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The Citizen Analyst Manifesto, Part 2: Curious

Shift Communications

See a meme on Facebook or a viral article? You question it, and want to see the data. You want to download the data and do your own analysis. to agenda-driven data. The cardinal sin to a citizen analyst is deciding what you want to say first, then cherry picking facts and data to support your point of view.

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The Citizen Analyst Manifesto, Part 2: Curious

Shift Communications

See a meme on Facebook or a viral article? You question it, and want to see the data. You want to download the data and do your own analysis. to agenda-driven data. The cardinal sin to a citizen analyst is deciding what you want to say first, then cherry picking facts and data to support your point of view.

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SHIFT Archives: The Best of Q2 2015

Shift Communications

One of the top questions in social media marketing (and content marketing in general) is how do you know what content is worth promoting? Will a blog post go viral? Instead, most marketers look back at their analytics at the end of the week, month, or quarter. From PR to Marketing: Why You Should Expand Your Skill Set.

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BuzzFeed Pound and the Future of Data-Driven Decisions

Shift Communications

As marketers and users in the world of social content distribution, we often wonder what’s next. Lately, that focus has turned to data. BuzzFeed, the Internet’s current media darling, realizes that data is the key. Data is the way to determine what works, what spreads, what stories will be shared and in what ways.

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