We promoted this post (evidenced by the “sponsored” label at the bottom) and see suggested pages beneath it. Some people say these suggestions are paid– they’re not. But what’s curious is how Facebook decides what to show. Is it based on other pages that Content Factory fans like? This would be the math behind lookalike […]
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Nearly a quarter of youth in the United States are unemployed: And Detroit’s unemployment rate, though steadily improving, is at 18.8%, over double the national average of 7.7%, according to the latest figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics: High youth unemployment multiplied by a high unemployment area yields a 59% youth
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If you’ve run a boosted post (just don’t do it) or a newsfeed ad, you’ll get this. No, it’s not Tourette’s. It’s people who don’t understand that pages can pay to show up in the newsfeed. You can snipe a single person’s newsfeed, even without their friends or your fan noticing. They will say, “Get off my Facebook”,
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Why would the refundable fare be cheaper than the advance purchase or web-only fare (not offered)? The curse of being an analytics person is that you can’t help but do the math. The 10 piece chicken wings are $10, while the 20-piece wings are $15– so sometimes you order the 20-piece since the average price
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They raised $45 million, had 180 staff across the globe, and had a blue chip client base. Their epitaph reads “Facebook fans are worth $174.14”, but they discovered reality is not so simple, as laid bare in their financials. Syncapse going under is not indicative of Facebook’s overall direction. Just look at the stock price.
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Photo by Tim Ash – Sitetuners.com I was so afraid of speaking publicly that I hid until I had to come out. Even a meeting with just 5 people gave me the shivers– I’d freeze up and later kick myself on all the clever things that I should have said then. Fast forward a few
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I was looking at alternate flight options to get to Boston tomorrow. On Delta’s website, they tell me I have to cancel my original reservation if I want a different flight. So do I hit “cancel” or hit “okay”?
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Facebook can predict a lot of spooky things, like if you’re gay and like ice cream, but it’s now so much more with Graph search. Jon Loomer recently wrote about how you can use Graph search in all kinds of useful combinations to discover what your fans like. This allows you to drill down into
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Lyft and Uber disrupted the taxi business by allowing anyone with an iPhone to be a cab driver whenever they had a little extra time. Airbnb disrupted the hotel industry by making spare bedrooms for rent. FancyHands, desk, TaskRabbit, and other personal assistant services let you be a secretary, caterer, or errand runner in your
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The other day, a consultant I hired was whining about how I pay him only $260,000 a year. I’m sitting in a Motel6 eating McDonald’s, wearing pants I got for $19 at TJ Maxx, on my old Droid phone. I’m trying to display empathy for his argument that there are so many other programmers who
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