Researchers examined 500 million tweets (that’s right a whole day’s worth for Justin Bieber) to develop algorithms with the power to predict behavior–hours in advance. A standard social media post includes when you posted, who you’re with, where you are, etc. Algorithms applied to social media data may allow researchers to predict what you are […]
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A friend of mine, who is Senior IT Executive in Mexico City, wrote me recently asking the age-old question, do salespeople and marketers sell or do customers buy? We’ve asked this question to hundreds of sales people around the globe and here’s the consensus: Nobody likes to be sold anything and most everyone loves to
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Are you confident, over confident or just lying to yourself?New research suggests that over-confident people are viewed by others as more able and talented (even if they aren’t).1. Students were asked to predict grades for themselves AND other students. The results?… Students that predicted higher grades for themselves were also expected to have higher grades
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