Analytics, Big Data, Digital Strategy, Leadership
Facebook has never felt the heat it is feeling now. How did this happen? They are a darling promising marketers the reach to nearly every person through customized media. Success was rolling in as more and more advertisers saw the light and loaded up on ads. And, why have Amazon, Apple, Microsoft with its LinkedIn […]
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Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
Are you Netflix or Blockbuster?
A great focus for many startups, investors, and entrepreneurs is creating the next Netflix, Amazon, Uber, or Airbnb – namely to be a digital disruptor. Netflix conquered the analog and physical model of Blockbuster by bringing a digital layer to measure customers, movies, and even brand placements. Before Netflix, Blockbuster was the media channel of preference. It died a rather quick death when media and media consumption became digital.
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Analytics, Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy, Innovation
Improvements from Artificial Intelligence and (More) Robots in Our Lives It is anticipated that some 22 million units of Amazon echo will be purchased this year. Building on the 11 million sold in 2016, north of 30 million units will soon be deployed. It is perhaps as rapid a technological deployment, as a percentage of […]
AI, Amazon, Analytics, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Booking.com, Digital, Digital Assistant, Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, featured, Gen X, Google, iTunes, Kayak, Microsoft, Music, Tripadvisor, Vacation, Yelp
Analytics, Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
The recent 2017 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting offered some insights into how Warren Buffett thinks about stocks, especially those of large digital companies. I thought it important to explore these, given the rise of Digital Enterprises. When we think of Digital Enterprises, leaders like Google, Apple, Amazon, and even Microsoft come to mind. What do […]
Amazon, Analytics, Apple, Automation, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Data Analytics, Data Capture, Data Monetization, David and Goliath, Digital, Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, Digital Strategy, featured, Google, Microsoft, Warren Buffett
Analytics, Big Data, Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy, Innovation
“Take out the GPS. I don’t want the FBI tracking us with it.” – Tony Soprano “That’s what I like about you, boss; you are always thinking of the big picture.” – Paulie Walnuts Gualtieri. That is a cleaned-up and paraphrased exchanged between Tony Soprano and Paulie, when the mob crew got new Cadillac Escalades […]
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Netflix has long been heralded as a leader in the use of analytics and even the creation of novel big data. That is all true. Nobody knows more about movie tastes than Netflix, with its some 1 billion reviews in its database. The graphic above shows that Netflix can use such data and customer behavior […]
Airbnb, Algorithm, Analytical Marketing, Analytics, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Data Analytics, Data Monetization, Data Products, Data Science, Digital, Digital Economy, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Digital Platforms, Marketing, media, Netflix, Sports, Sports Analytics, Sports Management, Uber, Wearables