of positive comments on your blog post. This would be a qualitative measurement. You would al...

Why AI Cannot Survive Without Big Data

It may come as no surprise that the internet has been swelling up with an increasing amount of data, so much so that it’s become difficult to keep track of. If in 2005 we were barely dealing with 0.1 zettabytes of data, this number is now just above 20 zettabytes and it is even estimated to reach a staggering 47 zettabytes by 2020. Apart from the sheer enormous quantity of it, the problem resides in the fact that it’s mostly unstructured. And there’s nothing more harmful for mankind than providing AI with incomplete or inaccurate data. It seems that we are dealing with about only 10% of structured data, while the rest is just a great jumble of information that isn’t tagged and cannot be used in a constructive way by machines. For a better understanding on this subject, it’s good to know that email does not qualify as structured data, while anything such as a spreadsheet is considered to be tagged and can successfully be scanned by machines. This may not seem that problematic, but we...

Officer Who Killed Alton Sterling Is Fired, The One Who Pinned Him Down Is Suspended

Before firing Officer Blane Salamoni for use of force violations and failure to command his temper, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul cautioned, "Unreasonable fear within an officer is dangerous." (Image credit: Josh Brasted/Getty Images) News : NPR https://ift.tt/2E8IUIe March 31, 2018 at 03:25AM

Irate Teachers Skip Class Across Kentucky To Protest Surprise Pension Overhaul

What began as a bill about sewage services quickly became a significant change to state employee benefits Thursday. Now, it is one signature from becoming law — and classrooms are closing in protest. (Image credit: Adam Beam/AP) News : NPR https://ift.tt/2H0fG1x March 31, 2018 at 01:44AM

Jon Peede, Trump's Nominee To Lead NEH, Makes His Case On Why Agency Should Exist

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jon Peede, President Trump's nominee for the National Endowment for the Humanities — an agency he tried to cut from the most recent budget. News : NPR https://ift.tt/2uyImw1 March 31, 2018 at 01:24AM

A Visit To Topeka: Reflecting On Linda Brown's Legacy

Linda Brown, the 9-year-old old whose name was enshrined in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka , died this past Sunday. She was 75. (Image credit: AP) News : NPR https://ift.tt/2uE81DA March 31, 2018 at 01:00AM

'I Failed To Protect Her': Congresswoman Apologizes For Alleged Abuse Within Office

Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn., vowed to do better following reports she allowed her chief of staff to keep his position for months after being informed he had abused another staffer. (Image credit: NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) News : NPR https://ift.tt/2GIG4PG March 31, 2018 at 12:34AM