Knowledge, Uncertainty, and Ideology in Digital Analytics
WARNING!
It’s got wings? Must be a bird.
KNOWLEDGE
FACTS AND INFORMATION INFORMATION ABOUT FACTS SKILLS ACQUIRED THROUGH INFORMATION FACT-BASED SKILLS THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
What is Analysis?
What is Segmentation?
Visit Attributes Visitor Attributes Customer Attributes
Historical Nature of Data HUH!?
UNCERTAINTY
CAN’T RELY ON NOT DEFINITIVE
The Map is not the Territory
HOW MANY ERRORS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A COMEDY?
We shape our tools, and afterwards our tools shape us. Paraphrasing Winston Churchill
IDEOLOGY
SET OF BELIEFS OPINIONS
TRUTH
Are we susceptible to ideology? beware of #measure!
- We must be on Social Media - Google Adwords work - Multi-channel customers are the most profitable - Online Marketing is all about increasing conversion rates - It is essential to blog regularly - A 75% Bounce Rate is terrible
DECISION
A RESOLUTION
Emergencies Politics Priority Shifts Weight of the Past Fear of the Future MONEY
I know I’m right!!
Don’t make this your primary decision-making tool!
ACTION
DO SOMETHING ACHIEVE AN AIM
Analytics is Action it is meaningful only as such if not, it’s autism!
Is the patient better off?
HUMILITY
MODEST VIEW QUALITY
How many analysts does it take to pocket a ball?