Sherrilynne Starkie

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Survey: Canadians are OK with sharing personal data

Sherrilynne Starkie

More than three-quarters (76 per cent) of Canadians, are pragmatic or unconcerned about sharing their personal data. The study, “Data Privacy – What the Canadian Consumer Really Thinks”, shows that people’s comfort with data-sharing is increasing.

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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

You can see the forest and the trees in big data, according to Nora Young , the Canadian author and the host of CBC Radio One’s Spark, in her opening keynote at last week’s Fireworks Factory conference held on Galiano Island, British Columbia. Her topic was “Big data as a new information ecosystem.”. And it can be used for good.

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Top five: The ethics of kids and tech

Sherrilynne Starkie

It includes Facebook for publishers, Google Data Studio, auto tweeting, Youtube aspect ratios and a discussion of tech industry ethics in targeting children. Google launches three new ways to tell data stories. Three new features in Google’s Data Studio make analysis and reporting easier.

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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. The Air Miles program logo in Canada since 2009. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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We don’t discuss politics on Facebook, right?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Well this advice seems to hold true according a new survey by the Pew Research Center ’s Internet & American Life Project that on social networking sites. Image by Getty Images via @daylife. They say you should never discuss politics or religion, right? Related posts: The rise of social commerce.

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Top Five: Happy 15th Birthday to GMail

Sherrilynne Starkie

Similar to Facebook’s lookalike audiences, these use AI to identify users that match demographic and psychographic data of known customers. There have been more than 1 billion TikTok downloads according research firm Sensor Tower. LinkedIn has added lookalike audiences to its ad offerings! Happy 15 th Birthday to Gmail.

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Why your social media isn’t working

Sherrilynne Starkie

The problem was the target audience, researchers and academics, was not taking part. Most companies don’t do enough monitoring and don’t understand the data. The combined solution included influencer outreach and content curation. Soon productive online conversation about important issues was taking place.