In the digital advertising industry, the question is always “how can this program drive more efficiency?”. And that question is increasingly being answered with automation. While big picture automation projects like bidding algorithms fueled by machine learning or ad copy written by AI are the most exciting and headline-grabbing developments, automation doesn’t have to be […]
The US Search Awards today announced that PMG has been named a finalist in its annual competition to showcase the expertise, talent, and achievements in search marketing. PMG is up for the Most Innovative Campaign award because of its pioneering work that helped a retail client streamline and automate time-intensive and time-sensitive efforts around global […]
SQL can be scary; even its name, Structured Query Language, is enough to deter you from even trying to learn about it. Once you get down to the nitty-gritty, though, you’ll see, not only do the daily tasks you execute in Excel translate directly and easily, but SQL has a few more tricks up its […]
Have you ever created technology you found to be amazing but no one used it? You see a tremendous amount of value in the tech but you just can’t seem to get your users to consistently use what you’ve created. This is a common problem I’ve seen at companies that build tech internally and for […]
I was recently assigned a ticket in which I had to rebuild a UI in React. Here at PMG, we use Karma, Enzyme, and Chai to help test our React components. In completing the ticket, I learned a few things about Mocha/Enzyme and thought I would share. Let’s start with a quick tip in the […]
Before I dive into to Terraform and all its power, I want to make it clear how little I knew about infrastructure before I started working with Terraform and AWS. On our team here at PMG, we like to have everyone be as full-stack as possible so that you’re able to understand what’s going on within a […]
There is a reason why there are so many cliches about preparedness. Catchy phrases like Always be prepared, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, a stitch in time saves nine, or most relevant to this post: Winter is Coming. Christmas and Holiday shopping is already here, available on store shelves at […]
As a digital marketer, your concern is making the customer journey as frictionless as it can be but in order to accomplish this, you’ll need to try as many new strategies as possible. This, of course, sets up your digital testing strategy to lead the way for learning what makes the best experience for your […]
Now known as the second company in history to reach a $1 trillion valuation, and thus, fortifying its place as one of the most valuable brands in the world, Amazon is the leading online retailer with net sales amounting to over $175 billion just last year. While the majority of Amazon’s revenues are made through […]
Dirty Data is Expensive The old truism states that analysts and data scientists spend about 80% of their time cleaning data and only 20% of their time actually analyzing it. Cleaning data, in this instance, refers to all of the manual operations that are required to turn data that’s readily available into data that is […]