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Ring in the New Year with New Data Products

January 5, 2012 by Paul Barsch
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For web-based businesses, and of course, those with a web presence (which is just about everyone) there’s a goldmine of behavioral data accessible with the right tools. The trick is getting past static web analytic reporting (bounce rates, page views, session times etc.) and going further into unlocking the rich treasure trove of machine data, text and weblogs that create “big data” insight. [read more]

How to Use LinkedIn for Data Miners

October 16, 2011 by Sandro Saitta
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"First, you may already know that your LinkedIn account can be linked to display your tweets (see this link). Continue by adding the right keywords in your summary, so that other data miners can find you easily. Examples of terms are data mining, predictive analytics, knowledge discovery and machine learning." [read more]

LinkedIn and Hiring: Dream. Fit. Passion.

August 22, 2011 by Daniel Tunkelang
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A few days ago, our CEO Jeff Weiner led a session at LinkedIn on how to “close” candidates — that is, how to persuade candidates to join your team once you have found and interviewed them. Since not everyone has the opportunity to work at LinkedIn and experience Jeff’s leadership first-hand, I thought I’d share some of his wisdom here.... [read more]

What Data Visualization Reveals About Your Own LinkedIn Network

February 23, 2011 by Brett Stupakevich
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My LinkedIn profile says I have 305 connections. I have a sense of where they have all come from – former employers, clients and colleagues, classmates – but, without data visualization, it’s hard for me to get a sense of what my network looks like, who my key connections are and what kind of crossover or links there might be between the... [read more]

How Data Analysts and BI Professionals Use LinkedIn

October 15, 2010 by Brett Stupakevich
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Due to the popularity of our post on how data analysts use Twitter, we thought we’d expand to another popular social network – LinkedIn – and give a report on how this resource is used by industry professionals. LinkedIn is a prolific resource for information on the topics of BI and data analytics. Its resources span five major... [read more]

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LinkedIn mines data for future job paths

June 24, 2010 by Stephen Baker
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Let's say you're a 26-year-old accountant. You're wondering about your future, and it's easy to see the three most common paths. You climb up in an accounting firm, look for accounting work on your own or at another company, or you go back to school and get an MBA.But how about outside those options? I was talking yesterday with Dipchand... [read more]

How much is a Linked-In recommendation worth?

May 3, 2010 by Stephen Baker
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My profile on Linked-In is only 85% complete. That's largely because I haven't gone to the trouble yet to ask someone to write a recommendation for me. It didn't seem worth it to me, because as Daniel Tunkelang notes, the recommendations--solicited and okayed by the beneficiaries--often read like the effluvia of a mutual admiration... [read more]

The Map is not the Territory

September 10, 2009 by Teradata Experts
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“The word is not the thing, the map is not the territory” is a key principle of General Semantics and non-Aristotolian logic. But is the data the thing? Is the social network the person? We know that the data of a social network is not the person – but it is valuable. Today, I am going to share some thoughts on my social networks and... [read more]

#21: Here's a thought...

September 5, 2009 by BrianRoger
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An occasional series in which a review of recent posts on SmartData Collective reveals the following nuggets:They just don’t get itUsually very few other Senior Managers / C-level Executives appreciate the value of good data. Intellectually, most usually agree with me, but when priorities are being set, data quality almost invariably... [read more]

Social Networking: Theory and Practice

August 25, 2009 by Daniel Tunkelang
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I’ve been a student of social network theory for years, enjoying the work of Duncan Watts, Albert-László Barabási, Jon Kleinberg, and a number of other researchers investigating this field. It should be no surprise that a topic that is so core to our humanity has attracted attention from some of our best and brightest. And I’ve dabbled... [read more]

Social Media and CRM

March 3, 2009 by Jill Dyché
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My client is a long-time, self-described “data geek” and we get together when I’m in the Bay Area for status updates and some gossip. So here we are sipping our lattes at the headquarters espresso lounge and we’re not talking about data models (yet), open source BI tools, or what new information Marketing needs for its campaigns. “Our... [read more]

Gen Y Won’t Jump the Facebook Ship Just Yet

February 27, 2009 by Tom Anderson
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In this weeks AdAge article “Marketers Adapt as Social Networks Attract Older Users” Michael Learmonth mentioned one of Anderson Analytics‘ GenX2Z study findings that Facebook overtook Myspace as the number one website among college students two years ago, pointed to the fact that Facebook’s fastest growing demographic is now the 35+... [read more]