Look-Alike vs Act-Alike Modeling: Stepping Out of the Shadows

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How much does your data tell you about your audience? Let’s compare a couple of prominent figures with common look-alike modeling versus advanced act-alike modeling. Here, we used simple lookalike modeling to summarize two prominent politicians with large followings. The data provides some basic information that would allow us to assume both men are of…

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How Users Have Embraced (Or Not) 280 Character Tweets

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In November last year, Twitter doubled the limit on tweet length from 140 characters to 280 characters.  Because Affinity Answers observes and analyzes consumer behavior across social networks including Twitter (more on how we do it here), we were prepared to observe lengthier Tweets from brands and celebrities as well as lengthier replies to those…

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3 Brand Marketing Takeaways from Carpool Karaoke

James Corden has won the hearts – and views – of late night fans; The Late Late Show YouTube channel recently hit the 1-billion view mark. This is mostly due to the success of his signature bit, Carpool Karaoke, featuring the host driving artists around LA while singing their hits. These jovial and candid interactions are…

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Late-Night Changes Represent Brand Opportunities

If you stopped paying attention to late-night television in December 2012, then you might be surprised when you turn on your TV or stream video. Nearly every face fronting late night’s institutions is new, and what’s even more surprising is how much attention the new faces are getting despite TV’s overall ratings declines. As Los…

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